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We scouted “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” and can confirm that it’s a veritable treasure

At long last, a D&D movie of which gamers need not be ashamed. Here's our list of its attributes and bonuses

Published March 31, 2023 12:00PM (EDT)

Past cinematic exploits marching under the “Dungeon & Dragons” name have made plenty of us hesitant to trust any stirrings of excitement related to “Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.” Veterans seem to be the most adamant skeptics. They have their justifications – namely, three of them, all of which fly the “Dungeons & Dragons” banner.

Younglings may not fully comprehend the apprehension, and that’s understandable. To those gamers, Dungeons & Dragons has always been acceptable. Between the celebrity endorsements and its “Stranger Things” mainstreaming, people take the brand’s relatively recent broad appeal for granted.

This forgets the high fantasy wasteland that came before Peter Jackson’s 2001 adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring.”

One year before the release of “Fellowship” its distributor, New Line Cinema, put its name behind another sword and sorcery adaptation that Salon’s executive editor Andrew O’Hehir, in his previous life as this site’s movie critic, condemned with, “This fantasy crap, fake-o effects and all, betrays princes of dice, masters of graph and wielders of bong.” The first “Dungeons & Dragons” also stars Thora Birch and Jeremy Irons instead of Cate Blanchett and Sir Ian McKellen.

The success of “The Lord of the Rings” movies catapulted Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins, into the next echelon of superstardom. Meanwhile Justin Whalin, the lead of “Dungeons &........

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