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Post by KingPooper on Apr 2, 2023 22:00:17 GMT -5
They took the best parts of fantasy films, guardians of the galaxy, and even army of darkness and put together a really good film. It’s amazing how much sequel fatigue is a thing
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 3, 2023 0:17:59 GMT -5
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 3, 2023 0:34:17 GMT -5
Good for them. Budget was $150 million and the worldwide gross of opening weekend was $71.5 million. Hope positive word of mouth and critical praise gets more people to the theaters.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 3, 2023 2:54:03 GMT -5
I'm kind of in a weird place on this movie in that I think it looks fine, and word of mouth seems solid, but I'm kind of just predisposed to hate it because of how, "IT'S FUNNY! HA HA YOU GET IT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LAUGH, WE ARE TELLING JOKES," the marketing has been. That and kind of just my general annoyance with people who jump up and down to tell you about their D&D stories in unrelated conversations but that's a whole separate thing.
I dunno, I might give it a look when it makes its way onto whatever streaming service it ends up on but not planning to go to a theater for it.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Apr 3, 2023 13:46:34 GMT -5
Planning on taking my D&D group to this on Saturday. Honestly looks like the most D&D thing ever and looks like it'll be a ton of fun. Super excited to see it. Good cast too.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Apr 3, 2023 15:32:06 GMT -5
My wife seems interested in taking me to see it for my birthday next weekend. I'm torn about going to a crowded theater to see anything now, though. The last 3 years have scarred me socially. I look at other people and get the icks just by thinking about being in proximity to them. Maybe the Saturday matinee will be sparse enough.
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Apr 3, 2023 19:20:35 GMT -5
Haven't seen the movie yet, thinking about seeing it this weekend.
Overall, the movie itself looks fine, but I'm not a fan of the party makeup. Class wise, it all looks good. My problem is the chosen races/species/lineages/whatever term you think is best. They've got 4 humans, a half-elf (who doesn't even have pointy ears), and a tiefling who has a normal human skin tone, rather than something more infernal. Like, I realize it's to help cut down on the special effects budget, but that is the most basic bitch party I've ever seen. No dwarves, no dragonborn, no gnomes, no orcs. BORING.
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Apr 9, 2023 0:27:10 GMT -5
Just saw a screening tonight. Honestly, it was a pretty good movie, and perhaps more importantly, it felt like an accurate representation of someone's D&D game. The quick thinking, the messing up what should have been a surefire plan because of sheer bad luck, a DMPC who's only there to act as exposition and show off how cool they are, it all felt pretty authentic. If there's something that I would complain about, it's that {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} it feels like the writers didn't really take advantage of the actual game rules when mapping out combat. Doric spends all her time wild shaping, and doesn't cast a single druid spell. Simon does have bouts of wild magic problems, but he never uses metamagic to shape his spells. While Holga is clearly a barbarian, there's no defined point where I ever went "yep, that's rage, all right". Hell, Edgin doesn't do ANYTHING bard-like in combat. He doesn't have a proper weapon, he doesn't cast any spells despite bards being a pure caster class, he just sings a couple songs and is the "planner".
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