उपयोगकर्ता समीक्षाएं

Take every standard fantasy cliche from popular fiction, role playing game conventions, fantasy cosplay etc and behold you get Mythica! A series of predictable adventures at the fan fiction level of writing, acting and effects. There is a good chance that as you watch this you will find yourself thinking, "this is just like..." or, "this reminds me of..." Ut's not exactly bad though, it's just that there is absolutely zero originality. The creatures, the characters, the quest(s) lack any sense of genuine depth, and are entirely derivative. With that said, I didn't dislike it. I just wish it was more genuinely creative and compelling.

You watch a movie on the SyFy channel, entitled "Mythica: A Quest for Heroes" and your expectations aren't set high. Released this year, and you think "uh-huh". However, Mythica, is a surprising treat.

The opening, pre-credit scene, with clunky cgi leads you to lump what's to come in with the majority of SyFy's home-grown output, but pretty soon you release this is much better.

The plot is decent enough, the script is good, and the actors give a good show, especially the female lead, in a strong, interesting role.

We're in low-budget territory, but the "flash-back/forward" scenes are nicely done, and it's only the larger 'monsters' that suffer from the lack of budget. Fight scenes are so-so, but there's a decent depth to the characters, and the story. It's pleasant, and up-lifting ... just because it's low-budget, they haven't scrimped on the script, and it's nice to see a fantasy tale handled seriously by all concerned.

The first part in three films, it stands fine by itself, whilst leading into the larger story. Some characters are a little thin, but this is 'D&D' territory, so there's a typical collection of characters to expect.

This isn't a Hollywood blockbuster, but for what it is, it does very well. I'd rather watch a movie trying to be something, than one which just pads time, without any originality. Mythica is a good, entertaining watch. Let's hope the sequels live up to this good opening.

Well done to all involved.

Was expecting more from this movie, as it did look interesting and with the right execution it could have been a fun film. In the end it wasn't bad but also not good, rather a mediocre movie with some things to make it watchable.

Melanie Stone does give a great performance as the most interesting and well-rounded character of the movie., though most of the characters while stereotypical were likable and engaging. The special effects are above average, looking rightly proportioned , don't look too cartoony and actually looking complete, the ogre is pretty intimidating. The music score is very grand and rousingly and nicely orchestrated, fitting nicely within the movie, the theme song is pretty catchy. The costumes are very nicely done and give a real sense of fantasy adventure.

For all those good things though, there were a lot of ways in which Mythica: A Quest for Heroes was lacking. The scenery can be drab, and photography is unfocused with erratic shots and fuzzy picture quality. The sound sounds very dull, and tends to favour the music, making its grandeur occasionally rather too grand, drowning out the dialogue. Not that the dialogue was anything to write about, it does sound rather trite and stilted with some awkward humour. The story does lack excitement, suspense and fun, it's all a bit predictable and bland, while the action is undermined by unexciting and too safe choreography, confused and sloppy editing and a lack of interaction between the human characters and the creatures.

The direction does show occasional inspiration but is mostly flat and the acting is at times stiff, especially from Nicola Posener. Kevin Sorbo's screen time is very limited (only five minutes) and he has next to nothing to do in this time, he can be entertaining but he goes through the motions here. Overall, not bad, not good; a mediocre quest with its moments. 5/10 Bethany Cox

...in a good way. Not even sure that's a thing anymore, but those of you of an age, and geekish as myself, will know what I'm talking about.

The story moves along well and is surprisingly well written. Acting is well done by the relatively unknown cast. If you are a fan of Sorbo, besides being in the promo photos, his role is minimal(as in maybe 3 min screen time). Plot, well I'm not giving anything away telling you this is a fantasy quest movie, heck its in the title.

Direction is well done.

CGI is...ah...well...there is some CGI. Considering the extremely low crowd-funded budget it wasn't terrible. Costumes and creatures weren't bad.

Overall, not a bad way to spend a couple hours and worth a binge watch of the whole series if you have Amazon Prime.

It isn't awful. If you are pining for more LOTR/Hobbit but know it'll be a long time before someone creates expensive movies like Jackson did, you can settle for Mythica.

Mythica is trying to channel Middle Earth franchise in every possible scene, from Ork's to shots of the party running through open fields. It's all OK, doesn't look bad and mimics LOTR movies just fine. Even the acting is fine, not amazing, but good enough to not make you laugh at people trying to act.

The problem comes with the plot and the action.

The plot is just a cliché-fest of epic proportions. Nothing you haven't seen or heard before in video games (and movies). So good luck getting invested in anything the heroes are doing. That said, the plot gives a good enough excuse to send our heroes on an adventure and that's what will keep you entertained. Until of course, the action shows up..

Why do small Indie movies insist on adding CGI that they KNOW will look bad thanks to the low budget? The Ogre is terribly done, even some houses are CGI in shots and look fake thanks to no shadows or just terrible post processing done to them. The only scene that looks good with CGI is the one where a creature chases them in the forest. That creature blends well with the environment and looks good enough (acceptable). Rest of the "action scenes" with Ogre involve our heroes acting dumb while air (CGI Ogre) hits them and they fall down while a small crippled chick beats the Ogre (cause, she's the hero.. totally believable guyz). Like Gandalf, she refuses to use her powers when they could actually use them.

In the end, movie isn't bad. It just could've been way better without spending more money at CGI (try hiring people who know how to do action scenes).

I wasn't sure about this movie when I was considering whether or not to back it on Kickstarter, but I went for it anyway. Even after the Kickstarter campaign succeeded and I got the movie, it took me a while to actually watch it, not being sure what to expect from it, while having so many other promising movies and TV shows to watch.

But when I eventually did bother to insert the DVD into my PC's drive and start watching, I was pleasantly surprised, and by the time I got to the second half, I was beating myself up for not watching it earlier! Sure, the first half of the movie is a bit slow and the entire movie is far from being a masterpiece. There were long minutes I felt like this movie might end up being a disappointment after-all. But that feeling faded away very quickly, as I kept watching, and by the end of the movie, I was sure I was going to back the second movie on Kickstarter as well. At the time of typing these words (April 24th, 2015), the campaign is coming up on its final week, so if you're reading this in time, please consider giving your support. :)

Would be so much better if they focused on character development and less on scenes of them walking around. Overall, it's ok, but could be much better.

This is one of the better D&D style movies i've watched, and I watch them all.

The special effect are sub par, so a lot of youngish viewers are going to crucify this gem. Acting B, costume B+, Plot B, Storyline B+, special effects C (good stuff on the mage/witch though), dialogue C +, direction A-, music B+, sword fight scenes D, homegrown magic scenes B+.

After watching this I had my wife watch it, and she liked it quite a bit, and thats no mean feat for a fantasy.

I was particularly impressed with how the character development was done with out viewer knowledge. Since I am now middle age, I've had a bellyful of special effects and movie glitter, I look for overall quality, I don't need state of the art effects if the rest is good, i actually kind of enjoy it.

Since I am familiar with the whole D&D thing, although I don't role play anymore since a stint in high school, I was impressed on how the movie adhered to that universe, pretty impressive feat overall.

I suppose the fight scenes could use more realistic choreograph in terms of sword stuff, but the gritty down to earth magic stuff compensated for it

The costumes and magic are more real then I am used to seeing in these style movies. Clothing was kind of disheveled and soily, magic was earthy, desperate and hurried--

overall this movie was a real treat

I agree that the movie was better than expected. It is patient where it needs to establish mood, the characters are well established and the world feels like an actual world.

There are a few scenes that stick out because of their poor quality. For me those exceptional moments only show that the movie is on a pretty okay level, otherwise ... as long as you do not compare it to big budget Hollywood movies, that is.

The stakes are fine for a first movie of a series, but the storytelling does suffer a little because the focus is mostly on the character interactions. I have hopes for part two and will be one of the people who pledge in the upcoming campaign on Kickstarter for Mythica 2: The Darkspore.

I don't mind how much indie or low budget this trash really is, that should not be an excuse for its horrible standards.

TASTEFUL VIEWERS BEWARE, BIG WASTE OF YOUR TIME AHEAD!

The actors almost all seem to be forced to do it, zero immersion from the acting.

CGI are horrendous, no matter how low budget u call it. Smoke coming out of chimneys looks so bad u wanna laugh, not to mention CGI snow and other effects. I did not make it to the spiders that others have declared 'cheap' so I don't have to do the effort of forgetting them either. I had to stop watching after about 45mns and decided to write this review as an attempt to spare others the same ordeal.

This is a good movie with a lot of positive messages in there for young women.

It's pretty ambitious and in my opinion they pulled it off. As a point of reference, the Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey cost an obscene $180 Million to make.

To me, it's important to support Independent Film and it's fantastic what they did on their limited budget with this film.

Moreover, I really appreciated Melanie Stone's performance. The optimism she portrayed in her character's thirst for adventure and for doing the right thing was 100% believable and infectious. All the cast did well, but Melanie's performance seemed especially authentic and made me want to stick around to see what happened.

I will be watching the rest of this trilogy.

The cast did as well as they could with what they had.

Some character development would have been nice. Perhaps the sequels will provide that.

Watch it on a rainy lazy afternoon.

I watched the first one (The Quest for Heroes) because it was on Amazon Prime and looked interesting. It was okay. I went a few weeks and then decided to watch the next movie, then the next day I watched the 3rd. By this time I'm used to the characters and want to find out what happened next. I watched number 4 and 5 the following day. Each one seemed to get better. Understand this, these movies are not incredibly well made. It looks like it was made for TV and not theater quality, which didn't bother me. Acting was good, filming locations where beautiful but the CGI was low budget. It really seemed like I was watching a TV series with really long episodes. Especially since this is one story broken up into 5 movies. I liked it and really wanted to watch it to the end. If you like the medieval, wizardry, love story, underdog type story...this is for you.

So your first impression of Mythica is that a group of D&D players got tired of playing on a tabletop in the basement and decided to go live action. Certainly it looks a lot like Cosplay. When a player,... um, I mean, a character swings a sword or takes a bow shot I can hear a 20-sided die rattle.

There is not much original in this first outing. Female mage runs away and heads for that cliché tavern where literally everyone whose job title is "Adventurer" hangs out waiting for work. Naturally she meets the cleric, who needs to find a McGuffin of some sort (and her missing sister), so our young heroine rounds up a fighter and a thief and off they go, as all the "real" adventurers were too busy doing,... what we don't know? I won't spoil the storyline. Suffice it to say, everyone gets to level up along the way.

My first impression is that this was a college film class project, or a post-grad effort by those trying to break into Hollywood. The sets and props, where they exist, are pretty barebones. Good thing all the action is outdoors. The plot is straight-forward. The acting is, well, variable. Kevin Sorbo may be the only recognizable name, and he appears mostly as a cameo. Most of the main cast have acted, although you may never have heard of their pre-Mythica roles. But Melanie Stone really shines as the lead, Marek. Mythica is worth it for her (and it appears to have jump-started her career.)

You have to give Mythica a break. This is an independent film, shot in Southern Utah, with a budget of, well, maybe less than 1/100,000th of what Peter Jackson spent on The Hobbit. This is not Conan or LOTR. But it does have a certain sincerity and innocence that if you are open-minded will charm you. And it is certainly no worse than the plethora of Conan clones that followed that movie. This first effort is really worth a look if you enjoy fantasy films and don't expect too much.

Ok so this began everything. Timeline wise it would have made sense to watch this before I watched the direct sequel ... I don't think I would have the sequel any better to be honest though. This slightly tops that, having fine enough visual effects - for the budget the movie has to work with that is! Do not expect anything that will make your jaw drop.

Having said that, if you are into fantasy (maybe even LARP) this will float your boat alright ... a nice group of people who seem to have fun. Hopefully same can apply to you ... which might be, if you suspend your disbelief and lower your expectations! A lot - this is not Lord of the Rings or anything close to it ...

They did not have the same budget for this Lord of the Rings-ish film, but they certainly made the most of it and I can admire that. The film has a really awesome score, though, and great costumes and great locations. Some scenes are absolute fantastic with great photography, others not so great, but certainly not bad! Ultimately, I thoroughly enjoyed this fantasy action adventure with very likable characters. There are wizards and magic throughout the film and towards the end ogres, orcs, and giant spiders - this was really entertaining! Loved it.

Couple of things to know going into this. It's an indie production without a huge budget. So the special effects and fight scenes aren't the best. Also from what I've read it's a bit of a dungeons and dragons fan piece, and once you know that the fight scenes, especially when they include magic, make more sense. Now, put all that aside.

The main characters get increasingly interesting as the 5-movie story progresses. They end up very real and human, not just fantasy "types," which is how they start out. Also, the acting gets better. Each movie has a slightly different feel. They worked a little steam punk and zombie action in there, which is fun. The scenery is gorgeous and the costumes well done.

Five movies feels like a big time commitment. I almost didn't watch this because of that, but then I thought of it as a 10-episode, single season series, which it is totally worth.

In the pantheon of poor movies, this one rates as a complete donkey. Not only a donkey, but one with half its teeth missing and a wooden leg. Annoying really - I had such high hopes. *Sighs*