Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

Great Film overall

Best movie ever!

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I think that many of the users here do "Dungeons and Dragons" a bit wrong. Not that I want to say it is by any means an excellent movie or anything alike, but it is not so much worse than your average mediocre fantasy movie.I don't know in how far the franchise is adopted in the movie, so really in this aspect I can't say much or argue. But what we get story-wise is a fantasy tale already told a hundred times before. There is a kingdom with a proud and honest queen, threatened by heartless inner opponents and finally depending on unlikely heroes to be saved. Not very original but good enough for a one-timer.I actually kind of connected with the characters, even though they are sure mostly one-dimensional. Nonetheless their characteristics along with the trash factor of the movie, added up quite nicely to give this film some substance. It is settled somewhere between a child movie, for which it is a bit too explicit, and an adult fantasy film, for which it is a bit too childish.All in all lay back, relax, expect nothing and you won't be disappointed.

Sometimes movies, based on titles alone get unjustified reviews, this clearly isn't one of them. A hackneyed script, jolted, terrible actors, who clearly didn't attempt to put a serious professional attitude to their roles. Even a fine actor Jeremy Irons, did not buy into this, it is clearly so over the top horrible, it would be fun if it wasn't supposed to be a serious attempt at a fantasy movie. How, or why this treatment was allowed to continue after a week and wasn't totally abolished and re-cast, re-director-ed, is beyond me. I originally saw this movie in the theaters, and sometimes after time, re-watching changes impressions, this clearly did not, a review after so much time, confirmed my early memories of this move. Its just terrible, it is no where even in the top ten of all time fantasy movies, even before some of the more serious recent and more modern works have come out. The one saving grace, was this early on CGI effects, did not look that horrendous, but it didn't even have that much of it. You should have a fine balance between the two, which this movie "could" have had, if the actors and script were not just so horrible.

I'm not a film critic but I am a film fanatic, and if I'm completely honest the reviews are a little harsh to say the least. this film is not perfection and nor is it remotely close to what so people have described as " a waste of time " I found this film a good watch and would happily watch it again. if you like fantasy then you will like this film. full stop fully intended. I rated this film 7 stars an feel this is a fair representation of the film rather than the usual one. this film has a fully thought out and cleaver plot and the biggest ending cliff hanger ever left upon a fantasy film that leaves you wondering about what happens to the characters! this film was a fun hour or so and I have convinced my closet friends to watch it themselves. give it a go, what's the worst that could happen!

I hate to love and I love to hate this film.I liked this movie but I also found it to be a disappointment at the same time. Being a fan of Dungeons and Dragons I found the movie to be somewhat of a let down. What I disliked about the movie was the modernism aspect - that was a bit unnerving. What I was wanting from a movie about Dungeons & Dragons was a feeling of being in the middle ages or the hyborian age (maybe a cross-breed of the two). I was looking for something more of the quality of "Lord of the Rings".I also wanted a feeling of being pulled into an ultimate quest - a Dungeon & Dragons adventure of the lifetime which I felt the movie lacked quite a bit. It felt to much like any other sword and sorcery movie and not enough like the Dungeons & Dragon franchise.What I liked about the movie was the idea of a movie based on D&D. I also enjoyed some of the special effects and costuming. I felt the movie was cheesy yet not all that cheesy like "The Sword and The Sorcerer" (which I actually like despite the cheesiness). There is a comical merit to this movie that only fans of Dungeons and Dragon could appreciate if they would give the movie another chance.Although Dungeons & Dragons (2000) received some of the worst critic reviews, I still think the movie is fairly good and unfairly rated way too low on IMDb. No the film is not all that good but it does have entertainment value.7/10