Watching Role Models, is this the most accessible LARPing film?

I haven't watched any of the LARPing documentaries (although I know there is a major one which is supposed to be quite good) and always found the hobby kind of ridiculous but being a comedy film I think this is the first mainstream thing that has actually featured any form of LARPing and recoginised it as a thing, geeky or otherwise.

What are your guys thoughts on LARPing? (and does anyone know the documentary I'm talking about)

I've watched the Darkon documentary, and I know a few LARPers. It looks like fun, essentially D&D in real life.

Darkon was an entertaining documentary. Check it out.

Watching this, it seems like paint-balling or even playing CoD Search and Destroy, no spawns. Once you're out you're out. Although the whole renaissance theme still seems pretty funny, like Game of Thrones / Medieval British trappings.

Darkon is incredible.

I always thought of LARPing as something that was just *too* nerdy for me, but after watching Role Models, it actually seems like it'd be so much damn fun.

I've seen Monster Camp. You might be thinking about that.

@EvilTwin said:

I've seen Monster Camp. You might be thinking about that.

This is the LARPing documentary I chose to watch. I really enjoyed it.

It looks alright. Not something I'd probably get into myself, though.

I thought Darkon was very interesting, though LARPing just isn't for me.

I've tried it and I hate it. It's basically drama class for people who want to pretend act. I'd take sitting around a dinner table playing a table top game over LARP'ing any day (even though I've done that only a couple more times than LARPing). I knew a bunch of people who did it. Dressed up and the whole bit. It feels too much like playing pretend to me. Which is weird because I used to like doing that as a kid. There's just something off putting about it to me.

Role Models made it look so fun.  Ive never done it before because it seems a bit too over the top for me but it would just be hilarious to mess up the game by not taking it seriously.  

pretty good movie.

my friend's co-worker got kind of into it after the movie. he made some swords and a hammer. we fought a little bit with the sword and hammer. it was pretty fun.

I'm down for that! It looks like fun.

I haven't seen Role Models or Darkon, but The Wild Hunt is awesome. While it probably won't make you want to LARP, it's still a good drama/thriller. It's currently on Netflix streaming, so add it to your queue.
 
It's about a big LARP retreat thing where a group lets themselves get way too drawn into their roles, and things go bad. And the ending is sooo satisfying.

Yea, Role Models definitely made it look super fun, but then I remembered the reality of it....

I would only LARP if it were with the cast of Role Models.