Very disappointing...

i must have seen a different film!!

Don't Believe the Hype

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

RELEASED IN 2015 and directed by Anne K. Black, "Mythica: The Darkspore" is the second film in the five-film fantasy/adventure series about a limping servant girl with blossoming magical powers named Merek (Melanie Stone), who teams-up with a heroic warrior, Thane (Adam Johnson), a miscreant lothario, Dagen (Jake Stormoen), a priestess, Teela (Nicola Posener), and a hunky elf, Qole (Rocky Myers), for a journey to obtain all the shards of the Darkspore to keep it from the diabolical Szorlok (Matthew Mercer). Kevin Sorbo has a cameo.The story takes place in an adventurous Medieval-like world where sorcery, elves, orcs, dragons and other fantasy creatures are real. If you like The Lord of the Rings, D&D, Warcraft, Conan or Sinbad you'll probably like the Mythica franchise. These movies were partly funded by a Kickstarter campaign with all the movies costing less than $100,000, except the fifth and final one. The first movie, "A Quest for Heroes," cost $94,294 while this sequel cost $81,099. The production quality is incredible for such meager budgets, particularly if you're familiar with micro-budget productions. The Mythica films are basically just as good production-wise as "Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God" (2005), a TV movie that cost a whopping $15 million (for a TV flick, that is)."The Darkspore" is disappointing in comparison to the dynamic first film, in particular the first half where the transition from "A Quest for Heroes" is clumsy and unexciting. Thankfully, things perk up in the second half and make up for the weak first act, especially a fight with a dragon in the desert. In any case, be sure to see "A Quest for Heroes" before viewing this one. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 47 minutes. WRITERS: Anne K. Black, Jason Faller and Kynan Griffin. GRADE: B-

REALLY? Really Anne Black? This is like watching a Chinese action movie where everyone stands around doing nothing until hero tries to kick them, then they fall in the most dramatic fashion possible.Action, is just terrible in this movie. John Wick is a movie with low budget and that has some of the best action scenes ever done. Then again, John Wick didn't spend most of its budget doing laughably bad rendition of Hobbit, unlike Mythica.Action is so bad that Mythica makes you doubt whether the guy wielding a huge sword can actually use it or not. In MOST shots featuring enemy Orks, you will actually see them standing around doing nothing. Really, they aren't even pretending to be in a fight. They are just standing watching the "fight".Then there is the terrible CGI. Which is back and unlike the first movie, doesn't have a single convincing shot present. Why? WHY waste money on CGI that looks like it's from a console game from 90s? Spend that money hiring people who can teach your actors to fight and find someone to shoot action scenes like they should be shot (that is, don't show guys standing around idly thinking about meaning of life, in the background).Everything else? Well I don't know. This movie somehow manages to make the heroes look even dumber, especially the thief who at the end doesn't seem to be bothered by the heroine stealing his life to use her necro powers to the point that he can't feel his fingers. I'd be pretty angry, honestly.Now going to go watch the third movie, hoping they improved it. I wanted better than the first one, Anne made it worse with second. I am hoping third is going to be an improvement after all the feedback she got.. hoping.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is all about the characters in my opinion. The actors in this movie, and series, bring such life to the roles they play. In this movie you simply get a chance to meet the characters and go on a little adventure with them. But in the next movie you really get a chance to delve deeper into them. Aside from the incredible acting, the scenery and filmography is incredible. The large shots in the outdoors is breathtaking and the indoor sets are very believable. Lastly, the score matches the movie in grandeur. I even bought the CD to listen to the music while driving! All in all, not only should you watch this movie but, even more importantly, watch the next one to really get a feel for where this series is going!

Low budget excellent entertainment! I am a great fan of fantasy and dungeons and dragons (the game). Quite a lot of movies were made with D&D in mind. Some better than others, usually on a low budget and sometimes a bit too much wanting it to be "just like the game". This might give you the feeling that acting and the stage feel a bit forced. However in the Mythica series it is not as prominent, although visible every once in a while. But really get sucked in the story and forget to pay to much detail to the low budget scenes and environments. In a way a sort of nice "I could be there" feeling, which I like about these kind of movies. If you are in to fantasy and play dungeons and dragons you will not be disappointed! Watch these movies and enjoy! Don't expect blockbusting setups or scenes but let these actors and plot suck you in and entertain you.