Actually I have to agree with Barsoomcore completely here. I've seen so many entirely reprehensible fantasy movies, that D&D is nice to watch. The really infuriating things are realizing that as an amateur to the industry he made so many mistakes. Scenes that were necessary were cut, and acting on some parts was poor. The DVD contains hints of this stuff in the deleted scenes part, but the novel adaptation fleshes out all those missing bits and suddenly the story is a lot less contrived. For instance finding out that the Emperor was just days ago murdered by Profion, leaving his daughter in charge, changes the way you see her character. Also the ending in which Snails was never supposed to be brought back, nor the power ranger teleport. (Both of which were actually insisted upon by New Line)