More than a simple fantasy movie, Warcraft is an experience

Rating: 10/10 (10 June 2016)

After the movie ended I came back and bought another ticket for the next show. Warcraft is the second movie in my life that I watched 2 times in a row, the first one being Avatar. I am a huge fan of Avatar, mostly because I am considering it to be much more than a movie, but a real experience. Same thing I felt with Warcraft. Both are a real spectacle where you become part of a fantasy that feels so real that you don t even question what is happening there, because... it is real. You don't question something that is real, you just accept it. Because reality is different than movies, reality can be cruel, unjust and so many times not according to your plan. I also enjoyed a lot LOTR series, but Warcraft and Avatar are something different. LOTR is a pleasing movie, easy plots, very good guys vs very bad guys and with the good guys having happy endings. This, plus the great visuals and good casting made it a movie for everyone.
Warcraft has war in title, so expect to see a movie about war. It is NOT a "feel good" movie. It is a not a movie with happy endings, it s a very sad war story where heroism and sacrifice are not rewarded accordingly. It is also a movie where bad and good are relative. It feels more like a reality show from a war zone. The characters are what they are, with flaws and weaknesses, driven by simple motivations like survival or protecting their family and friends. The relation between them are honest and simple. The movie is not trying to make you love them, the movie just tells their story in a very difficult moment of their existence. You can sense their fear and there is a permanent tension in the movie that in my opinion is the reason why some may dislike it. The movie does not have those feel good moments where tension is released, instead the tension builds up until the last part of the movie where the dramatic charge is overwhelming. If you add the tragic and dramatic fate of the characters I can see why the movie was not been appreciated by some folks who expected an easy going movie with handsome elves and good wizards defeating the bad orcs and the bad wizards.
Go see Warcraft with open mind and enjoy this amazing experience. It is an unique movie, a real work of art that deserves some sequels. I will be a very sad panda if the hatred of the critics towards game adaptations would ruin this movie to the point where no sequels will be made.