A big disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (25 May 2016)

Duncan Jones is best known for the films Moon and Source Code. Two very successful films! However, the director of Warcraft has acquired a lot larger project. It is a film adaptation of a very successful and well-known game. If this works out well, then we can assume that this man will work on more larger projects. I myself have never played the game so I won't compare this movie with the game. I consider this film as a film that brings a new fantasy story, a genre that is quite interesting because of the many things you can do with it.
Warcraft is set in a fantasy world in which man is threatened by Orcs. We know them already from for example the Lord of the Rings. The orcs' world is dying so they need to find a new world. The world where the people live. These two worlds are connected to each other by a portal, and this is how the orcs try to take over the world of the people.
A fantasy film is a good film when the story draws in the world in, you can empathize with the characters and you get to see lots of novelties. Unfortunately, this film has too little of these elements. The story is pretty standard; good vs evil, so there must be something extra to make it interesting. The characters unfortunately aren't. This is mainly due to the actors and the frequent (say almost full-time) use of a green screen. The effects look way too inadequate to take you into this world. The orcs look very unrealistic, because it is all generated by computer. The humans are played by real actors, but aren't convincing. The acting is very moderate. Therefor it was impossible for me to be sucked into this world. So much money was involved, but we don't see it on the screen. It looks close to awful at most.
Love is blind, they say sometimes. I therefore believe that only the true fans of the game can enjoy this film. They will probably take the shortcomings for granted.