Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Enjoyed that. Gave me the feel of an old school adventure movie but also had old school CGI, a significant amount of it was very poor. Nice to see a few Irish locations used.

Didn't realise it was doing so badly but can completely understand. Despite the likely huge amount spent on advertising (it was everywhere) I was very cautious about going to it due to not knowing anything about DnD. I can imagine many didnt want to risk it so feel it will likely do better when it comes to streaming when people give it a chance - can see it being a go to family movie.

They likely should have spent some of the marketing budget telling people they don't need to know DnD to enjoy it or just taking DnD out of the title. I know they're stuck between a rock and a hard place not to annoy fans but seems like a waste for a good movie. It is nothing like the situation with Marvel characters, as the initial characters that went on the big screen were known beforehand.

An absolute blast. I loved it.

This is one of the things I was coming here to ask about so I guess that confirms it is them.

So it it is struggling at the box office. A damn pity. I was aware that there is people who are saying they live it and that there is positive reviews and for some reason I mistook that for it being a smash hit. I would really love to see more.

The showrunner for the tv series said it wouldn’t be connected to the movie but I also read that Paramount are saying it is. Which is true?

What was the Edgin doppelgänger made from? Was it a creature or was it mud brought to temporary life? Is it something that was shown earlier in the movie?

As a more general point , I dont think any kind of medieval style film can break the box office these days , the last duel , The Northman etc. even if they were near perfect movies will tend to have a capped peak. It seems like a genre more suited to TV. D&D was just too expensive, 30m should have been their budget not 150m then it would have been a successful film

i had to find out about this.... good article here for anyone interested.....

My sister’s kids would love it but it is a damn awkward time for me to take them.

How did it do here in Ireland? The Easter holidays must surely have helped.

I didn’t mean to suggest a crossover - just that when the group appeared I was certain the were dressed like the kids in the old cartoon and was looking here to see if I was right.

I was scrolling YouTube for cast interviews and decided to see what Kermode thought of it - not a fan of critics but he is at least funny at times.

Anyways it was mentioned that his friends kid lives for D&D and told him that one of the guys behind Vox Machina and Critical Role gave it high praise. That lead me to becasue about the fan base and it all seems mostly positive - though I didn’t spend more than a couple of minutes on it so don’t take it as bible.

Now on paramount+

No hope of a sequel at all?

Such a pity, great film. Really enjoyable but maybe only if your into the subject matter.

Kids under 18 arent into D&D generally, so if you arent exciting that market youre going to face headwinds, its just a movie that falls between a lot of stools. Or their marketing failed to generate any interest independently.

Sky Cinema this weekend