{"id":9814,"date":"2014-02-21T08:46:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T14:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=9814"},"modified":"2014-02-21T08:46:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T14:46:21","slug":"knights-of-badassdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=9814","title":{"rendered":"Knights of Badassdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page1\" id=\"storyBody\">\n<p><b>IDIOTS MIGHT GRIN<\/b> when they see a fiery-eyed, supernatural Peter Dinklage give a knowing smile while avenging his bloody death at the teeth and talons of a hell-spawned succubus near the end of <i>Knights of Badassdom.<\/i> (Whoops! Spoiler alert!) He&#8217;s a badass in <i>Game of Thrones<\/i>! And now he&#8217;s a badass in a movie about live-action role-playing! How perfect!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s an accident. A stupid accident. <i>Knights of Badassdom<\/i> was shot almost three years ago, before the benefit of a thematic tie-in with a far superior product. And until it was summoned forth, it had been left to rot in the Negative Material Plane of Tinseltown. Where it belongs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Knights of Badassdom<script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/i> doesn&#8217;t know what kind of campy movie it wants to be. It starts off with promise, as the world is ready for a poke at role-playing nerds done with nuance, intelligence, and some in-the-know affection. But the gags (I laughed maybe twice during the whole movie, and I don&#8217;t even remember what at) never get any deeper than sissy\/masturbation\/thee-thou-verily riffs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then the whole thing lurches between a stoner-style breakup comedy and gore fest, both lacking cleverness. The occult business comes after an insecure wannabe wizard (Steve Zahn) overreaches by using a real-life occult spell book to summon a demon\u2014except the demon looks just like his heartbroken friend&#8217;s ex-girlfriend. I got so bored, I dozed off during the big battle at the end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And yet, almost in spite of itself, <i>Knights<\/i> still does two things okay: <i>Firefly<\/i>&#8216;s Summer Glau plays the toughest, smartest, and most fearless character in the whole movie, and <i>True Blood<\/i>&#8216;s Ryan Kwanten is a pretty wicked metal singer. Metal winds up saving the day when Dinklage can&#8217;t. 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