Four stars of ten.
I've seen the movie twice. The first time was the obvious 'sit down, and enjoy the story from my youth," viewing. The second time was, "lets see that again in drunk-o-vision." I won't say what has already been said time and time again; choppy animation, bad mixture of dated 2d with dated 3d, and an average of 5 or 10 frames. Oops! I said it. :) This, of course, pales if you've had a couple shots first. Sure, this is the unexplored review. The Story is mostly intact, and the heart in the right place, but still it remains; this is a badly done movie. Of course, have the right beverage, and suddenly it's a great movie! No more will Verminards dishtowel face mask bother you! Fuzzy animation won't be an issue, because your vision will be fuzzy. Tas will be funnier, Raistlin will be creepier, and the Forestmaster will... well the Forestmaster will still be downright wrong, and no amount of drinking will stop that. :) Drinking helps, but it doesn't cure.
The movie earns points for trying, on what was obviously a tight and tiny budget. I grant the makers that. The end result wasn't up to the expectations of the public, and I'm sorry for that. Wizards of the Coast doesn't like taking big risks, and their products show this (any D&D movie shows this to be true). A good story got squandered with bad production because of it.
... but drinking helps. ;)
I've seen the movie twice. The first time was the obvious 'sit down, and enjoy the story from my youth," viewing. The second time was, "lets see that again in drunk-o-vision." I won't say what has already been said time and time again; choppy animation, bad mixture of dated 2d with dated 3d, and an average of 5 or 10 frames. Oops! I said it. :) This, of course, pales if you've had a couple shots first. Sure, this is the unexplored review. The Story is mostly intact, and the heart in the right place, but still it remains; this is a badly done movie. Of course, have the right beverage, and suddenly it's a great movie! No more will Verminards dishtowel face mask bother you! Fuzzy animation won't be an issue, because your vision will be fuzzy. Tas will be funnier, Raistlin will be creepier, and the Forestmaster will... well the Forestmaster will still be downright wrong, and no amount of drinking will stop that. :) Drinking helps, but it doesn't cure.
The movie earns points for trying, on what was obviously a tight and tiny budget. I grant the makers that. The end result wasn't up to the expectations of the public, and I'm sorry for that. Wizards of the Coast doesn't like taking big risks, and their products show this (any D&D movie shows this to be true). A good story got squandered with bad production because of it.
... but drinking helps. ;)