it was a fun movie in the campy/MST3K type of way. Other than that, not much redeemed it. I remember I went to an early showing of it the day it came out, and called one of the guys in my group afterwards... when he asked me what was the worst part of the movie, I kept changing to something else... "this was the worst part... on 2nd thought, this part was worse, or maybe that was even worse..."
New D&D Movie Announced
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Shadowdancer
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I still find it amusing that most gamers hated the D&D movie, but most movie critics liked it. They didn't proclaim it to be the best movie ever, but the reviews were generally favorable.
talien
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The 10% rating and large amount of green splats at Rotten Tomatoes say otherwise:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/DungeonsDragons-1103052/
I read many of the reviews. What's most irritating? Conflating gamers with the movie -- i.e., "this movie sucks because people who play D&D suck." Saw a lot of those backhanded slaps in the reviews.
Mundanes. Bah.
jdavis
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Re: Just How Much the Movie Made
USA is part of worldwide, the $50,000 is what it made. ($15,185,241 (USA)+($34,815,000 (Non-USA)=$50,000,000 The point remains the same but you also had to take into account that the film was 10 years getting made and nobody in the industry wanted to touch it. It was profitable but it was considered so bad that even the actors bad mouthed it before it was released.
As far a critics go:
Now if this new movie is going to be a Tom Arnold/Jet Li/DMX, vehicle then it will probably be completly different than the last movie, not to say it's going to be good, but it will probably more of a Romeo Must Die/Exit Wounds/Cradle 2 the Grave type of movie, in other words not for kids (lets face it the first one was a very bad movie made for children).
talien said:
USA is part of worldwide, the $50,000 is what it made. ($15,185,241 (USA)+($34,815,000 (Non-USA)=$50,000,000 The point remains the same but you also had to take into account that the film was 10 years getting made and nobody in the industry wanted to touch it. It was profitable but it was considered so bad that even the actors bad mouthed it before it was released.
As far a critics go:
http://us.imdb.com/SB?20001208#2
Now if this new movie is going to be a Tom Arnold/Jet Li/DMX, vehicle then it will probably be completly different than the last movie, not to say it's going to be good, but it will probably more of a Romeo Must Die/Exit Wounds/Cradle 2 the Grave type of movie, in other words not for kids (lets face it the first one was a very bad movie made for children).
Barendd Nobeard
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Re: Re: Just How Much the Movie Made
I can see it now. Tom Arnold will play the gnome bard (filling the comic relief (Snails) role), Jet Li is cast as the contemplative Cleric who finally lets loose at the end and suddenly converts all cleric levels to Monk and kicks ass, and DMX will be Dribbles (or whatever that annoying Drow Ranger is named).jdavis said:
Oh, wait, you already knew it wouldn't be good, no matter who was in it.jdavis said:
Dark Jezter
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KaeYoss said:
More terrible sequels... Caddyshack 2, Batman and Robin, City Slickers 2, Scary Movie 2, Speed 2: Cruise Control, The Lost World, The Godfather Part III, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, and Robocop 2.
The very worst sequel I've ever seen, though, is Highlander 2. Highlander 2 would have already been one of the worst films of all time, but the fact that it's a sequel to such a great film only adds salt to the wound.
More examples of the Cameron effect... Aliens, the Godfather Part II, The Empire Strikes Back, X2, The Road Warrior (better than Mad Max, and Mad Max is one of the best action movies ever), Terminator 2, Evil Dead II, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Sequels are definately a mixed bag. Hopefully the D&D sequel will be better than the original.
Truth Seeker
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rESponse.....
This was posted a couple of years back in a group web site, my response after seeing this, this.......movie
{Date: Sat Dec 9, 2000 1:31 am
Subject: The (D&D) Movie....
As promise....the movie.......I .....it's need... someone with a
working idea how the system is played....but also, this a first...in
a long time. Made Better...yes, mabye with a better director....or
script or both. The generic symbolic....passing of the movie...50-
50..but you make your own mind up.}
As you can see, my mind was mush at that point. Please, I don't want to go back there again.....plleasseeeeee
This was posted a couple of years back in a group web site, my response after seeing this, this.......movie
{Date: Sat Dec 9, 2000 1:31 am
Subject: The (D&D) Movie....
As promise....the movie.......I .....it's need... someone with a
working idea how the system is played....but also, this a first...in
a long time. Made Better...yes, mabye with a better director....or
script or both. The generic symbolic....passing of the movie...50-
50..but you make your own mind up.}
As you can see, my mind was mush at that point. Please, I don't want to go back there again.....plleasseeeeee
Ranger REG
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I usually think most movie critics are above the mainstream audience, or like to think so. So they're basically out of touch or more "Hollywood."Shadowdancer said:
Some of the regular moviegoers I talked to (my other friends who do not play RPG) don't think the movie is that great. Even one of them stated, "Dude, if you want to convince me to play D&D, don't use this movie."
I can't help but to agree and comply.
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