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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Enchantress" data-source="post: 1616319" data-attributes="member: 8644">IMHO, any sort of D&D movie ever made would have to not only have awesome graphics and action scenes, which is a must, but also have at least a decent plot.  Take The Scorpion King for example.  The fighting scenes were very good, but the plot....wait, WAS there a plot???  Personally, I like to have a point to the movie I'm watching as opposed to mindless, pointless violence.  I also think that in order to really show how a D&D story really is, they need to portray that it is not a  one man show.  There can't be just one hero that the entire story and therefore the entire world focuses on.  They need to show that each and every character has a story, a past, and hopefully a future.  They need to show that the character, though made up, is still a living part of the world they are trying to create.  If we watch all of the characters live and learn, then the story becomes real to us and we can relate to their experiences.  The only two movies that I can think of where this was used is LOTR and LXG.  LOTR pretty much explains itself, but in LXG, it wasn't really just about Allan Quatermain.  You also see the way Jekyll learns to live and even cooperate with his counter part, and how he begins to feel for Mia.  And how Tom Sawyer finally manages to get through his teenage I'm-better-than-everyone-else-so-worship-me stage.  This isn't the only thing that makes a good movie, but it certainly plays a large part in my oppinion.So, how was my attempt at sounding halfway intelligent? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /></blockquote>

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