The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
| 14 August 2008 (USA)
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All Lodge wants is for his gaming group to finish their adventure. Unfortunately, they're more interested in seducing barmaids, mooning their enemies, and setting random villagers on fire. Desperate to rein in his players, Lodge injects two newbies into the party: a non-player character controlled by Lodge, who the power gamers immediately distrust, and the rarest gamer of all -- a girl.

Reviews
Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Harockerce What a beautiful movie!
WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Aspen Orson There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.
Fudge-3 If you ever sat around a role-playing table you will see your group in this film. If you ever wanted to know what those geeks were doing then here's your chance.We follow the actions of a group of gamers and their in-game characters. In game it's a fantasy adventure. In the real world it's a comedy soap.This fan-sponsored movie is one of many by the same team. They are all entertaining but I think Dorkness Rising is the best. Great story; both in and out of the game, well rounded characters, very funny and well-crafted. This sort of movie often gets the, 'it's so bad it's brilliant,' line but The Gamers is not bad at all; it's just brilliant.The acting is just good enough, the scenery is just good enough, the costume is just good enough, the special effects are just good enough, the... you get the picture. You can see every penny has been carefully spent with scrooge-like attention. If you weant to make a comedy/romantic/fantasy/adventure and have an embarrassing budget then ask this team.
Leofwine_draca THE GAMERS: DORKNESS RISING is an indie comedy that explores the wacky world of Dungeons & Dragons and the people who play it. The story is about a real geek who wants to play the game seriously only to have his efforts thwarted by his group of friends wanting to mess around instead. This film is very cheap and slapdash, with wooden acting throughout, and some of the cosplay scenes are largely embarrassing. But there's no denying the enthusiasm of those involved, although to enjoy it you really need to be a fan of roleplaying games yourself.
N. N. There are few films that deal with things that I would consider myself an expert on, this one is.After some years of Fantasy Role Playing we split, me not leaving without a sense of shame of what I had become: a dork.You see, these things are really canonical, it happens to everybody.First you create a character fairly and it dies after the first attack.Then you help a little with the constitution, and while you're at it, why not help with strength, intelligence, intuition, charisma and dexterity too? This in turn frustrates the game master who doesn't know how to deal with this invincible gang. And after a while it bores the players too, so they start to create ever more exotic race-profession combinations, no matter how ludicrous it is.I created a Druedain warrior monk, yeah, not that far from the film.And that's not all to be said about the destructiveness of the inherent dynamic of this devilish game (think the hunt for experience points), but just watch the film, it shows it all - and of course the stupidity of its most basic premisses.For this end, in turn, there is no better profession than the bard. I don't exactly understand why the bard became a character in the first place, after all, the blacksmith is none. But once it became one, it had to be mapped into the game flow, that is: it had to be made lethal, at least indirectly. The poking of fun out of this never comes to an end and rightfully so.Sure, it's not exactly a professional production, but I haven't seen a better satire in ages.
Sylvan-5 Better than the original, "the Gamers: Dorkness Rising" manages to pull off a funny comedy with good acting, fine special effects, and comedy that transcends the "gamer" knowledge-base and do so on a low budget. I've seen many low-budget films that have been terrible and almost none that have been as good as their high-budget counterparts. This film blows most mainstream movies away! Parts are a bit weak (the bit with the pirates and ninjas -while funny- goes on a bit long without explanation and takes you out of the movie for a bit) but, overall, this is a very strong film.I'm very happy to say that I bought this film as soon as I saw it and brought it home.Any chance we can look forward to another feature Gamers movie from these guys? :)