Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) - The Bard Spell Breaks Scene | Movieclips 

I love how every plot beat in this movie is "the party makes a plan, then rolls 1s."

Can we take a minute and talk about how good the delivery was on “what madness is this”? That actor was basically an extra and it’s my favorite line in the whole movie.

I love this scene! The look on the guard's face: "What madness is this??" 😆

I remember seeing this with a completely packed theater for an early screening, and lemme tell ya, the audience was erupting with laughter at this scene.

It's the "BRUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH" that always sends me over the edge.

I love that they incorporated actual D&D mechanics into the movie, like the class feature that gives the barbarian advantage when using improvised weapons, or how losing concentration causes spells to fail

This is one of those movies thats going to get a lot of recognition later. Its sad that this didnt hit the box office

The guard who is clearly spooked by the illusion unraveling is also the same one who actually reaches out to touch it. Major kudos to him for being brave.

I love how at the end the illusion sounds like it's swearing as if it realized everything is falling apart.

"What madness is this?'" is the part that always gets me when I see this

I liked how Edgin's concern wasn't that they might get caught, but that Simon was messing up his song.

Props to the actor of that guard. He did so well at portraying the horror that character must have been feeling.

I got to give props on how the barbarian is technically fighting the same group during that entire time in the forge. The fight is not over quick and she is having to keep trying to disable or kill them over and over again because their armor is actually DOING ITS JOB!. Props to the creators for this.

I definitely love the "what madness is this" part 😂

I lovw how the illusion doesnt immediatly break. It just becomes a magical horror beyond our comprehension

"I think they're starting to get suspicious..." I love her deadpan face when she says it.

"What madness is this..." Is so funny cos its played entirety straight.

I love how Edgin says “you’re messing up my song” instead of “you’re messing up the spell”

i absolutely lost it at this scene. Michelle Rodriguez's deadpan "i think they're starting to become suspicious" deceased me

This movie had absolutely no business being as good as it was and it sucks it didn't do better at the box office. Clearly written by people who know and love D&D, wonderful performances by the cast, and all backed up by some beautiful cinematography, fight choreography, and special effects.

If you ever wanted a visual representation of what failing a concentration check would look like, this is it 😂

I like how the spell failing made the Bard illusion look like one of those distorted screencaps that folks always use as thumbnails when they want to complain about a show or movie.

That "What madness is this" never fails to crack me up

Funnier than any recent comedies, more creative action than any recent action movies, with a love and respect for the material and the audience. Of COURSE nobody went to see it.

0:36 "fuhfuhfuhfuhfuhfuh-"

0:32 you know when they were animating this bit they had fun with to make it that janky 😂

I love how true to dnd this is, plans don't always go as you expected and when the sorc rolls a nat 1 to sneak away and gets stuck you definitely need to improvise😅

"What madness is this?" Had me laughing so hard. XD

This is EXACTLY my kind of humor. I laugh literally every time I watch this scene.

When you didn't clean the PS2 game CD before inserting it.

your brain trying to focus in 92-degree weather be like: 0:28

The decoy scene was and always will be hilarious, but really need to appreciate how armour actually means something here, necessitating blunt and heavy weapons as opposed to other movies where all that fancy METAL could be easily cut through with a simple sword. Also appreciate that while powerful, the Barbarian wasn't the equivalent of Thor and could in fact be overpowered by even two soldiers.

Usually when bad cgi shows itself, everyone hates it. But here, everyone laughs because this one is on purpose!

You can tell Simon rolled a 1 on his Stealth check, because how else could he have gotten his foot stuck like that?

Just the horror on the one guard's face in in his voice "what madness is this" as he witnesses a man just melt 😅😂

Someone told me at 0:35 it sounds like the illusion is saying "fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck" and now I can't unhear it.

That blacksmith sure is focused. He's not even looking at the absolute bedlam behind him.

So, instead of doing Wrath of the Dragon God and making a bland movie with a whole bunch of lore in it that you're expected to just know and take seriously.... This looks like people who played a really good DnD campaign and decided to make it a movie.

I regret not supporting this movie while it was in theaters; I was on the fence about seeing it for the longest time. I happily own my own copy and just watched it all the way through for the fourth time with some friends who hadn't seen it yet. We were all in agreement this scene was hilarious.

“What madness is this” is oscar worthy acting

0:13-0:41 I just keep dying at that, possibly the funniest scene ever in movie history.

0:24 When the magic mushrooms finally kick in

This was such a damn good movie. I wish it would have done better in theaters.

probably one of the few times i've seen in movies where armor does protect the wearer. yes the guards are getting knocked about but they're getting knocked about by someone with super human strength but the armor is still for the most part keeping them not dead.

The directors sent the art team a lot of references to video game graphical glitches for this effect.

If theres one universal DND experience it's traumatizing town guards.

0:22 "hl2.exe has stopped working"

This movie was soooo good. I’d totally watch a second one

This is one of my favorite parts of the movie

0:22 When the Druids so called "Edibles" kicks in.

*"I think it s starting to get suspicious"* Starting????? .... That must quite an interesting place if they find that 0:23 slightly normal lol

Without a doubt one of the times i really cracked up laughing. Excellent choice to have the Edgin illusion break down like that. Also, Michelle´s solo fight sequence was badass. Love the creativity with mid fight weapon and armor swaps.

The breaking bard spell really freaked me out at 1st, but now it's just too funny! 🤣😂 0:12

0:23 Brate-brate-brate-brate-brate-brate-brate-BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTE…..

At the theater I was literally suffocating 😂😂😂😂 oh my, what a scene!

0:26 What madness is this?

0:35 how to fit several dozen f-bombs in a PG-13 movie: say it real fast while distracting with body horror

I loved the "Nine hells!?" reaction so much, this scene slayed me completely. Was falling from my sofa while watching this.

does this remind anyone of a video from corridor digital called "the glitch"?

0:22 - 0:42 that is the most disturbing, yet the funniest, thing I have ever seen

I saw this movie with my wife in an, otherwise empty, theatre. I could see the creators remained faithful to DnD. Also, the combat was really good. Id watch this movie again.

I forgot how amazing the visual effects in this movie were they should definitely win hopefully I mean an Oscar next year for best visual affects

I was not expecting to enjoy this movie as much as I did. I was crying from laughing at the chonky dragon

You just know the guards were thankful it was an illusion spell. If it'd been real they'd still be having nightmares!

That's the thing about illusion magic. It works until you lose your concentration. Then this happens.

they totally need to make more of these D&D movies

0:22 to 0:33 is like when a dream turns into a WTF nightmare

0:28 is like the "brooo" meme 😂

0:28 Me after chewing 10 gums

Our group lost our minds during this scene. Laughed so much I cried and couldn't breathe.

He went full PS2 glitch.

I LOVE Holga. (And the whole gang. But mostly Holga. And potatoes.) We need a sequel.

"What madness is this?" Illusion: And I took that personally.

This is my favorite scene of the film. And honestly, never gets old

Just watched the movie , loved so much this scene, the face of the guard so serious and the BWAAAAAA it’s perfect

The only reason this movie didn't hit critics so well is because critics don't understand how D&D campaigns are. "D&D Should be serious, fantasy and badass action" No. This is EXACTLY how D&D goes. You have small moments where the characters are badasses, but you also have these types of moments where things just go horribly wrong or right in a stupidly funny matter, and it makes the adventure SO much more memorable. I remember in a high level campaign of mine, we were assaulting a fort of hobgoblins, so I casted a spell called "Insect plague" in the central room of the fort, creating a giant swarm of flesh eating Bees. ALL of the doors in the fort were closed, so the Bees couldn't get through them. We then spent the next 15 minutes of the session laughing our asses off just as the DM Describes each individual hobgoblin Not knowing about the swarm behind their door as they try to rush out to the main entrance to fight us, only to get swarmed by bees and eaten alive while doing a Nicholas Cage of "NOT THE BEES!" 1 round, and I had killed almost 20 hobgoblins by having them run up to a door, open it, and get swarmed. And it would not have been anywhere near as memorable if it wasn't funny as hell. And I just kept thinking to myself "How did that work?"

As someone who has a bit of a fear of CGI stuff bugging out like this, this sure was a dash of nightmare fuel xD

I watched this scene twice in the cinema, and I was dying of laughter every time 😂 In a quiet cinema screen (except for a couple of laughs each way), I’m pretty everyone heard my hysterical laughter 😂

Since Holga was a barbarian, I was expecting her to have a Grog Strongjaw moment by saying, "I'd like to RAGE!!!"

Congrats, your axe now does 1d10 fire damage.

Is it just me, or when she points out the guard's suspicion, does Holga look like she's fighting not to smile at an illusion of her oldest friend distorting and crumpling? That was one of the few scenes in a movie in years that made me burst out laughing in the theater. The reanimated soldier saying "I'm bad at math" for one of the required questions was another one.

Well this is going to haunt me…

Was waiting for this. Everyone in the cinema was wheezing.

This scene kills me every time.

I absolutely love how horrified the guard is at 0:25

Definitely rolled a two out of 20 on this illusion spell.

"I guess nightmare fuel can be funny" - Everything Great With D&D Honor Among Thieves

When the wizard hits a nat 1

Glad this movie is getting some love online.

I was crying in laughter watching this 🤣, still kills me lol

Him saying “Brate” repeatedly and the knight calmly asking “What madness is this?” killed me 😂

Holga was just amazing throughout the film. She was a great example of making a strong character that happened to be female, instead of a "strong female character".

“Bard.exe has stopped running.”

when your favorite CD gets scratched and you didn't realize it.

The CGI crew clearly had a field day with this bit.

This wasn't the bard's spell. The sorcerer was casting it, which is why the spell was interrupted when his foot got stuck. The bard *should* have had powers, but he didn't (the creators of the movie said this was on purpose).

Man starts melting "I think they are starting to get suspicious" 🤔🤔🤔

Even now, I STILL can’t breath

Y’all gotta stream this so much that they make a sequel! So sad this unexpected gem bombed in theaters; just bad release timing!

When I saw this on a thumbnail I thought it was just clickbait and not the actual movie scene