watched the new DnD movie with a friend and was really surprised with how fun it was! not only fun, but honestly really well put together. no scenes felt like they dragged on too long, everything that happened was important or was part of a build up to a joke later. the main characters' dialogue and the character acting felt like actual things real people would say or do. and, the way many of the jokes were in the movie felt a bit like early simpsons writing. y'know, how simpsons jokes tended to have multiple layers to them and sometimes a joke would be relevant later in an episode.
ontop of that, it was also a really interesting example in just having any race of people just in a world and it feeling natural and like normal. a hot topic lately is the exclusion of POCs in fantasy settings for reasons like not matching the time period it's based on or the setting it's based on. on one hand, i understand that stance completely because historical accuracy is definitely helpful in immersing your audience. but on the other hand it's fantasy. literally none of this is real.
so imagine my surprise when the new DnD movie just has POCs in it and it feels perfectly natural. like at first i was real surprised by it because i'm not used to it, but i felt like it made the movie more memorable because of that inclusiveness!
and oh, if you thought this movie couldn't be any more inclusive, you'd be wrong! there were a lot of annoying subplots that often show up in movies like this on that were completely flipped on their head! but they weren't really something that was very loud either, but instead felt incredibly real.
for example, there were these two characters that knew each other through a really awkward situation which i'm sure a lot of people in real life have been in. so these two characters, a guy and a lady, apparently only met because the guy tried to court her and it didn't work out. so they meet again, and she doesn't recognize him at first. so the guy has to remind her "oh i courted you once, remember?" and then the lady says "oh...why are you here?".
it felt so real in a way i wasn't used to seeing from movies released in theaters, and it was very refreshing! it felt so nice to see a female character who doesn't show signs of wanting to reciprocate the guy's feelings because of weird societal pressure.
there are many other examples of this movie's real-ness but i really just want people to watch it instead! i really recommend it!
ontop of that, it was also a really interesting example in just having any race of people just in a world and it feeling natural and like normal. a hot topic lately is the exclusion of POCs in fantasy settings for reasons like not matching the time period it's based on or the setting it's based on. on one hand, i understand that stance completely because historical accuracy is definitely helpful in immersing your audience. but on the other hand it's fantasy. literally none of this is real.
so imagine my surprise when the new DnD movie just has POCs in it and it feels perfectly natural. like at first i was real surprised by it because i'm not used to it, but i felt like it made the movie more memorable because of that inclusiveness!
and oh, if you thought this movie couldn't be any more inclusive, you'd be wrong! there were a lot of annoying subplots that often show up in movies like this on that were completely flipped on their head! but they weren't really something that was very loud either, but instead felt incredibly real.
for example, there were these two characters that knew each other through a really awkward situation which i'm sure a lot of people in real life have been in. so these two characters, a guy and a lady, apparently only met because the guy tried to court her and it didn't work out. so they meet again, and she doesn't recognize him at first. so the guy has to remind her "oh i courted you once, remember?" and then the lady says "oh...why are you here?".
it felt so real in a way i wasn't used to seeing from movies released in theaters, and it was very refreshing! it felt so nice to see a female character who doesn't show signs of wanting to reciprocate the guy's feelings because of weird societal pressure.
there are many other examples of this movie's real-ness but i really just want people to watch it instead! i really recommend it!