Warcraft

[ModSocks]

...the Movie....

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

The user score is doing well. The movie is probably really confusing to those that arent familiar with the lore.

From my understanding, they cut an hour out of this movie. Those final cuts created a confusing first 30minutes or so for non warcraft fans, as it takes you to many places and introduces you to a lot of characters very quickly. A lot of the scenes that helped to develop these characters and settings were essentially stripped from the movie. Once it settles in, it gets good.

[Beef Supreme]

Bad acting isn't a problem for the international market. The voice actors they hire to dub it probably don't suck any worse than they do for any other film.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Oh and, this movie will be getting a sequel. No doubt about that. It's doing Soooo well internationally and it was clearly made for a sequel.

Yea, from what ive read its going to make alot more money overseas than here in the states.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

I watched the premier last night. I'll try to tackle this without my fanboy glasses on.

It's not on the level of LoTR, but i wasn't expecting it to be. If you're expecting LoTR, you'll be disappointed.

Negatives:

1. Acting is shaky at times, especially when it's humans interacting with humans. The acting, imo, is by far the movie's biggest downfall. There were times where it felt Syfy channel quality, and other times where the acting was fine. Consistency was the issue here.

2. The pacing at the start of the movie is off. The movie gets better as it goes on though. The last 30-45minutes save this film.

3. The human wardrobe was syfy channel quality at times. Sometimes it was really cool. Again, consistency.

4. The dialogue from the actors was low quality.

The issues with the real life human actors doesn't allow you to really engage yourself in the world. When we watch the humans, consistency issues plagued the movie.

Pros:

1. The Orcs were amazing. The facial gestures made them feel like real creatures. The CGI done on the orcs was absolutely state of the art. The Orcs felt like far better actors than the humans.

2. While the human wardrobe at times looked cheap, the Orc wardrobe was ****ing awesome. Skulls, bones, big axes, wolf hides....they looked like a bunch of badass mofos.

3. Surprisingly, i actually had en emotional reaction to this film. Critics claim that you don't really feel for the characters, and i COMPLETELY disagree. The characters that died, why they died, and HOW they died allowed for an emotional connection.

4. For Warcraft fans, the movie re-created the world perfectly. To a T. Many fans of the game will recognize iconic structures like Stormwind, Blackrock Mountain, deadwind pass and Karazhan.

5. Gul'dan was hard as ****. They did an outstanding job with him....all the Orcs to be honest. The Orcs were easily the highlights of this film.

6. The fight scenes were good, but not because they were well choreographed, they were good because you could feel and see the sheer strength and size of the orcs. When they crushed a human skull, you felt it.

Summary:

It's not for everyone. The dialogue is generic, the acting is inconsistent, sometimes the wardrobe looked like it was bought from the Halloween superstore. Sometimes the acting was good, and the armor looked cool. This movie felt like a very, very ambitious project that just didn't have enough money. Some elements were very high quality and clearly expensive to produce, and some elements were cheap and flimsy. All the money was spent on the orcs, magic, and creating the world, and much less time & money were spent on dialogue, script, the actors and their wardrobe.

If you're a fan of the Warcraft franchise, you'll enjoy it. If you're not a fan of Warcraft, you may find it to be cheesy. If you're not a fan of high fantasy, then just stay away. If you like movies like Transformers, Ninja Turtles etc, you'll probably enjoy this movie.

I just started playing this game a few months ago and I usually don't read all the text from quests that closely so I'm very shaky on the game lore, but your review is right on as far as I can tell.

One thing I don't understand though is why the guys in the movie didn't have to keep swapping out their gear and weapons with better stuff over and over.

[kcpasco]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

From my understanding, they cut an hour out of this movie. Those final cuts created a confusing first 30minutes or so for non warcraft fans, as it takes you to many places and introduces you to a lot of characters very quickly. A lot of the scenes that helped to develop these characters and settings were essentially stripped from the movie. Once it settles in, it gets good.

Hopefully we get a directors cut.

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I just started playing this game a few months ago and I usually don't read all the text from quests that closely so I'm very shaky on the game lore, but your review is right on as far as I can tell.

One thing I don't understand though is why the guys in the movie didn't have to keep swapping out their gear and weapons with better stuff over and over.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by patteeu

One thing I don't understand though is why the guys in the movie didn't have to keep swapping out their gear and weapons with better stuff over and over.

[Beef Supreme]

Are the shoulder pads ridiculously huge?

[Miles]

Wasn't interested in this other than Duncan Jones directing. Hopefully he got paid enough to do whatever he wants for his next movie.

[Hamwallet]

If you played WoW it's worth the ticket price. If you didn't you will not understand or like it.

I played from vanilla until about 3 years ago. I got my parents into the game about 7 years ago. We went tonight after some drinks and dinner and we had a blast. First thing we all said... "Awesome, but if you didn't play it would not make sense."

Good video game movie. Maybe one of the best.

I am 34 and my parents are in there 60's, my dad is 70 this year. He bought the tickets 2 weeks ago. Lmao

[Deberg_1990]

I actually liked it a lot, and I know next to nothing about the Warcraft world.

I liked that that it was unapologetically over the top pure fantasy. The use of magic and the all the fight scenes were great.

I can understand people having a problem with some of the actors and dialogue. It took some getting used to.

Maybe some miscasting issues? For instance , Ben Foster seems far to modern to pull off the medieval guardian type.

But overall, a lot better than I was expecting

[Hamwallet]

From a players standpoint it was fun traveling to all the cities on mounts.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I just started playing this game a few months ago and I usually don't read all the text from quests that closely so I'm very shaky on the game lore, but your review is right on as far as I can tell.

One thing I don't understand though is why the guys in the movie didn't have to keep swapping out their gear and weapons with better stuff over and over.

It was all xmog.

[listopencil]

It's on in a theater near me. Haven't been to the movies in a while. I think I'll give it a shot.

[listopencil]

I saw it tonight, I enjoyed it. I did get the oooh and aaah feelings when they showed Ironforge and Dalaran. I'd like them to make a sequel, call it World of Warcraft, to do some solid world building. I want to see some Tauren Druids in there. Then make a sequel for the expansions. WOW: Burning Crusade, WOW: Wrath of the Lich King, WOW: Mists of Pandaria. Skip WoD because it sucked ass.