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The Gamers: Dorkness Rising | 
 enlarge | Director: Matt Vancil
Studio: Dead Gentlemen Productions
Category: DVD
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 14358
Format: Color, Dolby, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DAFDR23000
UPC: 828221230002
EAN: 0828221230002
ASIN: B000MR9EQM
Theatrical Release Date: August 19, 2008
Release Date: August 19, 2008
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Product Description
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 distrust: a non-player character controlled by Lodge, who the power gamers immediately distrust, and the rarest gamer of all -- a girl. Can the group overcome their bickering to save the kingdom, or will the evil necromancer Mort Kemnon triumph unopposed? A parody of fantasy films and the adventure gaming community, The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is a hilarious romp through the world of sword and sorcery -- in this case, a world of exploding peasants, giant house cats, and undead roast turkeys. Game on!
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The "Galaxy Quest" of Gaming October 5, 2008
As I've written on the review for Galaxy Quest...this is a movie written by someone who loves the genre. It was a laugh out loud, spill drink great time.
Every gaming group has their poor game master, who tries to straddle the line between the story and each of the players and their egos. The look on the GM's face when his story created an unusal but satifying character boon for his NPC was priceless.
Every group has the ego nut who wants to stick with the rules when it suits him but wants to bring out a light saber and a machine gun when he's in a tight spot--and ends up arguing with all the players and the GM.
Then there is the newbie who finds a way to make her character work and because it is her first and only character, refuses to allow that character to die--or the mission to fail. This forces the others in the group to actually finish the campaign--and for the rest of the group to enjoy the game.
The other two players were also priceless. The gender reversal sorcerer was too funny...how many guys (or gals) try their hand at playing the opposite sex and find themselves in the unsavory position of having to play not just a character but a creature that they simply have no idea how they think or feel?
But my favorite "gag" player was the second of these two players...who kept dying. It is the bane of all old time gamers...once a player learns that he can create another character, he loses his edge and the need to survive.
Anyone who has ever gamed will see themselves and others in this movie.
Incredible good time!
Great Stuff September 28, 2008
Hi,
i loved "The Gamers" and "Dorkness Rising" is even better. I spent half
the movie rolling and laughing on the floor. You need to be a pen&paper
role player to enjoy this one, but if you are, prepare for seeing your
worst nightmare coming to life: bickering players, random killings,
jealousy in full flower, overpowered items and a gamemaster in love.
Have fun, Martin
Hilarious September 20, 2008
Okay, if you're not into D&D and the like, this might not be 5-stars for you-- probably more of a 3/4-star movie-- it is still pretty funny. However, if you're a gamer, this is totally hilarious. The number of insider gamers-dom references is pretty good: Norwick comic, KoDT, and Holy Grail come to mind and they're probably more I don't get.
 Laughter rising! September 18, 2008
If you're a gamer of any type and can laugh at yourself then this movie is or you. The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is movie that spoofs the role-playing and gaming cultures that anyone who has ever rolled up an imaginary character or played a collectible card game can relate to.
The movie begins in what looks like a low budget fantasy film but this is just a setup to what the movie is about. The first scene of the movie is actually what is transpiring in the players "imagination". This is a going theme throughout the entire film, switching between the real world and the imaginary one.
The story of Dorkness Rising centers around Lodge, a frustrated Dungeon Master who is trying to write a gaming module based on the adventure he is running with his players. Lodges frustration stems from that his playing group are more concerned about just gaining loot and getting laid in his game world than trying to advance the story. So throughout the movie he is in constant conflict with his group, mainly with the power gamer/rules lawyer guy.
All of this leads to some pretty genuinely funny moments in the game world and the real world portions of the film.
You have the power gamer playing a monk and attacking goblin totems and breaking of its "gobdong" and using it as a fake nose. You have the goofy guy playing a girl, who subsequently forgets "in game" that he is playing a girl and tries hitting on the other female character in the film. Then you have the other guy trying to play the character who lays every female in the game including getting laid by his other friend in the film that is playing the female character(two guys making a roll to see if their characters can bump uglies then high fiving when they succeed, even though one character is a female seems a little bit...off kilter, but anywho!), and who even with a surplus of character sheets ends up dying in the movie up toward the count of 30 times. He dies so much in fact that the heroes end up taking cover behind his mound of dead characters to attack a demon.
All of these elements allow the movie to have a good sense of humor and lets you get to know the characters in kind of a unique way.
I do have some minor complaints about the movie though. I feel the movie at times tries to be a little too serious in spots than it has a right to be. These scenes usually are in relation to the character Lodge when he is stressing out about getting his module written. To me it just seemed a little more dramatized than what really needed to be in a movie like this. Another thing that I feel may put off some other viewers is that I have read elsewhere on the Net that this movie can be watched by someone that has never gamed before or has only a casual knowledge of gaming. I felt after watching the film this may not be the case. I feel the humor by and large would only be "gotten" by a gaming viewer and someone who didn't know anything about gaming or the people that play them would feel kind of lost. There were some parts that even I felt the humor was a little flat, and I game. But maybe that's just a personal opinion.
My final quibble with the film is that I felt sometimes the actors really Hammed it up more than was really required, and part of that was intentional due to the fact that when they are in "the game world" they tried to portray it in a way that was over the top and I understand where they are coming from, but there were parts I felt that some of the actors tried a little "too" hard in this regard.
However, don't let these minor objections get in the way of watching what is a very enjoyable, funny movie. Despite it's low budget they do a very good job with their set pieces, The Inn scene is actually inside of a car garage,fooled me! The actors by and large are pretty good and deliver their lines very well.
Highly recommended.
SHORYUKEN!<------Watch the movie and you'll see what I mean.
TJ
Good, but not as fun as earlier works September 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Dead Gentlemen Productions (DGP). From the original Gamers movie to great shorts like the Rap video, the Universe is Big, to their spoof on a critical review of D&D 4.0, etc., I have been a big supporter and fan of their work.
As soon as I heard that they had a new DVD coming out, I immediately went out an pre-ordered it.
I feel a little guilty about confessing that I did not enjoy this production as much as earlier DGP works. In retrospect, it is not that the DVD is poorly done. This movie was different than what I had expected.
It is a good movie, and there are funny and clever bits. The production values are excellent, and there is a lot more polish in the final version than in the earlier works.
But, it is not what I was looking for when I ordered the DVD. The DGP earlier works were just purely "put your mind in neutral" silly romps. This one made you think a bit and ponder a message (that there is a balance between storytelling and hack and slash).
There is real sexual tension between the GM and one of the players. There are jokes, but there are also some serious moments and conflicts.
I liked it, but if you are looking for pure fun and gamer silliness then you might be better off renting this one first.
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