Dungeons & Dragons

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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS MOVIE!!
Review: Terrible simply terrible!

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Summary: MAYBE IT WILL BE CULT SOMEDAY....
Review: I'm not a RPG player. I'm judging this movie only because I'm a fan of epic, medieval and adventure movies, like LADYHAWE and BRAVEHEART, for example. So, I went to see this movie with the highest expectations, since I knew it was going to be based on the most famous RPG of them all. Guys, what a dissapointment, what a shock!! Third-rate acting, lousy costumes, cheap special effects. Sometimes, you even succumb to the temptation that this is a fun movie, so bad it is. One that will probably go "cult" with the passing of time. On the other hand, you simply think that this is another throwaway product made by Hollywood, aiming coldly at the innocent viewers who will pay for tickets to see an adptation from their beloved game. This is not fair game, gentlemen. As for Marlon Wayans, forget about him...

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Summary: UNBELIAVABLE AMMOUNT OF DAMAGE !!!!
Review: This movie is nothing more than an almost unbeliavable ammount of damage made to the reputation of Role Playing Game. But it not comes as as surpise to me all, since I found out that Marlon Wayans would be "starring" it...Hou, in the name of Earth, could Jeremey Irons accept to work in this turkey? This is not only one of the worst epic movies ever, it is one of the worst movies, period !! Made without care, the costumes are a joke, well, I'm out of word. Since I'm an AD&D player, I really felt outraged after watching this piece of sh...! The game didn't deserve it, the players didn't deserve it, the public didn'dt deserve it.

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Summary: An Insult To D&D Fans
Review: I started playing Dungeons & Dragons back in the early 80's. I have since graduated to what I consider more mature RPGs since then. Howeverer, I always thought it would be cool to do a movie based on the game. When I heard this was finally going to happen, I figured the writers would draw on the rich background of one of the games worlds, such as Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, or Greyhawk, one of the places that truly has the flavor of the game.Instead, we get some generic, unmemorable fantasy land populated by two dimensional characters spitting out bad dialogue in cheap costumes with second rate special effects. It's like somebody who had a bad idea of what the game is all about wrote this movie, and not a true enthusiast. Indeed, one must wonder if this movie had anything other than Dungeons & Dragons for a title if it would ever have made it to the screen. I can't say enough bad about this. I was truly disappointed, and almost fell asleep watching it. My 12 year old daughter enjoyed it, and maybe I would have to at that age. To me, watching this movie was like playing with a gaming group that I didn't like or that didn't have a real grasp of what the game was about. With so much wonderful material to draw on for such a film, I can't imagine what the director, producer and everybody else involved in the creative process was thinking. It's just one more thing to make all us hardcore gamers look like dorks. Maybe one day Hollywood will make us a really good fantasy movie, but until then, we are stuck with the likes of this and other equally deplorable fare such as the Conan movies and other less memorable films.

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Summary: Fantasy
Review: Nice movie to watch filled with fantasy and adventure, maybe too much magic, but it is not bad.

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Summary: Nice Fun Family Movie
Review: I bought this DVD primarily for my kids, age 8 and 11. They thought the movie was great and have watched it several times. It's a typical Good vs Evil plot with good prevailing in the end. The ending is a bit strange and hints heavily at "sequel". Nice story line. Decent acting. Good animation. The dragons are cool. More a film for young teens than adults but I enjoyed watching it with my kids.

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Summary: Incredibly, Unbelievably Bad
Review: I can't believe this film was actually made! I've been playing D&D since 1986, so I do understand and like the game...but this movie has precious little to do with the game at all. The acting was terrible...Justin Whalin and Marlon Wayans should bury their careers after this. Jeremy Irons was clearly in it for the money, and poor Thora Birch looked like a little girl playing dress-up in mommy's evening gowns. The script was just plain stupid, not to mention disjointed and muddled. The direction was amateurish at best. The only good part of this eyesore was the special effects...and they weren't exceptional at all, just adequate. When I saw it at the theater the audience clearly hated it. People were walking out, laughing at the big dramatic parts and sitting silently through the "comedy" bits. When Snails was killed people were cheering and applauding; I haven't seen a character that stupid and obnoxious outside of Jar Jar Binks (and Marlon Wayans should be ashamed of himself for taking such a demeaning role). It's also sad that the game emphasizes teamwork, while the movie does not. The so-called "labyrinth" is just a series of rooms opening on to one another. The big dungeon at the end was a let down. The fights are almost all human vs. human; some monsters from the game show up but they're mostly window dressing, on view for a few seconds at most. (The one exception is the dragons, but even then they're wasted.) If it had been less violent, it could have been a half decent children's movie...this flick has an overall juvenile feel to it, like a bad Saturday-morning TV show. I missed BATTLEFIELD EARTH, so this ranks as the worst movie of 2000 for me. Stupid from start to finish, a total offense to anyone with a brain.

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Summary: pretty good
Review: To be honest, the Dungeons & Dragons movie was quite good.But the real action is at streetbrawls.com.There is trouble in Izmer. With the emperor dead from an assassin's poison, the 16-year-old princess Savina inherits not just the throne but also the royal scepter, which has the power to command gold dragons.I expected a little more.

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Summary: A complete waste of time
Review: This movie [wasn't very good]. Being a Tolkien fan, I had high hopes for this one but was completely let down. The special effects are spectacular, but the movie is ruined by the cheesy acting and the really bad direction. I don't know what a talented actor like Jeremy Irons was thinking when he took on this role. Verdict - stay away, not even worth seeing once.

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Summary: What can you say...
Review: It's dungeons and dragons all the way! I loved this movie and am amazed that it got a low rating overall. But I will say, if you are a person who loves the fantasy realms invoked by D&D, this movie is definitely for you. While the cast could get semi-boring with some overacting, I will say that there is no way they could have done better. D&D always had the 'overacting' bit to it when you played..and they did an excellent job incorporating that into the movie. And the ending....probably the best one you can imagine!