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Sometimes, the sequel is better.
Sep. 24th, 2006 11:01 amI rented the sequel to the Dungeons and Dragons movie last night (The Elemental Might) and watched it through last night. It is not the best movie I have ever seen, but was still quite enjoyable. I don't know a whole lot about the lore of DnD (having only played very little of it), so a lot of references went right over of my head, but I loved that the barbarian ended up ahead of the rest of the party while they were beating a hasty retreat. This is a way better adaptation of the game to movie format!
I've got it on again this morning, this time with commentary turned on. I was quite amused to find that they found some players of the game and had them do the commentary in character. It's not amazing (more novel than anything else) and hooo boy are these characters stereotypes of their classes (the pompous cleric, the snarky rogue, the stupid axe-wielding barbarian), but it's fun all the same.
Also, the litch is hilarious. I was also amused that when they gathered the five heroes and started naming the things they represented, that it was the attribute that would be highest for them; the wizard for intelligence, the barbarian for strength, etc. And lots of barbarian rage! The movie managed to make use of the usually extraneous d12 :P The use of the wizard's familiar was pretty much perfect as well.
All in all, it's a pretty solid movie. They really seemed to put in an effort to hold true to the source material and they handled the development and pacing of the plot pretty well. The character death failed to get me crying (in fact, I didn't even really feel all that badly), but I did like that the obligatory romantic subplot displayed some degree of creativity and presented us with a pre-existing married couple. I quite intend to see what bonus features on the disk when you put it into a computer (as the extras screen suggests you should).
I've got it on again this morning, this time with commentary turned on. I was quite amused to find that they found some players of the game and had them do the commentary in character. It's not amazing (more novel than anything else) and hooo boy are these characters stereotypes of their classes (the pompous cleric, the snarky rogue, the stupid axe-wielding barbarian), but it's fun all the same.
Also, the litch is hilarious. I was also amused that when they gathered the five heroes and started naming the things they represented, that it was the attribute that would be highest for them; the wizard for intelligence, the barbarian for strength, etc. And lots of barbarian rage! The movie managed to make use of the usually extraneous d12 :P The use of the wizard's familiar was pretty much perfect as well.
All in all, it's a pretty solid movie. They really seemed to put in an effort to hold true to the source material and they handled the development and pacing of the plot pretty well. The character death failed to get me crying (in fact, I didn't even really feel all that badly), but I did like that the obligatory romantic subplot displayed some degree of creativity and presented us with a pre-existing married couple. I quite intend to see what bonus features on the disk when you put it into a computer (as the extras screen suggests you should).
