As a WoW player, I didn't love this movie. :(

Rating: 6/10 (17 June 2016)

I am a longtime World of Warcraft player, so I was thrilled to see the game world come to screen.
I did like this movie. Alas, I did not love it :(
The movie is an operatic story about Gul'Dan, Durotan, Medivh, and Wrynn, with lots of Garona and Lothar, and a little Thrall as baby Moses. The world-building visuals were splendid, and I am so grateful for how well the cinematography made my beloved MMORPG world come to visual life. But when it came to the emotional experience of this story, I was let down. I felt no connection to the characters. I was left feeling emotionally flat at the end, like I had just eaten a tub of buttered popcorn, but it still left me feeling hungry afterwards.
Don't get me wrong: if you play WoW or Warcraft, you are absolutely obliged to see this eye-candy movie at least twice! Your chance to see widescreen murlocs, Karazhan, Redridge Mountains, Blasted Lands, Stormwind, Goldshire, Ironforge, Dalaran, and a mob getting sheeped: those scenes alone are worth the price of admission! But I recommend keeping your expectations low for the characterization of Lothar, Garona, Medivh, Llane, and Khadgar. Each of those characters comes across like a good-looking cardboard cutout.
p.s. this show is not for young kids. While the camera stops just short of gory squirting intestines in melee combat, the violence is definitely adult. The orcs smashing humans could be disturbing to watch.
p.p.s. I kept watching to see which characters were going to carry 32-slot bags x 4. No such luck :(