Flawed, but good

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2016)

Is it an amazing movie? Nah. It's definitely flawed, but so is every other film. But is it good, fun, and entertaining? Absolutely. I went to see this film with two of my friends, one a girl and one a guy, neither of whom have even so much as touched the Warcraft series. Both of them really enjoyed this movie. They not only plan to buy it, but say they enjoyed it more than Civil War. I can't say anything there as I haven't seen Civil War, but I still really enjoyed it. It's very true to the lore, with only a handful of minor changes and maybe one moment where I went "waaaaiiit a second, I don't think that's accurate".
The CGI was AMAZING, the soundtrack was fantastic, and the acting was good all-around. The magic was also REALLY cool and felt very accurate to the Warcraft universe. Some of my favorite parts were just the interactions between Durtan and Drakka and Durotan and Ogrim. For CGI orcs, they had fantastic chemistry and were very believable.
My only real complaints:
Lothar makes a few too many quips. He was obviously meant to be a joking and sarcastic character, but there was a point where it got to be a little too much, IMO.
The first 20 minutes is a big info-dump. For newcomers, this might be a little much to take in. It's a lot like watching the first episode of Game of Thrones where it's attempting to introduce you to every character and land and explain their motivations and who they are.
Some characters didn't get a chance to be fleshed out and developed. King Llane was kind of just there for the most part, he never really got any story or development for himself. But I can sort of forgive this because the main focus characters like Khadgar, Medivh, the various Orcs, etc. were all the most entertaining and got a fair bit of development.
So, if you enjoy the Warcraft series, you'll probably enjoy this. If you enjoy fantasy in general, you'll also probably enjoy this. Honestly, I'd say to go see this movie if just to support more high- budget game films. Don't listen to the critics who went into this with a negative bias. Worse than the Mario Bros. movie? Don't make me laugh.