'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' launches the SXSW Film Festival and is the latest attempt to adapt the popular role playing game. Earlier films have been poorly received, but the latest lands at a time when the game is enjoying a renaissance.
the Netflix series based on the “League of Legends” video game whose debut episode had a breezy camaraderie that echoed the magic and thievery of the long-standing role-playing game. Even the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films and their save-the-world-with-artifacts quests have felt indebted to the anything-goes magic of “D&D.”We trace the history of Naughty Dog’s pop culture phenomenon, from the video game’s 2013 debut to its adaptation as an HBO series 10 years later.
We caught a screening of “Honor Among Thieves” ahead of of its SXSW premiere. While a proper review will be forthcoming, here are five fast reactions from the film. We aim to be as spoiler free as possible — and will not reveal some of the film’s biggest Easter eggs and nods to “D&D” history — but note there may be some light reveals in the text ahead.Despite a two-hour run time, “Honor Among Thieves” feels pretty light-stepping, transitioning from quest to quest relatively quickly.
There’s plenty more, including a mighty owlbear, which is what you imagine and, yes, a tabaxi, and the human-like cat is as adorable as you’d hope. The tabaxi scene also leads to one of the film’s biggest laughs, courtesy of Simon’s attempts to court Doric. One qualm — and this is a proper minor spoiler — is that one dragon is used as a punchline for a fat joke, and I wish the film had been smarter than that.
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