A Warcraft server match is more entertaining than this movie

Rating: 3/10 (10 June 2016)

I expected much from this game-based film as gaming friends have been raving about how good WOW's story lines and character arcs are. Top it off with a trailer that excites, I decided to spend 2 hour debunking film's history of disappointing gaming story lines.
I have no idea where to begin except to warn non-gamers that if you know nothing of Warcraft, the hit MMORPG game, avoid this film at all cost. So, let just pinpoint the proof that this film deserves its 22% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Firstly, the film does its story-boarders at Blizzard Gaming zero justice here. What gamer friends have hailed as one of the best story lines in modern gaming (*now I seriously doubt its validity) prove nothing more than a basic war and politics flicks that confuses.
Moreover, the plot seem to consistently be iconic movie sequences pieced together haphazardly. In all fairness, the film's writers tried to create character arcs around several main characters, but many of these were poorly executed to the point that plot holes became unnecessarily obvious.
Secondly, casting felt like a huge mismatch. Humans interacting with orcs in the film felt more like ugly overgrown neanderthals speaking to the modern men of evolution. Fight sequences felt dry and predictable largely thanks to lacking realism in the voice acting. This was of course made worse by the fact that I became bored to death that all those droning of "history". For me, it was bizarre since Legendary Pictures is known for casting lesser known stars in lead roles that thrust them into the spotlight. (Don't believe me? Look at Christian Bale in the Dark Knight trilogy, Henry Cavill in Superman's remakes and Chris Pratt in Jurassic World)
That said, there is one tiny salvaging moment for this film and that's the CGI war scenes. The zoomed out camera pans reminded me of some of the gaming footage I've watched off global WOW competition and therefore looks awesome on the big screen.
Quite honestly, I'd rather watch a proper WOW competition match for the same amount of time and zero cost. Coming from a dude who refuses to play Warcraft, WOW competition has more excitement and unpredictability than this poor execution of game-based movie.