Review of The Gamers: Dorkness Rising (2008) by Aurelius D — 26 Jul 2010

Oh my god I can't say just how much I loved this movie. It reminds me of the days when my group and I would get together and play D&D. If you were a gamer and had played this type of pen and paper games you surely had to have had some moments akin to what you see in the film.

It is utterly brilliant. You got a crew of friends that get together and play. The dungeon master has a way of always setting them up so that they make the wrong choices and fail. The gamers then bitch and moan but still come back for more.

One of the guys has an ex and she is asked to play to fill a spot. She is new to the game but is apparently the one with the brains. The movie continues to play out in and out of the fantasy world. You see the group sit around the table and their reactions but other times it takes you into the story where the gamers are their characters.

I laughed hard and often at the events that transpired. In a way I guess it makes fun of itself with the way things are setup. However it isn't mean with how it goes about it, it shows that they can take themselves too seriously and it has fun with that.

You have to be a fan of the lifestyle to enjoy the movie but that doesn't take away from the laugh out loud moments. If you are a fan of the lifestyle then you'll end up laughing more often than those that just don't "get it".