Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

.... however, from a D&D point of view this only display how a bunch of noobs would handle a stereotypical quest. As an experienced Dungeon Master I couldn't stop laughing for most of the movie and when I did, it was only to underline moments when a competent DM would cut it to "the party dies". The group is so terribly incompetent and all the D&D plot devices so ineptly used that all in all there's no redeeming quality to it at all.Its only viable tagline would be "an incompetent player's understanding of the D&D manuals" but that still doesn't excuse the lack of any acting talent whatsoever and the 80's flavor of special effects.I give it a 2 only to point out it's better than the first movie.

But its still not great.The story is better, the actors are better, and it doesn't have one of the Wayans Brothers to destroy it.Doesn't mean its great, its just better.Damodar sucked. Overacted and all the rest, just like in the first movie.Too bad the main character isn't as cute as Justin Whalin. That was the only thing the first movie had going for it.At least the sets aren't so cheesy as in the first movie. They actually look more like medieval sets for a change. Which is exactly what it should be.There were parts of this movie that were amusing, unlike the first.Pity this one wasn't released in the theater's. Then again, the first one shouldn't have been released in the theater's at all.

This is a straight presentation of an unreconstructed Dungeons and Dragons adventure, the way your grand-pappy used to play it - or at least the way I used to play it. And I mean when it was called Dungeons and Dragons the first time round, before all that "Advanced" frippery. No feats for us, you young whippersnappers, and no proficiencies neither: we just stood toe to toe with Evil and rolled until one lot of miniatures were all lying down.Yes, this films is flawed in many ways: it's competent but trite, with stilted dialogue, ropey FX, erratic pacing and shallow characterisation to name but four, but it has the overriding merit of very clearly being written by people who know and dearly love D&D, and they put all that right up there on the screen. That excuses so many sins.A film is more than just the sum of its parts. There is much to criticise about D&D:WotDG, but it's churlish to do so, since it achieves its primary goal with aplomb. It's a Dungeons and Dragons film that you could sit down and enjoy watching with other Dungeons and Dragons players, and that's a novel experience.

I had expected this sequel to be in line with the first D&D movie with regards to the general feel and content/quality, but was quite disappointed.The visual effects were notably a lot worse, a lot of jerky, stuttered animation in the movements of the creatures, not at all the same kind of quite natural movement I expected to see after having seen the first movie. Lack of detail, cheesy transitions, poor interaction of rendered with real-world elements. There are more different creatures from the fantasy realm in this movie, but none of them are executed well, or even convincingly. Cutting corners with lots of gray and black.Then, the acting: Sure, it's not been a strong point in the first movie either, but once again, a lot less convincing to put the characters down. No depth to them, feeling more like a high-school play at times which is also indicative of poor directing and a scripts with no real interest in telling a story, but rather to "produce".I like the fantasy genre, I enjoy the setting this movie plays in. The medieval feel of all the extras was good, and some nice stunts there with the (many) explosions, but overall: a thin story, poor acting of the main characters, and horrendously B-movie special effects make this movie one that only barely scrapes a score of 3 out of me.It's is OK to watch once. And only once... If you can sit through the 1-3/4 hours of it without getting fed up with it or tired of seeing the poor execution.