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Just came back from the D&D movie and it's good. There was a jelly cube in it, which was pretty much the only thing on my wishlist for the film (I had pretty low expectations), but it also had a bunch of other stuff I liked. I knew I was in for some fun when one of the first characters to appear was a dragonborn rendered through practical effects rather than CGI. Seeing the puppets told me right away the movie was being made in the right spirit. The plot was a pretty standard heist structure set in a fantasy world with magic and wizards, and wasn't anything particularly special. What really made the movie work for me was that whoever wrote it took the time to capture a lot of little moments that D&D players will recognize from their own games. My particular favorite gag was the overly-elaborate puzzle that the DM obviously spent hours setting up, only to have the players completely bypass it. I think every D&D player has had to endure something like the graveyard sequence as well. The characters were mostly fun. My particular favorites were the sexy barbarian and Simon the sorcerer (heh). Druid Kim Pine was just sort of there and her character's most memorable moments didn't actually involve the actress. Chris Pratt was his usual self so whether you like him or not don't expect any surprises there. The dialogue was mostly quick banter but never devolved into Joss Whedon levels of inane, and there were several moments of genuine emotion not blunted by sarcastic quips. The movie also featured: -Combat where one player is doing all the fighting while the other player is obviously continuously rolling a check to escape a status effect (and failing). -Several "crit fail" moments -A self-righteous paladin -A very chonky dragon -Cameos by several of D&D's sillier monsters (The aforementioned Jelly Cube, Owlbear, Displacer Beasts, Intellect Devourers, Rust Monsters etc...) -Cameos by the OG D&D cartoon party. Even if you're not familiar with D&D, you'll probably have fun. You definitely don't need to know any D&D lore to understand the movie (I have never played any campaigns in the Forgotten Realms setting and no doubt a ton of references went completely over my head). My enjoyment was enhanced by recognizing moments from my own campaigns up on the big screen, though. Is it a movie for the ages? Probably not, but the people who made it clearly loved D&D and understood both the source material and the audience. I will be buying it on home media. My score: 13(+3)/20
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Or roll the dice to see if they're getting drunk?
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Glad you enjoyed it, people need to enjoy more things.
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I saw it was playing at the drivein thinking poo poo going when it warms up a bit
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Nooner posted:Did anyone cast magic missile? Yeah I think so.
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WarpedLichen posted:Glad you enjoyed it, people need to enjoy more things. I did enjoy it. I actually felt briefly like I was watching a fantasy film as a kid again and all the old magic was there. Not just nostalgia but like feeling it for the first time.
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Anyone else still have drive-ins where they live?
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The cast has phenomenal chemistry and the script isn't embarrassed by the source material. I find Marvel movies to largely be joyless slogs and this was actually a lot of fun? It definitely captured the feeling of playing and DMing, but I don't think it was particularly fanservicey in a way that will make it inaccessible.
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24-7 Urkel Cosplay posted:The cast has phenomenal chemistry and the script isn't embarrassed by the source material. I find Marvel movies to largely be joyless slogs and this was actually a lot of fun? It definitely captured the feeling of playing and DMing, but I don't think it was particularly fanservicey in a way that will make it inaccessible. Agreed with all these points. I haven’t seen any Marvel movies lately but they seemed to always take themselves too seriously but also have silly quips. This movie knows that it’s silly and feels like a fantasy adventure a normal person would make up and play in.
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24-7 Urkel Cosplay posted:The cast has phenomenal chemistry and the script isn't embarrassed by the source material. I find Marvel movies to largely be joyless slogs and this was actually a lot of fun? It definitely captured the feeling of playing and DMing, but I don't think it was particularly fanservicey in a way that will make it inaccessible. I liked Guardians of the Galaxy for the same reason so I guess I'm giving this a shot
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they made a movie of it? what the hell remember the satanic panic chick tracts if u d&d you're gonna d AND DIE
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Wait, where was the Rust Monster? Also, where was the cameo from the Critical Roll cast and GM? Also, why didn't the cube actually seem to cause any damage when everyone jumped into it except the NPC. Comstar fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Apr 1, 2023 |
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Comstar posted:Wait, where was the Rust Monster? Wait, are you reading "OG D&D cartoon party" and thinking that's somehow Critical Roll? Even if you missed the cartoon part, drat dude
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It was good up until the halfway mark when they introduced an elf with an enormous rack who kept trying to gently caress a werewolf
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Comstar posted:Wait, where was the Rust Monster? quote:Also, why didn't the cube actually seem to cause any damage when everyone jumped into it except the NPC. anyway, fully concur, film was good
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Applewhite posted:Yeah I think so. Sorry OP, a "think so" isn't going to cut it. They either did or they didn't and I will not risk my hard-earned dollars on the latter.
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Songbearer posted:It was good up until the halfway mark when they introduced an elf with an enormous rack who kept trying to gently caress a werewolf Nevermind, I'm definitely seeing this movie. Twice, perhaps.
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Nooner posted:Did anyone cast magic missile? Someone did, and it missed, somehow. The movie could've been called anything, it doesn't really use the setting outside of random name drops. No one casts any spells that you can't find in any other RPG, and no one proclaims what they're casting, making it a wash. It was a finely made moderate movie. E: Worst part was Elf Lady, who's main role was telling the viewer when something didn't make sense. EE: Best part was Hugh Grant and the Bird Man's impromptu love story. THE BAR fucked around with this message at 08:30 on Apr 1, 2023 |
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Nooner posted:Did anyone cast magic missile?
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PinheadSlim posted:Wait, are you reading "OG D&D cartoon party" and thinking that's somehow Critical Roll? What? No! I just recall seeing a lot of talk before hand of "Critical Role has a Cameo" and "Matt Mercer is in it", but I have no idea what they actually look like, so wouldn't know if I saw them anyway. I thought they might have been the NPC adventurer party who get massacred in the square grid maze but I guess that wasn't them.
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Songbearer posted:Gelatinous Pubes 
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THE BAR posted:The movie could've been called anything, it doesn't really use the setting outside of random name drops. No one casts any spells that you can't find in any other RPG, and no one proclaims what they're casting, making it a wash. Without being an adaptation of one of the licensed novels I'm not sure how a D&D movie would be uniquely D&D besides using the monsters and locations TBH.
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Nice try OP but I already got burned seeing the 2000s one with Marlon Wayans.
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Applewhite posted:Druid Kim Pine was just sort of there and her character's most memorable moments didn't actually involve the actress. Chris Pratt was his usual self so whether you like him or not don't expect any surprises there. Neither of these people appear to be in it?
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Make a D&D movie with an astral dreadnought
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Nooner posted:Did anyone cast magic missile? I did On ur mom Last night 
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ok seriously what level is this wizard that he has so many available 3rd level spells?
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Applewhite posted:Without being an adaptation of one of the licensed novels I'm not sure how a D&D movie would be uniquely D&D besides using the monsters and locations TBH. Well it's either that or adhering to the rules. That druid was capable of some serious shapeshifting, yet didn't cast a single spell. There's an alternate druid class in the PHB2 that downsizes spells for shapeshift at will, but it wouldn't work like that, and I doubt they're using the 3.5e ruleset!!!
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Are we doing the morbius thing where we pretend to like it? If so I liked the part where they go "its dungeon time"
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Applewhite posted:Just came back from the D&D movie and it's good. what give you a (+3) on your movies roll?
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Applewhite posted:Yeah I think so. What colour were they? This is important.
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