'Jarnathan' is the type of name you get when you ask the DM for an NPCs name and they have nothing prepared. 'Uhhhh, I don't know... Jarnathan, let's call him Jarnathan, sure.'
Pretty sure his full name is Jamathan Livingston Seagull. Being the first thing that would come to a DM's mind when naming an avian creature off the cuff.
There was lots of little DM Easter Eggs like waiting for other players to arrive to the game session to hear my back-story... why is Jonathan always late 😅🤣
Themberchaud the Red Dragon was domesticated by the deep dwarves to power their forges. He is canon in the Forgotten Realms setting, and hands down one of the best parts of the movie.
Created by Gary Gygax himself improvisationally when a cat jumped up on the table as Gary was running and introduced into the canon in a 2e module. Themberchaud is featured in the 5e adventure Out Of The Abyss.
The Hither-Thither Staff is totally something the DM would pull out of his ass in a moment just like that, where he didn't account for the clumsiness of the players navigating them into a dead end, just so they could actually continue the story. And then later the DM had to make the painting fall on its face because this time he didn't account for the ingenuity of the players and them figuring out a way to abuse this item in a way that let them bypass a major plot point (the whole Helm of Disjunction thing).
That's so true, I hadn't thought of that, lol. It's like in my old parties we would joke that whenever the team was stuck at a location wondering what to do next, a flashing arrow sign would pop out of the environment saying "Adventure This Way --> ".
Fun easter egg, the paining they use is the art from DnD 2nd edition used for the character Volothamp Geddarm. Better knows as jus Volo and known most recently for Volos guide to monsters.
I died when I saw the 80s cartoon team just appear during the tournament. Especially when they where urging the group to join them into the next level but Edgin decided to take another route. My heart strings got pulled there. And Mini Cooper was a legendary grab Simone.
What I loved about Michelle's Barbarian is that it REALLY felt like they gave her the Improvised Weapon feat. Because they made a point to have her consistently just grab random objects in the environment, and use them to LETHAL effectiveness in combat.
During the fat dragon sequence, I could not stop laughing. 😅 This film doesn't just capture the feel of a D&D setting, it captures why people continue to play it, 50 years later. It's *fun* . 😊
And it is criminal that it failed in the box office! Thankfully, word-of-mouth is doing it some justice. Let's just hope it does well enough to warrant a sequel. 🤞
@@ianrosenbalm6555 It didn't exactly fail at the box office. It was #1 at the box office the week it was released. It made 208 million globally versus a 150 million dollar budget, which is OK but not great. Additional revenue from streaming should make it profitable, especially if you factor in the advertising it brings to Hasbro. They've already greenlit an 8 episode streaming series, so I suspect they'll wait to see how that does before signing on for a movie sequel.
@@dereknolin5986 It failed. I loved this movie and I was pissed that it didn't do well. Unfortunately it lost too much money thanks to the large budget. Unless it becomes a massive success on streaming and Blu-ray, I can't imagine Paramount greenlighting a sequel.
@@doughbafett There have been much bigger failures, though. But I fear you're right. We don't know how much was spent on marketing and advertising. I think you also have to factor in Hasbro's interest in bringing in new customers, though, especially after they've managed to piss off some of their old ones in the past year. I think part of the problem is that the movie was essentially more of a comedy heist movie than a fantasy action movie, and comedy doesn't translate well internationally and is really culturally specific. I think they may still go forward with a lower budget streaming series first, and then possibly consider a movie sequel if that does well.
@@dereknolin5986 The problem has nothing to do with this movie at all. Hasbro is deciding to change gears, and move away from entertainment, and go into "gaming." ie-- Video games (particularly with Magic and Warhammer). So this movie might not get a sequel simply because that is no longer Hasbro's key area of motivation.
Simon had to come to terms with himself as a Sorcerer and believe in himself in order to attune because Charisma is the spellcasting stat for Sorcerers.
The fat dragon was actually from a an official D&D module. His name is Themberchaud and he used to live in a gray dwarf city called Gracklstugh. Unfortunately none of my players who played in that game had a reason to go to Gracklstugh at least in the direction we went with it but Themby was hanging out there the whole time. ^v^
I love that Forge was bragging about the addition of all new portcullises at each gate, and those portcullises wind up saving the heroes at multiple points.
The great thing about Zenk walking over the rock is that it was improvised. The director decided not to call cut while Rege-Jean Page was walking away in one of the takes, just to see what would happen. Page decided that, faced with a giant rock in his way, that Zenk probably would just walk right over it and keep going in his intended direction.
I just love that one of the other parties in the maze at the Games is lifted directly from the 80’s D&D Saturday Morning Cartoon. It’s a nice callback to an earlier iteration of the IP.
I heard it was also inspired by an early D&D session between some of the game creators when a cat kept walking on the gaming table and push over miniatures and stuff.... not sure about how accurate that is though
@cryptc If so, then the dragons movements in the movie do seem reminiscent of a particularly fat, non-agile cat. That doesn't make him less dangerous, though. As the film showed, he can still move like a battering ram!
I know it has been said by a lot of people but the first time I saw this it reminded me of my groups own campaigns. Xenk was a perfect representation of an NPC that is better at everything but it is not their story. The party going though with the plan to break out of prison even though they were going to get out from the DM so the story would progress. The way the wild magic worked and how they used cantrips and magical components. It really was the best visual telling of what a good DnD campaign would look like.
The dragon's name is Themberchaud. You can actually interact with him in the Out of the Abyss adventure. My party tried to steal his egg and he pancaked us lmao.
It's a subtle bit, but my favourite part of this is Simon's component pouch. They could have gone with an arcane focus, but they went the whole way and figured out a way to make it look cool without just constantly searching in bags.
Fun facts: "Simon The Sorcerer" is the title of an old Point and Click adventure series. :D One of the other parties in the games was an homage to the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. In the final fight, you can see they use six second intervals for their actions, just like a combat round in the game.
The Red Wizard Blade uses necromancy (negative plane engeries) so anybody killed with it can’t be raised from the dead except by a deity or by a creature using a tablet of reawakening to cast the true resurrection spell.
I would have loved a post credit scene with all of the main cast just sitting around a table as normal people cleaning up an actual D&D session with a DM talking about their next story (regardless of whether or not that is an actual sequel).
I would have hated that myself. I don't think of myself playing a game when I play games, especially dnd. I want to be immersed into the world. 4th wall stuff turns an epic fantasy into WWE wrestling. It destroys the illusion and suddenly nothing means anything. You're just people playing games. I want my fantasy to be a fantasy. Its not just a story, its a world its own that is real in its own right. Imagine if in LOTR they just showed the actors taking a bow after the final movie.
One thing I like is that in several of the fights, you see that the armor of the enemy actually works, its not just 1 hit and they're out, several of them get back up, as you would, even if a bit winded or worse for wear.
Didn't realise Simone was such a D & D fan, getting all the references adds so much to what is already a fantastic film. And as per George's comments re cosplay costumes etc it really does have the feel of a genuine campaign that we've all sat around a table doing. Oh, and for the items that Simone DIDN'T recognise were created for the film but have been given official stats / rules and are now canon in 5e.
*Spoilers about Themberchaud ahead* They were raised in a forge, and fed copiuos amount of people, just so they couldn't fit through the doors (and be kept domesticated and "happy")
4:28: YES! The alarm spell with the "silver thread"! You're the only reactor I've seen who's caught that detail, and it's one that just makes my nerdy heart so happy (and also makes me think of Caleb, because I'm a dork. I've seen Simone's Molly shirt in other videos :D) The film is full of those little touches that don't need to be recognised for the story to make sense, but that reward DnD players with a tiny nod. Also yes, everything is SO COLOURFUL! and well lit! You can see every scene from one side of the frame to the other, even the "dark and dramatic" ones. Everyone isn't dressed in shades of dirt, and there is worldbuilding in every shot. It's all just so interesting and enjoyable, visually. 6:57: Fun fact, that floor is a practical effect! Thousands of hand placed tile pieces covering sand, with air blowing up through it. The choice to use a lot of practical effects in this film is one of my favorite things :) I could go on, but this was amazing, I loved it, and I loved your reaction.
The Hither-Thither staff is basically the movie equivalent of the tabletop D&D gamemaster's failsave item if the players screw up. It was introduced earlier as a "walking stick" but Holga said she took it from the tower of some wizard, so it could be literally any sort of staff. And D&D already contains the _Dimension Door_ spell which works similarly (creates two linked magic portals that can hang in thin air, with a maximum possible distance, butthe exit portal can be out of visual range). Making the staff the magic version of a portal gun from _Portal_ was simply funnier while giving it limitations (portals need a surface to attach to, must be in line of sight when placed) instead of giving it limited range or charges (which is boring). But then the characters figured out how to abuse the hell out of the "attached to a portable surface" stipulation, LOL.
One of the deleted scenes is a puppeteering skit with the corpse they left behind, where he lists _all_ the books he's read (because the last question they asked was "what's your favorite book?" and his initial response was "well, it's hard to choose...") . (I hear that, canonically, Speak With Dead has an upper time limit after which it simply expires.)
would be hilarious if a grounds keeper walked by and was like, " ooh my god, are you an undead?" And the corpse says, " yes." then falls back dead again.
A friend and I had loved the 2000 D&D movie... for all the wrong reasons. (It's worth a Cinecringe watch sometime.) So we were going into this one expecting it to be bad but maybe funny. Instead we got a really good movie that was also really funny... not to mention a much better representation of the D&D game in a movie. So glad you both enjoyed it too. In the next movie, let's bring the obvious Dave Bautista to be the fighter. Except give him a good Dwarven beard and have him be four feet tall....
I recently tried to watch that 2000 movie again but couldn't make it past 15 minutes. I saw it when it came out in a 2nd or 3rd run cheap theater while waiting for a buddy to get off work. At least we had a ton of weed to help us through it LOL.
I went into seeing the D&D 2000 movie with very low expectations because I knew it was going to be bad. Unfortunately my expectations weren't low enough. I did not enjoy it at all. This new one I actually enjoyed and hauled my grandkids along to see it a second time.
There was nothing wrong with the D&D (2000) film once you take into account it's a BECMI D&D game being portrayed. The with film came out 2E AD&D was at it's height and 3E was just coming out, 1E AD&D was fading and BECMI D&D was practically a ghost. The style and feel of BECMI D&D was much like the D&D (2000) movie was, and that was the issue. The vast majority of D&D players at that time were 2E/3E players and either never played BECMI or forgot what BECMI was like.
Oh man, Jeremy Irons is so over the top in that movie, that alone makes it fun. Also the fact that one of the actors that played Jimmy Olsen in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is the star also helps, even if he's not the greatest actor.
When I saw John Francis Daly directed this, it blew my mind a bit. He was one of the main characters on this short lived, but great show, Freaks and Geeks (one of Judd Apatows early works) and then also had a small, but funny part in this movie Waiting (which is a good comedy for you guys to check out if you havent seen it). But I hadn't seen him in anything since, so I just assumed his career never went anywhere. Little did I know he's been writing and co-directing comedies for the past 10 years or so. I had no clue he was behind Horrible Bosses, Game Night, Spiderman Homecoming etc. Made me really happy to see.
The chonk dragon is themberchaud, one of my fave dragon in forgotten realms (one of the most famous dnd settings). Im glad that of all the dragons of the realm they chose him for this movie xD
I like that George really made a good point about the possible reason behind why Themberchaud was selected! It made the sequence far more memorable and enjoyable than if they had just used some other more generic dragon, while still having as much of a threat level for the scene.
Vin Diesel is pretty well known to be difficult to work with (taking himself very seriously, always wanting the last word), so him on stage could risk bringing the whole mood of the production down.
There is a prequel story called The Druid’s Call that explains her owlbear form! Doric is very unique and powerful, and she can transform into an owlbear while nobody else can.
@@karkajouautomaton4882for our Storm Kings Thunder playthru, I played a Dragonborn Circle of the Moon Druids, and I Homebrewed a feat that let me give up spell slots to turn into Monstrosities that didn't have spell-like abilities, spent much of the later encounters as a Manticore and even grappled a Dragon as a Roper! Was extremely fun.
Wow. I think i never ever saw you THAT entertained like this in one of your reactions before. And i saw a lot of your reactions. This movie is a gem for all fans of fantasy and not only DnD.
I went to the movies for the first time since the 2020 lockdowns for this movie, and made sure to go to a theater where I could get a drink or nine. LOVED IT. My friend (who went with me) and I both play D&D, and my favorite thing is that they didn't hold the audience's hands. With a lot of the comedy/references, if you knew, you knew.
It's a celebration of what makes D&D so weird compared to any other fantasy. It takes all of the unique elements of D&D and applies a lens of "how would players take full advantage of this".
Okay, if you haven't seen it yet, as a follow-up to this, you've gotta see "Knights of Badassdom". It's about LARPing. And metal music. And demons. With Peter Dinklage as Hung the Barbarian. Also stars Summer Glau and Steve Zahn.
Your "garden variety" magic item is easy to attune to. The epic stuff can require checks/save rolls to attune it. Some are intelligent and have their own will and can dominate the people trying to use them. Fun stuff.
Maybe I got you wrong, but you don't really think, that this is the first modern (however you define that) movie, that uses a mixture of CGI and practical effects? Actually, most movies do this, unless they're completely animated. A good example would be Mad Max: Fury Road. But even Jurassic World was using models and animatronics in addition to CGI.
"You are terrible!" "I can be a bit naughty..." Fun Fact: Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello makes a cameo during the Arena sequence. What Script Fact: Regé-Jean Page improvised the scene where Xenk steps right over the boulder, barely even breaking his stride. Chris Pine then improvised the resulting narration. Lost In Adaptation: Druid Doric (Sophia Lillis) repeatedly turns into an Owlbear, which appears to be her favorite form for fighting. According to the current official rules of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game, a druid cannot turn into an Owlbear. A druid can in fact only turn into a Beast (and eventually an Elemental), but the Owlbear is classified among the "Monstrosities" and a druid character cannot take the shape of those particular creatures. Game Accurate Fact: The movie is set in the Forgotten Realms setting. All the spells used in the film, while largely unnamed, are all legitimate spells used in the Dungeons & Dragons. The overweight red dragon the party encounters in the Underdark is Themberchaud, a known powerful denizen of the Underdark. In an overhead shot as Edgin (Chris Pine) and Holga (Michelle Rodriguez) walk through town, you can see two rust monsters fighting over a scrap of metal, which serves as food for this species. The prison Edgin and Holga escape from is Revel's End. A prison built on a cliff-side overlooking the Sea of Moving Ice in the Frozenfar region of the North.
I’m SO happy y’all waited to react instead of watching in theaters!! I see the dnd shirts on the channel all the time so I really wanted to see dnd fans react!:) love the channel
11:17 I believe I counted 8, counting the owlbear, *AND* the horse that turned into the owlbear! Horse, owlbear, fly, mouse, cat, hawk, strange bird, deer. Plus druid. And then, later, a snake! That's 9, or did I miss another? This movie was so much better than I expected it to be! And watching your reactions (especially Simone!), as true D&D fans, made it sooo much better! I did not play D&D as a kid, or ever. I always kinda wanted to, but, the "friends" I had who did play, never invited me. I did, however, LOVE the Saturday morning cartoon show from the 80s, and seeing those characters brought to life as a competitor team in the Games was cool! Even if they didn't fare so well! I would have also loved to have seen a reference somehow to Venger, Tiamat, and to Dungeon Master!
Since you two liked this so much you have to watch Game Night! It’s also written and directed by John Francis Daley and it is the best comedy of the last decade. And if you want more Hugh Grant watch the Paddington movies.
The opening scene with Jarnathan is such a RPG thing, where the players scheme so hard only for them to miss the obvious out. My very first time as a DM in a Swedish game called Eon, my players walked up to a cliff. I described in detail how they were standing at the edge of the cliff and the barbarian said "I step forward". I gave him three chances to change his mind, each time describing further that he was at the edge of the cliff and would fall off it if he tried to walk forward. He insisted, and that's how we all got acquainted with the rules around fall damage.
Enjoyed the movie but absolutly LOVED your reaction to it, I was crying with laughter the whole time with your BRILLIANT comments, Mini Copper ROTFLMFAO. Best reaction to this movie I will EVER see. Keep up the outstanding work & looking forward to the next one, both the D&D movie & your reactions.
I Ioved this movie! My tabletop role-playing group saw this in the theater together. D&D was the first thing we played together. ❤ Then, eventually, we explored many other TTRPGs. But D&D has a special place in my heart. I love hanging out with friends, ordering food, creating characters, and going through the story together. The bard illusion made me laugh so hard, Simon totally failed his concentration check roll, LOL. As a player of D&D, it really did remind me of the game and how fun it can be, and sometimes, things don’t go according to plan on your adventures. Go with the flow and have fun!
I think it would be fun to make it a Trilogy with the second movie being a different adventuring party with different classes and then in the third movie both parties end up running into each other while fighting the big bad
The brewmaster at the brewery I work at is a D&D guy, so his beers are named with D&D references. Our Simulacrum 2xNEIPA took 3rd best NEIPA in NY a few weeks ago.
Both of you made this enjoyable movie so much more entertaining to watch with your reaction. The attention to detail in this movie is fantastic and I am happy to see you notice many of them while also overlooking a few as well. Great reaction!
This is the first time I've watched a reaction so soon after watching a movie (yesterday). I finally see the appeal of watching a full reaction because there's so many tiny moments edited for time. If I weren't in crippling debt I'd join your patreon lol. Either way, I love your reactions.
This movie is so good! WAY better than I expected it to be! It's just a tremendous amount of fun! It really does perfectly capture the feel of a D&D campaign, complete with natural 20 and natural 1 rolls! XD I REALLY hope this movie gets sequels with the same creative team. The cast is great, the writing is great, it's just fantastic.
Ooh, a class actor wishlist? Lets do this. Fighter - Jackie Earl Haley Rogue - Neil Patrick Harris Monk - Donnie Yen Cleric - David Keith Artificer - Jason Mantzoukas Ranger - Zendaya Warlock - Emma Stone
@@acidrain92 Make Emma Stone a Dwarven warlock, Jackie Earl Haley a Half-Orc fighter, David Keith a Tortle cleric, Jason Mantzoukas a Gnome artificer, Zendaya an Elven ranger, NPH a tabaxi rogue, and Donnie Yen a human monk. Tell me that wouldnt be solid.
@@acidrain92 Fighter I'm thinking either Henry Caville or Jason Mamoa Rogue Liam O'brian Monk def has to be Donnie Yen Artificer. Maybe Matthew Mercer Not really sure about the rest
Well all RIGHT. Battlemaster Fighter - Michael Wincott Chronurgist Wizard - Michael Fassbender Drakewarden Ranger - Daniel Kaluuya Artillerist Artificer - Alan Tudyk (as a warforged or a kobold, whichever) Oath of Ancients Paladin - Keith David Stars Druid - Tom Sturridge Eagle Totem Barbarian - Danny Trejo
This movie was such a great surprise! I really love it! I dont know if its true but I seen a few people comment this, that one of the other party in the tournament game there was supposed to be the D&D characters from the old D&D cartoon back in the 80's! hahaha
themberchaud is from d&d lore. dating back to greyhawk setting. he was "domesticated" by people in the underdark and used to provide dragonfire for forges. they were scared when he got older he would tend towards tyranny like red dragons tend to so they decided to feed him a bunch of slaves and dissidents to make him fat and easier to kill. the description in the lore is that he is as wide as he is tall. the legend is that gygax created him when during a session the overweight cat jumped up on the table and knocked a bunch of the miniatures and stuff down and he just decided to roll with it and announce that a fat dragon suddenly appeared and began wreaking havoc
Thank you for broadening the quote at the end, Simone! It was a lot of fun with the D&D movie as well. I want more films for other table-top games as well! Call of Cthulhu! Vampire: The Masquerade! Pathfinder! And so on!
This movie was surprisingly more enjoyable than I would have expected. I was never a DnD person, (though I enjoy fantasy in general), but the story made this so fun for anyone.
This was an excellent movie. It was fun to see Simone geeking out on all the D&D related details and lore. And happy to hear you mentioning the Warcraft movie a couple times in this. I've been waiting to see you two react to that one. Unfortunately, it sounds like you didn't like it much, but still looking forward to seeing your reaction. Hopefully soon?
loved that y’all also loved this movie!! really enjoyed the visualization of spells and the fact that you could imagine the rolls they’re making around the table. definitely would watch more of these!! also echoing the “please watch game night!!!!” requests
Hi Simone and George! I saw this in the theatres about a month ago and was so very pleasantly surprised, somany D&D movies have been not very good to say the least. I played D&D when I was younger, and also loved the cartoon when i was a kid. Someone else already pointed this out, but it bears repeating the characters from the cartoon were one of the other groups in the maze. you only seem them in brief glances, but i loved that homage. Also loved the mentions of the different places NeverWinter, Morrowwind, etc. Anyway, fgreat reaction as always to a good fun movie.
Your reaction to the chunky red dragon was the best I‘ve seen so far. Absolutely hilarious. I recently saw a making-of, and apparently no one but the directors understood how the scene with Doric entering the wagon through the portal would work, until they pieced it together in the editing room. When the movie was announced, I was skeptic. The trailer didn‘t really fuel my interest either. Then I watched a reaction video and noticed that the movie is actually good. Then I had to wait for it to become available in Germany to be able to watch it properly. And then I watched even more reactions, because it just seems to be such a fun movie to react to. Also I‘m an old D&D B/X player and don‘t have too much experience with AD&D or Forgotten Realms, so I wanted to see reactions from players who have more knowledge of the lore that is presented in the movie. One scene where the trailer and movie feel totally different is the one with the collapsing bridge. In the trailer you only see a very small part of the puzzle explanation, and then Simon makes the bridge collapse, which felt so annoying to me. In the movie with the really lengthy explanation it feels actually relieving that the party doesn‘t have to go through that whole process. Fun fact: Apparently the writers were not aware that there is a point-and-click adventure game called „Simon the Sorcerer“.
Wow, you guys! That reaction is too damn great! xD I've already watched the full reaction once and had an amazing time with it. I think that I'm going to go and give it ANOTHER watch! :D I loved this video! xD hahahaaha, it's so perfect being able to see you both truly enjoy a reaction. :)
Fun Fact: the voices of the Speak With Dead corpses were Aunty Donna, a sketch comedy group that is also on YT. They also have a D&D episode where they all get cancer.
It was O.K. to laugh, George,. It does have a cheeky tone. As Galaxy Quest was a nod and a wink to Star Trek and it's fandom, this is to D & D and it's fandom. Both fun films.
'Jarnathan' is the type of name you get when you ask the DM for an NPCs name and they have nothing prepared. 'Uhhhh, I don't know... Jarnathan, let's call him Jarnathan, sure.'
Perfect!
Pretty sure his full name is Jamathan Livingston Seagull. Being the first thing that would come to a DM's mind when naming an avian creature off the cuff.
when the dms name is jonathan.
There was lots of little DM Easter Eggs like waiting for other players to arrive to the game session to hear my back-story... why is Jonathan always late 😅🤣
Or…”His name is…umm,” checks online name generator, “Jarnathan! His name is Jarnathan.”
Themberchaud the Red Dragon was domesticated by the deep dwarves to power their forges. He is canon in the Forgotten Realms setting, and hands down one of the best parts of the movie.
Created by Gary Gygax himself improvisationally when a cat jumped up on the table as Gary was running and introduced into the canon in a 2e module. Themberchaud is featured in the 5e adventure Out Of The Abyss.
More like fed do much food that he physically can’t leave them even if he wanted, but sure.
@@dyproxus1806 I mean... technically giving free food to animals so that they don't want to leave you *is* domestication but I get your point
The fact that he is one of the few canon characters in the movie is amazing to me 😂
"physically can’t leave" [Themberchaud] Hold my ale . . . and this side of beef.
FINALLY someone made the "Mini Cooper" joke!!!
Honest Trailers did it first.
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He's clearly talking about reactors🙄🙄
This is the only reactor channel who I have seen get it.
The Hither-Thither Staff is totally something the DM would pull out of his ass in a moment just like that, where he didn't account for the clumsiness of the players navigating them into a dead end, just so they could actually continue the story. And then later the DM had to make the painting fall on its face because this time he didn't account for the ingenuity of the players and them figuring out a way to abuse this item in a way that let them bypass a major plot point (the whole Helm of Disjunction thing).
That's so true, I hadn't thought of that, lol. It's like in my old parties we would joke that whenever the team was stuck at a location wondering what to do next, a flashing arrow sign would pop out of the environment saying "Adventure This Way --> ".
Fun easter egg, the paining they use is the art from DnD 2nd edition used for the character Volothamp Geddarm.
Better knows as jus Volo and known most recently for Volos guide to monsters.
the dm says uh you just destroyed the bridge. let me think a sec. didn't you say the barbarian picked up a stick earlier?
This entire film is just PURE DND QUEST! Clearly, the writers of this movie did their homework on this game, before making this movie.
Though the walking stick was there in the house and Ho ho did say she got it from a wizard.
So maybe it was good set up?
I loved how Simone said "Not being expert on D&D" and recognized alomost every beast, spell and other stuff after that)))
Right? Possibly the only one I've seen recognize the Alarm spell from seeing the silver thread.
I died when I saw the 80s cartoon team just appear during the tournament. Especially when they where urging the group to join them into the next level but Edgin decided to take another route.
My heart strings got pulled there.
And Mini Cooper was a legendary grab Simone.
OMFG SAME! my brother and I were huge fans of the cartoon and we lost it when we saw them in the games. so cool!
OMG, I didn't notice that on my first watch! But excellent. I grew up on that cartoon too.
ive seen so many reactions and i dont remember ANYONE mentioning that 80s cartoon Easter Egg... im very disappointed
Have you seen the fan made final episode it's on UA-cam
The only thing missing was the little unicorn that was part of their group 🦄
The look of pure joy on Simone's face when she saw the owlbear was worth everything
I love that they went with the Snowy Owlbear, the regular one wouldn't have looked nearly as cool. :)
I don't know if Simone saying that's a pretty owlbear is saying the same as when George said it... just sayin....
That the pardon was already approved is my favorite gag in the movie.
After playing D&D for 40 years we finally have a not only good but a great D&D movie.
I do enjoy the indie movies The Gamers and The Gamers: Dorkness Rising.
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@@Sandwhaler Me too. The fan webseries have always been the shining examples.
What I loved about Michelle's Barbarian is that it REALLY felt like they gave her the Improvised Weapon feat. Because they made a point to have her consistently just grab random objects in the environment, and use them to LETHAL effectiveness in combat.
Which is also just a fun movie thing. So it works perfectly.
@@Merilirem Yep!
During the fat dragon sequence, I could not stop laughing. 😅
This film doesn't just capture the feel of a D&D setting, it captures why people continue to play it, 50 years later.
It's *fun* . 😊
This movie had no business being THIS great and entertaining. I loved everything about this
And it is criminal that it failed in the box office! Thankfully, word-of-mouth is doing it some justice. Let's just hope it does well enough to warrant a sequel. 🤞
@@ianrosenbalm6555 It didn't exactly fail at the box office. It was #1 at the box office the week it was released. It made 208 million globally versus a 150 million dollar budget, which is OK but not great. Additional revenue from streaming should make it profitable, especially if you factor in the advertising it brings to Hasbro. They've already greenlit an 8 episode streaming series, so I suspect they'll wait to see how that does before signing on for a movie sequel.
@@dereknolin5986 It failed. I loved this movie and I was pissed that it didn't do well. Unfortunately it lost too much money thanks to the large budget. Unless it becomes a massive success on streaming and Blu-ray, I can't imagine Paramount greenlighting a sequel.
@@doughbafett There have been much bigger failures, though. But I fear you're right. We don't know how much was spent on marketing and advertising. I think you also have to factor in Hasbro's interest in bringing in new customers, though, especially after they've managed to piss off some of their old ones in the past year. I think part of the problem is that the movie was essentially more of a comedy heist movie than a fantasy action movie, and comedy doesn't translate well internationally and is really culturally specific. I think they may still go forward with a lower budget streaming series first, and then possibly consider a movie sequel if that does well.
@@dereknolin5986 The problem has nothing to do with this movie at all. Hasbro is deciding to change gears, and move away from entertainment, and go into "gaming." ie-- Video games (particularly with Magic and Warhammer). So this movie might not get a sequel simply because that is no longer Hasbro's key area of motivation.
Simon had to come to terms with himself as a Sorcerer and believe in himself in order to attune because Charisma is the spellcasting stat for Sorcerers.
Nice catch, man! I only recently got into DnD because of Baldurs Gate 3, and rewatching the movie after learning more about it made me love it more
The fat dragon was actually from a an official D&D module. His name is Themberchaud and he used to live in a gray dwarf city called Gracklstugh. Unfortunately none of my players who played in that game had a reason to go to Gracklstugh at least in the direction we went with it but Themby was hanging out there the whole time. ^v^
I love that Forge was bragging about the addition of all new portcullises at each gate, and those portcullises wind up saving the heroes at multiple points.
The great thing about Zenk walking over the rock is that it was improvised. The director decided not to call cut while Rege-Jean Page was walking away in one of the takes, just to see what would happen. Page decided that, faced with a giant rock in his way, that Zenk probably would just walk right over it and keep going in his intended direction.
ROFLMAO...the simultaneous "mini Cooper" absolutely killed me...I say it again, Simone and George are just about the funniest reactors around. 💯😂
I just love that one of the other parties in the maze at the Games is lifted directly from the 80’s D&D Saturday Morning Cartoon. It’s a nice callback to an earlier iteration of the IP.
They should had watched first year 2000 D&D movie with Jeremy Irons and Marlon Wayans 🙂
@@pete_lind I try not to think about that one because it was very lackluster.
I heard it was also inspired by an early D&D session between some of the game creators when a cat kept walking on the gaming table and push over miniatures and stuff.... not sure about how accurate that is though
@@pete_lindworthy of a CinaCringe episode
@cryptc
If so, then the dragons movements in the movie do seem reminiscent of a particularly fat, non-agile cat.
That doesn't make him less dangerous, though. As the film showed, he can still move like a battering ram!
I know it has been said by a lot of people but the first time I saw this it reminded me of my groups own campaigns. Xenk was a perfect representation of an NPC that is better at everything but it is not their story. The party going though with the plan to break out of prison even though they were going to get out from the DM so the story would progress. The way the wild magic worked and how they used cantrips and magical components. It really was the best visual telling of what a good DnD campaign would look like.
The dragon's name is Themberchaud. You can actually interact with him in the Out of the Abyss adventure. My party tried to steal his egg and he pancaked us lmao.
She is so Fat😀😀
It's a subtle bit, but my favourite part of this is Simon's component pouch. They could have gone with an arcane focus, but they went the whole way and figured out a way to make it look cool without just constantly searching in bags.
Jarnathan: the kind of name your DM pulls out of their ass when one of the players asks for it unexpectedly.
I spent most of this movie identifying all of the monsters. I especially loved the two baby rust monsters fighting on the beam above the alley.
With Simone being an avid critical role fan I can't believe there was no mention of fresh cut grass😂😂 I absolutely lost it when I saw that
They missed a trick in the movie, too.
"Don't like fresh cut grass? How about oatmeal? ...No? -- Apple pie! ...Okay then, how about this one..."
Fun facts:
"Simon The Sorcerer" is the title of an old Point and Click adventure series. :D
One of the other parties in the games was an homage to the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon.
In the final fight, you can see they use six second intervals for their actions, just like a combat round in the game.
Hugh Grant is channeling his inner Phoenix Buchanan from Paddington 2( a brilliant film and both it and Paddington are well worth a look) 😊😊😊
The Red Wizard Blade uses necromancy (negative plane engeries) so anybody killed with it can’t be raised from the dead except by a deity or by a creature using a tablet of reawakening to cast the true resurrection spell.
I would have loved a post credit scene with all of the main cast just sitting around a table as normal people cleaning up an actual D&D session with a DM talking about their next story (regardless of whether or not that is an actual sequel).
Discussing when they all have time to meet again.
And what if the DM was Daisy Head (Sofina) or Hugh Grant?
💯 Man, this is the best idea!
Believe it or not, the cast and crew actually played D&D during the making of the film, so they could ne better acquainted with the lore of the game.
I would have hated that myself. I don't think of myself playing a game when I play games, especially dnd. I want to be immersed into the world. 4th wall stuff turns an epic fantasy into WWE wrestling. It destroys the illusion and suddenly nothing means anything. You're just people playing games.
I want my fantasy to be a fantasy. Its not just a story, its a world its own that is real in its own right. Imagine if in LOTR they just showed the actors taking a bow after the final movie.
One thing I like is that in several of the fights, you see that the armor of the enemy actually works, its not just 1 hit and they're out, several of them get back up, as you would, even if a bit winded or worse for wear.
Didn't realise Simone was such a D & D fan, getting all the references adds so much to what is already a fantastic film. And as per George's comments re cosplay costumes etc it really does have the feel of a genuine campaign that we've all sat around a table doing. Oh, and for the items that Simone DIDN'T recognise were created for the film but have been given official stats / rules and are now canon in 5e.
That dragon is cannon. His name is Themberchaud.
Yes, this is what happens to Red Dragons when they're effectively Domesticated 😆
THEMBERCHONK
It's true!
So it’s not themberCHAD?
I have run away from it. Twice!
*Spoilers about Themberchaud ahead*
They were raised in a forge, and fed copiuos amount of people, just so they couldn't fit through the doors (and be kept domesticated and "happy")
4:28: YES! The alarm spell with the "silver thread"! You're the only reactor I've seen who's caught that detail, and it's one that just makes my nerdy heart so happy (and also makes me think of Caleb, because I'm a dork. I've seen Simone's Molly shirt in other videos :D) The film is full of those little touches that don't need to be recognised for the story to make sense, but that reward DnD players with a tiny nod.
Also yes, everything is SO COLOURFUL! and well lit! You can see every scene from one side of the frame to the other, even the "dark and dramatic" ones. Everyone isn't dressed in shades of dirt, and there is worldbuilding in every shot. It's all just so interesting and enjoyable, visually.
6:57: Fun fact, that floor is a practical effect! Thousands of hand placed tile pieces covering sand, with air blowing up through it. The choice to use a lot of practical effects in this film is one of my favorite things :)
I could go on, but this was amazing, I loved it, and I loved your reaction.
The Hither-Thither staff is basically the movie equivalent of the tabletop D&D gamemaster's failsave item if the players screw up. It was introduced earlier as a "walking stick" but Holga said she took it from the tower of some wizard, so it could be literally any sort of staff. And D&D already contains the _Dimension Door_ spell which works similarly (creates two linked magic portals that can hang in thin air, with a maximum possible distance, butthe exit portal can be out of visual range). Making the staff the magic version of a portal gun from _Portal_ was simply funnier while giving it limitations (portals need a surface to attach to, must be in line of sight when placed) instead of giving it limited range or charges (which is boring). But then the characters figured out how to abuse the hell out of the "attached to a portable surface" stipulation, LOL.
Simone being a DnD fan makes this so much better. :)
29:34 That double-take on Doric bashing Sofina into the ground is *_brilliant!_* 😆
"Oh wait she's still alive. Let me smash her head in a bit more to be safe."
One of the deleted scenes is a puppeteering skit with the corpse they left behind, where he lists _all_ the books he's read (because the last question they asked was "what's your favorite book?" and his initial response was "well, it's hard to choose...") .
(I hear that, canonically, Speak With Dead has an upper time limit after which it simply expires.)
would be hilarious if a grounds keeper walked by and was like, " ooh my god, are you an undead?" And the corpse says, " yes." then falls back dead again.
A friend and I had loved the 2000 D&D movie... for all the wrong reasons. (It's worth a Cinecringe watch sometime.) So we were going into this one expecting it to be bad but maybe funny. Instead we got a really good movie that was also really funny... not to mention a much better representation of the D&D game in a movie. So glad you both enjoyed it too.
In the next movie, let's bring the obvious Dave Bautista to be the fighter. Except give him a good Dwarven beard and have him be four feet tall....
I recently tried to watch that 2000 movie again but couldn't make it past 15 minutes. I saw it when it came out in a 2nd or 3rd run cheap theater while waiting for a buddy to get off work. At least we had a ton of weed to help us through it LOL.
I went into seeing the D&D 2000 movie with very low expectations because I knew it was going to be bad. Unfortunately my expectations weren't low enough. I did not enjoy it at all. This new one I actually enjoyed and hauled my grandkids along to see it a second time.
There was nothing wrong with the D&D (2000) film once you take into account it's a BECMI D&D game being portrayed. The with film came out 2E AD&D was at it's height and 3E was just coming out, 1E AD&D was fading and BECMI D&D was practically a ghost. The style and feel of BECMI D&D was much like the D&D (2000) movie was, and that was the issue. The vast majority of D&D players at that time were 2E/3E players and either never played BECMI or forgot what BECMI was like.
Oh man, Jeremy Irons is so over the top in that movie, that alone makes it fun. Also the fact that one of the actors that played Jimmy Olsen in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is the star also helps, even if he's not the greatest actor.
Just here to shout out Simone's gorgeous long haired tuxedo cat - we need MORE!!!
When I saw John Francis Daly directed this, it blew my mind a bit. He was one of the main characters on this short lived, but great show, Freaks and Geeks (one of Judd Apatows early works) and then also had a small, but funny part in this movie Waiting (which is a good comedy for you guys to check out if you havent seen it). But I hadn't seen him in anything since, so I just assumed his career never went anywhere. Little did I know he's been writing and co-directing comedies for the past 10 years or so. I had no clue he was behind Horrible Bosses, Game Night, Spiderman Homecoming etc. Made me really happy to see.
The chonk dragon is themberchaud, one of my fave dragon in forgotten realms (one of the most famous dnd settings). Im glad that of all the dragons of the realm they chose him for this movie xD
I like that George really made a good point about the possible reason behind why Themberchaud was selected! It made the sequence far more memorable and enjoyable than if they had just used some other more generic dragon, while still having as much of a threat level for the scene.
It's funny they have the scene where the DM PC totally overshadows the PCs, even so far as fighting a whole battle while they stand around and watch
I'd like a couple actors known for being DnD nerds. Joe Manganiello as a fighter or ranger and Vin Diesel as a monk (channeling Riddick energy).
Vin Diesel is pretty well known to be difficult to work with (taking himself very seriously, always wanting the last word), so him on stage could risk bringing the whole mood of the production down.
@@Paroex I wouldn't mind a Vin Diesel in there, but I'd not type him as anything typical. What if he came in as a Goblin Wizard?
@@SeanBlader Goliath? Or would that be too on the nose?
Doric is probably a Circle of the Moon druid. You usually don't get wild shapes suitable to be a front line combatant.
Or a custom subclass that has access to owlbear and converting spell slots to wild shape uses.
There is a prequel story called The Druid’s Call that explains her owlbear form! Doric is very unique and powerful, and she can transform into an owlbear while nobody else can.
@@karkajouautomaton4882for our Storm Kings Thunder playthru, I played a Dragonborn Circle of the Moon Druids, and I Homebrewed a feat that let me give up spell slots to turn into Monstrosities that didn't have spell-like abilities, spent much of the later encounters as a Manticore and even grappled a Dragon as a Roper! Was extremely fun.
@@karkajouautomaton4882 Just like what they did in Baldur's Gate 3.
Wow. I think i never ever saw you THAT entertained like this in one of your reactions before. And i saw a lot of your reactions. This movie is a gem for all fans of fantasy and not only DnD.
idk if I've ever seen Simone that excited before a movie, could really tell she was looking foward to this one!
I went to the movies for the first time since the 2020 lockdowns for this movie, and made sure to go to a theater where I could get a drink or nine. LOVED IT. My friend (who went with me) and I both play D&D, and my favorite thing is that they didn't hold the audience's hands. With a lot of the comedy/references, if you knew, you knew.
It's a celebration of what makes D&D so weird compared to any other fantasy. It takes all of the unique elements of D&D and applies a lens of "how would players take full advantage of this".
7:45 Yes, Michelle Rogriguez had a non-fighter/angry role in "Control". It's very worth watching actually.
Okay, if you haven't seen it yet, as a follow-up to this, you've gotta see "Knights of Badassdom". It's about LARPing. And metal music. And demons. With Peter Dinklage as Hung the Barbarian. Also stars Summer Glau and Steve Zahn.
I 2nd that!
Yeah…Bradly Cooper has such a SMALL part in this movie. He’s on on screen for such a SHORT time.
Hey, don’t be so hard on the LITTLE guy!
Wow, belittling that man's performance, not cool ;)
I went and saw this in theaters with my D&D group and was surprised by how good it was. We all highly enjoyed it. Hope they make a sequel
Simon Pegg as a Monk, Nick Frost as a Fighter, Adam Driver as a Warlock
Yeah, that's not bad! What if Simon was a Way of the Drunken Master Monk?
Also, what about Jewel Staite as a Rogue? Ooh, what about a Phantom Rogue?
Your "garden variety" magic item is easy to attune to. The epic stuff can require checks/save rolls to attune it. Some are intelligent and have their own will and can dominate the people trying to use them. Fun stuff.
I love how this movie mixes CGI and practical effects. I'm glad modern movies are using them again.
Maybe I got you wrong, but you don't really think, that this is the first modern (however you define that) movie, that uses a mixture of CGI and practical effects? Actually, most movies do this, unless they're completely animated. A good example would be Mad Max: Fury Road. But even Jurassic World was using models and animatronics in addition to CGI.
Finally? There are many modern movies that use a good mix. Mad Max Fury Road is a great example but there are dozens more.
This movie is like rewatching any one of the hundreds of games I ran back in the day. I loved every second of this movie.
"You are terrible!"
"I can be a bit naughty..."
Fun Fact: Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello makes a cameo during the Arena sequence.
What Script Fact: Regé-Jean Page improvised the scene where Xenk steps right over the boulder, barely even breaking his stride. Chris Pine then improvised the resulting narration.
Lost In Adaptation: Druid Doric (Sophia Lillis) repeatedly turns into an Owlbear, which appears to be her favorite form for fighting. According to the current official rules of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game, a druid cannot turn into an Owlbear. A druid can in fact only turn into a Beast (and eventually an Elemental), but the Owlbear is classified among the "Monstrosities" and a druid character cannot take the shape of those particular creatures.
Game Accurate Fact: The movie is set in the Forgotten Realms setting. All the spells used in the film, while largely unnamed, are all legitimate spells used in the Dungeons & Dragons. The overweight red dragon the party encounters in the Underdark is Themberchaud, a known powerful denizen of the Underdark. In an overhead shot as Edgin (Chris Pine) and Holga (Michelle Rodriguez) walk through town, you can see two rust monsters fighting over a scrap of metal, which serves as food for this species. The prison Edgin and Holga escape from is Revel's End. A prison built on a cliff-side overlooking the Sea of Moving Ice in the Frozenfar region of the North.
The fat red dragon Themberchaud appears in the "Out of the Abyss" adventure campaign. It was cool seeing him brought to life on screen.
I’m SO happy y’all waited to react instead of watching in theaters!! I see the dnd shirts on the channel all the time so I really wanted to see dnd fans react!:) love the channel
11:17 I believe I counted 8, counting the owlbear, *AND* the horse that turned into the owlbear! Horse, owlbear, fly, mouse, cat, hawk, strange bird, deer. Plus druid. And then, later, a snake! That's 9, or did I miss another?
This movie was so much better than I expected it to be! And watching your reactions (especially Simone!), as true D&D fans, made it sooo much better! I did not play D&D as a kid, or ever. I always kinda wanted to, but, the "friends" I had who did play, never invited me. I did, however, LOVE the Saturday morning cartoon show from the 80s, and seeing those characters brought to life as a competitor team in the Games was cool! Even if they didn't fare so well! I would have also loved to have seen a reference somehow to Venger, Tiamat, and to Dungeon Master!
I really enjoyed this movie but I feel like I enjoyed watching you geek out over the movie even more. Thanks for sharing your joy!
Since you two liked this so much you have to watch Game Night! It’s also written and directed by John Francis Daley and it is the best comedy of the last decade.
And if you want more Hugh Grant watch the Paddington movies.
No one has reactions to Game Night, and I don't know why! I wish people reacted to that movie.
@PLAjcmdaddy I have seen one Game Night reaction on UA-cam recently
i totally agree with this, they would love Game Night!
As soon as I saw who was directing D&D, I knew we were in good hands.
@@jcmclint Check out "Just Summ Reactions" - they recently watched Game Night
The opening scene with Jarnathan is such a RPG thing, where the players scheme so hard only for them to miss the obvious out.
My very first time as a DM in a Swedish game called Eon, my players walked up to a cliff. I described in detail how they were standing at the edge of the cliff and the barbarian said "I step forward". I gave him three chances to change his mind, each time describing further that he was at the edge of the cliff and would fall off it if he tried to walk forward. He insisted, and that's how we all got acquainted with the rules around fall damage.
Enjoyed the movie but absolutly LOVED your reaction to it, I was crying with laughter the whole time with your BRILLIANT comments, Mini Copper ROTFLMFAO. Best reaction to this movie I will EVER see. Keep up the outstanding work & looking forward to the next one, both the D&D movie & your reactions.
That "speak with dead " sequence though... I feel seen
Btw Simon's ancestor is Elminster Aumarch! 😁 If ya know who he is
Hugh Grant also plays a villain in Cloud Atlas. A fantastic, albeit long film.
I Ioved this movie! My tabletop role-playing group saw this in the theater together. D&D was the first thing we played together. ❤ Then, eventually, we explored many other TTRPGs. But D&D has a special place in my heart. I love hanging out with friends, ordering food, creating characters, and going through the story together. The bard illusion made me laugh so hard, Simon totally failed his concentration check roll, LOL.
As a player of D&D, it really did remind me of the game and how fun it can be, and sometimes, things don’t go according to plan on your adventures. Go with the flow and have fun!
I like the joke about how straight the paladin walks, and today is my Birthday and I love D&D
I think it would be fun to make it a Trilogy with the second movie being a different adventuring party with different classes and then in the third movie both parties end up running into each other while fighting the big bad
The brewmaster at the brewery I work at is a D&D guy, so his beers are named with D&D references.
Our Simulacrum 2xNEIPA took 3rd best NEIPA in NY a few weeks ago.
Both of you made this enjoyable movie so much more entertaining to watch with your reaction. The attention to detail in this movie is fantastic and I am happy to see you notice many of them while also overlooking a few as well. Great reaction!
I love that Simone is so well versed!
One of the other teams in the maze was from the 80's DnD cartoon series
This is the first time I've watched a reaction so soon after watching a movie (yesterday). I finally see the appeal of watching a full reaction because there's so many tiny moments edited for time. If I weren't in crippling debt I'd join your patreon lol. Either way, I love your reactions.
This movie is so good! WAY better than I expected it to be! It's just a tremendous amount of fun! It really does perfectly capture the feel of a D&D campaign, complete with natural 20 and natural 1 rolls! XD I REALLY hope this movie gets sequels with the same creative team. The cast is great, the writing is great, it's just fantastic.
My favorite is the reference to the 1980s cartoon D&D. Had my laughing.
This is one of the most persuasive recommendations I've ever seen anywhere. Thank you.
Ooh, a class actor wishlist? Lets do this.
Fighter - Jackie Earl Haley
Rogue - Neil Patrick Harris
Monk - Donnie Yen
Cleric - David Keith
Artificer - Jason Mantzoukas
Ranger - Zendaya
Warlock - Emma Stone
a bunch of old guys and two young women? lol
@@acidrain92 Make Emma Stone a Dwarven warlock, Jackie Earl Haley a Half-Orc fighter, David Keith a Tortle cleric, Jason Mantzoukas a Gnome artificer, Zendaya an Elven ranger, NPH a tabaxi rogue, and Donnie Yen a human monk. Tell me that wouldnt be solid.
@@acidrain92
Fighter I'm thinking either Henry Caville or Jason Mamoa
Rogue Liam O'brian
Monk def has to be Donnie Yen
Artificer. Maybe Matthew Mercer
Not really sure about the rest
@@acidrain92 that's hot.
Well all RIGHT.
Battlemaster Fighter - Michael Wincott
Chronurgist Wizard - Michael Fassbender
Drakewarden Ranger - Daniel Kaluuya
Artillerist Artificer - Alan Tudyk (as a warforged or a kobold, whichever)
Oath of Ancients Paladin - Keith David
Stars Druid - Tom Sturridge
Eagle Totem Barbarian - Danny Trejo
I was amazingly surprised at this one.
It was excellent!
This movie was such a great surprise! I really love it!
I dont know if its true but I seen a few people comment this, that one of the other party in the tournament game there was supposed to be the D&D characters from the old D&D cartoon back in the 80's! hahaha
themberchaud is from d&d lore. dating back to greyhawk setting. he was "domesticated" by people in the underdark and used to provide dragonfire for forges. they were scared when he got older he would tend towards tyranny like red dragons tend to so they decided to feed him a bunch of slaves and dissidents to make him fat and easier to kill. the description in the lore is that he is as wide as he is tall. the legend is that gygax created him when during a session the overweight cat jumped up on the table and knocked a bunch of the miniatures and stuff down and he just decided to roll with it and announce that a fat dragon suddenly appeared and began wreaking havoc
Thank you for broadening the quote at the end, Simone! It was a lot of fun with the D&D movie as well. I want more films for other table-top games as well! Call of Cthulhu! Vampire: The Masquerade! Pathfinder! And so on!
Look at that kitty kitty!
I loved this movie. I had to watch it last night just so I could enjoy this reaction this morning. Which is also a fun time.
This movie was surprisingly more enjoyable than I would have expected. I was never a DnD person, (though I enjoy fantasy in general), but the story made this so fun for anyone.
Simone, you are such a colossal nerd. And its wonderful. I was just like that when I saw it first time.
30:50 Very unlikely that Szass Tam will be defeated in a movie - he is an iconic villanous character in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
14:58 Ha! Simone got to "Actually" George back in fairly short order. 😂
This was an excellent movie. It was fun to see Simone geeking out on all the D&D related details and lore. And happy to hear you mentioning the Warcraft movie a couple times in this. I've been waiting to see you two react to that one. Unfortunately, it sounds like you didn't like it much, but still looking forward to seeing your reaction. Hopefully soon?
loved that y’all also loved this movie!! really enjoyed the visualization of spells and the fact that you could imagine the rolls they’re making around the table. definitely would watch more of these!!
also echoing the “please watch game night!!!!” requests
I love that you guys are D&D nerds too. So enjoyed watching this movie with my D&D group.
omg, 'Into the Land of Unicorns' sparked MY childhood (to adulthood) love of fantasy! that reference took me back lolol, amazing
Hi Simone and George!
I saw this in the theatres about a month ago and was so very pleasantly surprised, somany D&D movies have been not very good to say the least. I played D&D when I was younger, and also loved the cartoon when i was a kid. Someone else already pointed this out, but it bears repeating the characters from the cartoon were one of the other groups in the maze. you only seem them in brief glances, but i loved that homage. Also loved the mentions of the different places NeverWinter, Morrowwind, etc. Anyway, fgreat reaction as always to a good fun movie.
Your reaction to the chunky red dragon was the best I‘ve seen so far. Absolutely hilarious.
I recently saw a making-of, and apparently no one but the directors understood how the scene with Doric entering the wagon through the portal would work, until they pieced it together in the editing room.
When the movie was announced, I was skeptic. The trailer didn‘t really fuel my interest either. Then I watched a reaction video and noticed that the movie is actually good. Then I had to wait for it to become available in Germany to be able to watch it properly. And then I watched even more reactions, because it just seems to be such a fun movie to react to.
Also I‘m an old D&D B/X player and don‘t have too much experience with AD&D or Forgotten Realms, so I wanted to see reactions from players who have more knowledge of the lore that is presented in the movie.
One scene where the trailer and movie feel totally different is the one with the collapsing bridge.
In the trailer you only see a very small part of the puzzle explanation, and then Simon makes the bridge collapse, which felt so annoying to me.
In the movie with the really lengthy explanation it feels actually relieving that the party doesn‘t have to go through that whole process.
Fun fact: Apparently the writers were not aware that there is a point-and-click adventure game called „Simon the Sorcerer“.
Wow, you guys! That reaction is too damn great! xD I've already watched the full reaction once and had an amazing time with it. I think that I'm going to go and give it ANOTHER watch! :D
I loved this video! xD hahahaaha, it's so perfect being able to see you both truly enjoy a reaction. :)
11:17 A popular theory is that her "player" traded her spellcasting feature for Unlimited Wild Shape and access to the Owlbear.
Fun Fact: the voices of the Speak With Dead corpses were Aunty Donna, a sketch comedy group that is also on YT. They also have a D&D episode where they all get cancer.
Simone: "I'm not used to seeing [Hugh Grant] like this!"
The internet, in unison: Watch Paddington 2!!!
It was O.K. to laugh, George,. It does have a cheeky tone. As Galaxy Quest was a nod and a wink to Star Trek and it's fandom, this is to D & D and it's fandom. Both fun films.
omg "Mini-Cooper", I am never forgetting that ❤❤
The staff was added to DnDbeyond as part of a movie tie in thing, so yes. It's now part of the game
Robert Downey Jr as the artificer