Good Fantasy Flick With Some Flaws

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2016)

When I read the first few reviews of Warcraft I wondered if it consisted of only fan boys who were promoting the movie just because of nostalgia and fandom. I was aware that some of the critics had given quite bad reviews and therefor I went to see the video with quite low expectations... I was positively surprised.
Personally I've played all the Warcraft games and followed the series since the 90's. I know the general story line, but I would not consider myself as a "big fan". I'm just a normal gamer.
This movie seem to be the first movie in a series of future Warcraft movies. Therefor it is trying to introduce the universe for the viewer, while at the same time presenting an interesting story. This makes the movie a bit confusing and it definitely feels like they tried to push a bit too much into too short amount of time.
The movie has a love story which definitely feels rushed and comes out of nowhere. The movie jumps between locations and scenes very quickly multiple times which leaves the viewer a bit confused what just happened, and while it does this it also tries to stick with the main story line of the Orc invasion of Azeroth, while also trying to introduce this giant universe to the viewer, and explain a clash of different magic types between Warlock and Mages.
Even me who has played all the games got confused and I wondered how other people in the theater must have felt.
The CGI is top notch and it's not a single time where I feel that the CGI, Magic spells or other effects disturbed in any way. It felt very natural and the Orc's definitely felt natural together with the human actors. The CGI in Warcraft is way better than other fantasy movies such as The Hobbit trilogy.
Even though the movie has some problems with its story line, where it tries to push a bit too much information in a very short amount of time, I still consider this movie a success and I consider it one of the better Fantasy movie that I've seen in a long time.
The main story line was good. The bad guy was amazing, the art and CGI looked great and I look forward to see the coming movies in the Warcraft franchise.
My wife who joined me for the movie, without knowing anything about the Warcraft universe enjoyed the movie even more than I did. She was confused about some parts but it did not prevent her from enjoying the movie.