I've just seen a fantastic D&D movie...

[Plane Sailing]

And its name was Beowulf

I was able to see it in 3d, which was quite eye-popping in certain circumstances.

But the story, as told for the cinema here, was so D&D! Lone heroes taking on horrific monsters! Dark caverns full of treasure! Ogres! Seductresses! Giant fire breathing dragons! Curses! Vast heroism! Inordinate bragging!

(I enjoyed it by the way!)

Cheers

 

[Klaus]

Beowulf is an old-school Fighter, with that chainmail and bare legs.

Here's a test for 4E designers: stat Beowulf!

 

[Ranger REG]

And its name was Beowulf

For a moment, I thought you were going to say, The 13th Warrior.

 

[Ranger REG]

And its name was Beowulf

For a moment, I thought you were going to say, The 13th Warrior.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

But the story, as told for the cinema here, was so D&D! Lone heroes taking on horrific monsters! Dark caverns full of treasure! Ogres! Seductresses! Giant fire breathing dragons! Curses! Vast heroism! Inordinate bragging!

You forgot: Angelina Jolie's ... huge tracts of land.

 

[warren123]

Both Beowulf and The 13th Warrior are wonderful

 

[Hypersmurf]

For a moment, I thought you were going to say, The 13th Warrior.

I hear Beowulf rips off the plot from Thirteenth Warrior anyway.

-Hyp.

 

[Fast Learner]

It's not that you saw a D&D movie when you watched Beowulf, it's that you play a Beowulf game when you play D&D.

That said, you make me want to see the Beowulf movie now.

 

[Glyfair]

But the story, as told for the cinema here, was so D&D! Lone heroes taking on horrific monsters!

I don't want to say the movie is bad, because I don't know (haven't been able to see it yet). However, I do disagree with this combination.

A lone hero taking on horrific monsters isn't D&D. D&D is a party of adventurers taking on horrific monsters. IMO, the perfect D&D movie has a group of heroes, each with their own niche, as the heroes (Firefly/Serenity comes pretty close, for example).

I do expect to see the movie, and expect to enjoy it. I'm sure it will be able to give me ideas for D&D.

 

[Agamon]

I hear Beowulf rips off the plot from Thirteenth Warrior anyway.

-Hyp.

LOL. 13th Warrior ripped off Beowulf the epic poem...

Both movies were awesome, of course.