Wow, this movie sucked. No, really, I mean, there was some serious suckage going on. In the realms of all things sucky, the suckdom of this movie is unmatched.
For those of you born after 1985, "Dungeons & Dragons" was a role-playing game created by E. Gary Gygax that was very popular about 15 years ago. Now, it's all "Magic: The Gathering," and "Vampire: The Masquerade," but all of them owe a debt of gratitude to what fans affectionately called "D and D." I wasn't a fan, though. I wanted to learn how to play, but no one I knew was into it. Oh well.
Have I mentioned that this movie really sucked?
The acting in this movie is laughable, and that's surprising. Jeremy Irons, a brilliant actor, is AWFUL! UGH!!! His performance was so bad, he makes William Shatner look like Anthony Hopkins. Thora Birch, Kevin Spacey's daughter in "American Beauty," she was bad, too. Marlon Wayans was the usual Marlon Wayans, so I can't really fault him for that (for a different Marlon Wayans, go see "Requiem for a Dream"). Justin Whalin (he was "Jimmy Olsen" in the TV show, "Lois and Clark"... well, except for in the first season) was pretty good, though.
"Dungeons & Dragons" was directed by Courtney Solomon, and this is his first feature film. Not a good directorial debut, Courtney. As for the script, it was written by Topper Lilien & Carroll Cartwright, and this is the feature film debut for them, too. Again, not good.
This movie
sucked. Badly. There were a couple of cool things visually, and I did chuckle
a couple of times, but other than that, it may be the worst film of the
year.
Scale of 1-10: 1