Great movie. Just not perfect.

Rating: 8/10 (8 June 2016)

The Warcraft movie was shown in theaters on June 4th at an early screening across South Africa, and seeing the universe on the big screen was amazing. It has been a very long time coming, as many other fans like myself would know.
The movie was in no way a disappointment to me since it has everything I hoped for. The CGI was truly amazing, and I think they've nailed the look they were going for (which is not meant to be entirely realistic).
The only reason for myself not giving the movie a 10/10 would be the fact that I feel as though the movie was way too fast paced. I felt like information, locations, characters and movie concepts were being shoved into my face scene after scene.
Comparing the movie to other existing universes does feel pointless to me; but one that I would make is to simply describe the pacing in Game of Thrones. I think that one of the more significant reasons why something like Game of Thrones is so explosively successful is the fact that they more often than not take their time when bringing in new characters, and then spend more time sharing the characters' experiences with the Audience. It creates an atmosphere with each and every character without boring everyone to death.
The Warcraft movie does not succeed in doing that. Although having MUCH less screen time (I know...) I feel as though they simply tried cramping too much into the movie.
All in all, a great experience seeing Warcraft on the big screen! The pacing should have been done differently however.