I started Dungeons and Dragons in 1979 and still use the 1st Edition. 
I’ve also read 29 of R.A.Salvatore’s Drizzt series.
Therefore I had a lot of background and had my fingers crossed this would be good.
It was … very good! 
I liked the storyline, the characters, the scenery, the script, the spells and am fervently hoping for a sequel. 
(P.S. Druids cannot shapechange into Owlbears. 
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This was just fun from start to finish.
I’ve seen a suggestion of a series of D&D films similar to the Knives Out series with a new group of actors/characters for each one. I like the idea, but this group was fine and you hate to lose that particular dynamic and magic.
It’s doing poorly at the box office so a sequel seems unlikely.
It did well in its first week (as that article notes), but faltered after that, due to Super Mario Brothers coming out one week later, and sucking all of the oxygen out of the room. Last weekend was the D&D film’s third weekend in release, and it fell to #6, at $7.5 million in receipts. Overall, it’s grossed $74 million domestically, but I’m suspecting that it may not make back its production costs.
That’s a pity. It’s a perfectly entertaining movie, and I’ll happily watch it again or buy it when it comes to DVD (hopefully with commentary!)
Worldwide, it’s made back its budget. Probably won’t make a multiple of its budget, but given the audience scores, should do well in streaming and other ancillary revenue streams.
Oooh, that’s good to see. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and hope that it won’t be a one-and-done.
Bear in mind that no Hollywood movie has ever made a profit, at least not the way their accountants figure it.
It exceeded expectations based on the prognostications late last year. So someone made money. It’s almost a lock that a sequel will be announced at some point.
Box Office Mojo has it at 75 million domestic, 150 worldwide. Not the biggest flop in the world, but not very good. It will probably lose money.
Well, not using Wildshape, they can’t. Shapechange spell could. But we never see her casting any spells, do we?.
BTW Since I started the thread I will make the call that it is okay to add spoilers to this thread at this point. Can a Mod edit the title spoiler message which was not there originally but appreciated and useful at the time but I think enough time has passed?
Is she even a druid? at no point did she cast a single spell did she? when Holga was injured Edgin asks Simon for help, not her. I think she’s a shifter, not sure owlbear is more realistic in that case. If we are being nitpicky a wizard that can cast timestop is powerful enough to solo entire armies.
I’m pretty sure they refer to Doric as a druid. But like some of the D&D novels, what few I’ve read, they don’t always follow the game rules. A druid can only change forms a limited number of times per day. In the scene where Doric flees the castle, she would have burned through all of her changes and would have needed a long rest to change again.
Funny, she doesn’t look Druish…
Spaceballs
You’d think a party with a bard would have some bangin’ music. Bupkis.
I was using 1st Edition Druid rules!
So she can change shape into various animals three times / day.
To be fair, I think they film mentions wildshape (or similar._
But tieflings were only introduced in Planescape 
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Yes, they explicitly call her one.
Perhaps next time they’ll have more nonhumans in the party. The Dragonborn looked pretty good. The cat-folk? Not so much.