Regular People Love it, Critics Hate it (are you surprised?)

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 2016)

The Bad: Cringe worthy cheesy lines, younger actors don't carry their parts well, too short of a movie to adequately develop characters.
The Good: Simple fantasy story made interesting with a unique take on the traditional fantasy story of good vs bad, excellent CGI, strong main characters carry the movie very well, believable action scenes, great fantasy world feeling.
Summary: The critics hate this movie because it doesn't play to their stereotype of what a fantasy movie should have, that being: a go-to director with a proved history of boring movies, old-fart actors, boring old-fashioned action scenes where the hero kills 50+ bad guys, traditional bad vs. good story with the predictable twist.
Truth is this movie did what no other modern fantasy has been able to do: create a suspenseful fantasy movie. True Warcraft's story is overcrowded with characters, but the main characters carry the movie very well. The action scenes are refreshing for a fantasy movie. We are so use to the boring Lord of the Rings war scene where the supposed fearsome Orcs get mowed over by a sissy with a bow. Watching LOTR gives you the sense that a 4 year old could successfully wage war on the armies of orcs with a plastic spoon. Not so in Warcraft. The Orcs are real, they are well developed, they are strong, they are scary and warlike. This new take on fantasy makes critics on over-ripe potatoes very uncomfortable who want to maintain their monopoly on movie thought. It's not going to work; we are the real critics and we have made our minds.