# Finally saw Dungeons and Dragons the Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116 "2003-02-10T15:24:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/21 "2003-02-11T02:23:39Z")
I saw it opening day with my two daughters! We made a special trip to see it! And we were not disappointed. I’d raised the girls on MST3K reruns and Rocky Horror, so when the show sucked, we were up to the task of mocking it noisily. Since we were about the only ones in the theater, it didn’t matter. It is still to laugh at in memory yet green! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/22 "2003-02-11T03:35:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bubba Ray \* > **Admit it, who hasnt come up with an even worse storyline as GM?** That’s another thing! If they **really** wanted us to believe that this movie was based on D&D, they should have had an underground labyrinth featuring a 60-foot-long huge ancient red dragon stuffed into a 20-foot-by-20-foot room where the only entrance or exit from the room is a 10-foot-wide corridor! Now _that’s_ D&D! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/23 "2003-02-11T13:39:51Z")
And 10,000,000 pieces of gold could be carried in 5 or 6 packs. And there was flourescent lights on the ceiling! ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/24 "2003-02-11T14:44:03Z")
I could forgive much, but distracting…a beholder…by throwing a rock…GAH!!! NO, YOU FOOLS! IT HAS 10 EYES! IT CAN STILL SEE YOU! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/25 "2003-02-11T15:26:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robertliguori \* > \*\*I could forgive much, but distracting…a beholder…by throwing a rock…GAH!!! NO, YOU FOOLS! IT HAS 10 EYES! IT CAN STILL SEE YOU! \*\* 11 eyes, if you count that big eye in the middle that fires the anti-magic ray. ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/26 "2003-02-12T01:23:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dorkusmalorkusmafia \* > **In an effort to see all of the cheesy and bad movies out there I of course had to see [Dungeons and Dragons the Movie](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0190374).** Have a thing for self-inflicted pain, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/27 "2003-02-12T01:44:37Z")
Random Movie Fact: the scenes of Jeremy Irons’ laboratory were filmed on location in… urgh, I think the Czech republic. Early in the movie, you can see a chandelier built out of human bones. That’s not a prop: it’s in a cathedral and is made out of real humans. I’ve got a postcard from there that I can’t find right now… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/28 "2003-02-12T01:52:42Z")
[This](http://www.ludd.luth.se/~silver_p/kutna.html) place, Miller? [Here’s](http://www.ludd.luth.se/~silver_p/Sedlec/kutna09.html) the chandlier. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/29 "2003-02-12T01:53:51Z")
Heh. I should have read the page better. That is the place > [@](#): > > ¤ The Dungeons and Dragons movie was shot partialy at the Sedlec ossuary ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/30 "2003-02-12T02:25:24Z")
Yep, that’s the one. Just my Cliff Claven moment of the day. Except for the part where I was factually correct, of course. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/31 "2003-02-12T02:56:46Z")
And what’s with the beholder working with humans? My god, those things are like CR 10 or something (just guessing; I don’t really know). That’s the only movie I’ve ever seen my husband fall asleep in. We walked out of there wondering of Jeremy Irons was actively trying to ruin the movie. He was so far the worst of the bunch (and that’s saying something with that Wayan brother in there) that I think I jumped in surprise when he’d suddenly yell out. ---
**Author:** ![QuizCustodet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ba0ec/32.png) [@QuizCustodet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuizCustodet)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/32 "2003-02-12T09:07:01Z")
I’ll put in another vote for ‘it was so bad it was good’. One thing that struck me about the ending: I interpreted Our Intrepid Heroes touching the ruby and turning into streaks of light as returning to the real world: they were PCs. It struck me that the whole movie was a commentary on how silly things would get if the (largely teenage) demographic that plays AD&D were to end up in a Fantasy world as their characters. I may be giving the movie too much credit when I suspect them of making fun of their own target audience, but this is just a bonus. The film was cheesy enough to be funny regardless. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/33 "2003-02-12T10:39:02Z")
Don’t forget to check out [Johnny Angel’s Review of Dungeons & Dragons](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50130), right here on the SDMB. I recall seeing a blurb in a local rag that Irons did the movie because he was trying to restore a castle in Ireland and needed all the dough he could get his hands on. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/34 "2003-02-12T12:37:14Z")
The scary thing, according to the [director,](http://www.crescentblues.com/3_6issue/dungeons_dragons.shtml) is that everyone was signed to do two sequels. (scary to me. the director thought it was great. poor kid) ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/35 "2003-02-12T12:52:13Z")
Being a Jeremy Irons fan from way back, I couldn’t believe I had missed someone saying he had taken a role simply for the money so I started looking around and found [this](http://adfilmworks.com/films2000/dungeonsdragons.html) > [@](#): > > (Jeremy Irons, in a role he refused to promote and claims he took for the money to renovate an Irish castle he bought) But I also found [this](http://www.tnmc.org/gnews/archive/dnd6.shtml) > [@](#): > > Likewise Jeremy’s comments about the money for his castle are probably true enough in fact, if not tone or intent, as retrofitting an Irish castle isn’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination. No actor does film work gratis! However, as has been reported all along, _Jeremy did defer a large portion of his fee in support of the project._ > > I was in Prague when he brought his son (11 or so) and wife to the set. Jeremy seemed particularly pleased that he was finally making a film that his son would be able to see him in at the theaters. For his part, the young man was swinging prop swords and even got a fancy cape from the wardrobe ladies. He’ll enjoy the film to be sure. (emphasis mine) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/36 "2003-02-12T13:39:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Banger \* > \*\*What made me laugh was Ridley’s Shatneresque reaction to Snails’ death, as he falls to his knees and screams “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” \*\* Yeah, I had a problem with that… I remember thinking, “Hey, they just saved the day, the empire, the empress’s butt, and every gold piece she ever piled into a huge mountain of gold mountainousness… do ya think maybe she’ll spring for a lousy Raise Dead?” And then the Elves pay for it themselves. What a cheap empress. She didn’t even _pay these guys._ Damn hot elf, though. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/37 "2003-02-12T14:45:54Z")
I was also mad that the spellcasters were waving around magic pixie dust that cast spells, and they were conveniently whatever spells were needed. Their _hold person_ spell didn’t even work the way it was supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/38 "2003-02-12T15:05:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by robertliguori_ > > **I could forgive much, but distracting…a beholder…by throwing a rock…GAH!!! NO, YOU FOOLS! IT HAS 10 EYES! IT CAN STILL SEE YOU!** > > \*\*11 eyes, if you count that big eye in the middle that fires the anti-magic ray. \*\* “Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder. Unfortunately, the rest of the party is in the _stomach_ of the Beholder.” From [Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Gaming](http://www.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/archive.asp?nextform=viewcomic&id=525) Seemed an appropriate quote somehow… ---
**Author:** ![Phoenix\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Phoenix\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoenix_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/39 "2003-02-12T17:07:12Z")
Normally, I’m a sucker for movies with dragons in them. Normally, seeing a good dragon could make any movie bearable (Even if it does nothing to make the movie good). But no, nothing could save this movie. Even the dragons. After all these movies with high-quality CGI critters, those are probably the poorest-looking dragons I’ve seen. Neverminding that they took what are supposed to be some of the most intelligent and powerfull creatures in existance and made them dumb animals, and just pawns for the only-slightly-less-dumb main characters. And was I reading that right? This is the same director that did Total Recal and Robocop? Did someone drug him before he worked on this movie? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116/40 "2003-02-12T17:19:02Z")
[http://us.imdb.com/Name?Solomon,%20Courtney](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Solomon,%20Courtney) No, the director of the D&D movie was Courtney Solomon. I believe James Cameron did Total Recall and Paul Verhoevan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-dungeons-and-dragons-the-movie/154116.md?page=3)