Dudes & Dragons (2015)

Waste of time

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Very low budget imitation of the general idea of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" from the 1990s, but the special effects are worse than from the 1990s. Bad comedy with dragons and monsters. The actors are wearing cheap fake looking wigs with fake picture scenery in the background. In one scene an ugly devil looking male monster and one of the main male characters pretended to be in love like they were going to get married. At this point the stupidity became a little too much for me. Although some viewers might think it's very funny.Slightly entertaining in a bad kind of way if you're into that, but not very "good" in any real way.

I picked this movie up out of curiosity, having never heard of it before. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The story, while simple, was lighthearted and enjoyable. And the characters were likable and fun. Many of the references and sight-gags used had a Mel Brooks quality to them and fit the tone of the movie and never distracted from the movie its self. The CGI, while not blockbuster quality, was decent. The practical effects and make-up were very well done. The only flaw I could personally find with it was the use of Blue screen, which was clearly used because of budgetary reasons, could be a bit distracting at times, but also gave it a somewhat stylized look. I'd recommend Dudes and Dragons to fans of Fantasy and Spoof movies, and players of D&D.

For a low budget movie with questionable cgi this is a slow burner that does catch fire.Where this wins over similar competitors is its awareness of its audience. Its smart humour is based in solid foundations of its watchers references whether it is Star Wars or Lord of the Rings (OK I gave it away), it's a nerd movie. Still with solid actors like Marsters, Johnston as protagonists and even Denton who projects himself well beyond some excellent Orc makeup effects this film is in safe hands. Luke Perry I would not have recognised in a thousand years does OK but is overshadowed by his contemporaries who provide energetic and articulate voices for their roles.I would admit the guys get all the best lines and the female characters are not as well served in this area. A bit more flesh on their characters bones would have been appreciated. The pacing of the movie however was well done and the low budget cgi effects for the backdrops reminded me of the old Dr Who green screen, which to my mind added to the charm of this movie.While this film is no "Princess Bride", If you appreciate intelligent movies that don't take themselves too seriously then you might just have found a little gem.

At first you wonder what kind of film you're getting into. However, as the movie unfolds you find yourself eager to see more. All the witty lines and hilarious overtones of great classic comedies of the past.Dragon Warriors hits on it all: Comedy, love story, adventure, magic, lovable characters and of course....Dragons! Of course James Marsters does a fantastic job playing the villain....as he does in so many other films. However, my personal favorites were Adam Johnson (Ramicus) and Eric Denton (Shokdor) Adam seemed to fit the roll perfectly as the funny slapstick brother....like he's that way in real life. And Eric...he was absolutely hilarious without saying one word of English.I would suggest this film as a must see.