Pacing is all over the place - ends on a weirdly unsatisfying cliffhanger. Dialogues are pedestrian, scenes with Garona are especially bad. All actors are too young, it's essentially young adult movie.
On the other hand visuals are great, very authentic to Blizzard cutscenes. Story sort of goes through the lore checklist, they really tell the story of original Warcraft and don't miss or alter much. Nerds gonna love this, but newcomers will be lost.
I give it a 5/10. I agree the visuals are good but the dialog, actor performances and stories are all really bad.
Jaxon Kelly
Does Ben Foster make a good role?
Parker Brooks
>and stories are all really bad. but they just based it on the first game's story correct? Or did they change bits?
Juan Morales
No. He's actually the worst part. Powerful wizard that looks like a douchebag (and he is in context of the story)
Jaxson Jenkins
They didn't change much. There's no Ner'zhul, but everyone else is in the movie and does what he supposed to.
Jacob Campbell
aww dam he looks really good though
Adrian Perez
He was retarded. His transformation was so long and scenes with him jump way too fast.
Angel Green
>scenes with him jump way too fast. I hope Duncan will release a director's cut then
It may suffer from the BvS syndrome and will be fixed a lot if it is extended
Robert Perez
It does suffer a bit. There's a lot of events happening and not enough time for anything to sink in.
Zachary James
>Powerful wizard that looks like a douchebag
Sounds about right
Andrew Taylor
Same. I've heard they cut out around 30 minutes of scenes. Apparently a couple clips from trailers such as "Theyre beasts" weren't in the film. And apparently the full speech by Gul'dan in the leaked Comic Con footage wasn't in the movie. Don't know if it's correct but that's what I've heard.
Henry Richardson
I expected it to be like REALLY bad but it was entertaining at least, some silly things but still ok.
6/10
Jaxon Taylor
>Nerds gonna love this, but newcomers will be lost. Not even nerds should love this, unless they just enjoy seeing orcs on screen. Everything's a mess. Almost everything is bad. I say "almost" because not every single nanosecond is torture, but godDAMN is it just so fucking horrible. I say this as a wow player of 11 years, so I'm not biased against it. If anything, I'm biased in its favour. 2/10
Austin Perry
>the full speech by Gul'dan in the leaked Comic Con footage wasn't in the movie. THOSE BASTARDS
Is the orc snapping human's neck in there still?
Nathaniel Hill
It's funny how you can say so much and yet not actually say anything as to why you disliked it.
I'm not even a WoW player but shit, at least try to get me to not see it.
William Anderson
Are the human scenes decent at least? I wanted to see some great conflicting dialogue about the orcs but I guess I won't get that...
Lincoln Hall
>I'm not even a WoW player
Bentley Clark
I just listened to the soundtrack and there were no Warcraft themes... is that true for the film?
Brayden Morgan
There's a lot of bone breaking and violent scenes of genocide. Actually kinda cool. Guldan tortures humans, drenei by dragging their life force or something. Looks brutal.
Luis Allen
>tfw hoping if I go to see this movie alone in cinemas, I might meet a new friend
Thomas Price
Yes, soundtrack is forgettable shit. Some are. Gamora or Medivh are the cringiest.
Andrew Bell
>I'm not even a WoW player but shit, at least try to get me to not see it. Fine. There's no real story on how and why Gul'dan fucked up Draenor. He just did it. They ramble on and on about "the fel" in such cringey ways. The dialogue is shit. Khadgar's actor is bad. Anduin's actor - Ragnar - is playing Ragnar, not a seasoned general of armies. Medivh's "fall to the fel" is also weirdly portrayed. A huge Orc rides on a teeny tiny horse at one point, and it looks goofy. I know, that last one's a nitpick, but still.
Rather more importantly, Garona is just allowed to walk right up to Llane as she pleases, literally moments after capture on the battlefield. An alien enemy. Right up to the king. Later on, Llane's queen walks right into Garona's cell with blankets and something to drink. Garona even mentions "I could kill you before the guards could save you", but the queen justifies this by saying "we must show trust" or some shit. I repeat, moments after capture, with no reason to trust her.
Oh, I just remembered, the fight scenes are laughable. There's a Mak'gora between Anduin and Blackhand which takes literally, LITERALLY 10 seconds, wherein Blackhand's crotch is sliced open by Anduin scooting between his legs on his knees. It's agony to watch.
Also, the story is horribly paced. There's apparently a time skip between the orcs landing in Azeroth and the human soldiers going after them, because Garona has "learned the human language from the prisoners". Shit/10.
Nicholas Powell
nobody is going to talk to you, pathetic neckbeard
Connor Edwards
Some people have said that the Stormwind theme is in the movie. And I've also heard that part of the Vanilla login music plays in the credits.
Christopher Rodriguez
>I wanted to see some great conflicting dialogue about the orcs but I guess I won't get that... hahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO YOU FUCKING WON'T.
IT'S SHIT. THERE IS NO THRILLING DIALOGUE. EVERYTHING'S BAD. YOU GOOF'D IT BLIZZARD.
Carson Thomas
>Gamora or Medivh are the cringiest. Those are bad too. Garona is damn near the main character, and it's so. fucking. cringey every time she's on screen with her dumb green makeup.
Haha, I just remembered the blood elves and their obviously-rubber-ears. The makeup is just so fucking stupid.
Don't watch it. Not if you're a wow fan, or a fantasy fan, or a movie fan, or an entertainment fan. If you're a masochist, and you want to set fire to what feels like 3 hours but is actually just 1h40m, I guess you can go. Otherwise, don't.
Elijah Harris
>doesn't even know the names of the fucking characters sure dude, I totally believe your shit opinions
Ayden Cox
I liked it tbqh, sure it wasn't perfect but as warcraft fan I got everything I ever wanted from this film
Nolan Flores
And this is why videogame flicks will continue to be trash. Neckbeards have no standards.
Chase Garcia
>dumb green makeup. it's computer effect not a makeup though
Easton Adams
>Is the orc snapping human's neck in there still? There is one scene where an orc picks up a human by the head and does a sort of cracking-motion.
Also, I don't know if it's the one you're talking about, but there's a scene where Gul'dan is talking to Doomhammer while soul-draining some human next to him. It was okay, I guess.
Anthony Adams
>talking in a movie theater
fuckoff normie
Cameron Martin
>like it fucking matters It's shit. It might as well have been green makeup, because she just looks like a green human woman with tiny little protruding tusks. Not just humanoid like orcs are, but straight up human.
Not surprising, since Garona was initially intended to be an orc-human hybrid, but was later changed to draenei-orc hybrid (in the lore, not the movie or the development of the movie, that is), but still. It's garbage.
David White
Gamora, Garona what's the difference? Can't even make new names for green ladies.
Owen Fisher
Do they kiss?
Nolan Rogers
You don't meet friends at movie theaters man. Invite an acquaintance, a roommate, a classmate, or a coworker or something.
Matthew Fisher
yeah, that looks like green makeup. not saying it is but it looks like it
Gabriel Turner
They fucc. At least it's sorta hinted at
Eli Mitchell
I'm inclined to agree. They can keep putting low effort into these movies and turning some kind of profit, because the game geeks will see it no matter what.
Gabriel Harris
That's not what really happening though. They all flop.
Angel Taylor
Why are the visuals so fucking bad? Why is everything so cheap? Why is the cinematography so fucking bad?
Nathaniel Butler
This. Only movies that survive are the ones that attract the masses like Tomb Raider and Resident Evil.
Julian Brooks
>that looks like green makeup Nope it is computer generated on her
Luke Hernandez
well, that looks like green makeup. not saying it is but it looks like it
Kayden Perry
Why is this film not full cgi? Why?!
Aaron Sanders
>Why is the cinematography so fucking bad? I like the long wide shot. I when director's have a scene with too many non stop cut ins.
James Taylor
>I *hate* when director's have a scene with too many non stop cut ins what I was meant to say
Jason Reyes
does that mean the cg department did a good job?
Julian Evans
Because watching animated humans doesn't do it for me nor I doubt it does for anyone else who wants to see a video game adaption on the big screen.
Robert Gray
That armor looks so tacky
Joshua Clark
it looks fine!
Jace Perry
They tried to maintain the game's cartoony aesthetic (which is ridiculously over-designed on its own) but without the cartoony looking characters to go along with it, it just looks wrong.
James Jenkins
>Story sort of goes through the lore checklis >The Draenei exist due to WoW retcons >Fel Magic instead of Mannoroth's Blood >Thrall is stillborn, Gul'dan uses Fel magic on him to revive him >Garona is nothing but a fucktoy, not even a spy for the Horde >Every human is sympathetic to her, not just Llane >Garona falls in love with Lothar >Llane tells her to kill him so Blackhand won't get the honour >Garona cries while stabbing Llane in the neck and becomes the biggest Orc hero for doing so >Stormwind doesn't get sacked shortly after Llane's death >Gul'dan defeats Durotan in Mak'gora >Lothar defeats Blackhand in Mak'gora >Draka stabbed by a random Grunt >Medivh gets doubleteamed by Lothar and Khadgar instead of a raid >Flying Dalaran
I sat next to a cute girl with short hairs, and she was like those gamergurls, theatrically showing the joy on every familliar character appearances on the screen. And she loved the new Ghostbusters trailer btw, she even commented something like "OMG I NEED TO SEE IT :)"
Jacob Ortiz
And her legs were better show than the movie itself.
Joshua Powell
yeah I was about to say, it looks like something from TOYS R US. Doesn't look like metal and they are zero scruffs on it.
child
Justin Baker
>Gul'dan saves Durotan's son's life >Durotan repays him by challenging him to Mak'gora
What a fucking asshole.
Jace Hill
Anyone else who was a bit annoyed that Travis Fimmel basicly just did Ragnar Lothbrok again? The same facial expressions, the same smugness. I'm not that well-read on the lore, so if it's "correct" then I stand corrected.
Ethan King
>have a great story >get to make your own movie >what kind of movie do you want? >just fuck my lore up senpai >I got you
Easton Evans
Let me tell you something that might be a bit dangerous. I was raised in Azeroth. I was schooled in magik arts. I was given the title of master. They take a movie “Warcraft” They have a 5-foot-2-inch little guy, whether he was straight or gay, I don’t know. I don’t care. He had never been to Azeroth. He doesn't speak Common. He has never held a sword. They make him a death knight. We got 450,000 phone calls [laughs] from everybody in the world saying, “That role was perfect for you. How did that happen?” Most of the people I know didn't like the film and didn't go see it. It’s just a classic example of Hollywood and the politics.
Andrew Campbell
He is very generic good, noble hero of the alliance, respected military commander etc. Not much to him.
Jonathan Collins
One thing that amazed me was that someone actually got polymorphed!
Christopher Morales
yes, i can confirm. Gul'dans speech wasnt cut down though, it was rewritten
Jace Price
Was it better? I don't see why they would rewrite it.
John Carter
I bet this guy has crushed so many Draenei and Elf pussy.
Brayden Walker
it would suck ass big time
Adrian Smith
uuuh medivh getting double teamed is canon. omitting the raid was fine.
Camden Gomez
So no one's gonna talk on how a guard was transformed into a sheep for 60 seconds, a legit game mechanic? The nods to the game was here and there and I found it interesting. Can't wait til Tyrande makes it to the big screen.
Tyler Morgan
>Can't wait til Tyrande makes it to the big screen. kill yourself illidan, no one in their right mind would want to see that psycho bitch in a movie
Adam Hall
>There's apparently a time skip between the orcs landing in Azeroth and the human soldiers going after them, because Garona has "learned the human language from the prisoners".
This was in the original Warcraft: Orcs and Human Manual, the orcs were in Azeroth for ten years before the events of the game.
Easton Jones
It is truly a Great film for the fans of warcraft. I had an Awesome time in the Cinema watching the film. I almost cried of how happy i was just in the first 10 mins xD
Hunter Sanchez
>Tyrande >Not Jaina
You taste is so shit Lordaeron was destroyed and Illidan got released and it fucked up the world
Jayden Wright
>22%
Levi Ortiz
>tfw no garona gf ;_;
Henry Moore
>another psycho bitch but this one actually was about to commit the genocide she barks so much about no thanks
Logan Harris
Funny that you say that, since the demon hunters in warcraft 3 actually stabbed themselves in the chest, as their death animation. So Illidan literally killed himself, every time he died.
Ayden Russell
>Jaina >psycho
yeah keep telling yourself that Kael.
Thomas Reyes
>triggered so hard was about to commit genocide >started killing everyone on sight >is about to secede from the alliance
Cooper Moore
>she didn't commit any genocide >only did it to keep everyone safe >hasn't seceded from the alliance
arthas cucked you so bad your delusions are just as bad.
Ryder Cruz
>she didn't commit any genocide she was about to flood orgrimmar >only did it to keep everyone safe safe from her exploding fireballs? >hasn't seceded from the alliance she literally teleported out of stormwind telling anduin that he is a weak faggot (she is right about that though)
Xavier Stewart
its wow, all the humans were either idiots, crazy, corrupted, or actually dragons in disguise, because horde needed bad guys to fight.
Luke Ortiz
>$16.3M opening weekend >100 million dollar budget >its doing really well guyz user,,,,,
Adam Rodriguez
>in 15 countries so far
Brayden Diaz
REMINDER
Cameron Evans
Is this but the first in a long line of motion pictures soon to encompass the forthcoming "vidyakino" era?