Warcraft

I recently rewatched this with my kids because they didn't know what Warcraft was yet. Then I decided to check and see if there was a sequel coming and read the reviews, which made me sad. First let me start by saying after the movie my kids were yelling FOR THE HORDE and FOR THE ALLIENCE all night. Clearly they loved it. My son asked me if there was an animated series for sequel right away cause he wants more. Spoilers forward... After reading the reviews I realized a lot of things. Hal the people witting the reviews have no idea what they are talking about. For starters the amount of people who cried where were the Night Elfs... I will tell you where, in Ashenvale where they belonged. This was the first story. Warcraft 1. Which means, Orcs, Humans, Karin Tor Dwarfs, That's it. Night Elves don't get introduced until Warcraft 3, along with Torrens, Demons, Ect... The fact is you people would have got your Night Elves if you weren't trying to sabotage a sequel from being made. My God people are dumb. Anyways movie is amazing... follows real lore, stays true to the story. Sorry clowns ruined it, with uneducated reviews.

Greetings from Lithuania. "Warcraft" (2016) is a one OK / nice movie to see it in a movie theater for those who didn't play the games and couldn't spell one of many bizarre names of characters in this movie (i'm one of those). Special effects were good, nothing groundbreaking, but good. The weakest part of this movie for me was Travis Fimmel acting. That has to be one of the most uninspiring performances (which should have been inspiring) in big budget movies ever - he just went trough all movie with one face expression - even when something very dramatic happened - he was just staring at the screen, with no emotions visible. They need to re- cast the main actor in a sequels, if there will be any. And sorry Paula Patton, almost every time you went on screen with that ultra-bizarre looking haircut and make-up, i started to smile. The story was quite OK - like i said i only played one of the very first games, so all the characters for me were unknown, and many of them remained unknown after the movie. As not a fan i can say, this movie won't be as much impressive to see it at home, so if you want to spend 2 hours and see some OK flick on Friday evening, "Warcraft" is for you, but don't expect to be blown away. Overall, "Warcraft" is nicely paced movie, which at running time 2 hours made me to watch at my watch only once - and it was in a scene were some mags were fighting. Performances were between low and OK - better cast highly recommended for sequels (although there was one very short cameo - i won't spoil anything, but this great actor / actress should have been more on screen - it's the biggest star of this movie for sure). "Warcraft" is a one nice flick to see it once on a big screen, and for home media - extended version is recommended (if there will be one), because the strange thing but this movie wasn't predictable overall, and there even were some glimpses for a great, epic movie, but on it's running time 2 hours the story didn't had enough room i guess. So - it's a OK flick for those who haven't play the games, and it wasn't as bad as critics said.

I basically enjoyed the movie, and it has some great animation. You may want to give it a try if you like the games.

I didnt mind it, but it felt a little flat and uninspired. There are much better films out there.

This is probably the nerdiest film I have ever seen, which I find endearing as somebody who is a fan of franchises that hold such a shamelessly niche appeal. And on that point, my biggest praise I can give this film is that the aesthetics are completely loyal to how the games look and feel. However, this and the fairly competent action direction don't make up for the rest of this film feeling so empty. It has the most basic of plot-lines, the world-building doesn't expand much beyond the occasional fan-pandering, and an ending that is completely pointless beyond the set up for a sequel we will probably never see. I should probably hate this more than I do, but I left with less of a sour taste in my mouth as much as I did with an unanswered query: who is this for?! (apparently, a fair amount of people in China, according to the box office...) 08/07/2018