Post originally by Reverendo at 2004-09-08 18:58:50
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I can't help but agree with the review. The Gamers is a very, VERY funny movie, and one that shows great knowledge of every silly or questionable (yet still charming and playable!) aspect surrounding the whole "old-school dungeon-crawling" style of gaming. Technicaly speaking is very lacking (I'm talking about lighting, cinematography, make-up, FX, etc), but that never gets in the way of the fun, and rather contributes to the overal "geekiness" of it all. In fact, the only real criticism I have is that it's TOO BLOODY SHORT; and that's great praise indeed. I want more! MORE!

As a side comment, my wife is a non-gamer (though she has played plenty of console and computer RPGs, and has a fair knowledge of how PnP RPGs work after hearing me talk a lot about them :P) and enjoyed the movie immensely. More often than not, she was cracking up louder than I was.

And if I may nitpick a bit on your review, I have to say that (for my tastes) you spoil a bit too much of the movie's different gags. But that's probably because I always want to watch films with as little previous knowledge about them as possible (barely enough to know if they might interest me or not, and not an ounce more) so it could be just me. Other than that, well done!