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Danny McBride

James Franco

Natalie Portman

Zooey Deschanel

Justin Theroux

Toby Jones

Damian Lewis

Rasmus Hardiker

Simon Farnaby

Deobia Oparei

Charles Dance

B.J. Hogg

Matyelok Gibbs

Angela Pleasence

Anna Barry

Michael Clarke Duncan

Amber Anderson

John Fricker

Charles Shaughnessy

Rhian Sugden

Amii Grove

Madison Welch

Eva Wyrwal

Brian Steele

David Garrick

Caroline Grace-Cassidy

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Susie Kelly

Ben Wright

Ben Willbond

Ben Best

Andrew Z. Davis

Scott Stuber

David Gordon Green

Mark Huffam

Jon Mone

Paul Herbert

Rob Cooper

Justin Pearson

Tim Orr

Craig Alpert

Fraser Taggart

Pamela Smyth

Hazel Webb-Crozier

Mark Tildesley

David Warren

Mike McGee

Paul Kirby

Steve Jablonsky

Gail Stevens

Mike Elizalde

Tom McCullagh

Dominic Capon

Nana Fischer

Richard Goodwin

Michael Byrch

Mark Milsome

Ryan Stuart

Oliver Carroll

Peter Field

Audrey Doyle

Leonard Woodcock

Kamurai

Decent watch, might watch again, and can recommend for dirt humor fans looking for something different.

There isn't a lot of comedy in fantasy movies, and there isn't a lot of fantasy in comedies, typically, so I'm sure they thought they were corning a rather unique market.  Honestly though, it's like they had someone write a really great Dungeons and Dragon movie, and then tried to ruin it with humor page by page.  There is a 9/10 star movie hidden in this, if they would do a (slightly) more serious story.

Danny McBride and James Franco basically do what they normally do, but in jerkins: I'm pretty sure they don't even really have accents compared to everyone else.  Franco has a fluttery tone that Zoey Deschanel mirrors, but she is just a living macguffin with two solid jokes.  There is a parody of this where they just replace her with a sex doll and pause when she's supposed to have lines.

Natalie Portman is about 10 times the actor than everyone else in this movie, and I don't know what got her to slum it in this other than it was a unique opportunity to be a bad ass D&D style woman character.  I honestly would have liked to see a movie franchise based on her character.  She makes a great straight man to the band of idiots, given to much more subtle humor, but she plays off of the others' dirt humor really well.  And don't get me wrong, she is a legitimately funny actor.

The overall story is a bit formulaic for an RPG adventure, but it is filled with great characters and villains, and I legitimately think I'll turn this movie into a campaign adventure somehow.  Lazar is actually a really well crafted villain with a decent support structure of henchmen and resources, despite having a rather basic end goal.

Ma-Tee-Tee, as over dramatic as he is, may be one of my favorite villains.  He's a leader, he apparently crafted an entire society to his choosing, and either gained or created his power, and what's more he actually created a system (though unfair) that allows a chance for actual warriors to fight their way to freedom.

There is a lot to love about this movie, and then there is all the stuff they added for attention seeking comedy.

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