A masterclass in adaptation.

Rating: 10/10 (5 June 2016)

I've got bored with the Warcraft strategy games a long time ago and developed a hate for World of Warcraft the MMO years ago (due to the multiplayer experience, not the game), even when I was playing I found zero appeal in the horde.
This movie made me forget all about that.
They took the essence of what I knew and loved about the games and fused them into an almost uninterrupted sequence of consecutive scenes overwhelming me with nostalgia. 10 minutes in I highly doubt I was blinking even once until the end of the movie. While the story could've been a tiny bit more multifaceted, and certain characters could've been more involved in it, I can't say for sure I could have enjoyed the movie with a different story more than I already have. I admit I am completely incapable to look at this movie from the perspective of someone who has never played any Warcraft title, but only because this is the best movie adaptation of anything I've seen in my 3 decades of being on this Earth, and with the late surge of DC and Marvel movies, that's saying something.
If you like fantasy movies in general that's not an assurance in itself that you will definitely like Warcraft the movie, but if you are curious what the Warcraft universe is all about, you most assuredly will get the genuine Warcraft experience with this movie. I judge it for what it is, an adaptation, and on that front it delivered 100%!
I'm looking forward to seeing more of the same in the sequel.