Director: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
Cast: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant
Have I Seen it Before: Nope.
Did I Like It: When I watched the movie it was the weekend. As I type this, it is… Tuesday…? and I’m in day… is it three…? of a massive power outage. I’m typing this while at the first opportunity I had to charge my devices while an episode of Frasier plays on my phone and I have ice in my glass. I am watching an episode of Typing is strange. Remembering movies are strange. How do they work again? How does any of this work again? This will teach me to delay a review for a day or more.
I see many of you on Twitter and elsewhere complaining about/celebrating the failure of The Flash (2023). I see many of you out there there talking about movies you’re watching, movies you’re dreading, movies you’re anticipating, and the
Like, I just like Frasier and ice in my glass. Is that too much to ask?
Ahem.
I now resume this review several days later. The power has been back on for a few days, and while I’m fairly certain not all of me came back from the great blackout of 2023, I am also certain that whatever the preceding paragraphs were, they weren’t much of a way to proceed with a review.
Assuming that the parts of me that are still here are the ones that watched the movie, it ended up providing more than what it promised. Funny and charming in equal measure, it is easily more fun than any single D+D session I’ve ever wandered into.
What’s the movie’s big mistake, ultimately? Had they not tied the whole affair to the brand, this thing could have become a very moderate hit. You, the one reading this review, should give it a look regardless of your thoughts on the game that wrought it.