10 is best? - then, after careful and just consideration...I'd give it...0. I pity the actors, though. I mean, imagine all the training, the hopes...one day you're gonna have this role...this difficult character...lots going on...and you make it shine! And then you end up in something like this.
I think he did@@Salmon_Toastie it looks like he cast it at the start of that attack but she cast shield. you can even see it stay up to take the brunt of what I assume was witch bolt or some other lightning spell of that nature.
1:16 a perfect representation of how long the average DnD party takes to think of tryng to break the caster's concentration "You take a... piece of garlic? and use your sling to hit the wizard. Well, that's an improvised weapon so it's 1 point of damage but she does have to roll a DC10 concentration check... *rolls* ok with a natural 1, she fails her concentration check and also falls off the roof"
@@YAH93 Depends on the DM's ruling. The official description for the slingshot doesn't actually lay out what counts as ammunition other than a "small, hard object." A more hardass DM would probably claim something like only rocks or purchased ammunition counts, but I feel like most DM's would rule in favor of something like a head of garlic being viable ammunition. Might scale down the damage though since it's not a conventional projectile
That was definitely a little bag of pepper flakes or something spicy, and I would rule that getting spice in your eyes would give disadvantage on that concentration check
I love how once the battle is going with everyone at once, you really can appreciate the old DnD rules that every 'turn' is only 6 seconds long. Dungeons and Dragons fights are pretty crazy if you put all actions into an actual viewable fight.
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They even got the detail right where the Bard, being the only member of the party who doesn't have an extra attack/twinned spell decides to instead run around the map wasting their action economy doing meaningless "I'm helping!" tasks out of pure dice roll economic envy. But it works out anyways because of course it does, they are a Bard.
Other than lack of any magic, he played a perfect Bard. Maxed charisma, bardic inspiration and plays lute. Also at least a decent intelligence score to come up with all these plans. Good agility for running and dodging stuff. In battle useful like a typical Bard, so not much. :P
As a DM, this definitely all makes sense. I can see the rolls, the saves, the turns, the actions, the legendary actions, the concentration saves... it all comes together so well. I'm keeping this saved for a study piece.
In the big brawl at the end it seems like she is casting Gust of Wind to push people away. She uses Telekinesis on the axe. The sorcerer throws out some Ray of Frost shots, Scorching Ray, Lightning Bolt, and they are all missed or she counters with a Shield spell. Obviously she uses Time Stop, and the sorc also uses Counterspell.@@SwordWieldingDuck I really like that she uses high level spells like Resilient Sphere, Animate Objects, and of course Time Stop, while the sorcerer guy sticks to lower level stuff for the most part like Scorching Ray and Counterspell. His highest level spell was 5th and of course she cast a 9th level spell. Oh yeah before this fight she definitely cast Meteor Swarm. I don't know where she got two 9th level spell slots from.
Technically what we've got here is a Barbarian build focused on improvised weapons, a weird homebrew Bard who traded in bard magic for... something, a homebrew Druid who traded in druid magic for infinite Wildshape, and a Wild Magic Sorcerer VS 1 Wizard, but I realize that doesn't exactly fit into a TH-cam title.
ACKCHUALLY, It's not a Watery Sphere, because those automatically float. It's Otiluke's Resilient Sphere. Listen to the sound the bubble makes when it's rolling: a glass sphere.
@DigiDestined558 😆 Yep, I have a rules lawyer in my regular group. Every time it comes to his turn, he spends about 20 minutes explaining what he wants to do and going over the rules in detail to try and outsmart the DM
She may have been defeated but Sophina was really going full Quadratic Wizard in that final fight. Such a freaking awesome villain, I hope she comes back
This surprisingly good movie should get a sequel. Unfortunately, they released it between John Wick 4 and Super Mario Bros and had to deal with the baggage of the 2000 film. It didn't warrant being a box office failure.
Oh my gods, the basket rolling by at 1:55 like a tumbleweed as the wizards are squaring up for a Bigby's Hand duel! This movie had so many fun little details!
. . . and 1 thief, the daughter got the kill shot on the witch with the bracelet. the fight was 5 to 1, and only 1 out of the 6 participants was a warrior class. dumb title, good fight
@@rainbowmothraleo Good point maybe they meant in that sense, but D&D does have class called Warrior which is considered martial type so odd term use for D&D theme movie
As someone who’s never played D&D but have wanted to, I definitely enjoyed this movie. Everything about it was solid and I enjoyed it from beginning to end.
2:40 I can't stop watching this part. All of them fighting her together and her casting spells defending herself from the attacks was so epic. I remember when I saw this film for the first time and I saw this part and I said "damn, that was so cool" the camera spinning while they fight, no cuts at all, magic everywhere, I loved it! Congratulations to the director of this film, I really hope this film has a sequel, the cast was perfect, great direction, cool and funny story in a smooth way, good fight scenes and great direction
The Bard knew it wouldn’t do much damage but he didn’t care, he was in it for the flavor and character and it paid off in that brief moment with a nice NAT 20
Such good chemistry and comedy, it really feels refreshing to see a serious fight scene where they take u on the edge of your seat but also makes you laugh out
I would never expect a team up of Hugh Grant, Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez could work for this kind of movie but it did. Even the child actress was good(not annoying like so many child actors).
This fight portrayed really well how DM's run powerful Wizards fighting against overwhelming odds. All wizards choose the tactically biggest threats & focus there. Doric/Moon Druid & Simon/Wild Magic Sorcerer definitely qualify as major threats. Now that's not to say that Holga/Barbarian is not a threat. Barbarians are scary for their physical prowess, but not their mental prowess, and that's what Wizards prey on. So it was fitting that Sofina just occupied them with spells like Animate Object & Otiluke's Resilient Sphere to keep the "annoyances" (Edgin & Holga) busy while she focused on Doric & Simon.
Yeah, the Barbarian is the biggest threat on the field. They would be able to grapple the wizard with no problem and end her life real quick. She would not be able to cast spells as every time she did the axe would come down on her head to disrupt it. I did this as a barbarian to a druid boss and it was very underwhelming for the GM. Granted nowadays My Barbarian was becoming useless in combat except to take hits. As the enemies do so much damage that I am basically dead after I deliver one blow. So I had to retrain my barbarian to dish out as much damage as possible in a single attack so I can be sure to leave a mark before I drop like a sack of potatoes. Word of advice never design your character to be flexible just focus on doing one thing really well otherwise you will find yourself not measuring up to more powerful opponents.
Yeah I’m playing a Human Battlemaster who has the Tavern Brawler feat. And the GM played this one magic caster who overestimated their own skills & underestimated my fighter. So I did a surprise round by disarming the Wizard of their arcane focus & rolled before them on initiative and safe to say I went to town
I love counting to 6 over and over watching this play out and seeing that each turn being 6 seconds is very roughly honored. So many cool details in this movie
0:42 I like how they didn't just make the "effortlessly break the thing" gag, no the axe is actually hard enough and didn't break but the monster just... Did the logical thing and spit it out. Clever gag to be honest.
You know never in a million years would I have thought of that but honestly you’re right. Just goes to show the dedication the writers, directors, and actors had towards this movie when they took every small little detail into account.
well why wouldn't she though? fully believing that her time stop spell worked on them she would have all the time in the world. she's the evil antagonist after all, basically contractually obligated to give a villain monologue at some point. I believe it's safe to assume that the whole purpose of her casting the time stop spell at that time was so she could give her speech ;)
@@starryeyes5860 If she time stopped everyone but the Bard, the girl in the invisibility cloak would be stopped too so she could not put the bracelet on her. No, I'm not fun at parties.
Having played D&D I find the act of pummeling the wizard long after they're dead just to make certain they're really dead and then hitting them even more to be the most accurate part of this scene.
I think Chris Pine, John Hamm, and Chris Evans are all really good at comedic acting, but because of their good looks were forced into the leading man/heart throb roles early in their careers. Channing Tatum was able to do both in his early career.
What people who never played RPG failed to figure out about this movie, is that this is what an adventure looks like when you are playing with your friends. Its always like "ok im going to smash this bitch ass on the ground!" And the DM is like "come on Sara, fight is already over..." But the players "please we have been playing for 8 hours let me smash her...".
When I watched the final trick to defeat the "boss" I wanted to clap in the cinema. Let's imagine the face of the surprised DM when the players do things like this in the game.
The DM always knows.. but he is not there to play against you.. he handles the Enemies so everyone can have fun.. No good DM will just make a good plan fail intentionally.. If the players come up with a cool combat move, instead of just throwing dice for damage, it's a win for everyone!
Oh, it probably went something like this. (And upon which, considering the players know she'll use this spell again considering it's been used more than once, they probably planned in advance) DM: "You watch as Sofina casts her spell to stop time itself around her. Simon, you attempt to counterspell. Roll the dice." (Simon's player gives the dice roll) DM: "As you notice the bubble of bottled time bulge towards you, its walls walking faster than you can run, Simon's hands move again. Simon. You remember the last encounter with her. You feel the weight of the spell as the bubble engulfs you, and every one of you start to feel as if the world around you is slowing to a halt. And... " (DM grins) "Your counterspell succeeded. The bubble is no more and with that kind of roll, Sofina has no idea her spell is broken. So do you guys stick to your plan?"
With so many streaming games, there's plenty of examples. Like Laura Bailey's Dust of Deliciousness she pulled on Matt Mercer. Twitch chat was going wild when that happened.
Right? It's such a clear homage, but they did their own spin on it- just like your friends at the gaming table would. "I turn into my owlbear form and do the Loki Smash on her! And if she twitches even a finger I'm throwing her over a building!"
I hate that I love how nobody confirms that the BBEG is dead. Perfectly encapsulates the fact that players almost always seem to forget a key, vital mechanic and it comes to bite them back in the ass sometimes literally. If In the extremely unlikely chance that the movie gets a sequel, I’m 100% sure she’ll be back since she can’t be killed.
She's probably been locked up now that she's been cut off from her magic by that cuff. They'll probably interrogate her for info on her boss, the greater scope villain she spoke to in the shadows. And DnD parties interrogate defeated NPCs all the time.
@@LordSiravantthey… don’t really need to do it, she’s Red Wizard :| she’s from Thay, you mostly imprisoning them so that they won’t reform at home when they die
She's a lich of some kind, so nah she can't die. Plus they don't know what/where her phylactery is. Assuming it's at the Red Wizard's headquarters. They'll probably interrogate her.
Gods I finally noticed when the wizards are squaring off with their magical hands like a western gun duel a basket rolls by like a tumbleweed. No way that was unintentional. This movie should have been so much more successful then it was.
Compared to most final fight depictions where the party fights perfectly synchronized, this really looks like a turn-based encounter brought to life with symmetric moves and blows that I'm guessing would only be decided by successful dice checks. Never got into DnD myself, but I've been interested for at least over a year by now.
Everything about this fight is great, but I dont see enough people appreciating 0:41 with the triumphant music starting when the bard puts the axe in the dragon's mouth and immediately cutting when the dragon breaks it.
I really wanted to hate this movie, but it's wonderful in a very stereotypical game of dungeons and dragons way. Exciting and goofy and fun. Hard to explain but good job everyone that made this.
that's still not a good explanation. wanting to hate a movie because other such movies tend to be cliche? like what??💀💀also, straight forward is not an objectively bad thing.@@FalconWindblader
Wizard of Thay spells: Closest I can get from memory- Animate Object ( concentrated 5th), Misty Step (2nd), Bigby's Hand (concentrated 5th), Misty Steps (2nd), Resilient Sphere (4th), Gust of Wind? to prevent fall (2nd), Some type of unnamed restrain (red cloth spell used twice), Some type of unnamed Disarm Spell (used to throw Holga's Axe out of her hands while she's two handing, which is usually impossible), Possibly a home brew variant of Shield (1st though should be higher since blocked lightning spells not just Magic missles), Shield (1st), Gust (0/Cantrip), Restrain spell as before, Gust (0/Cantrip), Gust of Wind (2nd), Time Stop (9th big guns), and finally Finger of Death (7th)
Tbh, if the final one was Finger of Death, she wouldn't have needed to get closer. It has a range of 60 feet. But the monologue would justify that absolutely.
Could've been Feather Fall for the Gust of Wind just flavored different. She could've also had Telekinesis or some Legendary Action to push them away. The shield also blocked Witch Bolt with does have a Spell Attack Roll for it to hit.
This is what I liked about the movie. They really exemplified how a powerful wizard can solo an entire group of adventurers. They tactically decide who's the biggest threat and focus there, while keeping lesser threats "occupied" w/ other things.
@@CaptnJack Halastar Blackcloak would like to have a word. Unless you mean player characters. Then yeah, until Wizards hit level 14 or so they don't have her survivability.
She didn't look fully human to me, a lich perhaps? Would explain the durability. Normal weapons wouldn't hurt them, but claws of shapeshifter druid would qualify as magic weapon. All fine.
The visual rendition of magic in the movie is very thoughtful and unique. It happens naturally without flash or pyrotechnics. People don’t boggle or stop for even a moment, magic is just a part of life.
@@keithfilibeck2390 and thats why she didnt use spells like that, these players had a good DM in their "game". Good DMs don't throw in stuff that will purposely wipe their parties with no chance at stopping them.
@@keithfilibeck2390You've got to be joking with mentioning "Weird" as a powerful option. This spell is a disgrace that should never have been a 9-th level spell with the effects it has. Even a 5-th level would be too high for it. But Banishment, Hypnotic Pattern, Mental Prison, Phantasmal Force? Those are way better at making the characters have to deal with some good spells.
@@Hilianus This is actually the truth. Because you get a Fortitude AND a Will save, you get two chances to resist and one of those will almost certainly be one of your strong saves. Not to mention that by the time you can cast it your enemies might well have immunities to instant death effects.
I have played D&D a few sessions with a cousin but I'm certainly not a hardcore gamer. However, I really like this film! I thought having the bard not use any magic was brilliant writing. Portrayed Chris Pine as "The Everyman". Plus, allowed him to serve the role of Captain Kirk in that he acted as the charismatic leader of a group of gifted and talented individuals. His LACK of magical ability highlighted his leadership role.
True! Not even being a good fighter, w the barbarian doing most of the heavy lifting, just really feels refreshing for a character, w his lute strikes being more of a distraction than doing any real damage, really exemplifies how in dnd, even 8 str or 8 whatever stats makes for a unbalanced but very interesting character.
People tend to forget that wizards are fragile in the first few levels of their adventure but once they get a few mobility spells like misty step and a solid few damage spells they can be a devistating thorn in any BBEG's side.
This was a surprisingly good and entertaining movie. I really wasn't expecting much from the trailer and the last Dungeons and Dragons movie. If they do a sequel with the same creative team and actors I'll watch it.
The fact that they choreographed this as an actual combat scenario is so well done, down to the bard using his movement speed to help the barbarian then leaves the melee range without disengaging and takes the attack of opportunity (which misses). Its just so brilliant. I fully would believe that the writers of this show played out the battle in game before choreographing everything
Henry Cavill wishes that too... No but with 40k they can't make it this slapstick. 40k humor is sarcasm, satire and dramatic irony... slapstick comedy doesn't fit that universe. At least not for the entire movie like this
When I watched this movie with my dad, my genuine first thought was that the cast ran a DnD campaign as their characters with someone on the crew being DM *at some point* to bring everything together. Because this movie was just too fun and well put together to not have been a campaign OR for the cast/crew not to have some previous understanding of Dungeons and Dragons. If not, then more power to the cast and crew for making this genuinely feel like a DnD campaign! ❤❤
I absolutely love how accurate to D&D this fight was. The wizard encounter becoming a close-quarters beat down the moment the supporting monster is dead. The fact that so many things missed despite being so close. Brilliant.
What's crazy is I've yet to play D&D, and even I can see how the movie does such an incredible job with nailing the mechanics of everything from the fights to the players' decisions to the NPC interactions.
The best part of the fight is forcing the wizard to pull a Concentration Check a couple times. Once with druid slingshot and the other with the bard's lute.
As a sorcerer, Simon's spells almost never hitting hurts to watch, because that's so relatable, omfg. I'm trying to write a campaign for my friends to play, and I'm rewatching this movie for fun, and to see where it can go wrong, because I know who my friends are
Hi everyone! What grade (out of 10) would you give this video?
Perhaps a 3/10 because it utterly spoils the ending of the movie for those who haven't seen it. Well done ahole.
Natural 20.
Definitely a 20+++ This was a very good movie, hope they make more.
Natural 1.
10 is best? - then, after careful and just consideration...I'd give it...0. I pity the actors, though. I mean, imagine all the training, the hopes...one day you're gonna have this role...this difficult character...lots going on...and you make it shine!
And then you end up in something like this.
Simon missing ALL 3 blasts of Scorching Ray is so accurate it hurts my soul.
Accurate unlike the scorching ray.
Should’ve used magic missle 😂
I'm loling at when the druid slingshots garlic
@@Zellig It was the only option available, there weren't any small enough potatoes
I think he did@@Salmon_Toastie it looks like he cast it at the start of that attack but she cast shield. you can even see it stay up to take the brunt of what I assume was witch bolt or some other lightning spell of that nature.
1:16 a perfect representation of how long the average DnD party takes to think of tryng to break the caster's concentration
"You take a... piece of garlic? and use your sling to hit the wizard. Well, that's an improvised weapon so it's 1 point of damage but she does have to roll a DC10 concentration check... *rolls* ok with a natural 1, she fails her concentration check and also falls off the roof"
Not sure why Simon didn’t just hit her with an upcast magic missile. Oh you can make a DC 10 con save? Have fun making 8.
@@cupcakewithatophat1131 Because she would definitely have a shield.
Wouldn't Garlic count as ammunition for the Sling which usually deals 1d4+dex damage?
@@YAH93 Depends on the DM's ruling. The official description for the slingshot doesn't actually lay out what counts as ammunition other than a "small, hard object." A more hardass DM would probably claim something like only rocks or purchased ammunition counts, but I feel like most DM's would rule in favor of something like a head of garlic being viable ammunition. Might scale down the damage though since it's not a conventional projectile
That was definitely a little bag of pepper flakes or something spicy, and I would rule that getting spice in your eyes would give disadvantage on that concentration check
I love how once the battle is going with everyone at once, you really can appreciate the old DnD rules that every 'turn' is only 6 seconds long. Dungeons and Dragons fights are pretty crazy if you put all actions into an actual viewable fight.
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In movie: 12 seconds of awesome sauce
In table: 42 minutes of rolls
They even got the detail right where the Bard, being the only member of the party who doesn't have an extra attack/twinned spell decides to instead run around the map wasting their action economy doing meaningless "I'm helping!" tasks out of pure dice roll economic envy. But it works out anyways because of course it does, they are a Bard.
Other than lack of any magic, he played a perfect Bard. Maxed charisma, bardic inspiration and plays lute. Also at least a decent intelligence score to come up with all these plans. Good agility for running and dodging stuff. In battle useful like a typical Bard, so not much. :P
@@eiheioh2050 Ah geez, who let you out of the time cube?
As a DM, this definitely all makes sense. I can see the rolls, the saves, the turns, the actions, the legendary actions, the concentration saves... it all comes together so well. I'm keeping this saved for a study piece.
at 1:53 *turn skip* *turn skip*
The part where the druid shot at the witch was definitely a concentration break lmao
I don't recognize spells though.
@@SwordWieldingDuck Animate Objects, Misty Step, Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere, Bigby’s Hand, etc.
In the big brawl at the end it seems like she is casting Gust of Wind to push people away. She uses Telekinesis on the axe. The sorcerer throws out some Ray of Frost shots, Scorching Ray, Lightning Bolt, and they are all missed or she counters with a Shield spell. Obviously she uses Time Stop, and the sorc also uses Counterspell.@@SwordWieldingDuck
I really like that she uses high level spells like Resilient Sphere, Animate Objects, and of course Time Stop, while the sorcerer guy sticks to lower level stuff for the most part like Scorching Ray and Counterspell. His highest level spell was 5th and of course she cast a 9th level spell. Oh yeah before this fight she definitely cast Meteor Swarm. I don't know where she got two 9th level spell slots from.
That second pummeling by the owlbear kills me every single time!
My thoughts went to the Hulk slamming Loki around.
@@tempestates13 Me too...what killed me was the initial pause, followed by the more frenzied pummeling. 😆
Me too!!! I was howling!!!!
@@tempestates13 "Puny wizard"
@@jason11279 Beat me to it!
Technically what we've got here is a Barbarian build focused on improvised weapons, a weird homebrew Bard who traded in bard magic for... something, a homebrew Druid who traded in druid magic for infinite Wildshape, and a Wild Magic Sorcerer VS 1 Wizard, but I realize that doesn't exactly fit into a TH-cam title.
Bard is actually just Mastermind Rogue pretending to be a bard
@@motivateddadhe is definately using spells like Inspiring Speech and using lots of bardic inspiration
@@jonnil1997 Maybe he just has the Lucky feat.
@@jonnil1997This and he’s also being played by a casual who isn’t great at reading his spell list.
@@katherineberger6329 he could be a multi class rogue/bard in the third edition rules.
0:01 misty step
0:07 animate objects
0:10 magic missile
1:17 failed concentration check
1:30 watery sphere
1:37 bigby's hand
2:42 magic missile (rules slightly fudged as magic missile automatically hits)
2:44 shield
2:47 either witch bolt or shocking grasp
2:49 scorching ray
2:55 thunderwave
2:58 time stop
3:00 counterspell
3:21 finger of death
ACKCHUALLY, It's not a Watery Sphere, because those automatically float. It's Otiluke's Resilient Sphere. Listen to the sound the bubble makes when it's rolling: a glass sphere.
You forgot the successful Performance roll after the counter spell
Shield makes Magic Missile miss
I think at 2:42 it like scrotching ray instead of magic missle, and due to close range so it disadvantages
Y'all gonna sleep on Maximillian's earthen grasp to counter the Bigby's hand?
This movie is really well made based on a deep understanding of the Dungeon Dragon.
Chris Pine's serious comedy was really great.
He made me love this movie with his wit and perfect comedic timing
Will be buying it in the future!!!
WE GET IT
@@Gnossiene369 NO, WE DON'T. I NEED SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN
is it? Becasuse the bard didn't use any bard abilities here, he is just a guy carrying an instrument in this movie.
@@ststesBecause he is a Rogue, not a bard
0:12 I could already hear "this enemy is immue to physical damage" lol
The fighter: "I got one trick and normally it's a pretty good one"
i didn't notice at 0:30 she switches to the other side of the axe for hammer damage, seems to daze the gorgoyle a bit
Where is a +3 magical weapon when you need it? XD
Barbarian: I swing again
Well maybe it’s immune to slashing but only resistant to bludgeoning, that’s why Olga swaps to the hammering side of her axe
Love the bit where they're all fighting her at the same time and she's just flinging out spells everywhere
That's what a real turn feels like in D&D as well 😂
@YungOtaku Exactly! My group are all chaos gremlins too so it would be like that but with more craziness haha
You're lucky that was as quick as it was. In a real D&D fight that slight moment would take about 45 minutes real time. 😑
God I love this game. 😃
@DigiDestined558 😆 Yep, I have a rules lawyer in my regular group. Every time it comes to his turn, he spends about 20 minutes explaining what he wants to do and going over the rules in detail to try and outsmart the DM
She may have been defeated but Sophina was really going full Quadratic Wizard in that final fight. Such a freaking awesome villain, I hope she comes back
2:42 the lute wack cracks me up every time
blunt damage: -3
@@xxWidex attack damage: +6
enemy surprised@@calebsoria1777
This surprisingly good movie should get a sequel. Unfortunately, they released it between John Wick 4 and Super Mario Bros and had to deal with the baggage of the 2000 film. It didn't warrant being a box office failure.
there will be a TV show ;)
the writers said it would be woke. they sabotaged it. there were several more direct to dvd sequels
@@toomanyaccounts always the same shit
@@toomanyaccounts what the fuck are you talking about?
@@toomanyaccounts I am pretty sure that's a different movie you are writing about, you bot...
Oh my gods, the basket rolling by at 1:55 like a tumbleweed as the wizards are squaring up for a Bigby's Hand duel! This movie had so many fun little details!
It was actually a Bigby's Hand vs Earthen Grasp, which makes sense consider Bigby's hand won as it's a 5th level spell against a 2nd level.
@@victorklep5261 given the level difference, it's a surprise earthen grasp put up a fight at all
"4 warriors"
1 Druid, 1 Bard/Rogue, 1 Sorcerer, 1 Barbarian.
I know wtf who wrote this captions
. . . and 1 thief, the daughter got the kill shot on the witch with the bracelet. the fight was 5 to 1, and only 1 out of the 6 participants was a warrior class. dumb title, good fight
Warrior that uses magic is still a warrior. Sniper, marksman, artillerist and a tank crew are all considered soldiers
@@rainbowmothraleo Good point maybe they meant in that sense, but D&D does have class called Warrior which is considered martial type so odd term use for D&D theme movie
@@rainbowmothraleo By that definition, the wizard/lich is a warrior, too, lol
As someone who’s never played D&D but have wanted to, I definitely enjoyed this movie. Everything about it was solid and I enjoyed it from beginning to end.
if you still want to start i suggest you get Baldur's Gate 3 video game.
Or, you could just start playing D&D right away.
2:40 I can't stop watching this part. All of them fighting her together and her casting spells defending herself from the attacks was so epic. I remember when I saw this film for the first time and I saw this part and I said "damn, that was so cool" the camera spinning while they fight, no cuts at all, magic everywhere, I loved it! Congratulations to the director of this film, I really hope this film has a sequel, the cast was perfect, great direction, cool and funny story in a smooth way, good fight scenes and great direction
The “I think you got her!” from offscreen is 😂
"Punny red wizard..."
Then we hear just some whimpering moans from beneath the rubble
😂😂😂
Man you gotta love that bard critical strike at 2:44!
😂😂
El kabong!
@@Khailward Man, you really dated yourself with that one.
The Bard knew it wouldn’t do much damage but he didn’t care, he was in it for the flavor and character and it paid off in that brief moment with a nice NAT 20
2:50 Sofina magically swaps the dagger from her right hand to left, getting a sneak stab on Holga.
really missed that part, haha
i didnt even notice that
@@janbertguerrero6988 Neither did I, but watching that part in .25 speed is how you can see it.
Such good chemistry and comedy, it really feels refreshing to see a serious fight scene where they take u on the edge of your seat but also makes you laugh out
I would never expect a team up of Hugh Grant, Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez could work for this kind of movie but it did. Even the child actress was good(not annoying like so many child actors).
I really love the Bigby's Giant Hand Vs Maximillian's Earthen Grasp duel
This fight portrayed really well how DM's run powerful Wizards fighting against overwhelming odds. All wizards choose the tactically biggest threats & focus there. Doric/Moon Druid & Simon/Wild Magic Sorcerer definitely qualify as major threats. Now that's not to say that Holga/Barbarian is not a threat. Barbarians are scary for their physical prowess, but not their mental prowess, and that's what Wizards prey on. So it was fitting that Sofina just occupied them with spells like Animate Object & Otiluke's Resilient Sphere to keep the "annoyances" (Edgin & Holga) busy while she focused on Doric & Simon.
the fact the grapple check by the druid and barb failed against a caster makes me question a lot, but hey, low rolls lol
Yeah, the Barbarian is the biggest threat on the field. They would be able to grapple the wizard with no problem and end her life real quick. She would not be able to cast spells as every time she did the axe would come down on her head to disrupt it. I did this as a barbarian to a druid boss and it was very underwhelming for the GM. Granted nowadays My Barbarian was becoming useless in combat except to take hits. As the enemies do so much damage that I am basically dead after I deliver one blow. So I had to retrain my barbarian to dish out as much damage as possible in a single attack so I can be sure to leave a mark before I drop like a sack of potatoes. Word of advice never design your character to be flexible just focus on doing one thing really well otherwise you will find yourself not measuring up to more powerful opponents.
@@BlueGoblin1 I feel for you, I assume you aren't of a level where you could pick up relentless rage though?
Yeah I’m playing a Human Battlemaster who has the Tavern Brawler feat. And the GM played this one magic caster who overestimated their own skills & underestimated my fighter. So I did a surprise round by disarming the Wizard of their arcane focus & rolled before them on initiative and safe to say I went to town
She also, apparently, managed to quicken herself a True Strike for that single tactical stab in the heart. That one was a... Nice touch... In a way.
The most relatable thing in this movie was that "scorching ray" missing with EVERY. SINGLE. RAY. *sigh* Why? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE!
The long-range spell was used in melee combat, each roll was with disadvantage
@@DOneClubeither that or you keep roll shit on it, you know, like how that stupid spell work
@@DOneClubtechnically the wizard was restrained/grappled. Which means he was probably flat rolling all those
@@natekim6495 I think she's been grappled. Being "grappled" doesn't give you an advantage against her.
I love counting to 6 over and over watching this play out and seeing that each turn being 6 seconds is very roughly honored. So many cool details in this movie
0:42 I like how they didn't just make the "effortlessly break the thing" gag, no the axe is actually hard enough and didn't break but the monster just... Did the logical thing and spit it out.
Clever gag to be honest.
You know never in a million years would I have thought of that but honestly you’re right. Just goes to show the dedication the writers, directors, and actors had towards this movie when they took every small little detail into account.
The axe had a retractable handle too right? So the gargoyle just retracted the axe and spit it out like you said. Genius
I love how this plan hinged on the expectation that Sofina would take the time to monologue during the time freeze
well why wouldn't she though? fully believing that her time stop spell worked on them she would have all the time in the world. she's the evil antagonist after all, basically contractually obligated to give a villain monologue at some point. I believe it's safe to assume that the whole purpose of her casting the time stop spell at that time was so she could give her speech ;)
All the BBEG's monologue.
@@starryeyes5860 If she time stopped everyone but the Bard, the girl in the invisibility cloak would be stopped too so she could not put the bracelet on her. No, I'm not fun at parties.
🤣😂. needed a good chuckle, thanx@@Lordborgman
@@starryeyes5860 Indeed, while I did like the movie, so much shit was played off as a joke that it didn't feel as impactful to me.
2:37 that's a perfect sneak attack!!
movie name please
Ok. You dont play DND, clearly. What movie....
I'd have aimed for the head.
And he wasn’t even a Rogue.
@@MdMasudRana-uq9qlit’s in the goddamn title my guy
Having played D&D I find the act of pummeling the wizard long after they're dead just to make certain they're really dead and then hitting them even more to be the most accurate part of this scene.
Chris pine is hysterical. He needs to do more comedic roles
Have you seen Smokin' Aces? He plays a redneck anarchist and it is fucking GOLD
He appears in some skits in Robot Chicken as well.
I think Chris Pine, John Hamm, and Chris Evans are all really good at comedic acting, but because of their good looks were forced into the leading man/heart throb roles early in their careers. Channing Tatum was able to do both in his early career.
I agree, he is super funny, I really hate this character in the movie thoug :D Great actor, absolute trash character he plays
He has tons of them. Are the comments just littered with bots? Or drones? It's just DnD worshipping or utter nonsense.
To be honest... when the giant hand constructs came out, I was half expecting a thumb war
What people who never played RPG failed to figure out about this movie, is that this is what an adventure looks like when you are playing with your friends. Its always like "ok im going to smash this bitch ass on the ground!" And the DM is like "come on Sara, fight is already over..." But the players "please we have been playing for 8 hours let me smash her...".
She definitely took some legendary actions there.
Absolutely. As a boss character should.
When I watched the final trick to defeat the "boss" I wanted to clap in the cinema. Let's imagine the face of the surprised DM when the players do things like this in the game.
The DM always knows.. but he is not there to play against you.. he handles the Enemies so everyone can have fun..
No good DM will just make a good plan fail intentionally.. If the players come up with a cool combat move, instead of just throwing dice for damage, it's a win for everyone!
Oh, it probably went something like this. (And upon which, considering the players know she'll use this spell again considering it's been used more than once, they probably planned in advance)
DM: "You watch as Sofina casts her spell to stop time itself around her. Simon, you attempt to counterspell. Roll the dice."
(Simon's player gives the dice roll)
DM: "As you notice the bubble of bottled time bulge towards you, its walls walking faster than you can run, Simon's hands move again. Simon. You remember the last encounter with her. You feel the weight of the spell as the bubble engulfs you, and every one of you start to feel as if the world around you is slowing to a halt. And... "
(DM grins)
"Your counterspell succeeded. The bubble is no more and with that kind of roll, Sofina has no idea her spell is broken. So do you guys stick to your plan?"
so Simon Rolled a nat20
With so many streaming games, there's plenty of examples. Like Laura Bailey's Dust of Deliciousness she pulled on Matt Mercer. Twitch chat was going wild when that happened.
Wow nice write up of the scenario. I enjoyed reading it.@@deanpeter1234
Didn't expect aggressive handholding to be a thrilling fight scene but here we are lmao. Love how it handled and stayed true to DnD elements
It's a great example of a magic vs magic fight that doesn't degrade into the overused DBZ-style beam struggle
NGL, that "Hulk-Vs-Loki" moment there at end had me in stitches!
Right? It's such a clear homage, but they did their own spin on it- just like your friends at the gaming table would. "I turn into my owlbear form and do the Loki Smash on her! And if she twitches even a finger I'm throwing her over a building!"
This was the perfect D&D movie
Or it was not.
Or it was terrible....
@@jamesroquemore5439 or you're tripping balls!
My balls
@@jamesroquemore5439It really wasn't though
I love how the Barbarian got an opportunity attack on the statue after it tried to go after the wizard
Sorcerer. He was a sorcerer. If he were a wizard he'd be carrying around a really hefty spellbook.
If he was a wizard, he would also sit on his ass most of the time trying to memorize new spells for tomorrow lol.
If only she had the sentinel feat too
I hate that I love how nobody confirms that the BBEG is dead. Perfectly encapsulates the fact that players almost always seem to forget a key, vital mechanic and it comes to bite them back in the ass sometimes literally. If In the extremely unlikely chance that the movie gets a sequel, I’m 100% sure she’ll be back since she can’t be killed.
She's probably been locked up now that she's been cut off from her magic by that cuff. They'll probably interrogate her for info on her boss, the greater scope villain she spoke to in the shadows. And DnD parties interrogate defeated NPCs all the time.
As Zee Bashew once said, regarding the Clone spell (and paraphrased):
“If it was too easy to kill the necromancer, YOU DIDN’T KILL HIM.”
@@LordSiravantthey… don’t really need to do it, she’s Red Wizard :| she’s from Thay, you mostly imprisoning them so that they won’t reform at home when they die
She's a lich of some kind, so nah she can't die. Plus they don't know what/where her phylactery is. Assuming it's at the Red Wizard's headquarters. They'll probably interrogate her.
@@mihile4631 The only Lich is Szass Tam. She is more of a Necromancer Archmage.
1:42 Simon: One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war!
I loved how they pretended to be frozen. Would they all have had to do a deception roll?
Yes, yes they do, and she roll low Insight
but due to er arrogance, she probably had disadvantage to believing she was countered.....@@justnoob8141
Also possibly performance against passive perception. Maybe even with advantage.
@@Mr_Zeniel against an arrogant b like her, definitely with advantage. No way she'd believe Simon could counter her.
DM: roll deception
Bard: can it be persuasion? Bc I'm acting like I'm frozen?
DM: you know what? Sure.
Bard, with like +18 performance: 😏 26
"You assured us it would!" 😂
2:51 - so THAT's when Holga got impaled, you can hear the sound and you don't see her for the rest of the battle after she stumbles off screen!
1:46 I can hear the players asking "and what do we do on our turn?" and the DM rolling dice and saying "still rolling"
I love how when he actually gets to sneak up on her, the best he can do is smack her in the ass with hie lute. It's such a bard thing to do.
4:19
I was already laughing at this part but the rubble falling absolutely KILLED me 😂
the beat up was personal the rubble was karma XD
Gods I finally noticed when the wizards are squaring off with their magical hands like a western gun duel a basket rolls by like a tumbleweed. No way that was unintentional.
This movie should have been so much more successful then it was.
Compared to most final fight depictions where the party fights perfectly synchronized, this really looks like a turn-based encounter brought to life with symmetric moves and blows that I'm guessing would only be decided by successful dice checks.
Never got into DnD myself, but I've been interested for at least over a year by now.
It's never too late!
This is an amazing movie. It really deserved more people watching it
1:55 the basket standing in for the essential tumbleweed :D
This movie is INFINITELY re-watchable. Even when I'm not interested in watching it, it's still [satisfying] to watch.
Edgin sneak attacking with a lute will always be a highlight for me.
Everything about this fight is great, but I dont see enough people appreciating 0:41 with the triumphant music starting when the bard puts the axe in the dragon's mouth and immediately cutting when the dragon breaks it.
4:10 remembers me of hulk smashing Loki ^^ " Puny god" :D
I really wanted to hate this movie, but it's wonderful in a very stereotypical game of dungeons and dragons way. Exciting and goofy and fun. Hard to explain but good job everyone that made this.
why did you want to hate it?
@@SinfulContent Cuz such movies tend to be very straightforward, very cliche, run-of-the-mill stuff
Same this is the best movie in five years!!!!in USA anyway
that's still not a good explanation. wanting to hate a movie because other such movies tend to be cliche? like what??💀💀also, straight forward is not an objectively bad thing.@@FalconWindblader
@@starryeyes5860 “Straightforward, very cliche, run-of-the-mill'. learn to read FULL SENTENCES dude.
Accurate description of how broken Wizards are in D&D.
Yeah, a 17 level wizard against four 9-12 level enemies
Until they stub their toe and lose their entire health pool, instantly exploding. Also most classes could do this with such a massive level advantage
Yup .Starting from Level 11, they are absolutely busted when it comes do damage output.
Wizard of Thay spells: Closest I can get from memory-
Animate Object ( concentrated 5th), Misty Step (2nd), Bigby's Hand (concentrated 5th), Misty Steps (2nd), Resilient Sphere (4th), Gust of Wind? to prevent fall (2nd), Some type of unnamed restrain (red cloth spell used twice), Some type of unnamed Disarm Spell (used to throw Holga's Axe out of her hands while she's two handing, which is usually impossible), Possibly a home brew variant of Shield (1st though should be higher since blocked lightning spells not just Magic missles), Shield (1st), Gust (0/Cantrip), Restrain spell as before, Gust (0/Cantrip), Gust of Wind (2nd), Time Stop (9th big guns), and finally Finger of Death (7th)
I think Simon just cast Shocking Grasp
Tbh, if the final one was Finger of Death, she wouldn't have needed to get closer. It has a range of 60 feet. But the monologue would justify that absolutely.
@@YAH93She went for the villain monologue that DM's just can't avoid.
The spell to knock Chris away and disarm Holga could simply be a Telekinesis spell
Could've been Feather Fall for the Gust of Wind just flavored different. She could've also had Telekinesis or some Legendary Action to push them away. The shield also blocked Witch Bolt with does have a Spell Attack Roll for it to hit.
"I honestly didn't think that plan was going to work!" - DnD in a nutshell
WOW! This is actually how all mages should fight in a close combat situation! WOW
They dont have her survivability
This is what I liked about the movie. They really exemplified how a powerful wizard can solo an entire group of adventurers. They tactically decide who's the biggest threat and focus there, while keeping lesser threats "occupied" w/ other things.
@@CaptnJack High level mages do.
@@CaptnJack Halastar Blackcloak would like to have a word. Unless you mean player characters. Then yeah, until Wizards hit level 14 or so they don't have her survivability.
She didn't look fully human to me, a lich perhaps? Would explain the durability. Normal weapons wouldn't hurt them, but claws of shapeshifter druid would qualify as magic weapon. All fine.
most accurate part was scorching flames failing 3 times
the team is a typical chaotic good party :D
The visual rendition of magic in the movie is very thoughtful and unique. It happens naturally without flash or pyrotechnics. People don’t boggle or stop for even a moment, magic is just a part of life.
Best of the d&d movies to date. She tried to fight too much like a warrior though. Too many physical effects with no mental spells
yea none of them could survive/resist a Weird spell, they'd just die on the spot.
@@keithfilibeck2390 and thats why she didnt use spells like that, these players had a good DM in their "game". Good DMs don't throw in stuff that will purposely wipe their parties with no chance at stopping them.
@@keithfilibeck2390You've got to be joking with mentioning "Weird" as a powerful option. This spell is a disgrace that should never have been a 9-th level spell with the effects it has. Even a 5-th level would be too high for it.
But Banishment, Hypnotic Pattern, Mental Prison, Phantasmal Force? Those are way better at making the characters have to deal with some good spells.
@@Fro609 haha. Yup. The DM's dirty little secret
@@Hilianus This is actually the truth. Because you get a Fortitude AND a Will save, you get two chances to resist and one of those will almost certainly be one of your strong saves. Not to mention that by the time you can cast it your enemies might well have immunities to instant death effects.
Been a while since the movie came out, but I'm still not over how they made magical hands armwrestling into the western standoff sequence 😂
i want a sequal where they get the same actors to play completely different characters
well.. that's an idea! Bradley Cooper as a dwarf!
I have played D&D a few sessions with a cousin but I'm certainly not a hardcore gamer. However, I really like this film!
I thought having the bard not use any magic was brilliant writing. Portrayed Chris Pine as "The Everyman". Plus, allowed him to serve the role of Captain Kirk in that he acted as the charismatic leader of a group of gifted and talented individuals. His LACK of magical ability highlighted his leadership role.
True! Not even being a good fighter, w the barbarian doing most of the heavy lifting, just really feels refreshing for a character, w his lute strikes being more of a distraction than doing any real damage, really exemplifies how in dnd, even 8 str or 8 whatever stats makes for a unbalanced but very interesting character.
@@zethrenbeltran4071 There's an official skillsheet for the characters and his lute does more sound damage than physical damage
its hilarious
@@NS-cs3wp i always felt bards gaining natural magic spells was a bit of a stretch :p
@@NS-cs3wp He is a bard officially
His DNDBeyond character sheet says he has both inspiring words and disorienting words. Bards don't HAVE to sing to cast spells.
You can actually hear her stab Holga at the part where they all fight her at once
When I first saw the movie I heard that noise but didn't realize what happened until they cut to her
0:12 - that hit 🤣
*Omg the wizard magicked her dagger from one hand to the other to stab Holga! Beautiful attention to detail!*
I never even noticed the "tumbleweed" at 1:55 before, what a great gag lol.
People tend to forget that wizards are fragile in the first few levels of their adventure but once they get a few mobility spells like misty step and a solid few damage spells they can be a devistating thorn in any BBEG's side.
Really showing some deep knowledge of D&D with that title there
That was actually really good choreographed fight scene! I am ashamed for not having seen this!
This was a surprisingly good and entertaining movie. I really wasn't expecting much from the trailer and the last Dungeons and Dragons movie. If they do a sequel with the same creative team and actors I'll watch it.
I love how good of a job they did with just staying true to how concentration works.
I love the ole Hulk smash Loki move!😂😂😂
Now we need movies about ravenloft, dark sun and eberron
When Chris Pine finally nails the ol’ El Cabong with his lute…so satisfying.
It's a pity this movie failed on cinemas, I'd have loved watching a sequel.
Actually such a well designed fight. I love when they're all in close combat with her and spells are just going everywhere
Roll with disadvantage 😅
I was listing out spell, saving throws, failed checks happening through out this entire scene. It was SOOO Good!!!
This movie has so much diversity that it didn't even bother one bit. Because it's not forced.
Too bad the drama TH-camrs basically helped bury the film with such critique before it was released.
@@zaberfang it is hard nowadays to find a film that genuinely makes you laugh. This one gave me more than a couple of good honest howling.
This wasn't just *good* . This was *satisFYing* .
I'm dying....😂 "you ashored us it would"
Now I want to see players sitting around the dining room table and playing this battle out!
The fact that they choreographed this as an actual combat scenario is so well done, down to the bard using his movement speed to help the barbarian then leaves the melee range without disengaging and takes the attack of opportunity (which misses). Its just so brilliant. I fully would believe that the writers of this show played out the battle in game before choreographing everything
I wish one day they can make a warhammer40k movie like this
Henry Cavill wishes that too...
No but with 40k they can't make it this slapstick. 40k humor is sarcasm, satire and dramatic irony... slapstick comedy doesn't fit that universe. At least not for the entire movie like this
@@myfaceismyshield5963 Closest thing you would get is the first Starship Trooper movie.
WH40k wasn't supposed to be taken seriously. A dark comedy satire with guys like inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clouseau, cmon.
When I watched this movie with my dad, my genuine first thought was that the cast ran a DnD campaign as their characters with someone on the crew being DM *at some point* to bring everything together. Because this movie was just too fun and well put together to not have been a campaign OR for the cast/crew not to have some previous understanding of Dungeons and Dragons. If not, then more power to the cast and crew for making this genuinely feel like a DnD campaign! ❤❤
it's pretty cool to see all the 5e spells in action.
My favorite film last year, had no expectations at all, but it was so much fun!
4:04 yeah, I saw the Avengers
I absolutely love how accurate to D&D this fight was. The wizard encounter becoming a close-quarters beat down the moment the supporting monster is dead. The fact that so many things missed despite being so close. Brilliant.
2:37 blam! Best moment ever.
When you come out of nowhere to interfere with the bosses speech cut scene 2:36 😂
The walk of the druid right at the end. That's the ow ow ow ow ow ow ow walk.
I love how they take turns attacking her like the board game 😊😊😊
This flick was an actual legitimately funny comedy.
What's crazy is I've yet to play D&D, and even I can see how the movie does such an incredible job with nailing the mechanics of everything from the fights to the players' decisions to the NPC interactions.
The best part of the fight is forcing the wizard to pull a Concentration Check a couple times. Once with druid slingshot and the other with the bard's lute.
As a sorcerer, Simon's spells almost never hitting hurts to watch, because that's so relatable, omfg. I'm trying to write a campaign for my friends to play, and I'm rewatching this movie for fun, and to see where it can go wrong, because I know who my friends are