D&D Movie: Wrath of the Dragon God

[Vorput]

So... I was having trouble falling asleep last night, turned on the scifi channel... and caught the last hour and a half of 'Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God'

...And man, was I depressed. I thought the movie stunk...

It sort of alternated between like following the SRD to a tee, and then quite suddenly being nothing at all like D&D...

Anyone else agree? Disagree? Seen the movie? Never seen the movie? know anything that rhymes with purple?

Vorp

 

[Henry]

Yep, caught it last November. I didn't think it was that bad, though it wasn't exactly "Lord of the Rings" material. In many ways, it was WAAAY better than the first D&D movie.

My biggest complaint, was that there felt like NO chemistry between the characters (maybe it being due to them not being really experienced actors) and that the end felt VERY rushed. I likened it to a DM who's running late on the end time for the session, and he has to give everyone a "...so, the villain's in prison, your loved ones recover, you collect mad treasure from the kingdom for your deeds, and everyone levels up. See you guys next week!"

Other than that, I enjoyed it. The Thief was probably my favorite character. You missed the opening scenes I'm guessing where each character was introduced, and his intro scene with the tomb-robbing was pretty fun. NEVER screw a guide out of payment!

 

[Goodsport]

In many ways, it was WAAAY better than the first D&D movie.

Perhaps in some ways, but the first D&D movie is still more fun to watch.

And Marina Pretensa/Zoe McLellan (from the first movie) =

-G

 

[S. Baldrick]

Anyone else agree? Disagree? Seen the movie? Never seen the movie? know anything that rhymes with purple?

Vorp

I agree with you. I thought that it was pretty bad. Not "Gigli" bad mind you, but still bad. Bad acting and sets that harkened back to such 80's Z-movies classics such as "Deathstaker" and Roger Corman's "The Barbarian Queen" without the benefits female nudity.

 

[Remathilis]

Its no classic, but a fun deversion. About par with a made-for-TV movie, which is more than I can say about its Hollywood big bro...

 

[TheNovaLord]

i really enjoyed it in terms of minutes of enjoyment recieved/amount of dollars spent making it.....anything with a lich as the first encounter cant be bad!!

I have the UK version (elemental magic), only cost 2.95 on ebay. I assume title aside the UK release is the same as any other version?

JohnD

 

[Kurashu]

I watched it last night too. Even though it was pretty bad, the barbarian was kind of cute.

Also, they got pwndizzled when their cleric was swallowed whole (dragons don't have that ability).

Then the rogue with his "these are secret guild secrets which I alone in the world can perform and I'd like to keep it that way" and then just turns the "highly complex lever".

I was upset that there were no dwarves though. Just a short human possing as a halfling and an elf.

 

[horacethegrey]

This is one of those cases when a film's trailer completely makes a fool of me. I was honestly hyped over this flick after seeing the trailer, which was pretty good. So you can imagine my shocked surprise and resulting anger when I watched this turd. Upon which I suddenly realized that the aformentioned trailer only featured the good parts of the entire film, leaving no hint of what bad stuff lay about, which I was unfortunate to discover. I honestly wanted to hurl the dvd across the room when all was said and done. The movie actually had me liking the first DnD film in comparison!

Still, the barbarian chick was fine, so it wasn't a total loss.

 

[Knightfall]

I still haven't had a chance to see WotDG. Finding it on DVD, here in Edmonton, is next to impossible, and I don't have a CC so I can't buy it online. Even the rental stores don't have it.

I'll find a copy eventually, but I'm going to have to "look" for it harder. Either that or I'll simply stumble onto a copy in a bargin bin.

Also, just to let you all know, it looks like D&D 3 might be already underway. A member on the D&D Movies Yahoo Group post a message about a week ago that he/she knows someone who is actually working on D&D 3. He didn't have any other info, but if he posts more news then I'll pass it along here.

Rumors, in the past, have D&D 3 being about the Temple of Elemental Evil. (Take with a grain of salt, as such a movie would have to agreed upon by WotC.)

Cheers!

KF72

 

[Harmon]

It was a fair B movie though I expected some narration- “dude, its your turn to roll for to hit, just bring the soda in here!” or something like that. Would have been a better movie if they had done that a couple times.