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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,334 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    I only started playing D&D 3 years ago, still on my first game as we only play for a few hours a month since covid. I'm liking the look of it. I see it's already taking liberties (Druid/Owlbear) but I don't care, I'm not that hung up on the rules and it always depends on how sound your DM is anyway. It looks to have the right amount of tongue in cheek kinda approach. I'm really looking forward to seeing some live action versions of what we've encountered in our game.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    Never played it (years and years ago I tried). So the D&D fans can disregard if they want but that looks like a bit of throw away fun. Not gonna change the world but it looks like a bit of a goof. I like that they are not going with faux "What lies yonder" type vaguely European/British accents.

    I also think Hugh Grant is hilarious when he (intentionally) hams it up. (Paddington 2 for example)



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    That looks like fun. Kinda weird but even though D&D is an existing IP, the film looks like a new idea; maybe it's cos I never played Dungeons & Dragons (never been interested in tabletop games but they seem incredibly popular now in the IT industry for some reason), and have only vague memories of the 80s cartoon. And High Fantasy doesn't really come along very often either.

    Chris Pine is definitely the Better Chris for me; handsome yet ageing well, with a more understated talent for comedy and charisma than the now vastly overexposed other Chris, Mr. Pratt. Pine seems better at playing the overconfident, goofy type without calling attention to it? His Steve Trevor just the right mix of wide-eyed naif and capability in the Wonder Woman movies; his Captain Kirk similar, charming, but also felt like someone intensely winging it. His Scottish accent in Outlaw King was also solid. Shít, do I have a man-crush on Chris Pine?

    I say this 'cos there is a bang of Guardians of the Galaxy off this trailer, between the rag-tag ensemble of loveable rogues, and rock & roll needle-drops (though that may not be reflective of the final film's soundtrack of course)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    but they seem incredibly popular now in the IT industry for some reason




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭Niska


    That does look fun.

    Nice to see a Gelatinous Cube and Displacer Beast.

    Set in the Forgotten Realms, so may see a Minsc (and Boo) cameo.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭FortuneChip


    Wouldn't have expected to enjoy a DnD trailer, but that looks pretty decent. Looks like fun, monsters and beasts look a bit interesting, and yeah, could be good



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    This looks like it could really lay into the fun of sitting around a table and having a dice screw you over ... as well as the other side of beating all the odds!

    Thinking there could be some hilarious Pine moments as a bard.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,873 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Filmed in Ireland I believe


    Looks fun



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Wow.. sure enough.. partially Iceland but mostly Ireland from my reading of it..

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons:_Honor_Among_Thieves

    Principal photography commenced in Belfast, Northern Ireland


    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2906216/locations

    Filming Locations

    - Belfast, Northern Ireland

    - Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

    - Iceland

    - Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland

    - Castle Ward Estate, Northern Ireland



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,873 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1




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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    New trailer. No question, they are realllllly gunning for that Guardians of the Galaxy energy. Which in of itself is not a bad thing, but we'll see if the final film also transplanted GotG's important X Factor.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Still looks fun 🙂



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    The old cartoon was fantastic. This looks like more extreme garbage for adult children.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,438 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Looks atrocious, like something Uwe Boll would have made.

    This is going to bomb.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,334 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Hmmm, was hoping the big bad would have been

    Glasstaff

    but that's mostly because he's been the overall big bad in my campaign. I know nothing of this red woman, so no expectations there. Still looks like a good popcorn film if fantasy is your thing. D&D is never fully serious anyway, at least not in any games I've played, always a layer of fun to it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    I think it looks fun. Because I know NOTHING about D&D. But I can ABSOLUTELY understand if seasoned D&D fans would be horrified by this.

    I mean it looks like a total no-brainer. I don't think it will be massively successful but hey.


    Plus, is that th guy they are harping on about being the next James Bond? The dryb*lls mage?



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Heavy scepticism on "fantastic". Most of those old 80s cartoons are propped up by childhood nostalgia alone, 'cos they were nearly all garbage. 😁

    And nothing wrong with a little "for all the family" entertainment now and again; that's not to say this looks like it, but superficial entertainment is as old as Hollywood itself.

    If you mean the super-serious knight, as played by Regé-Jean Page, then yeah. He has been rumoured to be on the shortlist.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    Yeah, that's the guy. Couldn't remember his name.


    Yeah, this looks like "And entertaining romp"



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Men have been put to death for lesser statements! Dungeons and Dragons cartoon was brilliant on all levels!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,363 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    You just fancied Sheila. Or maybe that was me. Could partially explain liking redheads when I got older. 😏

    This looks like fun but as long as it's not at the expense of the plot and the rest of the movie. in other words, as long as it's more Thor Ragnarok and less Thor Love and Thunder.



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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Search your feelings El Rifle, you know it to be true. 80s cartoons were terrible.

    And so may this film! Though it's unlikely to be as bad as the last time a Dungeons and Dragons movie was made...

    Ham? My dear boy that was the whole hog.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    A new trailer for this reveals the writers may have taken inspiration from a now-ancient episodes from The Simpsons for one of its gags...




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,359 ✭✭✭✭gmisk




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭Niska


    Paramount has released a three minute clip - it does look fun:

    It's nice to see a cameo of the original D&D cartoon characters from the earlier 80s.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Ha. Well there's the easter-egg, tip of the hat towards the 80s cartoon; though methinks that group won't live through to the set-piece's end.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭McFly85


    I do think I’ll enjoy this. The reception it got at sxsw was pretty good considering. Seems to be an all around good time that doesn’t take itself seriously in the slightest, perfect Sunday afternoon viewing.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,873 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    I think Chris Pine and Hugh Grant did some ad lib enhancing the humour from interviews I've seen, I am looking forward to it as Grant is always good as a villain



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭silliussoddius




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,815 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    its predicted to be a flop. not least because its being released between Wick and Mario

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,359 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Surprised the budget is that high tbh but the reviews might help it a bit...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,513 ✭✭✭Shred


    I've been cautiously looking forward to this and the reviews do seem good so I think I'll pop along to see it with the family this weekend.

    Post edited by Shred on


  • Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭Xofpod




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,359 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Predicting roughly 60m world wide opening which would be pretty decent, good reviews might give it good legs.

    I am gonna check it out this weekend.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,438 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    $150 million budget, yikes !



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,815 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    I doubt its going to displace Wick this weekend, my hunch would be families will wait for Mario instead of going to 2 movies so close together. It might have a decent weekend but in the category of films that dont get legs even if those that see it enjoy it.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    Getting decent reviews but, yeah, hard to see it competing with JW4. It's one of those "Middling" films (Well, if a budget of 150 million is considered "middling"). You know the type: Not part of a superhero/sci-fi franchise. Advertising seems to be a bit underwhelming. I like the look of this, to be honest. It looks like a goof. Like the cast are having fun and not a cynical cash-in (Which is the vibe I get from that Mario movie. Hey, let's get some celebrity voices, even if they don't suit their character at all.)

    Once upon a time this would have been one of those films that (maybe) broke even in cinema but good word-of-mouth would have generated huge and long-lasting DVD sales. Which would have resulted in a (Much belated/delayed) cheap sequel which would die.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Yeah, by all accounts reviews are saying it's good; nothing transformative but solid fun so maybe there's a chance it gets some legs through word-of-mouth alone. Not unheard of, even these days. The Jumanji reboot made bank through a solid run from people going "it's fun, give it a try!", while arguably Top Gun: Maverick absolutely dominated the box office through that kind of audience virality.

    Something I've seen a number of people remark is that the humour is far less meta in that "hey, we're in a stupid movie, lol!" way that's common now. In that the jokes are interior to the film, not on the exterior.



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    It’s the jokes aspect that makes me want to give this a miss (in the cinema at least)

    seems like a weird route to take for D&D



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,815 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    its not in the same camp as Top Gun or Jumangi , this film is niche and D&D is dated nerd culture, it would do ok as a 30-50m dollar film but not as one that needs ~400m to break even, a financial flop is pretty much baked in

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,438 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Lorne Balfe seems to have done a good job with the soundtrack from a brief listen on Tidal.




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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭JohnnyChimpo


    Saw this a couple of weeks ago and it was excellent, crowd were loving it. Really written and directed with a love of the game. I would recommend people to catch it in cinema. JW4 was also enjoyable but it felt long, whereas DnD skipped along and Hugh Grant was a treat.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,085 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Could say the exact same about the MCU, being that they are all based on comics. It's less about the IP than the execution and sales pitch, I'd say.

    I think you might be significantly underestimating how much more widespread D&D has gotten in recent years - there are some very popular podcasts/ YT video series which are basically real-time campaigns (whether D&D or other settings). Whether that's enough to build momentum when sandwiched between John Wick 4 and the Super Mario Movie is a different and trickier question...

    Where I will agree is that there's less scope for this to use any kind of familiarity/nostalgia to pull in an audience, because while there was a cartoon way back when, it doesn't really have any obvious connection other than the name to this film.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,815 ✭✭✭✭silverharp



    Mr H Reviews gave it a great review spoiler free


    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,359 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Saw it this morning.

    No familiarity with dungeons and dragons but I found it thoroughly enjoyable, some good laughs, fun beasties and the like , solid special effects, kind of by the numbers story wise.

    Chris Pine is really on good wise cracking form, Hugh Grant scene stealing as usual.

    I hope it does well I would watch more!

    The Bradley Cooper cameo was an odd little surprise.

    Jarnathan got a bit of a rough time bless him ha.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭santana75


    It's an enjoyable romp that definitely adheres to the Joseph Campbell school of storytelling. Chris pine us great but Hugh grant steals the movie, dialing the sleeze up to 11



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,438 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,363 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Dunno what it is, but Hugh Grant looks like Sean Maguire in that video.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,636 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    The film does seem to have a Krod Mandoon vibe...

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,085 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    I ended up catching this today and it was an enjoyable watch. The humour in it was handled well - it felt like it was derived from the characters reacting to events around them, rather than either that tedious "we'll just improv some stuff and work around it" approach or any kind of sketch/meta guff. In terms of the general story and quest it's done well but nothing new, but the characters are fun and entertaining enough to watch that you don't mind.

    As mentioned by someone upthread, Hugh Grant is absolutely the MVP of this.

    I went to an afternoon screening and there seemed to be a fair amount of family groups along.



  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    I saw that too...I assume Uni will bail them out.



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