A good fantasy

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2016)

The movie is good, however it feels a little disjointed.
My Background: I have played some WC3 and WoW so i recognize the names but I have no idea how close the movie follows the source material.
Overall: The movie has some good moments that feel epic and fantastic, however the movie is very forgettable, partly due to how fast it moves between goals and characters. I am not a fan of The lord of the Rings movies but they did manage to have more buildup to the battles and made the encounters feel epic. Warcraft suffers from that a lot of the battles and fights feel like a series of skirmishes with various amount of importance
Costumes, makeup & CG: The Costumes and CG were great, I loved the Orcs and the armored humans. It all felt just like the video game and lent the movie a fantastic feeling that a lot of fantasy movies lack by feeling like just medieval history movies with a few fantastical elements.
World: The movie is beautiful, the 3D is good but probably unnecessary. The dark portal and the few scenes we see of the orc camps are fantastic with a lot of recognize-ability for fans. However it feels under-utilized, for people who are not familiar with the world (read: those who don't squee at the Murloc cameo) it is generic and doesn't give you a clear idea of where things are happening on the map.
Final: In all honesty the movie feels like scenes from the RTS game with the game-play bits in between cut out. The story was better told and more engaging in the WC3 manual and the world was more exciting in WoW. It's hard to tell if the movie would have been better as a TV series or a trilogy to allow the world to grow but as a stand alone movie it fails to live up to it's potential. In a few years the movie will probably be forgotten and will only be viewed if it leads to better sequels.