There really should be no need to say anything about The Maltese Falcon: everything about it is just awesome
It's my favorite movie of all time (others on my Top 10 list include Caddyshack and Michael Mann's Last of the Mohicans). If I were smart enough and ballsy enough, I'd be just like Sam Spade.
Watched the first 40 minutes of the new Conan the Barbarian. Looks pretty cool to me. Gonna go finish it up!
House of Flying DaggersI have hard time remembering which one was House of Flying Daggers and which one was Hero, but luckily my compound-mate has both of them, so maybe I'll watch them again, soon.
He also bought that samurai trilogy that Paizo recommends in Jade Regent and, although I haven't seen them yet, he says they're awesome!
EDIT: After watching the trailer, oh yeah, I remember this now.
If you like Yimou Zhang, do yourself a favor and watch Curse of the Golden Flower and Raising the Red Lantern.
They are, IMO, better than Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
Also, Musa The Warrior by south-corean director Sung-su Kim is probably one of the best action movie set in medieval china.
^Get the Shogun Assassin movies. If you have a blu ray player get RED CLIFF by John Woo, excellent battle sequences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1U7OWghrq8
I get my best gaming inspiration from non-fantasy stuff: houstonderek is sure to have recognized stuff ripped off from The Maltese Falcon and Rio Bravo, for example.
Yeah. D&D plots seem much closer to Westerns than any sort of fantasy that shows up in TV/movies. I've been watching Have Gun Will Travel, and apart from being a single adventurer instead of a party, most of those episodes are like neat little encounters.
^Get the Shogun Assassin movies. If you have a blu ray player get RED CLIFF by John Woo, excellent battle sequences.
I've been watching Have Gun Will Travel, and apart from being a single adventurer instead of a party, most of those episodes are like neat little encounters.
Paladin! -- that'll have to be next on my list.
I'm working my way through Season 1 of Mission: Impossible (produced by HGWT alum Bruce Geller, BTW) -- and they totally have an adventuring party with a leader (Steven Hill), a rogue (Martin Landau), a wizard/tech guru (Greg Morris), a strong fighter (Peter Lupus), and a "face"/bard (Barbara Bain).
Does anyone have a good suggestion for Fantasy Anime? I love lodoss wars, and ninja scroll. I tried to watch Slayers but it was high on humour low on fantasy.
is there good fantasy anime in the vein of Ninja scroll and Lodoss War?
Any suggestions are welcome, but preferably ones available for streaming on netflix.
Mission: Impossible[/i] (produced by HGWT alum Bruce Geller, BTW) -- and they totally have an adventuring party with a leader (Steven Hill), a rogue (Martin Landau), a wizard/tech guru (Greg Morris), a strong fighter (Peter Lupus), and a "face"/bard (Barbara Bain).
I used to watch Mission: Impossible all the time when I was in middle school/high school and it was showing on cable. The adventuring party thing was really awesome.
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Does anyone have a good suggestion for Fantasy Anime? I love lodoss wars, and ninja scroll. I tried to watch Slayers but it was high on humour low on fantasy.
is there good fantasy anime in the vein of Ninja scroll and Lodoss War?
Any suggestions are welcome, but preferably ones available for streaming on netflix.
Not really fantasy, but one of my favorite anime series is Samurai Champloo. Episode 1
Pan's Labyrinth, Clash of the Titans (both), The Mummy Returns and the jurassic park series.
Most monsters = win as i'm not into heroes.
Mission Impossible is by far my most hated movie EVER.
Mission Impossible is by far my most hated movie EVER.
We were talking about the (totally unrelated) TV show of the same name, that ran from ca. 1966-1973 -- so get off our lawn!
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I truly am surprised that no one has mentioned this, but this is ever so D&D. Carl Cascone, this might be what you are looking for, but I can't tell yet.
Fairy Tail
Yeah, thats right. I said it. You can find it on the internet because it is so popular for Nerds like me. That intro before the theme gives me chills, man.
As for movies, The Goonies has a great feel for adventure in a party.
For all those who say to dump a stat, watch Get Smart, talk about dumping INT!
There are clearly many, as evidenced by the length of this thread.
Just a note that the single worst movie I have seen in a theater was Ator. It was an Italian low-budget schlock film made to cash in on the success of the first Conan. There were three sequels that I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole (meaning I won't even think about seeing them).
I mean, this thing makes Beastmaster look like Lord of the Rings.
For those of you have haven't read Robert E. Howard's Conan tales, THOSE will put you in a D&D frame of mind far better than the movies.
The Scarlet Citadel is simply AMAZING when you consider that it was written and published in 1933. There was no LOTR, no D&D, barely any sword and sorcery fiction (Lieber, Moorcock et al were decades away).
That is a better D&D-ish story than anything I've read or watched on the screen.
Just re-watched [/i]Sindbad, Legend of the Seven Seas[i] and it never fails to put me in a fantasy RPG mood. If you haven't seen it, don't be daunted by it kiddy cover; its worth it.
I remember back then mining the movie for my Planescape games.
Particular mention for Michelle Pfeiffer as goddess of chaos...
Dragonslayer with Peter MacNicol, totally puts me in a D&D mood; just don't ask me about Ladyhawke...
No love for the Hong Kong kung fu movies? Off hand I can name the Mr. Vampire series and Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind.
Kind of depressing how rarely the D&D movies get mentioned...
Blood of Heroes
Rollerball (the original)
Tenkuu no Escaflowne
and a bunch of stuff already listed
It didn't make me want to play any roleplaying games, but Sunshine was so awesome that I had to post it here.
There is no Requiem for a Dream music, though. Why do they have to use that everywhere?
It didn't make me want to play any roleplaying games, but Sunshine was so awesome that I had to post it here.
The trailer looks awful, but I'd watch it just for Michelle Yeoh!
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There is no Requiem for a Dream music, though. Why do they have to use that everywhere?
Because it's awesome, duh.
Here are a few more.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Plunkett & Macleane
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Solomon Kane
Flesh+Blood
Legend
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Willow
Night Watch
Day Watch
And oh, Perfume is a wonderful film. It captures the feel of Ravenloft so well. A friend of mine described it as "the story of a man cursed with an extreme sense of smell." It's gorgeous.
Brotherhood of the Wolf, Elizabeth, and Golden Age were incredible. For the longest time, Legend was my favorite film, and Tim Curry is perfect. I tried watching Willow recently, but I couldn't get through it anymore--everyone is such a caricature. My wife said it was a pity, because there's a good story hidden in some rather terrible direction.
Not exactly in the mood for DnD, but for Exalted
Princess Mononoke
Detective Dee and the phantom flame
Croaching tiger, hidden dragon.
House of flying daggers
Xam'ed(series)
Ranma 1/2
@Kirth--Huh. The Sunshine trailer looked awesome to me.
@IVV--I really wanted to love Brotherhood of the Wolf, but in the end I didn't. I do remember some heaving Monica Bellucci, though, so maybe I'll rewatch it. Willow is the shiznit! (Haven't watched it in 20 years.)
Not sure if it classes as 'fantasy' or 'horror', but I just watched Guillermo del Torro's 'Don't be afraid of the Dark' - and was blown away.
I had no expectations of it, indeed I'd not heard of it till tonight, but I just put it on at a whim and ... wow, this is how jinxkin should be played in D&D/PF.
No humour, all horror. Very cool. There are some great scenes. If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it.
It didn't make me want to play any roleplaying games, but Sunshine was so awesome that I had to post it here.The trailer looks awful, but I'd watch it just for Michelle Yeoh!
Sunshine had me involved (that is is, it worked on every hard science fiction level) up until the airlock rupture moment, when it turned into "oh, and uh, there's a crazed psycho killer running around!" Moon on the other hand, is the best sci-fi movie I've seen in the latter half of the most recent decade.
stuff that needs a spoiler
Aaargh! Hitdice, spoiler that shiznit!
But I totally agree. Haven't had the chance to see Moon yet.
I watched Black Death the other day and thought it was pretty good.
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The Scarlet Citadel is simply AMAZING when you consider that it was written and published in 1933. There was no LOTR, no D&D, barely any sword and sorcery fiction (Lieber, Moorcock et al were decades away).That is a better D&D-ish story than anything I've read or watched on the screen.
I have a copy. It's in the Coming of Conan, which reprints REH's original published stories.
I am surprised that no one mentioned The Court Jester!
I looked over my list again last night and noticed a grievous error. I wrote down "The Mummy" (the Brenda Frasier one). That of course should've read "Brendan Frasier". Brenda was a girl I went to high school with. Sheesh.
I'd like to add "Solomon Kane" to my list, as well. There's also a 40 minute movie based on the story "Call of Cthulhu" that was done in a 1920s style silent movie format. It's a lot of fun and just neat to watch. OH, and "Nosferatu".
The Lion in Winter
Not a fantasy movie and it doesn't inspire D&D so much as Amber plot ideas.
It's a Christmas movie, okay. ;)
I'll add the Daft Punk film to the list
Anime: Gate
I simply love the anachronistic-Ness.
To me it basically equates to what a group of adventurers does in a game world, but this time it's caused by technological differences.
I truly do love it.
It also has the whole party mechanic going on.
Gate is basically a dnd world that comes into contact with modern day Japan. The Japanese SDF set up a beach head in dnd land and shenanigans ensue
Pirates of the Caribbean, all of them.
Maybe not the last one...
I never saw the last one.
I only saw the first one....wont subject myself that that again.
I loved the first 3.