Rate The Last Movie You Watched - Page 153

Lathum · 03-08-2023, 11:31 AM

Watched Elvis last night. The kid that played him was great. Didn’t love Hanks. Just thought the movie was OK. Lacked depth IMO.

Edward64 · 03-14-2023, 11:40 AM

Looking forward to the new D&D move on Mar 31.

I don't remember the group referenced below but I chuckled watching the clip ... they found, opened, and got goodies from treasure chests in the maze!

Still looks campy to me but the early previews are good.

Dungeons & Dragons Movie Clip Reveals D&D Cartoon Characters Cameo

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The clip shows off several classic D&D monsters, including a displacer beast and a gelatinous cube, and also shows a surprising cameo by the cast of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, which ran on TV in the 1980s. The full group appears as a rival adventuring party to Edgin's group and seems to be having some better luck than the third party participating in the contest, who sees several members get mauled by a displacer beast.

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The movie debuted to strong reviews and currently has an 85% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

weegeebored · 03-14-2023, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

Still looks campy to me but the early previews are good.

This was my impression from the tv commercial I saw. I game with a TTRPG group who are big D&D fans. Of course they will love it no matter how bad it is. Even though it's not directly related to Hasbro these guys sure have short memories when it comes to D&D.

Edward64 · 03-14-2023, 12:17 PM

I was telling my wife that I may want to join a D&D or RPG group. There is a game/comic book store relatively close by and they have tables for folks to play (and buy their overpriced sodas & snacks).

I know there are virtual stuff I can join but I remember the "table top" fondly from college days. Don't think you can beat the live, in person interactions.

Atocep · 03-14-2023, 12:30 PM

I loved the 80s D&D cartoon.

Looking forward to seeing this. It's getting solid reviews from the early screening over the weekend.

Btw, if you have a prime account you can get tickets to a showing on the 19th at participating theaters. There are several around here showing it so it doesn't seem to be limited.

weegeebored · 03-14-2023, 12:48 PM

I don't want to go too far astray in this thread but gaming in person is the best. Our group used to play in a Hampton Inn until they booted us out. (We spent money on food and drinks every week so I am not sure what the problem was.) There are advantages to virtual platforms like Roll20, but players seem to be more easily distracted using that format.

Lathum · 03-14-2023, 01:03 PM

Who knew a text based sim message board could have so many nerds...

GrantDawg · 03-14-2023, 02:25 PM

I'm still gaming with a gang locally. Many of us have been gaming together off and on since middle-school.

Edward64 · 03-14-2023, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I'm still gaming with a gang locally. Many of us have been gaming together off and on since middle-school.

That is great. So it's like the Stranger Things crew (but with beer bellies)?

GrantDawg · 03-14-2023, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

I was telling my wife that I may want to join a D&D or RPG group. There is a game/comic book store relatively close by and they have tables for folks to play (and buy their overpriced sodas & snacks).

I know there are virtual stuff I can join but I remember the "table top" fondly from college days. Don't think you can beat the live, in person interactions.

The only thing I will warn you about pick-up groups at places like that is they are very hit-and-miss. We have a couple of people that we met playing in Lawerenceville that we stayed in touch with for awhile, but there was a couple of people we dealt with there that stopped us from playing there. Not saying you are talking about Lawrenceville, just the general experience with trying to play in those places.

You might want to try /lfg on Reddit. You can search for groups locally that play someplace close, and it gives you an opportunity to interview them (as well as they, you) before you start.

GrantDawg · 03-14-2023, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

That is great. So it's like the Stranger Things crew (but with beer bellies)?

Stranger Things is absolutely how I would describe us.

thesloppy · 03-14-2023, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I'm still gaming with a gang locally. Many of us have been gaming together off and on since middle-school.

Same.

NobodyHere · 03-14-2023, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I'm still gaming with a gang locally. Many of us have been gaming together off and on since middle-school.

So what gang did you game with? Crypts? Bloods? Latin Kings? MS-13? Aryan Brotherhood?

Edward64 · 03-14-2023, 10:34 PM

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So what gang did you game with? Crypts? Bloods? Latin Kings? MS-13? Aryan Brotherhood?

... Triad or Yakuza etc.

Edward64 · 03-16-2023, 12:15 PM

World War Z - 8.5/10

Rewatched WWZ last night. I have to say this is my favorite zombie movie in this millennia with Train to Busan & Dawn of the Dead remake as #2 & #3.

The first 30 min are fantastic. The traffic mess and chaos, the apartment, the helicopter rescue.

(BTW - I know I've seen it before but only kinda registered. I like how Brad Pitt duct tape rolled up magazines on his forearm, makes sense).

The middle was great. The carrier part sucked but liked the trip to Korea and the airport scene, going to Israel, the wall, the chaos after they broke through, and the airplane scene was fantastic.

The last part, at the lab, was the weakest but because of the let down on the fast paced action.

They shouldn't have named it WWZ because it was only a little like the book, but its a great movie in its own right.

CrimsonFox · 03-21-2023, 04:10 PM

Scream V: I laughing at myself for the fact that I checked out and watched the movie Scream 5 "so that I'd be caught up and didn't miss anything so I can see Scream 6." That's a moment...

It IS better than the Ehren Krueger crap. However it is missing a sense of humour. It does keep the meta commentary going tho. It does a good job of making people likable so that you are sad when they get killed...except for the obvious "bitches that are trying hard to be bitches". It never at any point is believable anymore.

Atocep · 03-23-2023, 10:57 PM

Oh hi shark

stevew · 03-23-2023, 11:07 PM

Skip the movie but damn I need those underwear

Ghost Econ · 03-24-2023, 03:36 PM

I'm on a shitty movie kick. I've run through the various Gerard Butler world/America disaster movies and they're all bad, but not so bad that they should get overly shit on.

I currently have The Happening on, the Mark Wahlberg vehicle from 2008. Holy fuck this movie is so bad. Wikipedia seems to be forgiving of it as some sort of B-movie classic, but it's so much worse than that. I cant describe how bad the acting and writing is.

sterlingice · 03-24-2023, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

I'm on a shitty movie kick. I've run through the various Gerard Butler world/America disaster movies and they're all bad, but not so bad that they should get overly shit on.

I currently have The Happening on, the Mark Wahlberg vehicle from 2008. Holy fuck this movie is so bad. Wikipedia seems to be forgiving of it as some sort of B-movie classic, but it's so much worse than that. I cant describe how bad the acting and writing is.

It was one of the two movies where M Night Shyamalan's star really fell. Like Sixth Sense was great. I'd argue Unbreakable was better. I like Signs but it's more mixed reception. The Village is too predictable, though I'd argue if you didn't know it was him and you weren't looking for a twist, it was fine.

But then it seems like he decides he has to go all artsy because his "formula" is predictable. So you Lady in the Water, which is like this weird horror version of a fairy tale, only not. And then The Happening, which is like a 60s Day of the Triffids type horror-movie-updated-for-the-present. Only it's not good. And the script is slow and boring, but to make up for it, he also gets nothing out of a pretty mediocre cast: Marky Mark, John Leguizamo, and Zoeey.

But, don't worry, he falls even further with the Last Airbender and After Earth before having a little resurgence of late with Split and Glass

SI

Ghost Econ · 03-24-2023, 04:12 PM

It almost feels like they filmed the scenes out of order, but gave the actors no background info, gave them the script before each scene and pretend you're not an actor but a random person we picked up off the street.

Suicane75 · 03-25-2023, 02:19 AM

2008 Horror Fest: The Happening: 67 Out Of 100 Stars
I really liked this movie. And I honestly have no clue what all the bitching and moaning is about except this disturbing inner notion that people have turned on M. Knight for reasons I can't quite comprehend.

The story is basic, simple and very suspenseful. Big occurrences come with the proper shock and awe that all good suspense movies strive for and so very few achieve. In fact as I watched this, observing, not lamenting the slower pace I found myself in anticipation of what would happen next, not in boredom as I suspect a lot of the critics were.

Knights actors have always presented a stilted way of talk, a more reserved way of doing things. What others are calling bad acting I believe is in fact very true to the way of how he wants his characters to behave and come across. I felt in this film and in his previous films that this behavior is right in tune with the mysterious backdrops of his stories.

If he ever returns to his halcyon days of public and critical praise I think it will be with a movie much like this than reprising the "shocking" twists of his early works. A subtle, low key but highly suspenseful movie.

In summation, it's slow but doesn't drag, contains mystery and otherworldly elements but doesn't bombard you with supernatural cockamamie and really is a nice film.

I remembered liking it more than most.

Suicane75 · 03-25-2023, 02:20 AM

Watched X and loved it. The lead is a fucking star. Looking forward to Pearl.

sterlingice · 03-25-2023, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

2008 Horror Fest: The Happening: 67 Out Of 100 Stars
I really liked this movie. And I honestly have no clue what all the bitching and moaning is about except this disturbing inner notion that people have turned on M. Knight for reasons I can't quite comprehend.

The story is basic, simple and very suspenseful. Big occurrences come with the proper shock and awe that all good suspense movies strive for and so very few achieve. In fact as I watched this, observing, not lamenting the slower pace I found myself in anticipation of what would happen next, not in boredom as I suspect a lot of the critics were.

Knights actors have always presented a stilted way of talk, a more reserved way of doing things. What others are calling bad acting I believe is in fact very true to the way of how he wants his characters to behave and come across. I felt in this film and in his previous films that this behavior is right in tune with the mysterious backdrops of his stories.

If he ever returns to his halcyon days of public and critical praise I think it will be with a movie much like this than reprising the "shocking" twists of his early works. A subtle, low key but highly suspenseful movie.

In summation, it's slow but doesn't drag, contains mystery and otherworldly elements but doesn't bombard you with supernatural cockamamie and really is a nice film.

I remembered liking it more than most.

It's been years since I've seen it and I also was a huge fan of Shyamalan (still do like a number of his movies but the Avatar adaptation the Will Smith and kid movie were both awful). And I felt that his criticism was reaching an unfair fever pitch, too. But I remember it just being slow - the jokes about "nothing happens in The Happening" felt real to me. And the acting was just not good at all. Not like "not good for an Oscar" but "not good for an action/horror movie".

SI

Edward64 · 03-25-2023, 02:45 PM

John Wick 4 is getting good reviews

Love Donnie Yen. Also happy that Scott Adkins is in a big time movie.

Ghost Econ · 03-28-2023, 07:27 PM

Watching Signs and the acting is also pretty stilted. Maybe it's a stylistic choice on M. Knight's, side.

Also, Joaquin Phoenix's character was noted for hitting massive home runs and striking out a ton. Seems if he was born 15 years later he'd be Joey Gallo.

CrimsonFox · 03-29-2023, 02:39 PM

This ad for the dungeons and dragons movie is amazing...

Freaks and Geeks costars reunite for Dungeons and Dragons | EW.com

GrantDawg · 03-31-2023, 08:13 PM

Cocaine Bear- 8/10 That was a crazy romp in the woods.

Edward64 · 03-31-2023, 09:16 PM

Glad you liked it.

Planning to watch it when it gets to $6 rental on Prime

GrantDawg · 04-01-2023, 05:51 PM

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: 9/10
I am going to preface this by saying that, in general, I am not hyper-critical. Something usually has to be pretty bad for me to hate it, and D&D has been a part of my life for 40 years. I don't know if that last part actually would make me more critical of something trying to use that name, but in another way I have been waiting for something in media to actually do something good without that IP for decades. This maybe me just being ecstatic it didn't outright suck.

The movie was just fun. It had comedy. It had action. It had a dragon. It was just fantastic to see so many staples of the D&D game represented, and actually represented well. It wasn't a faithful representation of the rules, but it was a very faithful representation of what a D&D campaign is often like. Part danger/part silliness, blended with a little bit of heart and storytelling. It is not Shakespeare. There are definitely some trope-y plot points, and there are somethings you can see coming from a mile away. But in the end, like most D&D games, it is not about the story as much as how you get there.

I don't know what someone who has never played the game will make of it. I think it will stand up for itself, but it is hard to tell. When you consider things like Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones are so much about the storytelling. This is more like Guardians of the Galaxy, where it is action along with comic characters.

If you watch it, do keep an eye out for Easter eggs. I am sure I missed many, but I definitely got the homage to the old D&D Saturday morning cartoon. Also, I have no idea where I had read this was going to be set in the Dragonlance setting. It was Forgotten Realms through and through. Loved they had several specific races represented. That was cool to see.

My only nitpick and some favorite parts in spoilers:

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Atocep · 04-01-2023, 05:58 PM

Just got back from seeing it and it's a great movie. It can be nitpicked, but it's a fun movie that stays faithful to the source material. It absolutely captures a lot of the best parts of D&D that makes it great.

GrantDawg · 04-01-2023, 06:12 PM

I will add one thing I think this movie might do better than any movie I have ever seen. The platonic friends relationship between Edgin and Holga. They were so loyal to each other without any romance involved. It was a part of what gave the movie so much heart.

CarterNMA · 04-02-2023, 09:01 AM

I mostly agree with GrantDawg's last two posts but I'll preface this with, in general, I AM hyper-critical.

And holy hell, it' been part of my life for 42 years. Ugh, I'm old.

My first gripe is that I just didn't like Hugh Grant's performance. I may be biased from watching his appearance on Colbert Monday night.* He just seemed he didn't want to be there and really just wanted a paycheck out of the movie. Also, it is a bit slow in the beginning. After the movie we were talking about how the slow start is kind of reflective of how a lot of campaigns start, with everybody having to be brought together and learn how to interact with the new personalities around them. So take my "slow" critique with a grain of salt.

Overall, I give the movie a:
STR - 17. One actor was phoning it in and that really bugs me.
INT - 17. The banter is good and realistic but they kind of skip over the traveling between different locales. If they hadn't shown us the map, I wouldn't have been able to bitch about this.

WIS -18. SO MANY REFERENCES to old school AD&D twas awesome. Loved seeing some iconic monsters too.
DEX - 18. The fighting scenes are very well done and highly entertaining. (The spoiler below speaks to this part of the review.) FYI, there isn't an end-of-credits cameo but there is one between the fancy credits and the white-on-black credits.
CON - 16. It clocks in at 2 hour and 14 minutes. My bladder can't last that long these days with all that soda in me. And my ass gets sore sitting too long, even with those reclining seats.
CHA - 18. It's very cheeky! Which is what real sessions are like. The party's chemistry is very good. And I echo GrantDawg: it was nice to have a movie where the male lead and the female lead are not jammed into some lame romantic relationship.

Spoiler

* It was super-cool hearing Colbert talk about AD&D. I say AD&D because it's clear he is a 1e guy. Magic-user instead of mage. Thief instead of rogue. Heck, he didn't even know what a rogue was.

CrimsonFox · 04-02-2023, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by CarterNMA

I mostly agree with GrantDawg's last two posts but I'll preface this with, in general, I AM hyper-critical.

And holy hell, it' been part of my life for 42 years. Ugh, I'm old.

My first gripe is that I just didn't like Hugh Grant's performance. I may be biased from watching his appearance on Colbert Monday night.* He just seemed he didn't want to be there and really just wanted a paycheck out of the movie. Also, it is a bit slow in the beginning. After the movie we were talking about how the slow start is kind of reflective of how a lot of campaigns start, with everybody having to be brought together and learn how to interact with the new personalities around them. So take my "slow" critique with a grain of salt.

Overall, I give the movie a:
STR - 17. One actor was phoning it in and that really bugs me.
INT - 17. The banter is good and realistic but they kind of skip over the traveling between different locales. If they hadn't shown us the map, I wouldn't have been able to bitch about this.

WIS -18. SO MANY REFERENCES to old school AD&D twas awesome. Loved seeing some iconic monsters too.
DEX - 18. The fighting scenes are very well done and highly entertaining. (The spoiler below speaks to this part of the review.) FYI, there isn't an end-of-credits cameo but there is one between the fancy credits and the white-on-black credits.
CON - 16. It clocks in at 2 hour and 14 minutes. My bladder can't last that long these days with all that soda in me. And my ass gets sore sitting too long, even with those reclining seats.
CHA - 18. It's very cheeky! Which is what real sessions are like. The party's chemistry is very good. And I echo GrantDawg: it was nice to have a movie where the male lead and the female lead are not jammed into some lame romantic relationship.

Spoiler

* It was super-cool hearing Colbert talk about AD&D. I say AD&D because it's clear he is a 1e guy. Magic-user instead of mage. Thief instead of rogue. Heck, he didn't even know what a rogue was.

be sure to look up the freaks and geeks reunion ad for it that has the 3 geeks playing a game of D&D.

GrantDawg · 04-02-2023, 11:16 AM

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The answer to your spoiler: lore

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Atocep · 04-02-2023, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

The answer to your spoiler: lore

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GrantDawg · 04-02-2023, 05:49 PM

I am having a hard time finding people that disliked this movie. It is almost shocking, especially considering the box-office is sort of meh.

Atocep · 04-02-2023, 05:52 PM

My wife had zero interest in seeing it, but I dragged her along and she ended up really liking it.

The brilliance of this movie is they found a way to balance the appeal to D&D fans and those who don't know much or really anything about D&D.

Honolulu_Blue · 04-02-2023, 06:29 PM

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I am having a hard time finding people that disliked this movie. It is almost shocking, especially considering the box-office is sort of meh.

Maybe it’ll be one of those rare films that doesn’t have a massive drop off due to good word of mouth?

thesloppy · 04-02-2023, 06:56 PM

Movies have become the media slum, and these days it seems rare that anything gets positive reviews, which makes the fact that they've somehow finally made a decent D&D movie now, even more remarkable.

SirFozzie · 04-02-2023, 07:02 PM

Re: Dragonlance, you probably confused it with the show Mangiello is apparently doing.

Yeah: https://www.cbr.com/dnd-joe-manganie...ce-adaptation/

Edward64 · 04-02-2023, 07:13 PM

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Re: Dragonlance, you probably confused it with the show Mangiello is apparently doing.

Yeah: https://www.cbr.com/dnd-joe-manganie...ce-adaptation/

That would be great.

The zombie era has passed, Paramount is doing a good job with its StarTrek Franchise, and Disney is keeping Star Wars alive. I would love to see more D&D type shows.

Just not those bad ones you find on Prime with 3 stars.

Atocep · 04-02-2023, 11:18 PM

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That would be great.

The zombie era has passed, Paramount is doing a good job with its StarTrek Franchise, and Disney is keeping Star Wars alive. I would love to see more D&D type shows.

Just not those bad ones you find on Prime with 3 stars.

With Forgotten Realms alone there's so much potential. They could do action, horror, thriller, drama, ect. Everything doesn't have to be your standard fantasy film. The potential is there if someone smart and talented enough takes control.

BTW, I'd love to see a Planescape movie.

Lathum · 04-02-2023, 11:26 PM

I am currently 11 beers deep watching The Running Man. 112/10

sterlingice · 04-03-2023, 08:21 AM

Were you cheering for our heroic stalkers or the vile Ben Richards, the Butcher of Bakersfield?

SI

GrantDawg · 04-03-2023, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Atocep

With Forgotten Realms alone there's so much potential. They could do action, horror, thriller, drama, ect. Everything doesn't have to be your standard fantasy film. The potential is there if someone smart and talented enough takes control.

BTW, I'd love to see a Planescape movie.

I would love to see more Forgotten Realms, but if we are talking any other D&D settings, the top of my list would be Ravenloft.

SirFozzie · 04-03-2023, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

I am currently 11 beers deep watching The Running Man. 112/10

Put this on the list of movies that simultaneously should be remade and should never be remade.

NobodyHere · 04-03-2023, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

I am currently 11 beers deep watching The Running Man. 112/10

IMO The Running Man is the greatest movie based off of a Stephen King novel.

sterlingice · 04-03-2023, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Put this on the list of movies that simultaneously should be remade and should never be remade.

I was thinking that, too. It should be redone, much more like the novel, as dark satire. However, it would get some really weird comparisons to the original movie, which was so very much different as an early Arnold vehicle

SI

Edward64 · 04-03-2023, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I would love to see more Forgotten Realms, but if we are talking any other D&D settings, the top of my list would be Ravenloft.

Anything but Icewind Dale. I prefer forests to snow.

03-14-2023, 12:48 PM	#7606
weegeebored High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2006	I don't want to go too far astray in this thread but gaming in person is the best. Our group used to play in a Hampton Inn until they booted us out. (We spent money on food and drinks every week so I am not sure what the problem was.) There are advantages to virtual platforms like Roll20, but players seem to be more easily distracted using that format. __________________ "Don't believe everything that you read on the Internet." -- Abraham Lincoln

04-01-2023, 05:51 PM	#7630
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: 9/10 I am going to preface this by saying that, in general, I am not hyper-critical. Something usually has to be pretty bad for me to hate it, and D&D has been a part of my life for 40 years. I don't know if that last part actually would make me more critical of something trying to use that name, but in another way I have been waiting for something in media to actually do something good without that IP for decades. This maybe me just being ecstatic it didn't outright suck. The movie was just fun. It had comedy. It had action. It had a dragon. It was just fantastic to see so many staples of the D&D game represented, and actually represented well. It wasn't a faithful representation of the rules, but it was a very faithful representation of what a D&D campaign is often like. Part danger/part silliness, blended with a little bit of heart and storytelling. It is not Shakespeare. There are definitely some trope-y plot points, and there are somethings you can see coming from a mile away. But in the end, like most D&D games, it is not about the story as much as how you get there. I don't know what someone who has never played the game will make of it. I think it will stand up for itself, but it is hard to tell. When you consider things like Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones are so much about the storytelling. This is more like Guardians of the Galaxy, where it is action along with comic characters. If you watch it, do keep an eye out for Easter eggs. I am sure I missed many, but I definitely got the homage to the old D&D Saturday morning cartoon. Also, I have no idea where I had read this was going to be set in the Dragonlance setting. It was Forgotten Realms through and through. Loved they had several specific races represented. That was cool to see. My only nitpick and some favorite parts in spoilers: Spoiler I just don't know why they made Chris Pine a bard with powers. They just seemed to not give him any kind of real combat prowess, especially considering how powerful all his companions were. He should have at least been singing encouraging songs or something. Bradley Cooper's cameo was so funny. His half-ling character definitely had a type. So did Holga for that matter. The fat dragon was fat.

04-02-2023, 09:01 AM	#7633
CarterNMA Mascot Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maryland by way of Arizona	I mostly agree with GrantDawg's last two posts but I'll preface this with, in general, I AM hyper-critical. And holy hell, it' been part of my life for 42 years. Ugh, I'm old. My first gripe is that I just didn't like Hugh Grant's performance. I may be biased from watching his appearance on Colbert Monday night.* He just seemed he didn't want to be there and really just wanted a paycheck out of the movie. Also, it is a bit slow in the beginning. After the movie we were talking about how the slow start is kind of reflective of how a lot of campaigns start, with everybody having to be brought together and learn how to interact with the new personalities around them. So take my "slow" critique with a grain of salt. Overall, I give the movie a: STR - 17. One actor was phoning it in and that really bugs me. INT - 17. The banter is good and realistic but they kind of skip over the traveling between different locales. If they hadn't shown us the map, I wouldn't have been able to bitch about this. WIS -18. SO MANY REFERENCES to old school AD&D twas awesome. Loved seeing some iconic monsters too. DEX - 18. The fighting scenes are very well done and highly entertaining. (The spoiler below speaks to this part of the review.) FYI, there isn't an end-of-credits cameo but there is one between the fancy credits and the white-on-black credits. CON - 16. It clocks in at 2 hour and 14 minutes. My bladder can't last that long these days with all that soda in me. And my ass gets sore sitting too long, even with those reclining seats. CHA - 18. It's very cheeky! Which is what real sessions are like. The party's chemistry is very good. And I echo GrantDawg: it was nice to have a movie where the male lead and the female lead are not jammed into some lame romantic relationship. Spoiler What's the deal with having the dragon fat? That was a very odd choice. Maybe the DM didn't want to have a TPK from fighting a "real" dragon... * It was super-cool hearing Colbert talk about AD&D. I say AD&D because it's clear he is a 1e guy. Magic-user instead of mage. Thief instead of rogue. Heck, he didn't even know what a rogue was.

04-02-2023, 06:56 PM	#7640
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	Movies have become the media slum, and these days it seems rare that anything gets positive reviews, which makes the fact that they've somehow finally made a decent D&D movie now, even more remarkable. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

04-02-2023, 07:02 PM	#7641
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Re: Dragonlance, you probably confused it with the show Mangiello is apparently doing. Yeah: https://www.cbr.com/dnd-joe-manganie...ce-adaptation/ __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com Last edited by SirFozzie : 04-02-2023 at 07:02 PM.

03-08-2023, 11:31 AM	#7601
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Watched Elvis last night. The kid that played him was great. Didn’t love Hanks. Just thought the movie was OK. Lacked depth IMO.

03-14-2023, 12:17 PM	#7604
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	I was telling my wife that I may want to join a D&D or RPG group. There is a game/comic book store relatively close by and they have tables for folks to play (and buy their overpriced sodas & snacks). I know there are virtual stuff I can join but I remember the "table top" fondly from college days. Don't think you can beat the live, in person interactions.

03-14-2023, 12:30 PM	#7605
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	I loved the 80s D&D cartoon. Looking forward to seeing this. It's getting solid reviews from the early screening over the weekend. Btw, if you have a prime account you can get tickets to a showing on the 19th at participating theaters. There are several around here showing it so it doesn't seem to be limited.

03-14-2023, 01:03 PM	#7607
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Who knew a text based sim message board could have so many nerds...

03-14-2023, 02:25 PM	#7608
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I'm still gaming with a gang locally. Many of us have been gaming together off and on since middle-school.

03-16-2023, 12:15 PM	#7615
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	World War Z - 8.5/10 Rewatched WWZ last night. I have to say this is my favorite zombie movie in this millennia with Train to Busan & Dawn of the Dead remake as #2 & #3. The first 30 min are fantastic. The traffic mess and chaos, the apartment, the helicopter rescue. (BTW - I know I've seen it before but only kinda registered. I like how Brad Pitt duct tape rolled up magazines on his forearm, makes sense). The middle was great. The carrier part sucked but liked the trip to Korea and the airport scene, going to Israel, the wall, the chaos after they broke through, and the airplane scene was fantastic. The last part, at the lab, was the weakest but because of the let down on the fast paced action. They shouldn't have named it WWZ because it was only a little like the book, but its a great movie in its own right.

03-21-2023, 04:10 PM	#7616
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	Scream V: I laughing at myself for the fact that I checked out and watched the movie Scream 5 "so that I'd be caught up and didn't miss anything so I can see Scream 6." That's a moment... It IS better than the Ehren Krueger crap. However it is missing a sense of humour. It does keep the meta commentary going tho. It does a good job of making people likable so that you are sad when they get killed...except for the obvious "bitches that are trying hard to be bitches". It never at any point is believable anymore.

03-23-2023, 10:57 PM	#7617
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	Oh hi shark

03-23-2023, 11:07 PM	#7618
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Skip the movie but damn I need those underwear

03-24-2023, 03:36 PM	#7619
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	I'm on a shitty movie kick. I've run through the various Gerard Butler world/America disaster movies and they're all bad, but not so bad that they should get overly shit on. I currently have The Happening on, the Mark Wahlberg vehicle from 2008. Holy fuck this movie is so bad. Wikipedia seems to be forgiving of it as some sort of B-movie classic, but it's so much worse than that. I cant describe how bad the acting and writing is.

03-24-2023, 04:12 PM	#7621
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	It almost feels like they filmed the scenes out of order, but gave the actors no background info, gave them the script before each scene and pretend you're not an actor but a random person we picked up off the street.

03-25-2023, 02:19 AM	#7622
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	2008 Horror Fest: The Happening: 67 Out Of 100 Stars I really liked this movie. And I honestly have no clue what all the bitching and moaning is about except this disturbing inner notion that people have turned on M. Knight for reasons I can't quite comprehend. The story is basic, simple and very suspenseful. Big occurrences come with the proper shock and awe that all good suspense movies strive for and so very few achieve. In fact as I watched this, observing, not lamenting the slower pace I found myself in anticipation of what would happen next, not in boredom as I suspect a lot of the critics were. Knights actors have always presented a stilted way of talk, a more reserved way of doing things. What others are calling bad acting I believe is in fact very true to the way of how he wants his characters to behave and come across. I felt in this film and in his previous films that this behavior is right in tune with the mysterious backdrops of his stories. If he ever returns to his halcyon days of public and critical praise I think it will be with a movie much like this than reprising the "shocking" twists of his early works. A subtle, low key but highly suspenseful movie. In summation, it's slow but doesn't drag, contains mystery and otherworldly elements but doesn't bombard you with supernatural cockamamie and really is a nice film. I remembered liking it more than most.

03-25-2023, 02:20 AM	#7623
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Watched X and loved it. The lead is a fucking star. Looking forward to Pearl.

03-25-2023, 02:45 PM	#7625
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	John Wick 4 is getting good reviews Love Donnie Yen. Also happy that Scott Adkins is in a big time movie.

03-28-2023, 07:27 PM	#7626
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	Watching Signs and the acting is also pretty stilted. Maybe it's a stylistic choice on M. Knight's, side. Also, Joaquin Phoenix's character was noted for hitting massive home runs and striking out a ton. Seems if he was born 15 years later he'd be Joey Gallo.

03-29-2023, 02:39 PM	#7627
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	This ad for the dungeons and dragons movie is amazing... Freaks and Geeks costars reunite for Dungeons and Dragons \| EW.com

03-31-2023, 08:13 PM	#7628
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Cocaine Bear- 8/10 That was a crazy romp in the woods.

03-31-2023, 09:16 PM	#7629
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Glad you liked it. Planning to watch it when it gets to $6 rental on Prime

04-01-2023, 05:58 PM	#7631
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	Just got back from seeing it and it's a great movie. It can be nitpicked, but it's a fun movie that stays faithful to the source material. It absolutely captures a lot of the best parts of D&D that makes it great.

04-01-2023, 06:12 PM	#7632
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I will add one thing I think this movie might do better than any movie I have ever seen. The platonic friends relationship between Edgin and Holga. They were so loyal to each other without any romance involved. It was a part of what gave the movie so much heart.

04-02-2023, 05:49 PM	#7637
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I am having a hard time finding people that disliked this movie. It is almost shocking, especially considering the box-office is sort of meh.

04-02-2023, 05:52 PM	#7638
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	My wife had zero interest in seeing it, but I dragged her along and she ended up really liking it. The brilliance of this movie is they found a way to balance the appeal to D&D fans and those who don't know much or really anything about D&D.

04-02-2023, 11:26 PM	#7644
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I am currently 11 beers deep watching The Running Man. 112/10

04-03-2023, 08:21 AM	#7645
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Were you cheering for our heroic stalkers or the vile Ben Richards, the Butcher of Bakersfield? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

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