I think the reason people prefer Ruby Rhod over Snails despite them being very similar character is because of their place in the movie and their relationship to the main character. Ruby is *supposed* to be annoying. Corben Dallas is the protagonist, the one we're meant to identify with, and he finds Ruby very annoying, and as we do as well, we can easily identify with Corben. Thus the character of Ruby Rod works in support of the movie. Snails is not meant to be annoying. He is the protagonist's companion, and we never see him or any other character annoyed by Snails' antics. But, as we find them annoying, we cannot identify with the characters, and thus Snails works against the movie.

@Tine_of_Nice_Dreams

5 жыл бұрын

I think Ruby's outrageous flamboyant fashion and sexuality is so unique it also endears him to people, whereas Snails is just kind of. generic and bumbling.

@Nozoki

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. If he was some asshole they had to drag along even though they all hated him, he would make more sense. Instead he's just a caricature of the goofy sidekick that everyone loves despite being less than useless.

@nortonman1178

4 жыл бұрын

Plus, Ruby was only in the last half of the movie. Not the ENTIRE movie like the video suggests

@beergood979

4 жыл бұрын

There's also the fact that Ruby wasn't a thief that was supposed to be good at his job.

@kgacalendar

4 жыл бұрын

And Ruby Rhod makes sense within the universe that the movie presents. He is this over-produced, over-pampered, over-dramatic popculture icon that is just so over the top and in your face that I really think the presentation is incredibly well thought out. Seeing the current media scene though, it's obvious that he is not over the top ENOUGH. Snails is just Wayans playing Wayans. No in-the-world presence, just glaring non-stop immersion destruction that takes any audience out of the movie immediately. Think of the rest of the movie what you want, but Wayans destroyed any chance of this movie becoming popular. It was such a misunderstood choice that it made everything else the movie could have been remembered for irrelevant.

The empress here doesn't remind me of Amidala, she reminds me of the Empress from The Never Ending Story.

@pvtrichter8816

6 жыл бұрын

Very well spotted !! This was better on second viewing and who could forget the MIGHTY Over the top ACT MY BOLLOCKS off Jeremy irons !!

@johnholmeswebb8162

6 жыл бұрын

Laura Lowe Definitely the never ending story.

@ilovebutterstuff

4 жыл бұрын

I thought she was the same actress!

@joejitsu034

4 жыл бұрын

Looks exactly like her. Lazy rip off.

@firebattastic3661

4 жыл бұрын

So much.

Ruby Red was only in a portion of the film and was supposed to be flamboyant and annoying. The comedy worked because we are supposed to identify with Bruce Willis, who shows nothing but disdain for Ruby Red. Snails is in almost the entire film and he's supposed to be likeable. Big difference.

@Jesse__H

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@prince-solomon

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thought

@emaentico

3 жыл бұрын

I skip his scenes to the millisecond like I skip Frodo's. Peace!

" *LET THEIR BLOOD RRRRRAAAAIIIN FROM THE SSSKYYYYY!!!* " Acting.

@toppersundquist

4 жыл бұрын

Stand back!

@nielsvanklaveren3315

3 жыл бұрын

I knew this movie was going to be terrible when on a promotion tour Jeremy Irons was asked why he had chosen to do this movie, and answered he needed to furnish his new country house. Still went to see it, and it turned out to be even worse than I expected.

If the budget was $36M what did they do with the other $35M????

I liked Chris Tucker's character in "Fifth Element." He seemed like a carbon copy of Prince mixed with a reality TV/gossip channel star. A a loverboy/cool persona while the cameras were on, but is really just a nerdy/awkward character playing a part. He winds up being helpful to the team that he wound up with by total accident. The main characters in that movie: Goddess/Chosen One (Jovovich), Warrior (Willis), Sage/Holy Man (Holm), Apprentice (Creed-Miles), with Chris Tucker being The Fool. Of course it is THE ONLY movie I like him in!

Casting Richard O'Brian as the leader of the Thieves Guild is a nod to The Crystal Maze, a British game show that he was the host of (hence the Thieves Guild maze). It has a terrific theme tune and he was gloriously hammy in the part. Also, NO Chris Tucker films? Not even Rush Hour 1 or 2? Really?

@Axterix13

11 ай бұрын

Having recently rewatched those movies, yeah, definitely not them. Jackie Chan is likeable, but Tucker's character? He's just annoying to such a degree that it is understandable why he has no friends, and not understandable why Jackie's character becomes his friend, or how he even has a job. The movies definitely haven't aged well.

"You are now all equal! Except for me because I'm the queen with a magic dragon staff."

To answer your question: What have I done today? I binge watch 20 of your awesome episodes, that is what I have done today ;)

@GoodBadFlicks

9 жыл бұрын

The correct answer! :)

@cyruskarloff7219

9 жыл бұрын

GoodBadFlicks :-)

@94ejackAYTUser

6 жыл бұрын

+GoodBadFlicks Have you played this game called "Phantom Dust"? The game has floating eyes in it.

@pvtrichter8816

6 жыл бұрын

Truly binge worthy !! and just what i feel will inspire me to achieve some of my own genre goals ! ENJOY!!

@mhollman8650

6 жыл бұрын

GoodBadFlicks Just found your channel! Now where the hell did today go???? Playlist binge...u even did Robot Jox!!!!

Wayans was the Jar Jar of D&D for me, but he also represented the friend that always made every campaign difficult.

@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812

3 ай бұрын

This and GI Joe Rise Of Cobra were made worse by him being in it.

This director made his dream true and haunted our dreams with nightmares.

Chris Tucker MAKES the fifth element

@dreamersdisease2481

Жыл бұрын

I love that character

I Actually didn't mind Ruby in the Fifth element.Tucker was funnier in Friday though.

@GoodBadFlicks

8 жыл бұрын

+bob Friday is hilarious for all involved. Great comedy.

@h3x3dit

4 жыл бұрын

What, with that stupid fuckn noodle hair and his screaming like a bitch for 25 mins? No thanks.

@lorettamowell8764

4 жыл бұрын

@tenebrous soul Lilu was the only Mila character I ever liked. She was way more innocent and sweet in some scenes than ANY of her other movies. Not trying to start anything, just my opinion. I agree with your opinion however on EVERY other movie she's ever done.

@lorettamowell8764

4 жыл бұрын

@tenebrous soul I didn't know she was a singer. That sounds cool. Can you give me the title of one of her best songs?

11:14 I guess the doctor decided to retire as an elven cleric.

@doctorwars2

4 жыл бұрын

I was literally looking for a comment like that

I personally love Ruby Rhod (even more so in his french dub by Tom Novembre), and it really when I imagine Chris Tucker being played by Daffy Duck. The world needs more Jeremy Irons hamminess though...

You're damn right Jeremy Irons was awesome in this! How else is a mad mage suppose to act, after all? Also, I would kill to have those Elwood fight scenes.

As much as I appreciate the effort people put in their movies, a bad movie is a bad movie. The "what have you done" argument doesn't justify the end result.

@infernocanuck

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Tommy Wiseau had big dreams, and passions when writing, directing and starring in The Room. But, I bet you that a) GoodBadFlicks thinks it's a bad movie and b) Sure wouldn't give a "What did you do today" argument to justify why we should celebrate it.

@Ektalon

5 жыл бұрын

The “What have you done?” argument at the end was possibly the worst way to conclude the review. Millions of people have passion and drive, spend large amounts of time on their projects and put their all into it, but that doesn’t guarantee a good final result. For an example to to ridiculous extremes, look at Hitler.

@cdreid99999

4 жыл бұрын

how about : this was better than nothing? This isnt a bad movie. Its not a great movie.. most movies arent great and frankly most hit movies are just tropefilled fucking garbage.

@jameyhutchinson1011

4 жыл бұрын

it took him 9 years to produce that? should have taken some scriptwriting lessons along the way

@docdamnij

4 жыл бұрын

I think it was a bad-ish movie. But.. It had some scenes that actually worked and at least felt like it was made by ppl, who actually know DnD. It was still lame, and stupid. But that's it. I can tolerate lame and stupid. No comparrison to the mental abortion that was the first DnD-movie.

well, they just announced a new, big budget D&D with Solomon at the helm. Looks like he'll get the chance to make his dream project one more time. This time though he'll have the budget, plus the additional skills he's picked up in the 10+ years since this one. I can't wait to see how he does, I'm rooting for him.

@zacharyjochumsen9677

Жыл бұрын

Cecil did you ever see the traier fie new dungeons and dragons movie with chrsis pine that's come out next year

All the things you mentioned here are all the reasons why I loved this shit. It's like the crap fantasies my friends and siblings told each other when we had blackouts as kids 😂

I honestly hope he gets another shot at a fantasy movie, especially a D&D one. let's be honest here, we all like to think our campaigns are game of thrones, but they are far more like this film. There is an honesty to it I find admirable, even if I didn't care for the movie.

@GoodBadFlicks

8 жыл бұрын

+starfishsicko Too true. The only thing my old campaigns had in common with GoT was that everyone died.

@zacharyjochumsen9677

Жыл бұрын

​@@GoodBadFlicks and they say dnd is the gsme that will help kill your veginify and gst evry girl to want um suck your dick

@24:18 Not liking this film and not liking "Jaws" are not the same thing.

Don't forget that Savinas (or what is her name) highly resembles the armor of Mordred from Excalibur. Since you are a DnD fan, I can't understand how you can like this movie a bit. Everything that is good about DnD was wrong there. And people liked Tuckers character in 5th element cause he was supposed to be an annoying ashole, bothering Bruce

I loved this movie as a teen. This was a frequent rental from the video store for my friends and I.

NOOW WHAAAT ABOOUUT MYYY HEEEEEADDDDD!!??

@MisterX867

9 жыл бұрын

Best out of context line ever

Wow. Hadn't realized that this movie was such a labor of love. I will say, as far as cheesy fantasy fare goes, I liked it a lot more than Eragon, which seemed very "by the numbers" and formulaic - a soulless cash-grab. At least in DnD, they tried to be funny and subvert audience expectations here and there. And it's always fun to see a serious actor pull a "Raul Julia as M. Bison" and ham up a villain role as if it's something they've always wanted to do. I think the reason Snails was hated so much was because he reminded everybody of Jar Jar Binks, who was getting a lot of flak at the time. (Both Snails and Jar Jar were thought of as "Minstrel Show" caricatures who had no place in modern movies...)

I was 13 when this came out and heavily into Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment games. I hated this movie and I still see no redeeming qualities about it.

@BlazingOwnager

7 жыл бұрын

So bad it's good factor is the only thing going for it. But by God, it has that going for it. Irons is just chewing scenery.

@MrNickPresley

5 жыл бұрын

Irons was the only one having any fun in the movie.

@admiralsquatbar127

4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Irons surpasses Nick Cage scenery chewing and progresses onto William Shatner's level.

@nemomortis1866

4 жыл бұрын

Thank You! Another fact is the director never played D&D, so yeah theres another one for the books.

@MrBarborosa

3 жыл бұрын

I was like 7 and I loved it boy

The problem is that Wayans portrayal does NOT fit with the D&D world, Tucker does.

@AdamC169

4 жыл бұрын

Wayans player is new to the game but has heard about how a lot of dms like to team wipe.

“LET THEIR BLOOD RAIN FROM THE SKYS!” Was legit my favorite line.

Jeremy Irons is amazing in everything. Just like Alan Rickman. Chris Tucker is amazing in 5th element.

"You got your hentai in my Dungeons and Dragons!" got a sub out of me.

There is a beholder that appears in the movie a couple of times, the CGI on it may be bad but it's the closest we'll get to seeing a cinematic representation of the creature.

Thanks! I did put a ton of work into this, thanks for noticing. I don't know the exact time but I would say probably at least 3x the normal time I put into a regular episode.

The ending of this video was amazing! "What have you done?" Classic.

I still loved this movie because it was so cheesey and accurate to a real DnD game with all the cheap ham.

@mojebi3804

2 жыл бұрын

sounds like shitty dnd

Ok, so while this channel has given me new appreciation on several films, this was not one of them. I'm a more well informed and I think the cameos (which I always miss) were fun, but I don't think I can willingly sit thur this movie again without a blood/alcohol of at least 0.15%. I mean I even like that crazy D&D cartoon, so I am easily amused. Not only was this movie really stupid, but it didn't feel like D&D to me, I got the references, and I can respect the fact that this was based in the director's own setting, but maybe that worked against him as the world felt very alien. The stakes felt really forced, and the over acting /under acting was too much for me to suspend disbelief. I felt like I was being conned into trying to feel something for the characters. I respect the effort, and have enjoyed some of his other movies , but this was a turd, and putting 10 years into it dose not make it any better. I think that most people didn't like this movie, and I have yet to meet someone IRL who enjoyed it

@pyramidhead6998

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Blocher Holy shit are you pretentious.

@cyberdemon7694

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, I remember how massively let down I was back in the day. It looked like a made for TV movie even then, like something the Scifi channel would have made years later. I basically watched it because I was really hanging for Lord of the Rings to come out lol.

@HallyVee

4 жыл бұрын

@@pyramidhead6998 nowhere in his entire post was there even a hint of pretension. You are definitely imagining it.

I love this movie! Always have. I revisit it every couple of years for some nostalgia

To answer the question at the end of this video. "What have I done with my life today!" Well I haven't made a horrible D&D movie! Your Welcome All!

This film deserves a cult following on par with "The Room." It's easily one of the greatest bad movies ever made.

kudos to your channel and its insitefulness in movies that alot of people dislike or dont give a chance. The facts along with the humor makes this a massivly underrated channel.

snails feels like an actual D&D character that someone would roleplay as, and i love it

Haven't seen the film so the following is just a guess off the top of my head: possibly a reason people like Ruby Rod and dislike Snails is that RR came first and that thing Snails does vocally comes off as a bad impression. Also Ruby Rod is a character that is introduced as this 'cooler than cool' glamour object, but almost instantly gets cut down to size by Willis. The audience sees that he's flawed and more real for it; I guess it also pokes fun at celebrities with these slick personas. Obviously he's over the top, and if you don't like Tucker or the RR 'thing' then it's just going to rub you up the wrong way. I don't know if it comes across in the DnD movie but perhaps Snails doesn't have that same element so suffers for it?

@SarahAndreaRoycesChannel

5 жыл бұрын

Also Rod was a showmen who made a living by being this over the top, snails (direction) just made his character the worst thief ever.

I would answer with a shortened Kodo Sawaki's quote: "A rat also strives. We shouldn't respect It just for the fact."

I actually really enjoyed the movie back when I saw it as a kid. I knew it wasn't a good movie, but I honestly had fun with it. Which is more than I can say for a lot of big budget movies nowadays.

one good thing came from this film: Jeremy Irons in an acting competition with his eyebrows!

If you want awesome fantasy watch Conan the Barbarian, its still as epic as ever :D

@GoodBadFlicks

9 жыл бұрын

Vampires Crypt great movie

@alexjohnston8889

6 жыл бұрын

Shame about the sequel though the destroyer is terrible

@alexandresobreiramartins9461

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's amazing how it holds up to this day. And how terrible the remake is by comparison.

@alexandresobreiramartins9461

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was so terrible. Not nearly as good, but still entertaining, IMO.

@burnsmybritches5857

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexjohnston8889 the destroyer is FAR better than the barbarian!!!

I enjoy these videos but, man, you have almost no standards. Just how many movies do you not like.

@wasteoftime5848

7 жыл бұрын

As far as that awkward defense of the director goes, passion doesn't translate to skill. Ed Wood was one of the hardest working and dedicated film makers ever.

@Goldarlives

7 жыл бұрын

I actually really like his reviews. Unlike Adam of YMS, this guy doesn't feel like he's complaining when he reviews movies. He's coming from a place of genuine enjoyment of the craft.

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of movies I dislike but that isn't what this channel is about. I am talking about the movies that I do enjoy, as well as looking into what they did right and wrong. There are plenty of channels that choose to do nothing but trash films but I wanted to show that not all of them are as bad as some make them out to be. Also, I know how much work goes into even the worst of films and I think its more interesting to look at the production aspects of a project as opposed to yelling "it sucks" while standing in front of a greenscreen.

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

+Goldarlives Thanks! I have no issue with YMS, thats his chosen angle and its been very successful for him. I really do love movies and I think a lot of reviewers have hit the point where they just hate them.

@Goldarlives

7 жыл бұрын

GoodBadFlicks Thanks man! I actually love YMS, but I dislike how most of the critics feel above the movies they critique. It comes across as elitist to me.

I think I remember hating this when I saw it opening night, but have changed my mind in the past 22 years. I played a bit of D&D as a kid, so looking at it now, it makes me smile a lot.

Well I've been watching a lot of your reviews today, thus adding value to your dedication!

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I always thought the queen looked more like the child-like princess from Never Ending Story.

That last part really did it for me: "What did you do today?" Good one! For what it's worth, I thought about my budget for the next few months.

@GoodBadFlicks

9 жыл бұрын

Sumy Schick :)

@Dandelion_Stitches

9 жыл бұрын

I dunno, I know *I* didn't dedicate an entire decade of my life to create a total piece of crap. I mean, how do you recover from that? Knowing you basically wasted 10 years just to make something so shitty and awful? This is quite literally worse than never doing anything with your life.

@sumyschick

9 жыл бұрын

That depends entirely on perspective. I'm guessing the last sentence is a reflection on yourself. The two main troubles with doing nothing with one's life is that first, that's exactly what is left to be shown for it; and second, everyone will be right to want to forget about such a person, and they will.

@Dandelion_Stitches

9 жыл бұрын

I don't care if people remember me once I'm dead, I just don't want to have to LIVE with that sort of shame. Think of all the millions of people he turned off of D&D forever! He robbed them of happiness!

@sumyschick

9 жыл бұрын

Winkberry I doubt many people connected to the movie took to shame the way you describe it, including the D & D creator. That aside, it sounds like your gripe is more toward purpose itself. Whatever you call it, it does not sound like something worth envying.

Chris tucker in the 5th element felt like someone I would meet in the most intense part of a fever dream.

Wow i just started playing D&D this year and should probably go back and watch this. After knowing everything that went into making it i'll probably appreciate it more

Well, since you asked...today I've watched three of your videos (Blair Witch 2, Masters of the Universe, and now Dungeons and Dragons) and I will continue to add to this list for some time into the foreseeable future until I am motivated to do something else, which if I'm going to be honest, isn't going to happen anytime soon. Enjoy your film analysis, very interesting and entertaining. Keep up the good work!

@GoodBadFlicks

9 жыл бұрын

SevereRepugnance Thank you!

I'd argue that if he spent over a decade, and millions of dollars, putting together such a terrible movie, me doing nothing today was more productive.

Thanks! Not many people would stick with something for that long.

I remember watching this, where most of the theater was trying hard not to laugh at how stupid it was. When Ridley started crying about the loss of Wayans, one viewer couldn't hold back any more, and laughed a bit. A voice in the back shouted, "Do you mind? We're trying to enjoy this film!" At that point, there was just no way to stop it, and the whole theater bust out laughing.

truly godawful movie

@Cecil: I really like what you do here on your channel - acknowleding movies that are not great or masterpieces, but entertaining and kind of guilty pleasures nonetheless. Especially when you deliver background information I hadn't heard or read before... sometimes this alone makes me curious to re-watch or rent a movie. I saw 'Dungeons & Dragons' in cinema with some friends back then. Although we all agreed it was not the fantasy movie we hoped for, we had a fun evening with it. I had read about Director Courtney Solomon being a fan of the game and going on a Quest (so to speak) to get this movie made, and the fact that he SUCCEEDED really impresses me! Filmmakers with that a rocky road behind them and so much drive and passion always make an impression, be it Jim Cameron, Guillermo del Toro, Gareth Edwards or in this case Solomon.

@GoodBadFlicks

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I try to let people know that just because a movie doesn't have an A list cast or a 200 million dollar budget doesn't render it bad. Also, showing what went on in the production can help to highlight some of the issues people will often have with a film, and make them look at it from a different perspective. While Solomon may not have entirely succeeded with D&D, I have a massive amount of respect for the guy for sticking with it and being able to follow through despite almost a decade of turmoil. A lot of other people would have given up.

@Cawby

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this review. I agree with the op here. All these little side details make a movie I already really enjoyed into a much more involved experience. I grew up with d&d surrounding me, used my dads first edition original books to dm a game my friends would do on the weekends, so the fact you actually know your shit here (or at least did the research) is heavily appreciated. Also, I never knew this movie had a semi-"sequel". I'll definitely check that out now, and for what it's worth, first video I've watched of yours and you've earned a new subscriber.

@GoodBadFlicks

9 жыл бұрын

Cawby Thanks for the sub! Oh I know my stuff. I've played everything from 2nd edition to 3 to 3.5 Unfortunately, my group drifted apart (life, girlfriends, etc) so I barely play at all anymore. I played an official 5th edition game at PAX EAST and had a ton of fun. Occasionally I'll even watch people play on Twitch. Since I did this they did another unconnected sequel (Book of Vile Darkness), which I have yet to see because it still hasn't been released on DVD. Wrath of the Dragon God is available solo or as a pack in with the D&D Bluray. I liked it and I'll probably do a video on it at some point. If you would like to watch another D&D themed video of mine, check out Mazes and Monsters. I even did a game table themed intro for it.

@Cawby

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks again. Same with my group, but hey those 1970s books took us on a 4 year adventure that I orchestrated, inbetween goldeneye and no mercy on the 64, and later mvc2 on the dreamcast, lifelong friends that will always have those memories, and even though distant cause of real life stuff, you know if you were all in the same room, the d20s would start stat rolling while the dust came off the old books. And thank you, that'll be the next thing I watch.

@4Everlast

9 жыл бұрын

GoodBadFlicks Its one thing to be a fan boy and another to be a talented director. I would love to re-shot Prometheus while the cast is jung and the sets still in one epace, but would they let me? AFCOARSE NOT.

I didn't know the background behind this movie getting made. I've always enjoyed it and now I have more respect for it. Thanks for shedding some light.

It has a third movie too, but direct to DVD. What i did today, binge watch this channel.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 жыл бұрын

I fully approve of this!

I'm not the only one who loved this film! I always imagined it as an actual role-play session, overacting and all.

@GoodBadFlicks

8 жыл бұрын

+Scix It was so much like my old RPG group, right down to the thief that stole everything

@FingerBreakerWu

6 жыл бұрын

They needed to have a magic user just say “Lightning Bolt!” for the entire movie.

i happened to have liked this movie too, however my knowledge of D&D was severely limited, so i wasnt judging it in that way, i judged it as a swords and sorcery film, for me i found it exceptional.

@GoodBadFlicks

9 жыл бұрын

The Gaming Paladin its one of those movies that people were going to hate regardless

@UltimateGamerCC

9 жыл бұрын

GoodBadFlicks well poo on them, D&D still made a couple more movies, so it evidently had a following going on. too bad that this one was the best of them, oh well D&D is still cool and popular in game format.

Glad I'm not the only one who finds something to appreciate in this movie. Remember watching reruns of this on cable in my teens laughing my but off to it. While no high stakes fantasy outing like LotR. It has its own charm that I will always have a soft spot for. And kudos to the director. Commenters keep dissing this movie for all of its faults along with the director. Well. He went after his dream and made it come true. He may not have been the best man for the job. But he was the only one who cared enough to try. He was definitely right not to use a existing realm for the reasons listed. And let us be honest. Anyone who has played in a DnD group knows at least one person who says there lines terribly trying to make it sound more dramatic. That actually endears this movie to me even more.

Jeremy Irons is the highlight of this movie. It’s like he thought, “This Thora Birch girl isn’t acting very well. I will act enough for the both of us.” My group still quotes this movie on a regular basis. Snails is the stereotypical rogue character. He steals anything that’s not nailed down, and he’s obnoxious about it, not caring if it will affect the group or not. M iN that light, he’s actually playing a D&D character pretty well.

The problem I have with the Wayan´s character is that he does not fit into the movie at all. That being said; I really like how positive this channel is. I am so tired of people who seem to think they are better than the creators of movies cuz they find flaws with the film. I never thought that the creator of this movie shouldnt make movies again, but the movie is bad. But I guess I can admire the creator´s passion, not that it helps the quality of the film itself.

@GoodBadFlicks

9 жыл бұрын

Andy Ace I thought Wayans was too over the top and instead of being the likeable bumbling guy, he was mostly unlikeable. He didn't ruin the movie for me but I thought he could have been toned down a bit. I admire Soloman for sticking with the film where many others would have given up. While it may not have been the D&D movie people wanted, in the end he made the film that he wanted to make and no one can take that away from him.

@AndyAce83

9 жыл бұрын

GoodBadFlicks You make a lot of good points in the video and I agree with you. First of, respect most go to the visionary creator. One has to admire a person who create something out of passion. And I guess I shouldnt be too caught up with Wayans character either. As for Wayan as an actor I only enjoyed him in one movie and that is Requiem for a Dream. But that is one of my favorite movies so I can´t say I disslike him when he was a part of that. And I really, really liked him in that as well. Especially since I know he normally is "just" a comedic actor, but does such a great job in that movie. The contrast is so great. I think the evil wizard is a great character, but I never really liked the other comic relief characters. Its fine if a character has comedic sides, but when they get reduced to just comedy I often find it annoying. Even in Lord of the Rings I found the dwarven character (Gimmli?) annoying as he was too "funny". In the first movie he was great, but in the second and third one he became just a comic relief and I started to become annoyed. I like Ed Wood and seen some of his films and I don´t think they are as bad as people say they are. He has the same treatment as D&D movie in that people seem to ignore the passion and drive and sometimes even guts that Ed Wood showed. Glen or Glenda is an example of that. He made a movie about crossdressing in the 1953. Is it a good movie? Probably not, but its really arty and subject matter was very provocative at that time. At a time when I had to watch a lot of modernistic movies I couldnt help but think that movies like Hirosima Mon amore was called great, but had many of the same qualities as Glen or Glenda. I even wrote a college paper about it. I got a D ;-)

Ruby Rhod is awesome. You get a downvote from me for that.

@Nozoki

4 жыл бұрын

Snails is the Erica from Stranger Things of the D&D movie.

'The blue screen's reflecting off Savina's armor' How the fuck did you notice that?! Mind blown. And god damn...this review was hilarious.

Hi, Cecil, is it? I just came across your channel today, completely enjoyed your work. It cause me many ROFLMAO with lots of LOLz spattered throughout. Thank you for giving me a laugh today, I really needed it. Oh, I've subscribed and look forward to more of your funny funny critiques. X-D Oh, I'm with you 100% on WAYANS vs Tucker.

@GoodBadFlicks

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's me! Thanks for the sub, glad you are enjoying the videos. :)

It's ICHIBAN! Lipstick for men.

The casting for the main hero's was terrible.

Oh man, the joke about "And they get into an epic battle" and it switches to a Larping video, that shit made my day

@GoodBadFlicks

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Always glad to hear that sort of thing.

I cured cancer and blindness today, I didn't waste 10 years and 45million on a piece of shit, 10years and we have that Dialog, makes sense. durrr durrrr durfff

I've been binging your videos recently, and even though I disagree from time to time I've enjoyed your insight. I don't like this movie, but I agree that people not wanting Solomon to ever direct again is asinine. However, so is your closing statement. Fighting one ridiculous thought process with another isn't the way to go about that. Solomon may have worked his ass off, but he clearly had some money and connections to give him a decent head start. His mother, as you said in your own video, was a production coordinator on several projects. She knew people, and that no doubt helped Solomon. What have I done today? I rewatched Freaked, worked a twelve hour shift, and fed my cat. A better question would be what I've done in the last decade, or within a decade. The same period of time Solomon had. Between sixteen and twenty four I wrote a book. I couldn't get it published. I hired an agent to help. He conned me. As I got older I started hating my manuscript, it was never good enough and I constantly found flaws in it. When I was twenty four, I got really drunk and in a fit of rage deleted the whole thing and gave up. In hindsight, if I had been published it would have been terrible. Maybe it Courtney is better than me because he wasn't held down by crippling self-criticism. Maybe I was just decent enough not to put yet another shitty product out. But that isn't really the point. Imagine a professional heavy weight boxer tripping over his own feet and falling over, this fuck up costing them a match. It would be outrageous to tell them to stop boxing, but lets say a 4'11" bean pole of a woman says as much in their irritation of their fuck up. Someone turns to them and says "I'd like to see you do better." That is one of the worse cop outs of criticism I think I have ever heard. You have to have similar accomplishments to be able to critique someone else's work? Should this apply to politics too? Should Hillary and Trump never face any kind of public scorn from people who never graduated college, aren't lawyers or business moguls? Yeah, I know, it was something you said four years ago. But it is something that bothers the shit out of me every time I hear it.

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

I think you are reading into it wrong. What I meant was that he stuck to it. He did have some help getting his foot in the door but after that it was on him and he kept going. A lot of other people would have given up but he stuck to it for almost 10 years. The end product may not have been what some folks wanted but he is proud of what he was able to accomplish and no one can take that away from him. Criticism is one thing but too many people live to revel in the failures of others. So when I say "what have you done today?" what I meant was that instead of knocking down what someone else was able to accomplish, why not go out and try to do something?

@girlbuu9403

7 жыл бұрын

That's fair, and I might have jumped to a hasty conclusion. It might have been my own bitterness of my own failures talking.

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

Its ok. Don't ever stop doing what you love. (as long as what you love is legal lol) but seriously, everyone gets discouraged. You have to dig within yourself and keep going if you want to make something happen. Really sorry you got conned but unfortunately life is filled with hurdles. It sucks but there are others (like the guy who ripped you off) that are out there to make life miserable. The best thing you can do is take the aggression that comes from that and work your ass off to make something. Jim Carey was homeless and living in a tent on his sister's front lawn. Burt Reynolds was repeatedly told he couldn't act. Halle Berry grew up in a homeless shelter. JK Rowling was divorced, broke, and unemployed. 12 publishers passed on Harry Potter until a small publisher bought it and published only 1000 copies. Stephen King's Carrie was rejected 30 times and he threw it in the garbage. I could go on but I think you get it. Now, there still is talent and luck involved but you'll never know if you have what it takes if you give up. Don't.

@girlbuu9403

7 жыл бұрын

Nah, its fine. I am content with where my life is now and have been focusing on other pursuits. I might go back later... in the mean time, the script I had made for a fantastic D&D game.

The only disagreement I have ever had with you is I think Chris Tucker and Marlon Wayans are awesome and you apparently do not... at all haha

huh, you may be right. I have to go back and look at that again.

Fuck, I'm with you, I love this movie. So bad it's good. I watch this at least once a year and it never gets old. Jeremy Irons over the top acting is the best. :D

@GoodBadFlicks

9 жыл бұрын

IronRooRoo Thanks!

Yeah, I get it. Will have to watch it again soon. Good job.

what a complete abomination disgrace of a movie, i forgot how how bad it was until i saw this

@AdamC169

4 жыл бұрын

You ever play d&d? just imagine the people playing the game and failing charisma and wisdom checks left and right

I remember going to see this with my friends in 8th grade. We had such a blast that Friday night.

I love the positivity of this channel.

What have I done today? Haven't made a shitty movie

@MegaDudeman21

7 жыл бұрын

correction. Haven't made a movie at all

You don't get an A just for effort. Not even a B. And classical actors like Irons dont give performances like that because they are having fun. Just the opposite. They hate what they have reduced themselves for a paycheck and start f*cking with inexperienced directors that dont have balls to do anything about it.

@mahna_mahna

4 жыл бұрын

Normally, I would agree with you. But then I think about Raul Julia and how much he enjoyed doing Street Fighter and think again. He loved hamming it up, was making the movie because his kids loved Street Fighter and did all that while dying of cancer.

@Tyrantofthewind

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think this is true at all. Plenty of award winning actors have done bad movies and just gone crazy with it. In fact, it is often the actors/actresses that give dry/hollow performances that regret taking those roles, not those who went full ham like Jeremy Irons here.

Thanks, I appreciate when folks enjoy that stuff. It is a ton of extra work.

Oh man. I love the corn/maze(maize) joke. I use that every chance I get and have since I was young and those commercials were prevalent. I have been binge watching your videos since I discovered your channel. These are very well done and often times very humorous. I like the little Easter egg type comments you put in. Good stuff. Seems we have quite a bit in common with likes on a lot of these with a few exceptions. This being one of them. Once more into the breach you mother grabbers!

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You mean to tell me that the filmmaker spent a decade of his life putting together this movie, only to produce one of the worst box office and critical failures in cinematic history? ... That's got to be the worst thing I've ever heard! :)

@IronRooRoo

9 жыл бұрын

Nice to know you have some compassion.

@TheMovieDoctorful

6 жыл бұрын

How marvelous.

@charliehoke1956

5 жыл бұрын

Jerk

@zetetick395

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, an epic fail is still EPIC!

I remember seeing this film in theaters back in..2000, I think. I went with a bunch of friends who I played D&D with on a weekly basis. We were laughing throughout the movie. The acting was all over the place, the D&D stuff that was in the movie was just used in such odd ways. (Like the beholder acting as some kind of sentry guard along with a human guards...would never happen.) But, despite all the flaws, you can't not love this movie just for its sheer cheesiness and ridiculous nature. To me, it felt like this was a movie that should have been made in the 80's. Jeremy Irons and Bruce Payne are pure over-acting gold, and Kristen Wilson and Thora Birch are pure under-acting gold. Lets face it, this movie is fun. And you have to respect the amount of dedication that the director Courtney Solomon had in his 10 or 12 year quest to get it made. This is most definitely a "so bad its good" film in every sense of the word.

Omg I love how savage you are sometimes! So on point!

Ah, thank you. I really needed that today. :)

Nah still crap in every way.

@IronRooRoo

9 жыл бұрын

Great argument you have there. I like how you added your own research and evidence to support your opposing argument, just like the reviewer did.

@GutznMetal

9 жыл бұрын

Not an argument, an opinion which I wasn't swayed from. There's a difference. btw: The film is still crap.

They dragged poor Tom Baker into this didn't they?

@doctorwars2

4 жыл бұрын

oh SeaWing god 😂😂🤣

0:49 almost brought tears to my eyes... I need a minute it just sounds so beautiful.

from what I gathered it was the material component she was using that allowed her to cast spells beyond her level. Also, I believe it wasn't a lightning bolt but a magic missile. I guess it all comes down to how lenient the DM was feeling. lol It didn't bother me all that much. I would have rather they stuck to the rules but I think they erred in favor of trying to make the movie more dynamic. Either that or they just wanted to make more special effects.

Wow i am amazed! You really have high tolerance for really bad movies! Dungeons and Dragons is probably one of the worst fantasy movies I've ever seen. Horrible dialogue, overacting from most of the cast especially Irons, the odd editing choices, horrible CGI (even for its time it looks bad, if you can't have good CGI maybe reduce the number of effects shots?) and no, the movie does not have good fight choreography; the list goes on. I hated Wayans not because he's annoying, his performance seems out of place in the D&D universe and more suited to movies like Robin Hood Man in Tights. No amount of cameos and references to the games can redeem this horrible movie.

@killerflamingo9566

7 жыл бұрын

no hes just not a whinny picky critic

@alexandresobreiramartins9461

6 жыл бұрын

But his point is pointing out movies that are so bad he things they're good, that is, so terrible one has to laugh at them. And I agree. Except for the detestable Snails with his stupid comic relief sidecharacter bzzzzzt that's never funny. So, the only intentionally funny character in the entire movie is not funny at all, just annoying - see? When movies like this try to be funny, they fail. They should take themselves seriously, and so come accross as tremendously and most enjoyably funny, as Jeremy Irons does in this movie, bless him! I understand if you hate the movie, I get your reasons. But I for one can laugh at all kinds of things, and very very silly things that intend to be serious are some of those things.

@tumppuman

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexandresobreiramartins9461 That is absolutely not his point in this case. That is proven by the preachy ending of the review. He actually likes the movie and not because "it's so bad it's good".

11:15 Tom Baker?

@doctorwars2

4 жыл бұрын

yep

Today I learned that someone actually likes this movie. I honestly believe that this film set back any chance of a quality Dungeons and Dragons movie ever being made. I've always hoped for a Weiss and Hickman series of movies, but I doubt that will ever happen.

I still enjoy the movie, and i had the same beef, about the challenge of lower level characters fighting an epic fight in the end. I wonder if they had built it up, so they would eventually have a more epic fight in a sequel, it could of done better. It is hard to fight budget, and Jeremy Irons was awesome in his role!

I love D&D. But this movie is crap. Gamers and Gamers Dorkness Rising are much better D&D movies than this and they didn't even have a million dollar budget. Horrible story and bad casting. Flat acting or over acting. This movie had horrible looking dragons and it doubled down on the dragons. Not liking this movie and making the argument that some people don't like Jaws is comparing apples to a Holy Avenger. Not even the same ball park. There are probably a handful of people who don't like "Star Wars A New Hope" but that doesn't prove a point or make Dungeons and Dragons the movie any good. Like a blind date we all had high hopes for this movie and like a blind date we were completely disappointed and were just thankful it was over. Why do I hate this movie? It was the one shot to get D&D on the big screen and it failed miserably.

You don't like Chris Tucker!? Come on, bro!!

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

My like of him starts and stops with Friday. Everything else, can't stand him.

@Samanosuke1138

7 жыл бұрын

No Rush Hour?

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

He ruined it. He was better in Rush Hour 2 but its still a chore.

@Samanosuke1138

7 жыл бұрын

LOL! You're fun to talk to about movies. I really like that you see the good in movies...even if they're bad. You remind me of Movies with Mikey, which I like him too. I do want to ask, though, what do you think of the Room?

@GoodBadFlicks

7 жыл бұрын

I know Mikey, had many a chat with him. Good guy. The Room is hilarious.

I subscribed yesterday, for other great videos. Validated today with "if he is a level 15 wizard. There is no way a bunch of low level charecters could beat him." Followed by the videos last words..."what have you done today?" Great great work GBF guy.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Tomb of horrors! I lost count of how many times my group at the time tried to make it through that intact.