Over the last couple years I’ve become more and more infatuated with documentaries. Mostly those that follow Mtv’s True Life format giving us a window into a world that is foreign to us. As big of a comic book nerd as I am, I’ve never been a “D & D” guy. So the opportunity to get some personal insight on fans of Dungeons & Dragons really appealed to me. Below is the snippet from the official website about the film:

An evil drow-elf is displaced by Hurricane Katrina. A sanitation worker lures friends into a Sphere of Annihilation. A failed supervillain starts a cable access show involving ninjas, puppets, and a cooking segment.

These are the characters, real and imagined, of The Dungeon Masters: Against the backdrop of crumbling middle-class America, two men and one woman devote their lives to Dungeons and Dragons, the storied role-playing game, and its various descendants. As their baroque fantasies clash with mundane real lives, the characters find it increasingly difficult to allay their fear, loneliness, and disappointment with the game’s imaginary triumphs. Soon the true heroic act of each character’s real life emerges, and the film follows each as he or she summons the courage to face it.

Along the way, The Dungeon Masters reimagines the tropes of classic heroic cinema, creating an intimate portrait of minor struggles and triumphs writ large.

I really enjoyed this documentary. It showed the humor that can be found in this community, but like a good documentary it also gave us the heart. Very well done and it kept my interest through the entire movie. I would highly recommend checking this out.