D&D General Survivor Thread: Best D&D Movie

[DrunkonDuty]

Conan the Barbarian 13
Conan the Barbarian (1981) 29
Conan the Destroyer 29
LotR 29
Harryhausen Sinbad (1970s) 25+1=26
Clash of the Titans (1981) 26
Wrath of the Dragon God (D&D) 10
Excalibur 12
Willow 35
Sword and Sorcerer 22
Hawk the Slayer 7
Beastmaster 20
Legend 23
Dragonslayer 23
13th Warrior 19
Monty Python, Quest for the Holy Grail 10-2=8
Dragonheart 14
Ladyhawke 21
Krull 27
Princess Bride 30

 

[Cadence]

Conan the Barbarian 13
Conan the Barbarian (1981) 29-2=27
Conan the Destroyer 29
LotR 29
Harryhausen Sinbad (1970s) 26
Clash of the Titans (1981) 26
Wrath of the Dragon God (D&D) 10
Excalibur 12
Willow 35
Sword and Sorcerer 22
Hawk the Slayer 7
Beastmaster 20
Legend 23
Dragonslayer 23
13th Warrior 19
Monty Python, Quest for the Holy Grail 8+1=9
Dragonheart 14
Ladyhawke 21
Krull 27
Princess Bride 30

 

[Lanefan]

Conan the Barbarian 13
Conan the Barbarian (1981) 27
Conan the Destroyer 29
LotR 29 + 1 = 30
Harryhausen Sinbad (1970s) 26
Clash of the Titans (1981) 26
Wrath of the Dragon God (D&D) 10
Excalibur 12
Willow 35
Sword and Sorcerer 22
Hawk the Slayer 7
Beastmaster 20
Legend 23
Dragonslayer 23
13th Warrior 19
Monty Python, Quest for the Holy Grail 9
Dragonheart 14 - 2 = 12
Ladyhawke 21
Krull 27
Princess Bride 30

I don't understand how Monty Python is down to 9 while Princess Bride is up to 30; as both are simply well-done parodies of the genre, I'd expect them to rise or fall more or less together.

 

[Legatus Legionis]

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[chrisrtld]

Conan the Barbarian 11
Conan the Barbarian (1981) 29
Conan the Destroyer 29
LotR 30
Harryhausen Sinbad (1970s) 26
Clash of the Titans (1981) 26
Wrath of the Dragon God (D&D) 10
Excalibur 12
Willow 35
Sword and Sorcerer 22
Hawk the Slayer 5
Beastmaster 20
Legend 23
Dragonslayer 23
13th Warrior 19
Monty Python, Quest for the Holy Grail 9
Dragonheart 12
Ladyhawke 21
Krull 27
Princess Bride 30

 

[payn]

I don't understand how Monty Python is down to 9 while Princess Bride is up to 30; as both are simply well-done parodies of the genre, I'd expect them to rise or fall more or less together.

Makes a lot of sense actually. When two similar things are on the list folks pump the better and dropped the lesser. For example, D&D movie was out in 24 hours, but sequel wrath of dragon god is hanging on. LotR is still solid, but Hobbit is gone. etc...

 

[Argyle King]

Makes a lot of sense actually. When two similar things are on the list folks pump the better and dropped the lesser. For example, D&D movie was out in 24 hours, but sequel wrath of dragon god is hanging on. LotR is still solid, but Hobbit is gone. etc...

LoTR was also a much better trilogy than the Hobbit films. The latter made a lot of weird choices concerning what to spend extra time on and what to speed through.

I could see Monty Python being viewed differently than Princess Bride. I like both. However, I could see how MP might push things too far for some. Bride might be a parody, but it still maintains some semblance of still being a fantasy adventure with serious stakes and follows a pattern which is similar to a coherent adventure path.

 

[touc]

Conan the Barbarian 11
Conan the Barbarian (1981) 29
Conan the Destroyer 29
LotR 30
Harryhausen Sinbad (1970s) 26
Clash of the Titans (1981) 26
Wrath of the Dragon God (D&D) 10
Excalibur 12
Willow 35 + 1 = 36
Sword and Sorcerer 22
Hawk the Slayer 5
Beastmaster 20
Legend 23
Dragonslayer 23 - 2 = 21
13th Warrior 19
Monty Python, Quest for the Holy Grail 9
Dragonheart 12
Ladyhawke 21
Krull 27
Princess Bride 30

I couldn't do it to Hawk the Slayer. It's so bad, but it's so D&D and sounds like a badly written, but common(!), character backstory. BBEG killed my wife and father, and BBEG is destroying everything. I must get an adventuring party together. Hawk gets a magic sword, an elf, a dwarf, and a couple warriors. The BBEG captures them, a common AD&D trope to make you hate the BBEG even more. There's a wizard who helps them along the way. They beat the BBEG but he might have survived...(for a sequel). In some way, shape, or form, you play D&D long enough and you've probably played that campaign.

 

[Aldarc]

Conan the Barbarian 11
Conan the Barbarian (1981) 29
Conan the Destroyer 29
LotR 30
Harryhausen Sinbad (1970s) 26
Clash of the Titans (1981) 26
Wrath of the Dragon God (D&D) 10
Excalibur 12
Willow 36+1 = 37
Sword and Sorcerer 22
Hawk the Slayer 5
Beastmaster 20
Legend 23
Dragonslayer 21
13th Warrior 19
Monty Python, Quest for the Holy Grail 9-2 = 7
Dragonheart 12
Ladyhawke 21
Krull 27
Princess Bride 30

 

[Argyle King]

Conan the Barbarian 11 + 1 = 12
Conan the Barbarian (1981) 29
Conan the Destroyer 29
LotR 30
Harryhausen Sinbad (1970s) 26
Clash of the Titans (1981) 26
Wrath of the Dragon God (D&D) 10 - 2 = 8
Excalibur 12
Willow 37
Sword and Sorcerer 22
Hawk the Slayer 5
Beastmaster 20
Legend 23
Dragonslayer 21
13th Warrior 19
Monty Python, Quest for the Holy Grail 7
Dragonheart 12
Ladyhawke 21
Krull 27
Princess Bride 30