dead gentleman production have put together a film with amazing production value consider their budget . anyone that have ever play any role playing game and particularly any fantasy rpg ( they play dungeon and dragon in the movie ) will love this movie . brilliant performance all around especially with regard to the dual nature of the principle and play their player and their character . anyone who have ever film or act in a student film will appreciate the amount of work and love they put into this project . this movie ( and it prequel ) be to fantasy movie and role playing game what blaze saddle be to westerns parody of the high order . i only have a couple minor complaint about the movie itself and none of which will prevent me from buy the dvd as soon a it available ( only 6 more week i be count the day ) represent 1. when lodge be talk to joanna about join the game group and he hand her a copy of the dungeon and dragon player handbook and say this will tell you everything you need to know . the camera hovers too long on a shot of the book and and the moment really seem like a commercial . 2. the joke be hilarious and but they seem unevenly spread throughout the movie . the last third of the movie and after the almost continuous barrage of visual and verbal humor precede it and slow down a bit and a if the narrative be catch up with the joke . odd and but blaze saddle always strike me that way as well . . . and i love that movie and too . one of the narrative strength of the story be the unresolved nature of the romantic subplot . will joanna become the gm girlfriend . will she go back to cass . or will the three maintain a platonic friendship and deepen by the camaraderie of role playing . ( yes that sound sappy and but there be a couple of saccharine moment and particularly when cass and lodge make up at the end . ) but the movie span one week represent in term of human relationship and those question could not be answer in a week . the fact that the character relationship be leave undefined strike me a good than the more classical choice you see in most movie and like the girl get her prince and they move into the castle and or the prince sink into the north atlantic after three trite and tedious and and predictable hour . the writer really seem to have a grasp of the psychology of the character and and you can see the character ( both the gamers and the player character ) change over the course of the movie and but not suddenly and and not unbelievably . i would love to hear more wisdom from brother silence . the man who stand out in darkness be . . . fluorescent .