Empire Queen: The Golden Age of Magic

After years long of following the music videos, I finally watched this over the weekend. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I recently met Chris, Jason and some of the cast at a con convention and seriously, I have not enough positive words. These people deserve great success. I've had a creative dream of my own for decades now and learned in speaking with them that I should at least try it. These happy souls made me laugh and I'll never forget the generosity in their encouraging words. I had no idea they did this all without any studio backing, a good budget, or fancy Hollywood tricks. This film is for all the dreamers out there that dare to be courageous and actually take action on their dreams. Mad respect guys!

Rocco and the guys at MEGA64 Podcast gave this film a great review on their YouTube show. So we thought we would check it out on Amazon Prime. I watched it with my girlfriend and we both had such a good time. We thought it was funny, exciting and just a good time movie. The locations are fantastic. It looks like an expensive indy film, and we totally celebrate that. Am getting kind of tired of the 200Mil studio flix and their overly done CGI,. This movie had a good balance of real world locations that made us feel like we took a vacation for 2+ hours. Thanks Mega64, you are right, this is a really fun film, that made for a terrific weekend watch.

Don't know where to start with this.

I love a campy fantasy as much as the next man, but this is just a bit pants.

The acting. Wooden, but not wooden in an over played kind of way, it's just, well.. it's wooden.

Think a porn film, & you're close. Some of the actors & actresses look like any second they're going to "whip out my magic wand", if you get what I mean.

The sound is also, haha, wooden. As if recorded within a shed. There's a bit of an echo, bit of background noise. It's just not ever so clear. Some of the sound is also off, not matching up with the actions.

The backgrounds. Not gonna believe this, but it looks wooden. A mass of CGI for interior shots. Looks okay, but looks very flat.

Me & the missus managed about half a painful hour of this before giving up.

I'm giving it a FOUR as it's a good attempt.

I wanted to like it, I wanted it to be not too serious.

It's not for me...

I knew this was an indie and wasn't sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised when I finally watched it. Empire Queen totally delivers! The comedy is adorably charming, with laugh-out-loud moments that are as cute as they are clever. The action is well thought out and enjoyable, balancing excitement with playful twists. Not to mention the stunning locations. I love the feeling of being exported to another world, adding a magical backdrop to this whimsical adventure. Empire Queen is a must-watch for anyone who loves a fun, feel-good film that doesn't take itself too seriously.

I would love to see a sequel!

We were very pleasantly surprised by how fun and adventures this new fantasy film is. Plus, the cinematography, costumes and score are first class, and really lifted the experience for us.

We noticed that its not a studio film either, rather an independent, which makes it even more impressive. Our whole family really enjoyed it. Laughed out loud a few times too. (Fart Dart-Ha)

It's very good for kids. (our son is 10 and daughter 14) It has a Princess Bride flavor to it, and that is rare. We gave it 8 Stars, and would watch it again (especially my son)

Of note, the two female leads, Ciel Post, and Mary Elise Hayden, are terrific playing against each other.

At first we were concern by the longer running time, and worried the kids might get bored. Its not the case here, we were surprised how fast and well paced the movie is. - Hope they do a sequel!