D&D Movie/TV D&D: Honor Among Thieves Open Discussion [Full Spoilers]

[Iosue]

You know, one thing I was pleasantly surprised with was Edgin and his lute/singing. Admittedly, I was somewhat primed for this from the first trailer, but I expected it to be played for laughs. Like they do the Jack Benny thing where he has the lute, but never plays it in earnest, or if he tries to, either its super corny and no one wants to hear it, or he's really bad, and no one wants to hear it. So the joke would be that he only uses the lute to bash things.

When he took up the lute after Holga talked with her ex-husband, I thought, "Hear it comes. He's going to start playing and she's going to shut him down with a withering quip." But, no, he plays and sings, and he's got a wonderful singing voice, and then Holga smiles and joins in. When his illusion is distracting the guards, the humor is not in his performance, which again is great, but in the illusion going hopelessly and hilariously haywire. And then, when he sings as Holga dies, it's touching and beautiful.

 

[Arakhor]

Huh. When the illusion starts melting and we cut back to the heroes, it's Simon who has his foot stuck, so I just assumed that it was his illusion and he was losing concentration on it.

 

[abirdcall]

Huh. When the illusion starts melting and we cut back to the heroes, it's Simon who has his foot stuck, so I just assumed that it was his illusion and he was losing concentration on it.

Interesting bit of rules here that hey incorporated into the movie.

Major Image requires the caster's action each turn to maintain fluid movement and sound. So if Simon needed to use his action for something else, like getting his foot stuck, then the movement and sound of the illusion would be interrupted in some way. If he had lost concentration instead then it would just vanish.

 

[Iosue]

Huh. When the illusion starts melting and we cut back to the heroes, it's Simon who has his foot stuck, so I just assumed that it was his illusion and he was losing concentration on it.

Sure. By “his illusion,” I meant “the illusion of him.”

 

[Devilbass]

I've seen a lot of folks comment that they didn't like the visual effects for the Aaracokra, Dragonborn, and Tabaxi. I can totally appreciate that they are silly looking, and stand out a bit, but honestly, that's part of why I like those effects. To me, it felt completely intentional and in line with the tone of the movie.

As far as the way they did halflings/gnomes, that also seemed completely silly and intentional too. It seems like it was done that way entirely for the purpose of the Holga/Bradley Cooper reveal, which was 100% a visual gag in keeping with the movie's tone. That isn't the first time you see a halfling type in the movie, but is absolutely the first time the stark difference in size is brought directly to attention. They kept that ace up their sleeve until that part of the movie, and then remained consistent afterwards.

Again, I get why some people don't like it, but I think calling the effects bad is missing their point.

 

[Vael]

I like the practical nature of the effects. Not CGI'ing everything, there's a earthiness to the non-human creatures.

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

If you read her book, she’s just very guarded and it takes her a while to get used to new people. She’s had a lot of trauma.

Not to mention she’s very focused on her Druid job. No time for love, Dr Jones.

That's what made the bit with Simon at the end especially touching: because it came in the context of Doric deciding that she could trust these people.

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

I've seen a lot of folks comment that they didn't like the visual effects for the Aaracokra, Dragonborn, and Tabaxi. I can totally appreciate that they are silly looking, and stand out a bit, but honestly, that's part of why I like those effects. To me, it felt completely intentional and in line with the tone of the movie.

As far as the way they did halflings/gnomes, that also seemed completely silly and intentional too. It seems like it was done that way entirely for the purpose of the Holga/Bradley Cooper reveal, which was 100% a visual gag in keeping with the movie's tone. That isn't the first time you see a halfling type in the movie, but is absolutely the first time the stark difference in size is brought directly to attention. They kept that ace up their sleeve until that part of the movie, and then remained consistent afterwards.

Again, I get why some people don't like it, but I think calling the effects bad is missing their point.

I like it better than WotC's weirdly big-headed halflings. This is fantasy, why can't halfling neurons be half the diameter of human ones? (If neurons exist at all.)

Note: halfling armor should be lighter than human armor, since they have only 1/4 as much surface area to cover.

 

[jasper]

I saw it yesterday with my dragonlance group and their extend family. From a friend who has gamed with me in decades. No Jasper you can't steal the plots or anything from the movie. As a D&D Movie it is an A+ comedy. As a fantasy movie it is just a C comedy Fantasy movie. Everyone was talking about buying something related to the movie.
This will be a movie of when it hits cable, I will stop and watch some scenes.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Oh another thing about the Doric prequel novel. It kind of explains why she can turn into an Owlbear.

First she already has an affinity with owls. A actual spiritual connection. She meets an actual Owlbear and turns into one to help it.

Her Druid teachers at first don’t believe her because “that’s impossible” but she explains it as “I didn’t see it as a monster.”

So, she already has a spiritual connection with owls and didn’t see the beast as “a monster”.