An honest opinion

Rating: 6/10 (31 May 2016)

Okay, let's make one thing clear: I am a massive Warcraft fan. From the games to the lore, I've loved it from the beginning up until now, played all the games, read all the books. But after watching the film last night, I can't help but feel disappointed.
Let's start with the cons, the movie was just way too fast paced, especially at the start. On moment we're here, 30 seconds later we've flown a gryphon and now we're over here. It's hard to keep up if you aren't familiar with the game locations, and so whilst watching I felt frustrated at the fact that the film was basically just fan servicing fans of the game, and to move the plot along in it's 2 hour span, use cringe-worthy dialogue to keep it going.
That being said, visually, it is amazing. The emotion captured with the cgi orcs was impressive, and the fight scenes were intense as I had hoped. I was still disappointed with the quality of the script and screenplay, but since the director's cut is 40 mins longer (hopefully this will get released on bluray) perhaps the extra scenes will add meat to the incredibly fast paced spectacle..