Review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) by Healingtoolbox — 31 Mar 2023
It lives up to the trailer. Biggest on-screen assets are Chris Pine generously sharing the spotlight with his co-stars; and, VFX with unusually high visual vitality. On the downside, as with Shazam 2, I cant shake the feeling Im back again in 2010 or 2005.
Spiderman No Way Home had a trickle of resonance with real life. D&D and Shazam 2 have zero resonance with issues or needs in the real world 2020-2023. Purely escapist movies like D&D and Shazam 2 assume audiences want nothing more for 90 to 120 minutes than relief and distraction from real world issues.
If D&D makes a profit, Ill be happy to see outstanding creative teamwork rewarded. If D&D fails to find a large audience, Ill take more seriously how outstanding creative teamwork cant altogether substitute for, or paper over, being completely dissociated from all real world events, issues and needs.
This review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) was written by Healingtoolbox on 31 Mar 2023.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has generally received positive reviews.
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