• selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
    361·
    20 days ago

    Such an unexpectedly good movie. You should definitely watch.

    And oh my God do I love that fat dragon more than anything…

  • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
    35·
    20 days ago

    It’s really a very good movie. The best thing about it is feels like an actual session being filmed. You can almost tell when the rolled a 0 and when they rolled a 20.

    • ZoteTheMighty@midwest.social
      8·
      19 days ago

      The best scene was where one character was in handcuffs and kept rolling too low to get out and the camera kept switching from one character who was doing awesome stunts back to them doing nothing useful the whole fight.

      • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
        8·
        19 days ago

        Yep, and at some point the DM lost his patience with the group and introduced a friendly OP NPC (the paladin) to get the story rolling already.

        • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
          4·
          19 days ago

          Another meme I enjoyed was that the DM made up that the hither thither staff was magic just so they could cross the bridge and then the party proceeds to break a poorly thought out, unintentionally over powered item.

        • ZoteTheMighty@midwest.social
          3·
          18 days ago

          Nah, that wasn’t an NPC, that was a friend who showed up for only a week. That’s why they asked him if they would see him again before he left.

          • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
            5·
            18 days ago

            Also possible, yes. The way he almost acted like a robot at the end was a dig at him being an NPC, I thought. But it could also be a dig at Paladins always being straightforward, literally. That’s the great thing about the movie, many gags work on several levels.

      • CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lolEnglish
        6·
        17 days ago

        The best part about that scene is that while he’s fumbling his escape rolls, Edgin’s still churning out Bardic Inspiration so Holga can continue kicking ass.

        “OH, we got 'em now!”

  • Pyr@lemmy.ca
    27·
    20 days ago

    So, like 5 comments saying it’s a good movie, and not a single comments, nor the title of the post, or the post itself, mention the name of the movie.

    Wtf am I looking at?

    • CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lolEnglish
      291·
      20 days ago

      Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves. If you haven’t figured it out already, that is.

      • essell@lemmy.world
        103·
        20 days ago

        How could anyone “figure that out” if they didn’t know the film? 😁🤣

        • Agrivar@lemmy.world
          3·
          20 days ago

          I’ll be honest: I’ve never seen the movie, but I have seen enough references to it and memes made from screenshots of it that I instantly guessed what it was. The fact that we’re in rpgmemes did help.

        • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          19 days ago

          I believe they meant in case you didn’t research it yourself or someone else didn’t answer.

    • ...m...@ttrpg.network
      21·
      19 days ago

      …it’s an okay movie: perfectly servicable Standard Hollywood TreatmentTM; competently written, directed, performed, and edited; genre trope in-jokes liberally sprinkled throughout…

      …i believe most positive reactions stem from defying expectations that it be a bad movie, rather than actually being good

      • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
        7·
        19 days ago

        Absolutely not. I fucking loved this movie. It pivots between things a few times and they’re all interesting. It’s got humor too. It really captures what a d&d campaign feels like.

  • josefo@leminal.space
    18·
    20 days ago

    Surprisingly good movie, and accurate to the source material

    • jagermo@feddit.org
      6·
      19 days ago

      I also like Hugh Grant as a sleazy rouge - his latest non-heartthrob roles are great.

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      19 days ago

      B- b- but Owlbears aren’t a beast! A- and she wild shapes too many times in too short of a time period!

      • josefo@leminal.space
        2·
        18 days ago

        Didn’t mean the manuals bro, but the general vibe of an actual group of players doing random shit