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I love history films. I watch almost any history movies and series - even enjoyed the last remake of the Alamo which didn't do too well. But this docu series is just bad in so many ways. Historical accuracy is atrocious and on top of that the acting and script is more of a bad soap opera than a respectable history series. Normally I would say if you are a lover of history then watch a series like this but pass if you are not. In this case I wouldn't even suggest this show for history buffs.

What is especially sad is there may be a generation of young people who watch this and believe this made-up, fantasy history is actual fact and truth our our world history.

I love fantasy novels and have been a big fan of D&D for decades. When I saw this movie coming out I thought great...time for D&D fun for more people...I especially thought with the lead actor (he was great in Star Trek) that this would be a good one.

Unfortunately, the story and writing is terrible. Cliched dialogue, terrible attempts at humor..it's really bad (I guess they were trying to me like the Marvel movies which do carry humor well but this move is funny as slipping on a banana peel). The Only reason I sat through the entire movie was I'm a big D&D fan.

But unless you are a die hard D&D fan (as there are very few other movies on this topic)., use your movie dollars for a different fantasy movie.

I'm a sucker for sci-fi movies and this one had a good overall premise and very good special effects so worth a watch from this aspect. Kudos to the special effects team. A big but is the acting is just terrible, especially the male lead actor as he has to be one of the worst stillted actors I've seen in a while. And Rihanna who I think is one of the sexiest, good singers around should stick to singing. Maybe it wasn't the actors and just the terrible script writers and casting director who threw in every imaginable cliches, and stereotype.