Don’t listen to haters
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Desselw –
2023-05-14
A lot of people say this was a horrible movie or that it had nothing to do with d&d. It went through multiple locations in faerun the setting for a lot of d&d campaigns. It uses spells and feats from 5e constantly. As and as a d&d fan when you sit back you can see this movie is a perfect representation of what happens in a d&d game. You can see the players failing persuasion rolls or losing concentration on spells. Accidentally setting off traps and causing chaos while at the same time coming up with crazy solutions to their problems, oh your trapped in a small room about to be eaten by a dragon? Looks like a tpk, well what if we just blow the room up? There’s good acting with only one actually cringy part when the little girl turns into the red wizard, there’s really funny moments as well, when Simon lost concentration on his illusion spell and you see Chris pine singing then stuttering then melting/expanding into nightmare fuel. Not only was that hilarious it changed how losing concentration is played out in my group’s campaign.
In short, the movie is great but don’t go in expecting some high fantasy serious movie like lord of the rings. This is a lot closer to the first guardians of the galaxy in a healthy and vibrant d&d setting. This is one of three movies since covid hit that I whole heartedly enjoyed.