Warcraft: The "Rushed" Beginning. Not bad at all. But not great either and here is why.

Rating: 6/10 (5 June 2016)

No amounts of down-votes is gonna change the fact that this movie has cut a lot of corners. We all know and we all know / understand why.
It could have been better. Though considering the fact that it is a large story I would have preferred maybe 1 or 2 films before this one here. Explaining more rather than rushing it because when you rush...this is what you get.
All the meatiness of Warcraft is primarily in its past. The stuff we read and didn't so much play in World of Warcraft. More so the older games.
I can understand Blizzard wanting to use this approach but in a way I think its lazy of them. Especially of Duncan Jones to even go aboard this kind of writing.
Let me make this simple.
Pros: LOTS of potential and I wanna see more. The characters were in part interesting and certain moments are really intense and noteworthy. The CGI was good. It portrayed the Orcs and their culture such as honor in a good way. Though they appeared stupidly squishy. orcs are strong yet the alliance cuts them down like crazy. (Yes, I play horde.) Overall it was okay.
But... here comes the but.
The Mediocre / bad: Almost EVERYTHING else in the movie. It felt so rushed.(rushed being the only bad thing to me) Some combat felt very... poorly executed. Something is off with the choreography. It felt very rehearsed and sorta lackluster = Too quick, without punch). Its nothing like the action scenes we got from LOTR or the Hobbit or fantasy flicks of that sort where orcs and Humans would clash in these epic ways. Something that holds it back considering the bloody movie is called "Warcraft" but yes. I truly hope we get a like... 3 or 4 hour extended directors cut or something because the theatrical version, though full of potential... doesn't offer all that much significant context. There are moments in the start where I can see that patient storytelling aspect and I love that.
But by the end of the movie it gets so annoyingly rushed. And the moment you discover a MAJOR lore feature has been COMPLETELY reworked into arguably oblivion... that doesn't sit well with me. That is however not the reason for my score. I knew lore has been reworked that before watching it and I can to some extent understand that. Hollywood...
The reason for a 6 is because of how many elements this film literally races through. And that is again because of it being the theatrical release.
I need more content. I need more story. More build up. More character development. More of those memorable moments that make the film nice to see rather than a CGI fest with orcs roaring. Certainly that has its place but Warcraft is about a LOT more than just that.
And this film / This Theatrical release... doesn't manage to capture enough of that. Of what it does capture I absolutely love. Especially Draka and Durotans relationship as well as Durotans sacrifice.
And the way the reworked Garona and Llane I am actually not entirely against because they made sure to keep a vital aspect that is "The bond they shared" And though we lost a TON of lore which does anger me, I can get over it Score wont be judged by that. I will however hope the next film offers less changes of rather massive lore elements but we shall see.
As it stands the film is okay. Good. but NOT great. Maybe the extended directors cut etc version will be if we get like 1 whole hour or more of stuff to put things into better context.
The same thing happened to Event Horizon long ago. All the good stuff was removed from the film due to an age rating problem. Destroyed the film at release but since the director released the complete film the score got much more deserving results.
And I hope it will be the same for Warcraft.
Its too bad so many fanboys are defending this to their dying breaths because it prevents true words to be spoken when we all know whats up and we all want some things to be better.
Its not a 10 out of 10 and I can prove that by asking anyone rating this a 9 or a 10 to compare their viewing experience (NOT ITS FUTURE POTENTIAL) to other films they've seen and rated the same score.
All I have to think of it Batman or LOTR or movies like that. Movies I've watched countless times and lots more.
This film reminds me of Dracula Untold. Again lots of potential but made in such a way that the story becomes terribly rushed followed by sequel bait.
Bottomline: Theatrical version = 6 out of 10. A good film. Above average. I wanna see more. Both in the future but also in an extended version for this. I wanna see the directors cut...NOW.
Because if we get an hour more or longer like in other very large films. Like LOTR or such I like to believe I possibly could rate this a 7 or maybe even an 8. A GREAT film. Arguably even an AMAZING film. That is assuming the content for the context is even there. Time shall tell.
Thats my opinion, fellas. Upvote or down-vote. I don't really care. By the end of the day the film is what it is and no score or amount of angry fanboys both rating it 11 out of 10 or 1 out of 10 (Of which is unfair and it being neither) is gonna change that.
(Crossing fingers for Directors cut)