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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 9018922" data-attributes="member: 6777737"><p>Overall it was fun.</p><p></p><p>It did feel derivative of Marvel in terms of the dialogue and comedy. That's fine, but I'm getting a bit weary of it. It's starting to feel a little lazy in terms of writing. It can be funny, but it's not really how people talk.</p><p></p><p>The pacing was a bit weird. I think they kind of drew out the setup for the whole thing. It was like 40 minutes before we knew what the quest even was. I feel like some of it could be cut.</p><p></p><p>[ISPOILER]The Bard was good. Doing things that Bards do, holding the PCs together. I got frustrated by how they repeatedly replayed the same scene with his daughter, and I don't feel like the payoff with the shapeshift worked. I would've liked to see more magic from him. Overall, though, I liked the character and the portrayal.</p><p></p><p>I almost felt like the Barbarian was under-utilized, although she actually had a lot of screen time. I think I just really liked this character, or maybe Michelle Rodriguez. I like her role in the story and her relationship with the other characters. Works very well with the Bard character.</p><p></p><p>I didn't care for the Sorcerer's character. He had a personality, but it wasn't really fun to me. He got a character arc, but I didn't like it much. The actor was great and did a great job selling the character, I'm just tired of "the unsure apprentice finds his feet" as a character. It's always used to justify the magic-user to be awful for the first 80% of the film and then turning into a super arcane badass. I wanted something better. I don't know that I feel like his transformation was really earned by the end of the movie.</p><p></p><p>I didn't really care for the Druid's character, either, although I liked the actress. I don't want to say that she was only there for the spectacle, but that was kind of the impression that I got. She was not well-developed, and I don't think she really got an arc. She made me wish Druids were half-casters with much better wild shape. I don't think there will ever be a Druid in any future edition that can't turn into an owlbear. Which is cool!</p><p></p><p>I liked the Paladin. He very much fit the traditional mold of a D&D Paladin, right up to dumping Int. I've seen people describe him as overconfident, but given how unreasonably competent he was, I'm not sure if I'd call it <em>over</em>confidence. The fact that he toes the line of being totally obnoxious was perfect, mainly because he manages to do it without being preachy or condescending. I think his costume could have benefitted from not being made of so much plastic.</p><p></p><p>The Rogue was... eh. I think he was well-written and well-placed in the story, but I think Hugh Grant has been typecast into precisely this character. I wasn't surprised or interested in anything he did because of it. If he were portrayed by anyone else who also wasn't British, I would've been much happier.</p><p></p><p>The Wizard was fine. Pretty normal villain Wizard.</p><p></p><p>The effects were really good. A surprising amount of the effects were practical, which was nice to see! They don't always hold up well, but I liked that the did that. The only effects I didn't like were the Halfling characters. They felt a little underpolished. They were fine, but they always felt like they were paper dolls stuck to a green screen?[/ISPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 9018922, member: 6777737"] Overall it was fun. It did feel derivative of Marvel in terms of the dialogue and comedy. That's fine, but I'm getting a bit weary of it. It's starting to feel a little lazy in terms of writing. It can be funny, but it's not really how people talk. The pacing was a bit weird. I think they kind of drew out the setup for the whole thing. It was like 40 minutes before we knew what the quest even was. I feel like some of it could be cut. [ISPOILER]The Bard was good. Doing things that Bards do, holding the PCs together. I got frustrated by how they repeatedly replayed the same scene with his daughter, and I don't feel like the payoff with the shapeshift worked. I would've liked to see more magic from him. Overall, though, I liked the character and the portrayal. I almost felt like the Barbarian was under-utilized, although she actually had a lot of screen time. I think I just really liked this character, or maybe Michelle Rodriguez. I like her role in the story and her relationship with the other characters. Works very well with the Bard character. I didn't care for the Sorcerer's character. He had a personality, but it wasn't really fun to me. He got a character arc, but I didn't like it much. The actor was great and did a great job selling the character, I'm just tired of "the unsure apprentice finds his feet" as a character. It's always used to justify the magic-user to be awful for the first 80% of the film and then turning into a super arcane badass. I wanted something better. I don't know that I feel like his transformation was really earned by the end of the movie. I didn't really care for the Druid's character, either, although I liked the actress. I don't want to say that she was only there for the spectacle, but that was kind of the impression that I got. She was not well-developed, and I don't think she really got an arc. She made me wish Druids were half-casters with much better wild shape. I don't think there will ever be a Druid in any future edition that can't turn into an owlbear. Which is cool! I liked the Paladin. He very much fit the traditional mold of a D&D Paladin, right up to dumping Int. I've seen people describe him as overconfident, but given how unreasonably competent he was, I'm not sure if I'd call it [I]over[/I]confidence. The fact that he toes the line of being totally obnoxious was perfect, mainly because he manages to do it without being preachy or condescending. I think his costume could have benefitted from not being made of so much plastic. The Rogue was... eh. I think he was well-written and well-placed in the story, but I think Hugh Grant has been typecast into precisely this character. I wasn't surprised or interested in anything he did because of it. If he were portrayed by anyone else who also wasn't British, I would've been much happier. The Wizard was fine. Pretty normal villain Wizard. The effects were really good. A surprising amount of the effects were practical, which was nice to see! They don't always hold up well, but I liked that the did that. The only effects I didn't like were the Halfling characters. They felt a little underpolished. They were fine, but they always felt like they were paper dolls stuck to a green screen?[/ISPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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