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

[Seramus]

One thing they got wrong, Paladins don’t steal.
But in the movie the Paladin steals every scene.

I love that he's a walking parody played so straight that even being the straight man is a nod to bad paladin tropes.

 

[Undrave]

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

Same, though the Tabaxi looked a little too plushy for my taste.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Same, though the Tabaxi looked a little too plushy for my taste.

I would have let that slide if they actually spoke. Every other language in the movie is subtitled, but Tabaxi just purr and grumble.

 

[Dioltach]

but Tabaxi just purr and grumble.

Sounds like most cats of my acquaintance.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Sounds like most cats of my acquaintance.

I mean admittedly, it sounds like me, but still.

 

[Undrave]

I would have let that slide if they actually spoke. Every other language in the movie is subtitled, but Tabaxi just purr and grumble.

The Tabaxi looked a little too close to this viral cat costume:

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Maybe it was a late addition to the movie unlike the Dragonborns and Aarackroka and they didn't have as much time to design them?

 

[Dioltach]

I mean admittedly, it sounds like me, but still.

I gave up on the purring long ago. All I do now is grumble.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

That's what halflings were like in the 1980's Dragon illustrations: well-proportioned small people.

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One thing that struck me is that the movie's halflings were just sort of tossed in as just a bunch of small people. Whereas LOTR made sure to establish the signature look of them (curly hair, big furry feet, waistcoats, etc.) so that even if none of the big folk were around, you still knew you were looking at a hobbit.

Granted, the D&D movie didn't have the same time to dedicate to a couple of minor characters, but with D&D having moved away from the hobbity look of halflings, without those visual touchstones, we run into them just looking like small humans.

 

[Bolares]

The only practical effect I didn't like was the tabaxi mom. She looked wierdly curved and stiff. It screamed puppet to me.

 

[OB1]

One thing that struck me is that the movie's halflings were just sort of tossed in as just a bunch of small people. Whereas LOTR made sure to establish the signature look of them (curly hair, big furry feet, waistcoats, etc.) so that even if none of the big folk were around, you still knew you were looking at a hobbit.

Granted, the D&D movie didn't have the same time to dedicate to a couple of minor characters, but with D&D having moved away from the hobbity look of halflings, without those visual touchstones, we run into them just looking like small humans.

I think one of the big issues with the Bradley Cooper scene is that he was a last minute replacement of the original actor and shot the scene by himself on a green screen and then was superimposed into the scene. I'd also say that in LotR, the hobbit scenes where they're mixing with big folk got a lot worse in the last film (like when they're dancing on tables after the battle of Helms Deep) when they were doing that instead of using practical lens effects.

I thought the parole board halfling (gnome? I thought I saw pointy ears), fit a lot better into her scenes, and wasn't nearly as distracting.