Blizzard fans, unite!

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 2016)

Honestly, the first point I want to make before going in depth is that in no way am I a professional reviewer and I am simply writing this review because I feel A LOT of the reviews written for this movie, have been based off of subjective opinion rather than us looking at it for what it is, a movie franchise with what might be the greatest potential in the 21st century. Now, for all of you still reading, let's start off with some facts. Blizzard Entertainment first introduced Warcraft, to consoles in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994, the following year they then released Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and the expansion Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal 1995, then it took them another 7 years before the sequel Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (RoC) came out in 2002 followed closely by Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (TFT) in 2003.
The year after that is when World of Warcraft was released, which in its opening year had 1.5 million people subscribing, now to World of Warcraft alone there currently are 5 expansions and a 6th on the way. The movie Warcraft: The Beginning is about the very first game that dates all the way back to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.
With all this in mind, let's explore what has been done to bring the world of Warcraft to life on the cinematized screen of a movie theatre. To start off, I'd like to say, I have been anticipating the release of this movie for almost going on 3 years now, and back in 2014 when I noticed it on IMDb for pre-production it said it wouldn't be out until in 2017, so being here in 2016 having watched it on the premiere date too, I'd say I'm more than ecstastic. Now, what I as both a player of the game, and a fan of the lore experienced is, keeping in mind that it is a work to be critical about, am very pleased with the result. What I think we all noticed during the first release of the trailer is that the production team kept the animated look to the pauldrons and armor of the humans, because they wanted to illustrate how this is a fictional world, where magic roams, where creatures you'd never dream of in your wildest nightmares also walk freely.
A lot of people are also criticizing the use of CGI in this movie, but, the fact that all CGI-characters were based on motion capture, where the actions were performed by actual actors in suits, made it not only exceed the expectations but create an entire new plateau for what people in the future will expect from CGI. And as a moviebuff I am personally really invested in that concept and idea, and I think we all should be.
With all this being said, and not much of the actual movie having been revealed, I'd like to extend an invitation to anyone who hasn't seen this marvel with their own eyes, to go see it, because not only do I believe, but I know for a fact that if people see this movie and dislike it, it's not because of what's been shown on the screen, it's more likely they're perplexed by the fact that their expectations to the movie were wrong.