Fun for fans. Not absolutely terrible for everyone else.

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2016)

If you're a fan of Warcraft in general, then you probably won't get all the hate that's flowing around the internet. It's pretty much the worst thing ever according to a fair number of critics. Fans of the games, however, do get what they wished for (which is a whole lot).
If you've never heard about this war and whatever craft they're talking about, then yes, you'll probably be overwhelmed by all of the names and locations thrown around. Sure, they could have slowed down its pace to make certain that everyone gets what's happening and why. Actually, they probably should have done a bit more in that regard.
On the other hand, I'm also very glad that they realized that a fair portion of their audience is already quite familiar with the lore, so they decided to advance some of the story points rather quickly. That means you get to the meat of the movie, the battles, early on. As a Warcraft fan, I can appreciate that and vastly prefer the somewhat rushed plot advancement to, say, a Spiderman situation where you get the same origin every damn time in excruciating detail.
The visuals look great, the orcs especially. In fact, I thought the orcs looked a great deal better than the humans did. The latter's armor had a distinctly plastic look to them, especially the king's shoulder guard and helmet. The magic also looked suitably impressive. So yeah, the CGI here works very well for the most part (the clay construct being the exception, that thing was awful).
To sum it up: Visually impressive movie that does a great deal to please Warcraft fans. If you've ever watched a video game adaption before and were left disappointed because it was some watered-down mishmash that had little to do with the actual game, then you will appreciate what they did with this movie. To anyone else, yeah it may simply not be for you, which certainly isn't your fault. Just try to accept that this movie isn't terrible at what it tries to do, which is to meet the expectations of an already established fan base first and foremost.