I was into the video games in the early 2000s. Swords and sorcery always seemed cool to me, but then I'd go and watch something like Lord of the Rings and get bored as hell. Game of Thrones didn't do it for me either, so maybe the genre just isn't meant for cinema? Suffice to say, I went in with low expectations, but what a pleasant surprise. I have no complaints about this movie.
For all the nerds out there, this movie has it all. The locations, the races, the beasts, the classes, the spells, dungeons, (fat) dragon
I was actually considering skipping this one with the idea that it would be another CGI shit show, but... yeah, there is CGI, but there are some cool scenes. I loved the druid's shapeshifting escape. I also loved all the portal stuff they did, because that's also a great fuckin' game.
Chris Pine strikes me as a cool guy. He reminds me of Jack Burton here, in that he's the main guy, but he's pretty worthless in the party. He is the glue that binds the team, but everyone else is clearly better than he is, and that makes him relatable to an inept tool like myself.
Medieval fantasy finally done right.
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