It seems like Chris Pine's arms have gotten really small while his neck has gotten really big. Maybe he needs to vary his workout routine.
The above trailer is the first one that made the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons movie look any good to me. Since it does so by cutting out all the hackneyed jokes in the other trailers ("He missed!" Of course he didn't), which are presumably still in the film, I still think it's going to be a terrible movie.
Chris Pine is such a good leading actor. How was he reduced to this? Is it the arms? Anyway, I saw the above trailer ahead of the new Ant-Man movie at a Japanese movie theatre. The film's Japanese marketing team must be smarter than its American counterpart. Or maybe just having some distance precludes the possibility of flaws being hidden behind a veil of pride.
It's weird how much this movie seems to be adopting the same disastrous tactic of the previous D&D bomb; trying desperately to make it a hip modern movie for mainstream audiences. Meanwhile, all those bestselling Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms books gather dust. At least this movie is set in the Forgotten Realms setting. But judging from the artwork in the newest Players Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide, the franchise doesn't seem to be under the best stewardship at the moment.
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