Well, I finally watched this movie yesterday, with 0 expectations and I actually enjoyed it. I’m surprised to learn it jas >90% score on Rotten Tomatoes as I wouldn’t rate it that high, but I found it very compelling; I was actually looking forward to how they would come out of those bad situations this time. Characters were strangely well developed with backstory that didn’t make my eyes roll. Sure, not original, but well told. I was expecting a Netflix movie type (dull and somewhat boring) and ended up with a good pic. Hoping for a sequel.
100% on rotten tomato doesn’t mean a movie is 10/10. Just that people would recommend it. And it definitely is a very solid movie. I also like the fact that there’s a friendship between a man and a woman without any romantic tension, very rare to see.
Sequel would be awesome. I once saw someone suggest the sequel should be same actors but playing different characters as a new campaign and I really really hope they do that (though unlikely)
They’ll never do that. What D&D needs for “maximum monetisation” is “franchise” and “strong character IP”. They need these characters to sell you more stuff.
Unfortunately a sequel seems unlikely. The film wasn’t a box office success, despite being a better film than most other movies released that year.
I like this one as well. Part of the reason I think this movie just works is because it doesn’t even try to be a gritty realistic action thriller adventure movie, but rather it instead combines larger-than-life, over the top action with a healthy dose of wise cracking, levity, and failures…just like an actual RPG session. It’s fun to watch but not mentally and emotionally exhausting like, say…a war movie.
I think another key aspect is it didn’t try and make the source material the joke. Too often these kinds of movies wouldn’t understand the source material and would try and poke fun at it instead. Like a wink to all the “normies” watching for cheap laughs in place of actual comedic writing.
They did poke fun at lots of D&D stuff (I guess more at how people play D&D), but for the benefit of the players who understood the references. They didn’t go so deep as to lose the non-players interests though. A great balancing act. The subtle breaking of the fourth wall without actually going all the way was excellent.
Same - watched it a month or so ago and actually enjoyed it more than I expected. My wife was watching with me, and even though she doesn’t even know what D&D is, she quite liked it too!
We would both definitely watch a sequel, if it’s ever made.
I loved how accessible and entertaining it was, even for people who didn’t catch all of the in-jokes and references.
I think the best easter egg is that they all follow initiative when attacking 😎
I’m glad people are still discovering this movie. It has the potential to be a cult classic imo. No, it’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s a fun time, and breezy enough that it will probably enter my repertoire of feel-good movies I can just throw on the background to feel better, along with movies like The Princess Bride or Stardust.
