no, not interested
I play D&D but I think it sucks. There are 100’s of better TTRPGs that few play.
The D&D movie looks like a good fantasy movie. Linking it to D&D makes me less likely to want to see it. But, if the reviews are good maybe.
Modnote: I’ll cut this off early. If anyone wants to debate RPGs with tullsterx, start a new thread in the Game Room please.
Yes, probably. I’m an old-time D&D’er (before First Edition, because you don’t name the only edition “First”). My adult and near-adult sons are also very much into the game in its more recent incarnations, including the other media like novels and video games.
We are definitely the target audience.
The big thing I’m seeing with Mario isn’t that the buzz is bad, it’s that there just isn’t much buzz at all. That’s never a good sign for a movie.
…it depends on what you mean by “buzz”, and who it was you are hearing that from.
The projections look great.
The buzz that I’m hearing from the people I follow and trust in the biz is pretty good. That doesn’t really mean anything though. The buzz (or lack of buzz) might translate at the box office. It might not.
That isn’t my perception. There was all the negative hype after Nintendo announced Chris Pratt, but the blitz of marketing seemed to turn that around—especially after Pratt’s voice seemed to get better.
I’d heard a lot less about the D&D film. I learned about it here, and have only otherwise seen it mentioned when people were talking about the timing between it and Mario.
I had planned on it, I’ve played D&D since I was 12 years old. However, the casting hits a lot of “no thanks” buttons to me. Doesn’t mean I won’t try it when it streams, but no theater for me.
I have been playing RPGs since '80, I’m 51 this year, and have averaged a weekly game in that time. I don’t prefer 5E but have run and play it, but use Level Up, or Advanced 5E as we call it.
I saw the movie on Sunday. It was fun. I have several nits I have picked but it was still a fun movie.
Other reviewers have said it better than me.
“This is a DND movie DND players will be happy to claim.”
“This is a DND movie that we gamers can point to and say, yeah, that’s how it plays.”
I saw it last night with my whole family–astonishingly, my wife, who’s definitely not a gamer, took one look at the trailer and said, “Let’s go see that for my birthday!”
It was a ton of fun.
Definitely not as good as Princess Bride–what is?–but it’s much more in that vein than in the portentous Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones mold. It’s a heist comedy with lots of Dungeons and Dragons silliness thrown in.
I was expecting the easter eggs for nerds. I was expecting the Marvel-like witticisms. What I wasn’t expecting was the cleverness of the plot. There were at least two plot twists that tied together multiple elements of the movie, dating back to the earliest moments:
The balloon treasure vomit was hysterically funny, pulling in the balloon from the first twenty minutes of the movie, the promise to the paladin, the hither-thither staff, Forge’s promise of a “delightful treasure” to the crowd, and the need to evacuate the arena.
The final defeat of the Red Wizard tied in the invisibility amulet and the anti-magic bracelets, as well as of course all the great character buildup of both heroes and villain.
I will happily watch sequels, if they have the same writers and directors.
Is there a clip of the displacer beast, or a time stamp on the trailer? I saw the beast in the trailer but not the effect you describe.
That’s very cool. Thanks!
I’ve heard good things from my niece and high school friends, and I’m sure I’ll see it see it eventually.
Some discussion of the movie here, as well:
Went to see it this evening. I really liked it. I’m a casual D&D player so I’m sure I missed some of the Easter eggs.
I enjoyed the characters tossing out increasingly ridiculous ideas: reminded me of our games. I loved the bit where they were questioning the corpses - especially the first one. I actually thought to myself “that DM’s a right bastard.” 