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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8978999" data-attributes="member: 18">Just got back from it here.It's like a solid 7.5/10 movie. At times it was absolutely ROLLING and working really well, particularly when it was doing comedy - the graveyard scene and the Paladin being an incredible twerp were working really well. That walking away scene got big laughs in my cinema. Rege-Jean is a  really amazing comedy straightman. The only joke that really didn't land in my cinema was the intellect devourer one (I think it could have done with being slightly longer and maybe having the devourers sniff at everyone except Edgin).At other times it didn't work nearly as well - the vast majority of the combat scenes didn't work well - the directors clearly don't have a of experience directing combat, and don't have a flair for making it look cool. Other action scenes did work well - just not the combat, with the possible exception of the final fight, which was a bit better if rather confused because it was so rapid. I could tell they were losing the audience a bit in a lot of them though. Like the wagon scene or running away from Themberchaud worked great.The emotional scenes would have worked better if they were integrated better. Unfortunately, whilst they were well-constructed and effective, they didn't blend well with the rest of the movie. Also the dragonfly/damselfly thing just being symbolic and not paying off to anything was a bit strange. But maybe I'm not deep enough on Realms lore and there was additional symbolism I didn't get or something.All the performances were fun, and I felt like Rodriguez was very into her character lol. Chris Pine is of course incapable of dropping character, always delivers. There was way more Hugh Grant than I expected and he seemed to be having a good time, which slightly surprised me. The Red Wizards were great - and some really nice magic effects too.I think overall it was kind of slightly less than the sum of its parts because it fit together kind of poorly, and some of the jokes were bit too on-the-nose (like the D&D cartoon ref).I definitely enjoyed it a ton though and will re-watch on TV or if friends want to go and see it.</blockquote>

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