I went to see the movie with my party as well, and both me and a friend have taken turns as the DM. After the movie, he said that Holga throwing the potato in Forge's face would have triggered an "...are you sure?" moment from him, considering he had Kira at knifepoint. I said I would have allowed it, but would have strongly advised that the character doesn't miss. My wife was along as well, and she enjoyed the movie a lot as a non-player. I liked the movie a lot, and it's certainly better than the last D&D movie we got 😄
As a player, I am quite familiar with the "Are you sure?"; it means you're either doing something really beneficial or really detrimental (mostly the latter option) that will have lasting consequences. I wonder if Holga's player would have spent a DM inspiration (if she had one) to get advantage and ensure that Forge got hit. It's good to hear that your wife enjoyed the movie as well! I was talking about it with a friend in class who didn't play D&D, and they thought it was a fun movie as well. I've luckily only seen reviews of the 2000 D&D movie (eg. Nostalgia Critic), but from what I saw it was not accurate at all 😄
That is true! Even if the flame finger was simply another prestidigitation effect (you can have up to 3 effects active at once), Simon was still using another spell simultaneously to steal from his audience. I wonder if the officially published statblocks have any insight for us with that, because it gives each person special features/spell descriptions that are not in the PHB or any normal 5e sourcebook
the best games are the ones that make you feel like you're inside your favorite movie or book... and making a movie out of a game is hard because you're taking away the interactivity of it and making it just run one way like a story and forcing your imagination one way. then again the backstory fluff that is created to drive games forward or provide the setting can of course be told on screen and as a tribute it can work. I doubt I'll be seeing this one anytime soon but appreciate your thoughts
I think that one advantage of adapting a game like D&D over a video game is the fact that our games are quite different. Especially with video games becoming a lot more cinematic these days, sometimes a movie/tv show version isn't always needed. Something like D&D that takes place in our minds (much like with HeroQuest and how we imagine the battles occur) has more freedom when translating to screen, although it isn't clear where the line is drawn between being a fantasy movie and specifically D&D. Glad I could help inform your opinion, although if you ever do decide to watch it you might not be quite as surprised since I spoiled the entire film.
re-reading LOTR and I'm feeling like you take legends.. boil them down and mix them up in a blender and that's what you have with tolkien... then do the process again and you get games like D&D and Warhammer... do it again with the next product down the line and you get movies like this... I suppose when something reminds you of something you like and not trashing it and making you long for the thing to wash the bad taste out of your mouth, then it's a success even if it was never meant to replace the thing. I saw the old D&D movie and I barely remember it, just a guy getting pwned by an evil villain wearing outrageous lipstick. I remember the cartoon more fondly and that I barely remember (badass dragon with a bunch of different colored heads and a yoda-like old guy dropping hints)
Interesting! In Canadian Cineplex theatres it had that clip (possibly it was an opening night thing, since we did see the movie on the first night it was available)
I went to see the movie with my party as well, and both me and a friend have taken turns as the DM. After the movie, he said that Holga throwing the potato in Forge's face would have triggered an "...are you sure?" moment from him, considering he had Kira at knifepoint. I said I would have allowed it, but would have strongly advised that the character doesn't miss.
My wife was along as well, and she enjoyed the movie a lot as a non-player. I liked the movie a lot, and it's certainly better than the last D&D movie we got 😄
As a player, I am quite familiar with the "Are you sure?"; it means you're either doing something really beneficial or really detrimental (mostly the latter option) that will have lasting consequences. I wonder if Holga's player would have spent a DM inspiration (if she had one) to get advantage and ensure that Forge got hit.
It's good to hear that your wife enjoyed the movie as well! I was talking about it with a friend in class who didn't play D&D, and they thought it was a fun movie as well. I've luckily only seen reviews of the 2000 D&D movie (eg. Nostalgia Critic), but from what I saw it was not accurate at all 😄
Simon was shown doing 2 spells at once, I had to look at my friend and ask if there's a multitask spell; this sorc kid got potential
That is true! Even if the flame finger was simply another prestidigitation effect (you can have up to 3 effects active at once), Simon was still using another spell simultaneously to steal from his audience. I wonder if the officially published statblocks have any insight for us with that, because it gives each person special features/spell descriptions that are not in the PHB or any normal 5e sourcebook
the best games are the ones that make you feel like you're inside your favorite movie or book... and making a movie out of a game is hard because you're taking away the interactivity of it and making it just run one way like a story and forcing your imagination one way. then again the backstory fluff that is created to drive games forward or provide the setting can of course be told on screen and as a tribute it can work. I doubt I'll be seeing this one anytime soon but appreciate your thoughts
I think that one advantage of adapting a game like D&D over a video game is the fact that our games are quite different. Especially with video games becoming a lot more cinematic these days, sometimes a movie/tv show version isn't always needed. Something like D&D that takes place in our minds (much like with HeroQuest and how we imagine the battles occur) has more freedom when translating to screen, although it isn't clear where the line is drawn between being a fantasy movie and specifically D&D. Glad I could help inform your opinion, although if you ever do decide to watch it you might not be quite as surprised since I spoiled the entire film.
re-reading LOTR and I'm feeling like you take legends.. boil them down and mix them up in a blender and that's what you have with tolkien... then do the process again and you get games like D&D and Warhammer... do it again with the next product down the line and you get movies like this... I suppose when something reminds you of something you like and not trashing it and making you long for the thing to wash the bad taste out of your mouth, then it's a success even if it was never meant to replace the thing. I saw the old D&D movie and I barely remember it, just a guy getting pwned by an evil villain wearing outrageous lipstick. I remember the cartoon more fondly and that I barely remember (badass dragon with a bunch of different colored heads and a yoda-like old guy dropping hints)
There was no such intro in cinemas here.,
Interesting! In Canadian Cineplex theatres it had that clip (possibly it was an opening night thing, since we did see the movie on the first night it was available)