MOVIE REACTION!! Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 

I really like how Holga and her ex-husband being a halfling are initially played for a laugh but it ends up being two very hurt people who clearly loved each other at one point coming to terms with what they have lost and agreeing to part as friends in a mature way.

I love the full circle created by that line, "I wasn't trying to bring your mom back, I was trying to bring my wife back. " At first when he said that I thought, "Well that's kind of a weird way to put it but I get what you are saying." but the end when he has to decide to save her 'mom' and not his wife it's a great payout.

the appeal of D&D is that it's not meant to be won... it's meant to be played. the more you play, the more crazy situations you'll encounter, and the more laughs you'll get out of everyone.

"Can we ask him 5 questions and he'lldie again?" is such a player question and i love it.

One big Easter egg in the movie is that the six main protagonists from the 1980s D&D cartoon make a cameo appearance. They are among the other contestants in the maze scene toward the end of the movie.

The actors who played the adventurers actually played a Dungeons and Dragons game together during filming. One of the writers was their Dungeon Master. They played as their characters from the movie, and the adventure took place after the events of the movie. Maybe we can hope this was a playtest for a sequel? How cool would that be for us and the actors themselves?

It's actually kind of hard to make a list of D&D references in this movie, because EVERYTHING in it is very D&D. The monsters and spells were all taken directly from the game, and the characters were all very much playing their classes (except maybe Edgin, who didn't do any bardic magic, but who DID play the bard's role of moral support perfectly). What really makes it feel like D&D, though, is the way it captures the feeling of a bunch of people sitting at a table making up a story as it goes. The best example is the hither-thither staff. That was NOT magic item when they got it, the DM totally made it one on the spot so they'd have a way to cross the lava, and then they proceeded to abuse it for the rest of the adventure.

I’m a 33 year old who started playing D&D two years ago and it’s so much fun. If you ever have the chance to play, I highly recommend it. Even if you don’t have the time or energy to commit to a full campaign, there are games called one-shots that can take 3-6 hours to play and it’s a full adventure in one go! I enjoyed this reaction and love that the movie clicks with people whether or not they play!

Apparently, the principle actors actually sat down to play a game of D&D, with Justice Smith rolling poorly, Sophia Lillis just wanting to wild shape, and Chris Pine ignoring his character sheet and trying to role-play his way through every situation.

I watched this I think 4 times in the theater. A good D&D film was finally made. I hope the streaming series they're making builds on it, and they also come out with more serious D&D stuff.

I'm so glad you guys enjoyed the movie! As someone who has been playing D&D and other tabletop games for over 25 years, I was happy to see how well they captured the feeling of your average D&D campaign. So to answer some of your questions about the movie: 1. When you play D&D the dungeon master sets up the scenarios and stories and where to set the adventure. You could make up something of your own, or you can use one of the dozens of campaign settings created over the years. The setting they used for this film is called the Forgotten Realms, a setting created by a man named Ed Greenwood. In the latest Edition of D&D it is the default setting for the game. It has been used in several video games and over 300 novels since the 1980's. 2. Doric is what is called a "Tiefling". They are actually a race of people that are born to human families who may have had past relations with a devil from the infernal planes. As such they are most often looked at with distrust. Thus she mentioned her parents "didn't want a Tiefling child" and abandoned her, she was taken in by Elves, though. A Tiefling's Infernal heritage doesn't influence their personality and make them evil, and it isn't their fault, but they will forever bear the physical features that showcase that heritage. In Doric's case, horns and a tail, and some others also have red or purple-ish skin, hooved feet, etc. 3. They took some liberties with rules and lore to tell the story. The thing about a Red Wizard's blade isn't really something from the game, but it does make it so that death can have the proper weight in this film, despite the existence of resurrection and healing magic in the world. 4. They used so many monsters and locations from the game, it was amazing, I highly recommend watching this video from the official D&D channel if you want to know specifics :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JGIdeBc4Uyw.html 5. And finally, if you are curious at all about how they game itself is played I HIGHLY recommend watching this video from Mark Hulmes (probably the best I have seen on the subject): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0TsicWGho7c.html

I'm currently playing my first D&D campaign and we actually went to see this movie in theaters together and I was really surprised by how good the movie was. It wasn't overly done like all the superhero movies Hollywood pushes these days. It had a great mix of action' comedy and heart! I hope they make a sequel

Fun D&D trivia. George R R Martin would write up a campaign and play it out with his friends when he encountered Writers Block when writing Game of Thrones.

It's never too late to start playing D&D.

The most underrated movie of 2022. I love the heck out of this movie. I used to play D & D so a lot of the moments in the movie are so relatable to me, but even the people who have never played the game can still appreciate the humor in this movie.

That scene with Marlamin and Holga is soo tender and probably the most realistic encounter between two former lovers who still care for each other. It's incredibly real.

Oh wow! Super excited you guys are reacting to this, been loving the choices lately!

I'm not actually sure if there's anything in the game lore about 'Red Wizard's blades' preventing someone from being resurrected. There are ways to prevent resurrection, though, magical and otherwise, so even if it's not in the lore/rules, it made sense and made for a great story. Edit: As for the bridge, it's likely just a reference to how often a DM will come up with some elaborate puzzle only to have the players bypass it or otherwise not be able to solve it - so there has to be some improv on the DM's part(thus the staff). I loved your reactions, and how much you seemed to enjoy the film without knowing all the references. 😄

The other adventurers that were in the maze were the cartoon characters from the 80's cartoon.

jarnathan !!! 🦅🦅🦅

Though danish. American. I do understandthebend of this movie. I truely love how they showd the barbsrian lady being the true mother and the mother is the dang rhe fly. I dont know the words. Dragonfly. The one he tried to kill and wife just opened a window. Ertse liebe dine' then let it go. Sorry i confuse language😊😮

I love this movie, and it does a great job of capturing all the crazy shenanigans you get up to during a D&D game.

the game is very much an improv acting game, which is like the movie can have a serious story but inevitably results in hilarious moments, though the rules might look intimidatingly large unless your the host you really only need to know a handfull of them based on the kind of character you want to be, its a nice game for family time away from screens.

1:27 Mom started off great! lol And then... 17:50, too. As a D&D player and fan, I loved every second your reactions! Since you mentioned Star Trek because of Chris Pine, I have another recommendation for you. It's a series called The Orville. It's Star Trek, but comedy. Hilarious! Watch the trailer and see what you think. I would love to see your reactions to this! Much love, from Brazil.

37:20 That's a Damselfly.

Love this movie!

Also, I think Jarnathan needs a new job.

Thumb Up #226! 👍 You're welcome! Thanks! 😊 Notes: I think that it is so cute how you have a different head covering on your statue cat each time! 😎 Hey, that weapon above the dragon behind Storm, I know that it has been there before now. But this time, the silhouette looked a Pacific Blue Whale to me! 🐋 I'm very glad that you love the movie too! If I recall right, Hugh Grant's first foray into the Fantasy Genre is "Lair of the White Wyrm" or something like that. 🤔 In it, he's the hero type. He was quite young then, too. It seems like Michelle's movie characters always die! This one did, too. But she was magically revived this time! So she also got to survive it! Chris, he is also in another Fantasy Genre movie, but I missed it. It came out after 2009's "Star Trek". 🌟 I played a more primitive version of the game, but it wasn't the original 1970s edition, though. More likely, early 1980s. The "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" stuff was just coming out when I was playing. One of my college dormitory roommates was my last "Dungeon Master". My first one was at the vo-tech that I attended. We played during the lunch hour. We used to wonder what a computerized version of the game would be like, and by the time they finally made some, I was no longer in contact with those friends.

After watching this movie and liking it so much, you guys would love the second season of The Legend of Vox Machina :)

16:05 It's a Mini Cooper

Word of advice: don't ever look at The Big Bang Theory for examples of how games, etc. work. That's a show that thinks "I found my old Nintendo" is a huge punchline worthy of a laugh track 🙄 But yes, D&D is incredibly fun 😁 If you've ever seen Whose Line Is It Anyway, I often describe D&D as "Whose Line, but the only game is Scenes From The Dice" 🙂 It's basically just an improv storytelling game, where you can't win, but you spend the game having fun and trying not to die.

Happy Mother's day Mom

I love this movie

I'm so sad that this movie didn't do well at the box office. I truly hope the success on the reaction circuit has kept the flame alive

Find a group to play with, at least once! As a full-time professional Game Master, I have players of all ages in games, ranging from 4-93. Give it a shot, you might have a ton of fun! 😎

What, no love for the Mini Cooper? ^_^

You can tell when someone rolled a 1 in this movie :D

Well now that the ladies enjoyed this, It'd be fun to see them watch some Legends of Vox Machina!

If you like this then you should give the Legend of Vox Machina a try. It's an animated series based on the 1st DnD Campaign played by the RU-vid channel Critical Role.

The show from the 80s lol. That was based off a pretty fun book series. Can't say I'd recommend the show though.

This movie is on par with Airplane and Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Every scene is so full of inside jokes and references, you can't possibly catch them all even with several viewings.

This movie turned out to be the 2nd best D&D adaptation after The Legend of Vox Machina 🙂

Hmm helped write it bit mmm k. The first dnd edition was a 17 page pamphlet. 6 wierd dice and 6 races and classes. Now 5th edition 35 classes and a ton of marketing shit. I played a chris pune character all the time cause bard. Me and i love music. Was an opera singer with Seattle opera1985 to 1997. Met my wife in seattle symphony moonlighting cuase a 16 hr day as a bartende singer andn pra tice of course fo it again the next daynos such easy work... re inventing to a chef a baker and an accountant well thats a challenge. But writing the ruins of dyriani i changed at least 8 childrens lives and when 12 dungeon masters played my game and 75 players played that game. And 29 years later my nephews remembered every detail of that game. Was a good day. . . I knew Gary he got the money i got recognition. Im ok with that. A druid cant change 5 times unless your 16th level and teflings didnt exsist. Bur dork was cool. And the movie was funny as hell. Loved it. Just when i play im 2nd edition you know role play thaco dungeon master make the rule cause the books suck. They do. Look up fire ball. Literally. Seriouslly literally. . . A flaming ball that travels from the mages fingers and expands on a 30 foot radius. No explosions no bleas radius no friendly fire. So fat dragon was funny as hell to me. Bte penny arcade jasonnhulka lives 3 blocks from me knows me and my best friend. Ge makes him beer i make him curry and bread. . Watch aqusitions incorpurated pax or vox machina or anything patric rothfus. A exelent writer and sonetines funny

Totally unable to watch this. The screen of the movie keeps going fuzzy

You guys are getting really good at those click-baitey thumbnails lol.

For the course inspwak a few languages. I do quantum physics innmy head guce ni shits about money love❤ people and a progressive that appreciantes my gltb friends . Cause they helped me be the smart incredible loving person i try to be. . . Like a bard or a barbarian!

I had so much fun with this movie. Chris Pine killed it! The weakest link is the whole drama with his daughter and the actress wasn't that great too.

that fuzzing out is really annoying i got to say. I've never seen a reaction video do that before. Maybe time to look into how others do it cause the few seconds of video at a time is aweful.