This is for the fans, non-players of the game, best of luck.

Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2016)

So I've literally just got back from seeing the movie. Maybe a bad idea as the hype is still on my mind, but regardless.
First of all, ignore the critics who are saying "Disaster" and "tragedy". They are wrong. If you were ever anticipating this film and then were put off by all the horrendous reviews, go see it. Make your own opinion of it.
THE GOOD:

The CGI, holy Christ was it good, especially on the Orcs. The magic used in the film is super pretty as well.

Combat scenes. Admittedly there are a few interactions between the Mo-cap Orcs and Humans that look a bit clumsy. But that aside, and the fighting is everything you'd hope for in a Warcraft movie.

The Story. There are a fair few deviations from the lore that I wasn't particularly on-board with, but in the grander scale it doesn't really affect the outcome of the story. But there is one pretty significant change that was an "interesting" decision. You'll know what I mean when you see it.

Characters. Now this is kind of a double edged sword. Whereas Lothar's son feels like an incredibly un-needed character. Ben Schnetzer's Khadgar was great, probably the most evolved of the characters at the films end.

Fanservice. There is a tonne of Easter eggs in this film. And I mean, a tonne. I won't give any away, but I'm sure I missed a decent handful. Most of them are nice and subtle, but a few characters that you'd recognise are placed in the background and did briefly draw me out of the scene at hand.

The Horde. This isn't even down to me being a Horde player, but as the film fairly depicts both sides of the events of "The First War", I personally found much more interest in the Horde. I was fangirling pretty hard seeing Durotan and Orgrim converse, seeing baby Thrall, watching Gul'Dan be a dick, it was great. The brutality of the original horde is communicated extremely well through their sheer barbarism. Not to say that the Alliance side of things was boring, there was just definitely some very two-dimensional characters within the Alliance that made their side much less intriguing.

THE BAD:

The Pacing. Now this, was the worst trait of the film by far. It is made incredibly unclear in the film how much time has passed and you are jumping between several narratives and just as one starts to come clear, you jump to another. In what was a 2 hour film, it probably should've been given another hour to calm its pace and give time to expose more of the lore to the non-gamers of Warcraft.

Script. Now, as a screen writing student, this is the thing I look to please me most in films. And although I put it under "The Bad", that's not to say it was awful. It just definitely wasn't good. The overall tone of the film is surprisingly dark and that is perceived relatively well. But there are some debatable one-liners in the film and just moments where you're like "Yeah, he wouldn't have said that".

Continuity. This wasn't a major issue as it was small things. One moment, an Orc is speaking common, but in the next scene struggles to understand the human language and speaks Orcish again.

Duration. Too short. Way too short. Trying to force feed the audience with all the Lore pre and during Warcraft: Orcs and Humans was never gonna work in a 2 hour movie. Had it been like an hour longer they could've slowed the pacing which would've probably made this the perfect video-game movie.

VERDICT:
The inevitable happened with this film. This film is made for the players. Although the intention was to open the story up to everyone, for me, it worked, as a long-time player, I immediately picked it up and fell in love, yet my friends who are non-players came out like, well it was pretty, but who was this, why did this happen, etc.
I can understand where SOME reviewers were coming from with their confusion in the film and its jumbled attempt to convey a hugely dense amount of lore into a 2 hour movie. I'm glad some people were impressed enough to give it 8's and 9's. To me, this film definitely had its flaws. But, this is certainly not a bad film. Although non-players will most likely not attract to the story and it may seem hugely confusing as you are overwhelmed with lore, it's certainly a beautiful film in its visuals.
Alas, if you are a fan of Warcraft no matter how big or small, you should see this film, watching the characters and universe you've known for the past two decades finally come to life in stunningly beautiful aesthetics is something that no fan of this franchise could hate.
I liked it enough that I will be going to see it again, hopefully to find more of the Easter eggs I missed in the first run. Also, who doesn't want to see a Lich King movie?