Chris Pine loves that Dungeons & Dragons is an escape from our “shitty” world
Pine also loved not having to do any stunts for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
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Chris Pine appeared in a certain movie last year that (spoiler alert) was ultimately about men escaping from their shitty real lives and going into a fantasy world, and while it was kind of a bad thing in that movie, Pine is now arguing that—separated from a misogynistic VR world or whatever—that kind of thing is actually pretty cool. In a way. He’s actually suggesting that crowd-pleasing blockbuster movies are a great form of escapism, which isn’t especially controversial, but the point stands.
Pine made that argument while speaking with Variety at the premiere of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, saying that he’s actually watched that movie more than most of his other movies because he keeps going to screenings so he can see it with an audience. “To come out and see audience’s faces, you see exactly what cinema should do, which is people are, like, alive. They want to talk about it. They’re in a great mood,” Pine explained, adding, “They world is so shitty, so why not use this vehicle—big-budget cinema—to make people feel better.”
But this shitty world isn’t the only thing that Pine is escaping from, since he also mentioned to Variety that he managed to get out of doing any dumb old stunt work for Honor Among Thieves. “I don’t do any stunts in this film,” he told Variety, “Nothing. I have no action. All I do is run. Run away from shit.” Pine noted that everybody else in the movie—who he calls “poor schmucks—had to do “all this martial arts training on the weekends,” but he was just “taking walks on the beach” and “reading” and watching Netflix. “I had a great time,” he said. Yeah, we can imagine! He makes moviemaking sound great!
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Did he do any pining for the fjords?
This sounds more like the place beyond the Pines.
Nobody:Barsanti: Chris Pine appeared in a certain movie last yearMe: Stop! Nobody asked about that stupid move. Just stop bringing it up when it is completely unnecessary. Is that Barsanti? Why am I even surprised.
Pine went on to say that his favorite thing about the movie is that it feels like a movie, like a real go to the theater film movie.
Chris Pine appeared in a certain movie last year that (spoiler alert) was ultimately about men escaping from their shitty real lives and going into a fantasy world, and while it was kind of a bad thing in that movie, Pine is now arguing that—separated from a misogynistic VR world or whatever—that kind of thing is actually pretty cool. In a way. He’s actually suggesting that crowd-pleasing blockbuster movies are a great form of escapism, which isn’t especially controversial, but we gotta get those clicks and that hit of self-righteousness fueled dopamine somehow, so we’re certainly gonna redundantly stretch his point to make it seem like it was!
You know what else lets you escape from the real world?I mean, I’m not saying you should. But I am sayin’.
Honestly, if I were in a movie that seemed as fun as this one, I’d want to see it several times with the audience as well.
Stated in his laconic house style as usual, but he’s spot-on that it’s a great feeling walking out of a theater having really enjoyed something, with a definite shared energy among the audience.
Yeah, last movie I walked out of and felt a shared energy with the audience was Endgame. I’ll wait for audience reviews (read: my friends) before I go see this one, but I’m optimistic about the D&D movie.
Maverick for me. Place exploded into applause at the end.And I’m never optimistic about D&D-esque/swords & sorcerers movies given the history but I’ll probably give this one a shot at some point.