by Reiko G.
I recently watched Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and I was pleasantly surprised. I've heard lots of criticism of the film from various Dungeons and Dragons fans but I do not agree with them after watching the film. I went into this film, knowing practically nothing about Dungeons and Dragons, and found that you really don’t need to know anything about it to still have an enjoyable time watching.
The main reason for my wanting to see this film was the cast and they did not disappoint. Hugh Grant, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, and Regé-Jean Page were all hilarious in the film. All of their characters had something unique to offer to the film, but as great as they all were individually I think what really made me fall in love with the ensemble was how each character interacted with each other. The chemistry between everyone was great, and even further there were some great duos in this film. Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez’s characters were especially fun to watch interact and they had some really great moments. This movie is such a family/team-oriented movie, which is very fun to watch on screen.
Aside from the cast, this film felt different from movies that have come out in recent years. I think it is so different from what audiences are used to because it isn't aiming to win Best Picture or be this great achievement in cinema, it’s really just aiming to be an enjoyable watching experience. Movies recently have felt this need to be masterpieces and the quantity of just fun movies is decreasing. However I think they are slowly making a comeback with films like Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and Cocaine Bear, in just this year already. I myself really enjoy these types of movies and hope filmmakers don't shy away from making them.
This movie was also surprisingly hilarious. Hugh Grant’s character was incredibly funny and very different from what you would expect Hugh Grant to play. There were so many absurd moments in the film that aided even more to the fun watching experience, including but not limited to an enormous pudgy dragon talking corpses, and Bradly Cooper as a Halfling (a fictional race in the Dungeons and Dragons world known to be about 2x smaller in scale to humans). These elements of the film just make the watching experience even more of a good time.
All and all this movie was just a really fun watching experience. So if you’re in the mood for something lighthearted and fun I would definitely recommend checking out Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
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