Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God

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This review is only about the second movie, "Wrath of the Dragon God," since it is the only one worth watching. The DVD version is very well done, very sharp and clear, but I bought the Blu-ray version HOPING that it would be significantly better. Fortunately, the Blu-ray version really is much better than the DVD, definitely a worthwhile upgrade (if only most Blu-rays were like this!). For those who, like myself, are not familiar with the D&D terminology, you will need to either see this movie several times, or read a "translation" of the story; wikipedia has a fairly good summary, although still with a few gaps. For example, the "little lava guy" at the beginning is a "magmin," a being who is being used as a guide and/or servant by the main bad-guy, Damodar. For a long time, I thought the magmin WAS Damodar, whose appearance was a result of a curse! Also, Damodar refers to "Lich," which I later realized was not a name, but a specific type of creature or maybe demon; oops...I can watch this film every few months and thoroughly enjoy it! To put that in context, I am a male in his mid-fifties, and other films I enjoy watching every few months are Underworld, The Mummy, Serenity, the Blade movies, Push, Constantine, Van Helsing, Gothika, The Chronicles of Riddick, Resident Evil, Blade Runner, and The 13th Warrior (and Coraline and D.E.B.S., but they're in a different genre from the others). Several of these movies just aren't that great the first time -- Van Helsing in particular comes to mind -- but they really grow on you, and allow you to enjoy "being there" with them. At least, after you finally figure out just where the heck "there" is!

Having a bad movie night? These are bad in so many ways it is hard to explain without watching.

A quick review of the two films. The first one is so god awfully bad that it's one of the most entertaining experiences ever a la "The Producers'" Springtime For Hitler. Everything from the over/under acting, ridiculous script, poor effects, and cheesy set pieces is of the poorest quality that a big budget can buy. Yet it falls into the wonderful category of "So bad, It's good." The second takes a more faithful route and lands in "So okay, It's Average." The attention to detail concerning the source material is evident, taking actual lore and characters from the original D&D books. But with a smaller budget and diminished scale, the film leaves a bit to be desired, even for hardcore or casual D&D fans.Now for the BluRay release.The first film leaves way too much to be desired. There may be only a small handful of seconds where the picture looks perfect, with the rest looking like all they did was attempt to upscale the whole thing to a higher resolution. This just makes grainy scenes look grainier, and the already terrible effects worse. I actually noticed a model/texture pop in on one of the dragons that I didn't see on DVD! Sound gains no benefits of uncompressed audio.I can only describe the quality of the second film as near-perfection. Every scene has a clarity in picture I've not seen before. It's possible to get a close up so pristine that you are capable of counting every hair in someone's stubble.The excellent picture quality is also a bit of an issue concerning effects as the low-budget CGI effects are not well composed, jerky in animation, and not perfectly integrated into scenes, so the enhanced quality makes these imperfections all the more noticeable. The sound quality is as good as it can be. The power of uncompressed audio allows for the more extravagant effects such as magic to ring clear through high quality speakers or headphones.All the special features from the DVD also appear, but in their standard DVD quality. The audio commentary for the second film is rather enjoyable as instead of it being the usual Director/Producer/Cast commentary of every other film (and the first one, which was a shameless self-praising of their own film), it has three of the production team acting as three iconic D&D characters to deliver a commentary Mystery Science Theater 3000-style, citing unique character traits of various classes, D&D lore, and taking plenty of comical jabs at one another, adding an entertainingly enlightening experience.

I grew up playing DND with my dad and my siblings and have been a fan ever since these movies are great and will make a great addition to my fantasy movie collection

loved it had me wishing i was playing D&D

The movies come on one DVD. One movie is scribed on one side of the DVD and the other movie is on the other side of the DVD. Our DVD player played Dungeons & Dragons without problem, but would not play Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God. We were able to watch it through a computer hookup. We have not encountered problems with our DVD player before, so we blame the DVD. Just glad this wasn't a classic we were eagerly trying to add to our collection.

As expected

I like the originals

Seppur in lingua inglese, questa doppia opera regalerà momenti epici a tutti coloro che amano il magico mondo di D&D!!!Lo adorerò sempre e sempre!!!

Cet import contenant les deux premiers volets de la série des Donjons et Dragons au cinéma vaut son pesant de cacahuètes. Comme ce ne sont pas des chefs d'oeuvre, on peut dire que le blu-ray les mettent en valeur. La version française par contre n'est présente que sur le premier film, il faudra se contenter de la VOST sur le second. Les bonus sont les mêmes que ceux déjà présents sur les dvd. Edité par Warner aux Etats Unis, ce blu-ray est toutes zones, donc visible sur votre lecteur européen.Le prix est très intéressant d'autant que ces films ne sont pas disponibles en Europe à part en Grande Bretagne mais sans sous-titres français. Les deux films sont disponibles sur deux disques distinct dans le même boitier bleu.

I love these movies, perfect movies to watch on Dungeons & Dragons night. The first movie(Dungeons & Dragons) is alright, lots fun questing. The special features are really good, they talk about the begining of Dungeons & Dragons the table-top roleplaying game. The 2nd movie(D&D;Wrath of the Dragon god) is a really amazing Dungeons & Dragons movie. It feels like it has everything a D&D should have, and Adventuring group, lots of combat and magic. and The special features are really good, talking to the creator of D&D about making the movie and how well the party of heroes played their characters. plus the commentary is really funny on the 2nd movie. 2 Dungeons & Dragons movies in one blue-ray package is an epic value for many Adventurers.

It's been slated quite a lot ,mainly by dungeon and dragon enthusiasts I believeAnd film critics, who are paid to find fault . So go with the outlook that you know nothing about war gaming and you will beFine, think of it as sword and sorcery and you will be fine. Jeremy irons as the evil wizardIs not as his best and trays to treat the audience as juveniles part from that it's okI love dragons anyway so im biased , the quality on the blue ray is very good. Very clear A lot of humour in this film which is why gamers may not like itThe true star of the film has to be diamonds.