Just when I thought there might have been hope for the second D&D movie...

[barsoomcore]

The first one was never made for the fans

How do you know?

It was never made for the D&D fans

How do you know?

Reason I ask is because if nothing else, the director and producer of the first film, Courtney Solomon, is certainly a honking big Dungeons and Dragons fan, and certainly made a movie that was lifted straight from his own home campaign. Or at least that's his story on the movie commentary.

I would say most definitely it WAS made for fans, by fans. That's it's biggest problem -- if it had been made by skilled professionals it would have been a very different movie. I possibly would have liked it less, but there you go.

As for me, I would accept quality over quantity.

Right. Because the rest of us are willing to accept crap, as long as there's lots of it.

Sheesh. You know, people who like things different than you aren't STUPID. Statements like that serve no purpose other than attempting to insult people whose tastes differ from yours.

You thought the first film was bad, well, good for you. I'm interested in hearing why and what you would do differently. If your only contribution can be "People who don't like what I do are morons who don't understand what crap they're digesting," then we can't have much of a conversation, can we? Unless you'll deign to talk to one of us morons who happens to disagree with you.

 

[Capellan]

Whaddya know. My players are psychic.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I'm interested in hearing why and what you would do differently.

Well...

Hire a scriptwriter who can create a plot that isn't boring and dialogue that sounds halfway decent. Hire a director who knows how to position a camera, and how to direct his cast. Hire a cast who can act (or, in some cases, are willing to act). Refuse to release the movie without decent special effects.

In other words, do everything differently than Courtney Solomon. Enthusiasm is great, but it cannot make up for lack of talent. If he wanted to make an "amateur" D&D movie, it should have gone straight to DVD. If I'm going to the theater, I expect something of theater-level quality, not something that makes me actually sink into my seat at how embarrasing the movie is.

All my opinion, of course. But even if you count Lord of the Rings as only one long movie, rather than three, D&D doesn't even make my list of best 5 fantasy movies. When you consider how recently it was made, how few decent fantasy movies are out there, and how much material they had to work with, that's saying something.

 

[LostSoul]

Cool.

 

[Enchantress]

You thought the first film was bad, well, good for you. I'm interested in hearing why and what you would do differently. If your only contribution can be "People who don't like what I do are morons who don't understand what crap they're digesting," then we can't have much of a conversation, can we? Unless you'll deign to talk to one of us morons who happens to disagree with you.

Well, we've found what makes your blood pump. That was quite the passionate speech there. Please don't take offense, I'm just kind of sitting in awe.

 

[haiiro]

In other words, do everything differently than Courtney Solomon.

For a real treat, check out Solomon's IMDB entry:

http://imdb.com/name/nm0813309/

If that's not a perfect example of one truly godawful film torpedoing one's "career," I'm not sure what is. :\

 

[Enchantress]

All my opinion, of course. But even if you count Lord of the Rings as only one long movie, rather than three, D&D doesn't even make my list of best 5 fantasy movies.QUOTE]

So....what is on you list of best 5 fantasy movies?

 

[Corinth]

Jar-Jar Binks just lost his top spot on the Hit List. I need my AK. Today ain't a good day.

 

[Enchantress]

Jar-Jar Binks just lost his top spot on the Hit List. I need my AK. Today ain't a good day.

So who took Jar-Jar's place? The movie creators, or Paris?

 

[Corinth]

So who took Jar-Jar's place? The movie creators, or Paris?

It's a tie; Jar-Jar is now #3.