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On 6 Jun 2016 15:45:22 GMT, Urbin <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>Well, I mentioned it some weeks ago, the Warcraft movie launched over here
>last week, but I only go around to seeing it today. It pretty much met my
>expectations (i.e. it was about as bad as I expected).

Thanks for letting us know your thoughts; I've been wondering what
people think of it but most forum threads on MMO-C and the like are a
bit too polarised to get much actual idea!

>The only good thing about the movie that I can say is that they really
>managed to make almost all of the places instantly recognizable to anyone
>who has played vanilla WoW or BC. I also like the little side jokes they
>added to the movie (a lonely murloc spearing a fish guuurrrrgling while the
>party crosses a bridge; a blue/red fishing bobber floating in a river).

Ah great, I was hoping for little touches like that :-) It wouldn't be
warcraft without a murloc somewhere, glad there's one!

>Other than that, most everything is pretty cheesy. The Orcs are so overblown
>in their muscularity (basically the Horde consists of the Hulk multiplied)
>that they're a caricature of themselves, the dwarves and elves have brief
>appeareances only and look totally out of place. The story is roughly based
>on the lore but butchered so a love interest could be added and I think they
>picked every lousy actor they managed to find.

Hehe I'd heard the story was altered a bit, necessary I guess but
still disappointing; I'd seen enough photos of the orcs to have an
idea what to expect... oh well. 

>In short, whereas Peter Jackson managed to bring Lord of the Rings to the
>screen in a way that - at least for me - portraied what the books and
>previous artwork had instilled in my perfectly, Warcraft: The Beginning left
>me totally untouched, any of the the cut scenes in game (and much of the
>quest dialogs that were part of the game play) had more depthy and
>credibility.

That's a shame, the ingame cutscenes are often so well-done that I'd
love to see a whole movie done that way, by Blizzard themselves!

>I expected things to end up like that and I still had to go see. I doubt
>that there is going to be a sequel, it's the movies second week and there
>were four (!) people in the theatre. I don't think we'll miss much.

Lol, if there's THAT few going then I actually might give it a try...
I hate crowds and as a result have never even been to a cinema, can't
imagine any fun in trying to watch something while surrounded by other
people, but if there's only a few then it'll be less bad. 

I was expecting to have to wait till the DVD release to see it - maybe
that'll come sooner too if it's not that good... although I'd like it
to be successful enough to have a sequel, as I think the whole
Arthas/Scourge story would make a great film. Probably a better one
than trying to create a plot out of the original Warcraft, which was
really just "evil orcs invade good humans".