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Summary: This film is definately for..
Review: the eleven to thirteen year old crowd or others who have indiscriminate taste in film. I bought the dvd after seeing a trailer. Unfortunately I based my decision on a few clips of interesting looking costumes and the fact that Jeremy Irons stars.......I hope they payed him well, since he won't be in any hurry to add this one to his resume! Unless one is addicted to the D&D game, give this film a miss.
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Summary: More fun than a Hackmaster +12!
Review: It's not a bad movie, but it wasn't good enough, either.To be brutally honest, the Dungeons & Dragons movie let all RPGers down. We've been waiting for almost 30 years for the definitive D&D movie to come along and vindicate us in front of all those stupid jerks in high school who called us "geeks" for playing D&D. We wanted them all to see what we were so worked up about, and this movie just didn't do it. It's still a fun movie, though, and the DVD has some GREAT features like the "maze" you have to navigate to make it to the Special Features Menu. The actors definitely gave it their best (it's too easy to overlook Marlon Wayans performance as pure throwaway slapstick), but they weren't quite up to the task. Except for Jeremy Irons, of course. That man took this as an opportunity to chew more scenery than the dragons! The film needed someone more experienced than Courtney Solomon to reign him in. Nevertheless, the first-time director did a very whiz-bang job on his first gig. Bravo! I first saw the movie on opening day with 30 friends, fellow gamers, and spouses. Our "better halves" were actually less disappointed than we were; they didn't have all their hopes and dreams hanging on it. All in all, the D&D movie will forever be enshrined on many a Geek's shelf, right up there with "Highlander," "Blade Runner," and all the other movies that make us obsessive-compulsive fanboys. Get it on DVD -- the special features make it worthwhile. I, for one, can't wait for the Director's Cut.
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Summary: Poorly written...but fun.
Review: All right, I'll admit it: I went to see this movie in the theater. And I enjoyed it. But I also have to admit that it was not a *good* movie.
First of all, the plot was shallow: Characters are thrown together, they go on an adventure, they undergo various trials, you think they're doomed, but they wind up winning the day. How many times have we seen that in a fantasy film? Monsters which are intelligent in the game were treated like watchdogs (the beholders) or fighter planes (the dragons). The ending was very strange. And what was up with the spandex armor?
But I *enjoyed* the movie. The raucous, drunken dwarven fighter was good comic relief (better than Snails, anyway); the special effects were impressive (especially in the dragon attack sequence); and the gauntlet that a character had to run to retrieve an item was actually rather impressive.
All in all, this movie actually *is* worth watching. Just don't *think* to much while you're doing so.
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Summary: A Nice Movie
Review: This actually a very nice movie.The special effects are very good,but not perfect.The story is typical for this kind of films.
The cast is also nice.Maybe the shallow plot will disappoint you,but this is it.I recommend you the film primely because there
are not many fantasies made these days and each one deserves to be seen.
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Summary: Horrible movie and not true to the game at all. Clerics?
Review: This movie is just horrible. Suffice it to say that the movie is a waste of time. I just wanted to point out the lack of any clerics in the movie. Even healing was done by some old elf using 'natural elven magic'. Also note the reference to "God" and "praying" (in most D&D campaigns a player would have to specify which god and hope they picked the right one). It seems like the studios were uptight about the polytheistic aspect of D&D, and eliminated one of the core player classes. Ya right. Lets just hope they dont to to Lord of the Rings what they did to this movie.
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Summary: Garbage
Review: I suppose i could give this 2 stars, just because of the effort they put into it, but 2.5 overall stars is too much. As a long time player of the game i am appalled by how much they left out of the real game; the classic spells, the classic monsters, just about all of it. My players dragged me to the theater, saying that their DM had to go. I tried so hard to weasel out--I wish that i had.
I have not seen the DVD, nor do i wish to, except for the deleted scenes, although i am sure they do nothing to salvage this waste of film. I really can't say anything more than has already been said. For having such unlimited potential, the story fell so short of coherent plotting, acting and special effects. And for goodness's sake, you could almost see the actors laughing between takes; it was all one big joke to them, just a paycheck.
One thing i can look forward to though is LOTR, a story worthy of D&D any day and the basis for much of the game in the first place. Maybe in the future somebody who knows what they are doing can come up with a REAL D&D film.
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Summary: LOVE THIS MOVIE
Review: I've seen this movie 3 times in the cinema; just adore it!! The story, the characters and the special effects!!! And I'm quite a critics person if I may say so myself!!! And..ehm.. Justin Whalin can visit me ANY time!!!
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Summary: Bad Bad Bad
Review: Dungeons & Dragons is in my opinion the second worst movie of the 90's after Star Wars Episode 1. I've never liked those dungeons & dragons games for nerdies anyway.
1 star for the movie
1 star for the DVD The DVD has great features...I actually prefered the deleted scenes to the whole movie! Absolutely WATCH this movie...if you're blind and deaf.
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Summary: Absolute Garbage
Review: You know what this movie is about so here is my opinion. Many people told me not to see this movie; told me that it was a really bad movie. I've been an avid role-player and fan of fantasy novels for almost 15 years. When Dungeons and Dragons was released in the theaters I never got a chance to see it. Recently, I noticed this movie in a friends DVD collection. Surely it was worth a free viewing! My, my, my was I completely wrong. I sat down to watch this movie with low expectations. Usually, when I do this the movie turns out to be not so bad. This was one of those rare times when the movie winds up being worse than my already low expectations. The dialogue and the story are very poor. The acting is especially bad. Marlon Wayans and Justin Whalin had this "cool dude, urban vibe" that made me wonder if they hadn't just stepped out of a Teen Comedy. Jeremy Irons is a fantastic actor but he overacted this part. The only redeeming performance and character is the dwarf. You must believe me when I say that I will always sit through a movie no matter how bad. However, I wanted to stop this movie many times after about the first 30 minutes. It's really difficult to put into words what a terrible movie this was. It's a shame that this money and opportunity was wasted on bad directing, writing, and acting. If you're gonna make a fantasy movie, at least read the cream of the fantasy novel crop. I think the writers simply thumbed through the D&D Players Handbook to do their research. What a shame and what a waste of 2 hours from my life.
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Summary: It's awful
Review: This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I couldn't stand it for more than 26 minutes, when I decided to turn off my DVD player and went to sleep. It wasn't worst loosing any more time on waiting for the film to get better.
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