A video-game movie done right?

Rating: 7/10 (11 June 2016)

I first need to address where I come from going into this movie. I have played many of Blizzard entertainments(he creator-company behind the Warcraft Universe) games and I have also sunk hours upon hours into the lore of Warcraft. And as both a gamer and a Warcraft lore nerd I think this is so far one of the FEW(If not the only) movies, based on a video-game franchise, that can hold up to the franchise it's representing. And with that being such a rare thing this movie deserves the biggest praise.
With that said though, as a movie, it has obvious flaws. But also moments that are excellent. There is some parts that you just can see where Blizzard have had their hand in making things that are as true to what makes their video games on a unparalleled scale. And that is the "CGI". The Orcs and their home-world looks amazing and you cannot help but to feel strongly for the animated characters in many different ways just because of how they look, move, act and talk. It's truly, yet again, a masterpiece of art created by Blizzard. They really feel like they have a soul unlike many other animated movies and cut-scenes created now a days.
With that said though. If I had not read and invested so much time beforehand and already knew these characters and where they came from I most likely would be VERY confused as to what was going on on the screen. Especially the first parts that throw you from scene to scene and character to character making it very hard to follow and get emotionally invested as to what's being shown. And even though that is not as big of an issue in the rest of the movie it's still there and it made made it hard to be able to connect to the characters as I wanted to and many of the witty and emotional scenes that could have been great fell short because of it.
And when the "CGI" parts still won my heart due to how excellently made they are. The parts with real life actors made me cringe most of the time and also the choice of actors felt off. It made the movie at parts more feel like a mediocre sci-fi/fantasy TV show than a big movie production. I so wanted it work but I knew it was going to be hard for me even before I went into the movie-theater as I have never been a fan of the mix of animated characters and real actors. And when the non-animated parts feel closer to a low budget production than a high budget one it throws me off even more.
Now I could have been fine with all of the non-animated parts flaws IF they had taken the time to develop all the characters and the story. I very much want to make a parallel to Lord of the Rings since if they had followed a similar model to LOTR and made the movie 30-60min longer and worked the scenes(specially the parts in the beginning) in a way as to not make it feel as rushed, not only would the choice of actors have felt as weak but many of the scenes in the movie would have hit closer to home than it does in its current shape. One could hope that there is a Directors cut or something similar to get your hands on in the future, if so, wait for that. It would be worth it.
BUT with that said, for this to be one of the few(or the first) TRUE movie based on a video-game world that stays true to the world at hand it does get a big plus, as well as for the animated parts.
As a video-game fan or a Warcraft fan this movie is a yes. As someone who does not have any prior knowledge or interaction of the Warcraft world, I don't see how this movie would be anything for you. But if you like amazing animations. Go for it. But you most likely will not leave this movie behind you with your emotions swayed in any way even though many scenes try to get you there.