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Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2016)

I can't express how long I have been waiting for this movie. it's been over 10 years now, was it what I expected? TBH not really but that does not mean that the movie was bad, on the contrary the movie was great for what it is which is a fantasy video game implemented movie.
Pros:
1- The acting was incredible, I must say Duncan seems like a great guy because he managed to reach the actors on how to approach a scene because of a specific incident that occurred during the movie. There were some flaws with the acting especially during a drunk scene (ill leave it at that for spoilers sake).
2- It's a video game movie, so that's what i meant by "its great for what it is" keeping in mind that the most successful video game movies were (Tomb raider & Prince of Persia) any other video game movie wasn't a hit or anticipated as much, could argue mortal Kombat the first movie was OK cause you know Nostalgia.
3- Easter eggs, every Easter egg I've encountered was incredible A HUGE SMILE just happened naturally cause I am indeed a fan boy. Was expecting more Easter eggs but then it would've been official that they were trying to appeal their community more than anyone else. So in other words a median of Easter eggs were there, not too much or little.
4- LORE, as many of you know the lore/story is massive. As a fan or a WoW player I knew what was coming, and I loved what I've seen in a way. The approach was OK as a player but I will come back to this point in the cons.
5- 3D and special effects, AMAZING there is no other word, the effects used in the movie were AMAZING (cutting edge technology). They spent every dime they could to achieve it. CGI was great, I'm sure if I get a chance to see it again there would be flaws there, CGI was used a lot which makes room for error/flaws.
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Cons:
1- Lore Pace (LORE continued), some argued it was fast some said it was slow, I think it took its time to build up, maybe because I knew all the information (lore). On the other hand for viewers new to the Warcraft world it could've been fast paced so it was sort of IMHO an attempt that wasn't met perfectly to appeal toward viewers who have no idea what Warcraft is.
2- Sound effects, I don't know if I have hearing problems (not that I am aware of) but some of the action sequences were not in sync with sound effects (spear thrusting, swords slashing, etc....).
3- Special effects + Lore/story, the combination of these two aspects don't compliment each other in the theaters, I mean its either this or that, which is in any Sci-fi movie really. lets take avatar as an example, it was so pretty when it came out I enjoyed the 3D which kind of distracted my concentration towards the movie's story/plot, but when I got the chance to watch again it on a small screen, I appreciated the story more.
4- Video game attachment to characters VS. movie attachment to characters, this is an important point because the first game came out in 1994 so that was 22 years of character attachment and development. The movie was 120 mins, to meet or acquire the same level of attachment is impossible since time is a huge factor which we've seen in many fan based movies. So when it comes to having a certain character go through a dramatic incident in the movie, viewers won't really care, but I remember all these incidents in the comics/game and how affected I was by it because time was invested in the games.
Memorable game quotes:
Terenas Menethil "WHAT ARE YOU DOING MY SON?" Arthas Menethil "SUCCEEDING YOU FATHER!"
Grom: "Thrall... the blood haze has lifted... the demon's fire has burnt out in my veins....I...have...freed...myself..." Thrall: "No, old friend...you've freed us all"
I remember these plots in the game, hell most of us shed a tear for it and were extremely excited for what's to come. these quotes were only an example and have nothing to do with the current movie.
5- ORCS baaaad, due to the implementation of many orcs in lots of movies, its just fact orcs are bad, and it doesn't seem to show that orcs can be good in the movie as much as I hoped for, altho they focused more on orcs than humans because having good orcs is a new concept for most, they had to do that.
6- movie title, Warcraft the beginning? really? I blame blizzard on that part, you've had loads of titles for comics & expansions but you went with "the beginning" ?? you came up with the name Blizzard from a dictionary, where's your passion BLIZZARD that was disappointing.
Rating verdict ----------------> 8/10
The movie will build in the coming sequels, all I can do right now is hope. For better or for worse I will stand by the movies and will love them no matter what. For the Horde!