It was Durotan's story

Rating: 8/10 (22 June 2016)

I have read many reviews that talk about how the human side of the movie was weaker compared to the orc side, and they have rated the movie lower because of this reason.
While this is true, what they don't understand is that this is Durotan's story, the humans are merely a back drop for the story of the orcs to develop. The movie starts and ends with Durotan' narration; the first close up of any character we see was Durotan.
This may be irksome to some, because it does not follow the classic formula of the orcs being one dimensional bad guys, and the humans being the heroes. The orcs portrayed here have language, culture, emotions, honor and morals. Warcraft tries boldly to bring something new to the table here, and like most new things in art, it will get pounded down to the ground before it is accepted. Which is a shame really.
A lot of people have already praised the movie for its art, cinematography, CGI, and action sequences so I won't go into them in detail again. I took 1 star off because the editing made the movie very fast paced. For a person like me who was not familiar with Warcraft lore some of the details was hard to follow on the first viewing. I heard the producer cut off 40 minutes of footage so hopefully we will get a director's cut and see the movie in its entirety. I took off another star because some characters in the movie did not enunciate well so the dialogue was hard to catch at times.
All in all Warcraft has an interesting story, beautiful art and invigorating action backed by powerful music. It brings something fresh to the fantasy genre and is definitely worth a watch even if you are not a fan of the game. If you like fantasy movies then there is a good chance you will enjoy this movie. If you do not, then it might just change your mind.