A good beginning for a trilogy hopefully

Rating: 9/10 (14 June 2016)

The Warcraft universe is full of interesting lore, myths and background history and many important and minor characters. The creators of this movie had the difficult task to put at least some of it in a two hour movie and present it in an understandable form even for people who are not familiar with that universe. I can say that they succeeded. As a viewer and a fan of the games, I am now left craving more and hoping that we will some day see the story of Arthas on the big screen and more of the beautiful world of Azeroth. The move had plenty of action, good fights, and most importantly - characters you could relate to even if they were orcs. The people who are behind the visuals of Gul'Dan, Durotan, Orgrim and Blackhand did a marvelous job. My minor complaints are that we didn't get to see much of the continent of Azeroth, and that the other races of the Alliance had only minor background appearance. Also, I was hoping for some of the music of the game to get at least a bit incorporated in the soundtrack. Still, this was an impressive handling of this game franchise and a good transition to the movie form.