lilygirl-33772
I watched this with my D&D group. They had all seen it and loved it, but I hadn't seen it yet. Well, needless to say we spent that entire night laughing and having a great time. I was laughing so hard, my abs hurt!! Twist it and punch the tip will forever go down as one of the greatest hand job requests ever xD And the part with the minotaur was just TOO funny. I won't say too much just in case because nobody likes spoilers. After the movie, we couldn't even finish our campaign because literally, nobody could stop laughing. It was amazing and I can't wait for another movie night that is as fun as this night was. If you like D&D, stoner movies and laughing your ass off, I definitely recommend Your Highness!!
Fluke_Skywalker
I don't quite get the almost universal hate that 'Your Highness' has gotten over the years. It's a stoner comedy. Stupid for sure, but often cleverly so. The jokes come at a brisk clip and yet it still tells a traditionally satisfying sort of hero's journey.The cast is certainly game. Led by Danny McBride, who still manages to be likable even when he's being a jerk, they fully sell-out and just go for it here.And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Steve Jablonsky's score. Rather than going for something comedic, he plays it straight, delivering an epic score worthy of an actual fantasy adventure.
SnoopyStyle
Fabious (James Franco) is the heroic perfect son of King Tallious. Thadeous (Danny McBride) is the pathetic lazy brother. After defeating the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), Fabious proposes to marry the virgin Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel) who he rescued from a tower. Fabious's Knights Elite led by Boremont (Damian Lewis) ridicules Thadeous. Julie (Toby Jones) is a courtier. When Belladonna is kidnapped by Leezar, Thadeous is forced to go on the quest with Fabious. On the way, they are rescued by the skilled fighter Isabel (Natalie Portman) who agrees to travel together.Danny McBride is a little too mean-spirited. It's good that he's pathetic. It's off-putting for him to be so bitter. I feel like there is a missing element in the comedy group. It needs a goofy fun guy that somebody like Seth Rogen could play. There is a lightness that is missing from this comedy. The jokes are adolescent but workable and sometimes even funny. The addition of Natalie Portman is good but she comes in after around half of the movie is over. Her best quality is to be the straight man calling out McBride. She improves the group dynamics markedly. I want her in the movie earlier. I just think that something is missing from the Franco McBride pairing.
slightlymad22
More than any other movie in recent memory "Your Highness" deserves to be judged by the values of the audience for which it was made; people who sat at home drank alcohol and smoked certain drugs and got high while watching the movie. However since I don't do that,"Your Highness" seems so amateur, almost enough to pass as a substandard offering from a struggling local amateur dramatics group. In fact I think they'd do better. This is strictly for stoners who stay at home and watch DVD's. James Franco who has saved worse movies than this, has his work cut out here and not even Natalie Portman can save it.For me Portman remains one of the most talented and beautiful women in movies, and her ladylike sexiness is in rare supply. Any movie becomes promising just by having her name in it's cast. I can only assume she either wanted a bit of fun at work after making Black Swan, or was looking to offset the dramatic (and her Oscar Winning performance) movie with a comedy or two as this and "No Strings Attached" where her post "Black Swan" movies.Danny McBride is such an unpleasant and unappealing character it is simply impossible to root for him. This guy is simply robbing a living as an actor. I have rated it 3/10 1, point a piece fr Portman and Charles Dance and a further point for the enjoyment the audience it's made for, will no doubt get out of it.Unless you are the target audience. Don't watch it, give it a miss. Avoid it like the plague. Tell your friends to pass it by. With the exception of Portman, the acting is bad, bad, bad (Franco included)