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Fun Fact The origins of Owlbears is a rather...weird one; long story short, a crazed wizard thought it would be a "fun" idea to mesh an owl (regardless of species) and a grizzly together
Xenk is an excellent example of an NPC provided by the GM to buff up the party for a particular quest, but not for their actual quest. He's also an example of the archetypical Paladin up to and including not deviating from his chosen path, even if there are boulders in his way.
Originally they were kicking around having Drizzt Do'Urden for that role. I would have freaked the F out in theaters. :::holds up OG childhood 1989 copy of The Crystal Shard signed by the man himself::::
My favorite behind the scene gag is when Xenk the Paladin leaves the party and walks off down the beach. The director yelled cut, but Regé-Jean Page didn't hear him and just kept walking. As a goof, he just walked over the "boulder" that was on set and kept going. The director loved it so much, they kept the whole scene in the movie. If you watch closely, every time they switch camera perspective to show the boulder again, you can see Regé-Jean Page getting further and further away until he's just a dot moving in the distance! Anyway, I'd been waiting eagerly to see you two react to this, and it did not disappoint!! Thanks so much for checking this out, and I look forward to the next video!!
In true DnD fashion, a player/actor does something dumb because they thought it would be funny, and the DM/director lets it happen because it is, in fact, funny
@@malcolmrowe9003 That is actually what happened. Director decided to wait, and Rege not knowing what to do decided to continue portraying straight as a stick paladin thus walking stiffly over the boulder . An amazing impromptu moment
That moment where he realized that Holga is truly Kira's mom got me too. He wasn't trying to bring back her mother, he was trying to bring back his wife. And so that moment that he gives that up hits every time lol
It reminds me of a thing in my campaign where a character wants to get revenge on their Noble Djinn dad(I won't go into detail but the dad is 100% a bastard and deserves it), and a mysterious NPC they've had encounters with is slowly talking them through recontextualizing their quest as him needing to die for the betterment of the world rather than them specifically wanting to kill him for personal reasons. There are reasons for this that I won't get into here, but it's an interesting interaction and that on-screen moment made me think of that.
I went into this movie thinking that there was no way it could be good. But boy was i wrong. It's funny, inventive, respectful to the source material, moving at times and overall it's just fun. It is a fun movie. Glad you guys liked it too :)
I first watched this movie a day after having my gallbladder removed, and the scene where the distraction glitched out made me laugh so hard I nearly passed out from the pain. In hindsight... was totally worth the pain.
Fun fact: In the lore, the dragon Themberchaud powers the forges of an entire dwarven city. The magic casters placated him with treasure, calming enchantments and food. lots and lots of food. including the cities criminals. Hence his enormous size hahaha.
Fun fact: When this movie was in pre-production, the director talked to Chris Perkins of Wizards of the Coast and asked is there a maximum security prison anywhere in Faerun, because he had a great idea for the opening scene (which turns out to be Edgin and Holga using Jarnathan to escape), and Chris realized that there is no maximum security prison anywhere on Faerun, so he created Revel's End in the adventure Rime of the Frostmaiden, which takes place a few years before the events of this movie happens.
@@JnEricsonx All I know is what he is doing in current events. According to the synopsis of the latest Drizzt book that will be released this month called "Lolth's Warrior", he is involved in a civil war in Menzoberranzan. A large group of drow are starting to wake up and question their loyalty to Lolth, while others remain blindly loyal, so a war is brewing in the city.
Fun tidbit: the guy who plays Scanlan (Sam Rygel) his current character is named Fresh Cut Grass, which was the Easter Egg when Simon cast the "fresh cut grass" spell
They did such a good job with this. Looking at the background of the writers, it shows that fans of the source material can sometimes (often) make a better story than fans of simply owning the IP.
"She's like Keyleth". Actually there's a Critical Role reference in this movie, while very subtle. The "Fresh cut grass" spell Simon is using at the beginning is named after Sam Riegel's character in campaign 3, FCG (Fresh Cut Grass).
So I guess by now, you guys have Googled Daisy Head, who played Sofina and found out she's the daughter of Anthony Head, who played Giles on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
I never really played any D&D, but as an RPG gamer, I'm excited to watch this one. The whole movie was a very enjoyable and fun experience, I even get some of the references. Then, they put that emotional scene at the end , that really got me too. Never thought I'd shed tears watching this.
Fun Easter Egg: in the Maze, one of the other parties is decked out exactly like the characters from the extremely cheesy yet fun D&D cartoon from the '80's.
One of my favorite decisions made for this movie was to use all the monsters never seen in traditional fantasy movies. I mean - displacer beast (the tentacle panther thing,) gelatinous cube, intellect devourers - even the dragon was hardly standard, being a big chonky boy.
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!
"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.
Apparently, Revel's End was created due to this movie. It was in the writing stages at the same time Rime of the Frost Maiden (a Campaign Module) was being written. The writers of the film approached WoTC looking for a remote prison somewhere in Faerun, so the WoTC writers put one in the new module that the film could use.
This movie is just so much fun. Doesn't take itself too seriously but also doesn't joke over the top of the few emotional moments it has. Something I've had a problem with in later Marvel movies is they don't let the moment settle before they undercut it with comedy.
I've been playing D&D (and other roleplaying games) on-and-off since I was a tiny kid in 1985. An awesome hobby. Awesome film too. I'd say this film felt FAR more like tabletop D&D than any computer-based roleplaying game. Computer games just have a very different feel and lack the crazy on-the-spot inventiveness of tabletop fun.
Totally agree. Have been playing pen & paper RPGs since 1984. No Computer based game can replace the fun and interaction between players within the group and with the GM/GM. Just took out my Call of Cthuluh books and be preparing a new campaign in 1920s Germany. German CoC material is awesome. Well, it has litte to do with D&D besides sharing the. RPG background, but... 😊 Since Hollywood is running out of ideas for good movies. Maybe some of these RPG adventures could be a nice idea for a new movie? CoC, Chill, Vampire, Werwolf, 7th Sea, Pathfinder, Shadowrun, Mage, Twilight 2000, etc. There are so many backgrounds out there. And so many scripts/adventures already written, that possibly could be Adapter to the small and big screen. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game
@@JAFG_2603 Nice! I ran some Trail of Cthulhu tabletop games but my favourite was combining it with the much more 'crazy improv' combat stuff from the Classic Marvel RPG for a 'Knight Rider and Ozzy Osbourne vs Cultists' campaign I ran. I love how warped that Marvel game is - for a start, it encouraging you to burn away your previous experience points to modify in-game dice rolls etc XD
Can't remember whether you're long-time Critical Role fans or just got into the LoVM animation. If not familiar with the Vox Machina story beyond season 2 of the animation, read no further. There be SPOILERS ahead. .. . . . . . Well, one SPOILER, anyway. When Doric is falling, and everyone's thinking, "Change into a bird!", I keep thinking about a certain goldfish.
Simon's Major Image spell of Ed singing is my favourite part of the movie. My stomach hurt I was laughing so hard as his head started sinking into his shirt!
I personally loved the movie and I'm glad you did too. I'm a D&D player and I thought it was just awesome. The movie doesn't take itself seriously and it knows what it is and you just have fun with it. There are a series of books written by R.A. Salvador who featured a character called Drizzt Do’Urden who is a dark elf or Drow who has a moral crisis with the way drowse society works in escapes. I would love to see those made into a movie by the same folks that did this movie.
It's a shame that it didn't make much money, especially as it's seen as a great film by almost everyone. Hopefully we will see a sequel, but it's unlikely it will have as big a budget.
The best thing we can do for it is get other people to rent it or watch it on streaming. Those numbers would show up on the studio's radar as potential/likely customers for the sequel.
But considering how much people loved the movie I hope creators of this will think of an idea to organize a kickstarter/fundraiser to be able to make second movie. I would deffinetely find money to donate towards making sequel a reality
A bunch of people love this movie because it feels like a genuine d and d game between friends, even with them messing up and the dm having to find fixes for them to keep going.
I honestly find Michelle Rodriguez hit or miss a lot of the time, but yeah, her & Chris Pine made this movie so much better with how much fun you can tell they're both having.
It didn't make enough money, but they're talking about a sequel anyway with a reduced budget. My favorite scene is the Intelligence Devourer scene, it made me laugh because Intelligence is a dump stat for all of their characters.
I really enjoyed this movie and hope we get the sequel they hinted at, but I sadly doubt we’ll get it. Didn’t even reach $100M domestically and only slightly above $200M worldwide. For a movie like this that doesn’t scream green light to a sequel.
I wish more people had listened to the positive reviews that this movie was getting but unfortunately this movie ended up being a pretty big money loser. I did see an article saying that there could be a sequel, but with a much smaller budget. I have no issues with a smaller budget as long as they make it as fun and as charming as this one.
Eh, it wasn't that far off from recouping its budget at the box office. Thanks to the positive word of mouth, there's an excellent chance they'll make a profit after rentals, DVD/BR sales, and streaming.
Fun bit - when Sofina and Simon went "Hand to Hand", the spell they use is Bigby's Hand, which was the source of "Scanlan's Haaaaand" from Legend of Vox Machina. My niece wants them to do another with the same actors, but playing all different characters, like they've started a new campaign. Sadly, the movie underperformed and a sequel seems unlikely. It's a shame, too, this was great.
How IS this interesting for spectators? That's an amazing point i didn't consider, and no one other than you that I've seen has. Bloody Brilliant. Non sarcastically. I feel dumb as shit for not noticing that.
Congrats Madison and Christian on your pregnancy, I hope it goes well and you have a beautiful baby! If you are not pregnant I'm really sorry and embarrassed by this comment, I meant nothing mean at all❤
Unfortunately, it looks like the prospects for a sequel are not great. Although this movie did very well critically and was embraced by the D+D community, it did not meet Paramount's expectations financially. If there were to be a second movie, it would have to be on a much reduced budget, and that would inevitably mean a dip in quality. I'd rather take one really good movie and leave it at that than carry on making worse and worse sequels. ( Indiana Jones ).
Certainly, this would be much better if it had made like $500M and a sequel was no doubt. But, I think things could be rosier than they seem. First, Hasbro kicked in some of the budget so the studio wasn't out $150M. If they got the return they wanted as a D&D advertisement, it seems reasonable that they'd do so again. Second, it was filmed in the *heart* of the pandemic in Northern Ireland, with all of the vast protocols that required. Everything from a 2 week quarantine for everyone arriving internationally, to all the heath checks and cleaning they would have had to do on a film set, up to replacing the entire sound team last minute (with a BBC nature doc team of all things) when they came down with COVID. All of that HAD to be expensive. And lastly, lots of the practical effects stuff won't have been discarded. That won't have to be reinvented for a potential sequel. In the end, I can absolutely see my way to a $120M D&D movie budget, which is more like $80-100M for Paramount depending on Hasbro. Even if the sequel did no better at the box office (which honestly is unlikely given this one has had legs in the streaming markets), that still puts it in profitable range. And if they can not screw up the release window (one week before Super Mario...sheesh. I went 8 days after release and couldn't get it in IMAX anymore...), there's even more potential. With this cast and creative team, they could *crush* a movie at that budget, IMO. In recent news, Paramount CEO has actually said specifically that D&D sequel is possible, though they would have to bring the cost down (this isn't a surprise, and in line with what we expect. Just depends on how much). And, Hasbro just finished selling eOne to Lionsgate (previously the company that handled their TV and movies) but specifically did *not* include the rights to, among other things, D&D media in the sale. That may hint, to me, at future plans with the IP.
People are very wrong when they say this movie is a bomb. Expect a sequel in a few years. Hasbro wants a movie franchise. Theatre Box Office $208Million Production cost $151Million Digital Income and Marketing Expense are kept hidden by the studio. From the Motion Picture Association in mid-March 2023 the Digital Box office at the low end is at least 3 times physical theatre box office. Minimum digital box office of $624Million for this movie (3 times theatre box office). People are still discovering this wonderful movie. We do know that this movie was advertised at the Superbowl which would add some amount to the marketing expense.
The other aspect is I believe Hasbro kicked in a bit of the production budget. If they've measured success on that front as an advertisement for the game itself, they'd probably do so again (especially with D&D Next launch around the corner). Which means Paramount's production cost wasn't $150M. Plus, the next one has lots of built in advantages. Even if the sets are down, all the practical creatures I'm sure were just mothballed, so they don't need to recreate all of them. And, this one filmed in the HEART of COVID protocols in Ireland. It's not talked about, but that *had* to add significant expense. Things like 2 week mandatory quarantine for everyone arriving internationally, all the heath checks and cleaning, etc. Shoot, the whole sound team was out with COVID the day they were filming the scene in the cavern where they escape Themberchaud and they had to call in literally the only other sound team in Northern Ireland at the time that could do the job - a BBC nature documentary team. All of that adds up, and I bet it added up in a very significant way.
I don't think it is Elminster. *Simon* thinks it is, but the figure always dances around his assumptions. "I'm an Aumar, too." I think it really is no more complicated that it was Simon's imagination and insecurities blocking him. The man is a representation of those insecurities.
Is this the first time we've seen a lich in live-action? Cos that big bad that Sofina worked for, he's a lich -- most powerful type of undead there is, a magic-user that gave up his own soul for perpetual existence.
My wife was so upset with me during this movie. Holga got stabbed "by a red wizard's blade" and I started laughing. Oh no! The same thing that killed his wife! And he just got the movie's MacGuffin, the one item in the story's world that could fix it. And Holga was the only mother his daughter knew. Whatever could happen here? I don't think I stopped snickering at the young readers level drama until the scene was over. It was made even funnier by my wife elbowing me in the ribs the whole time as I struggled to hold it in.
The remarkable part for me was that even though Holga's death and subsequent resurrections via the tablet was telegraphed from a mile away, it still managed to resonate emotionally to me. They play it out just long enough, hit you with the music and the Kira flashbacks and it just works IMO.
1. Barbarian doesn't mean stupid. 2. Tam's take over of Thay and turning it into an undead country happened a hundred years before this movie. That is such a horrific event that eventually the whole world would know fairly shortly.
