After reading the other reviews, I can only conclude that either the reviewers were paid to say complimentary things, or else they saw a completely different movie than the one that got filmed.
"Knights of Badassdom" is disappointing. The plot is that of a very standard evil-monster movie, with no surprises. Normally, it would disappear without a ripple and never see the light of day except on DVD for fans of obscure, poorly-written films. The acting is mediocre, the filming is average, and the production values are, at best, unexceptional.
The only bit of novelty here, and indeed, the only bright spot in the film at all, is the fact that the producers chose to make the lead characters be live-action role-players. This is indeed unusual, and the humor in the film comes about nearly exclusively from the parody of the various clichés of role-playing, and gaming in general. Some of this was reasonably well done, and is entirely why I gave the film a rating of 5; without it, the film would have gotten a 3, as being a standard, low-budget, gore-filled monster movie.
Considering the respectable amount of effort put into the production, the result is rather sad; one would think that they could have come up with a better and more interesting script.
Ultimately, the movie is mildly entertaining, but for the wrong reasons. It's funny mainly because it's so ridiculous in its portrayal of the characters. The audience laughs frequently - but mostly when someone gets killed. Kind of the way you laugh at a really inept home video. This is unfortunate in a movie where the actors and crew worked so hard.
Overall, the film is only notable for being one of the few to mention LARPers at all. Fans of LARPing will be tickled. Fans of phony blood will enjoy seeing plenty of it scattered around.
Other than that, it's completely forgettable. Save your money.
"Knights of Badassdom" is disappointing. The plot is that of a very standard evil-monster movie, with no surprises. Normally, it would disappear without a ripple and never see the light of day except on DVD for fans of obscure, poorly-written films. The acting is mediocre, the filming is average, and the production values are, at best, unexceptional.
The only bit of novelty here, and indeed, the only bright spot in the film at all, is the fact that the producers chose to make the lead characters be live-action role-players. This is indeed unusual, and the humor in the film comes about nearly exclusively from the parody of the various clichés of role-playing, and gaming in general. Some of this was reasonably well done, and is entirely why I gave the film a rating of 5; without it, the film would have gotten a 3, as being a standard, low-budget, gore-filled monster movie.
Considering the respectable amount of effort put into the production, the result is rather sad; one would think that they could have come up with a better and more interesting script.
Ultimately, the movie is mildly entertaining, but for the wrong reasons. It's funny mainly because it's so ridiculous in its portrayal of the characters. The audience laughs frequently - but mostly when someone gets killed. Kind of the way you laugh at a really inept home video. This is unfortunate in a movie where the actors and crew worked so hard.
Overall, the film is only notable for being one of the few to mention LARPers at all. Fans of LARPing will be tickled. Fans of phony blood will enjoy seeing plenty of it scattered around.
Other than that, it's completely forgettable. Save your money.