A D&D movie has to include people in the real world playing D&D interspersed with “in-game” sequences, and derive its humor and pathos from the interplay between the players in the real world and the stuff that happens in-game a la She Fights Monsters. That is the only way to differentiate it from every other fantasy movie.
Otherwise, it’s just another fantasy movie, and inevitably worse than Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones.
Otherwise, it’s just another fantasy movie, and inevitably worse than Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones.