Another bad video game movie...

Rating: 3/10 (3 June 2016)

Let's get right to the point. The Warcraft movie is bad. It's really bad. I wanted to like this movie but it's just not a good movie. The acting is beyond horrible. Especially the main human cast. The CG orcs act circles around the humans in this movie. The movie also does a horrible job of explaining the world to the audience. Thank God I actually know the lore of Warcraft and love the games otherwise I might have just walked out on the movie. The tone in the movie is all over the place too. On the orc side of things with Durotan it's fine but on the human side they try to insert some witty banter which just falls flat, a "romance" that is beyond forced, and finally some tragedy which they simply have not earned. The CG is really uneven. Sometimes it's damn impressive and other times it's flat out bad. All this makes for a pretty terrible movie experience. Sure, fans of Warcraft will probably enjoy it but that doesn't make Warcraft a good movie, just like Twilight fans enjoying the Twilight movies don't make those movies good movies. If you go into this movie as a Warcraft fan you'll probably enjoy yourself but if you're looking for a good fantasy movie, like Lord of The Rings, then stay far away from this movie.