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Just saw the new Dnd movie, Honor among thieves. 10/10, would TOTALLY recommend to fellow dnd fans.
I love Dobric and Simon.
This is the only thing I’m going to talk about. For like- the next few months.
Also petition to call it HaT. Or hat lol.
So, I saw two movies yesterday.
These reviews are spoiler free.
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The first was the DnD Movie, which I really liked. I went in a huge group with one of my college clubs. It’s shot really well, tons of fun, has a great soundtrack, and feels like a DnD campaign. My only complaints were that the exposition dumps were sometimes super long and obvious, and the final dilemma between Holga, Edgin, Kira, and Zia felt a little too rushed. There should have been a little bit of conversation between Edgin and Kira. Also, Regé-Jean Page should have been in the movie more. But, literally everyone in the movie happens to be ridiculously gorgeous on top of being great in their roles.
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Now…
The Mario Movie. So, a couple of us stayed at the theater after the DnD movie, because we figured “we’re already here and none of us will ever come see this on our own.”
So, at this point it was almost 10 at night on a Thursday, we had 15 minutes before the film started, and the theater was completely out of snacks. So we all piled into a car, ran to a Walmart and loaded up on snacks (I finally understand the “Kids in the candy store” expression) to sneak into the theater. We were all giddy and giggly and running around like madmen. (Nothing unusual for a Walmart at that time of night, I’m sure).
So, we get back and smuggle our snacks in just before opening previews begin. We’re nerds and we don’t party or stay out, so the fact that we’re doing this is making us giddy beyond belief, and the five of us have the whole theater to ourselves, getting ourselves high on sugar and cracking jokes…
And that’s where the memories end. We spent the entire movie cracking jokes, screaming when Mario Kart references were made and being generally rowdy (once again the theater was empty other than us).
I legitimately don’t remember anything about the movie other than not being super impressed by the voice performances (the script for Peach in particular was not doing Anya Taylor-Joy any favors).
The one thing that is genuinely impressive is the animation. They really took the time to make it look like the games, there was clearly a lot of genuine effort and care put into it. There are so many references to the games that are there for the fans. Some of the lighting effects were genuinely amazing as well.
The rest of it…the plot… it was predictable and forgettable in every sense of the word.
Except for the nihilistic blue star. They were iconic.
Also, Jack Black is a National Treasure. Please go watch the full “Peaches” music video. It’s amazing.