Very Pleasantly Surprised

Rating: 8/10 (13 September 2016)

Even after reading several reviews and being convinced that this movie was going to be terrible, I was always going to go and see this film regardless, just because it was Warcraft.
Thankfully I was very pleasantly surprised. The film shared tapped into the excitement of playing any of the games for the first time (from Warcraft through to the multiple expansions of WoW).
I could see why critics had rated certain aspects of the film badly, the 2 hour length left no time to develop characters as much as desired, and the film did feel like a bit of a rush, but it certainly didn't make for a terrible film. If anything it actually made for a strong case for an extended edition, or for making a longer more in depth sequel.
I realise that I may have enjoyed it more for knowing the characters and lore before hand and that people that had never played any of the games might have too much thrown at them at once, but for fans of any of the games it was a solid, fun film.