The CGI was fantastic, taking much of what we’ve come to expect from Blizzard and their in-game cinematics and integrating those effects with live action. Fortunately, both races are given plenty of screen time to develop their respective stories, though I would argue the orcs get the better end of the deal.
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In the movie Warcraft, two races are being presented in full: the Orcs and the Humans. The similarities between Warcraft and the works of Tolkien stop at the races involved. One of the initial criticisms I’ve seen is where people have made the mistake of comparing this movie to Lord of the Rings, or any other Tolkien work. Fans of the source material will notice the movie changes some of the key points of the original story, but I didn’t mind the changes as they made sense when adapting so much material for a 2-hour movie. Warcraft begins by setting the tone of the world, a fantastical set of worlds (that of the humans and the separate world of the orcs), with brighter and more vibrant colors to what is otherwise a fairly brutal and lived-in world. Notice I didn’t say this was going to win any awards, or change the minds of would-be naysayers who already believe video game adaptations will never work on the big screen. Let me begin by saying this movie was very fun to watch. I’ll try to structure this review as spoiler-free as possible, at least in the beginning, and finish with a bit of spoiler-ish material to round it out. I know you didn’t read this article to hear about my fanboy nostalgia for WoW, hopefully you’re reading to see what this fanboy thinks of the movie. I’ve played the game since “vanilla” WoW, over the course of 10 years now, where terms like “vanilla WoW” or sentences like “This noob huntard keeps pulling aggro from our pally tank” are a part of a language that only the initiated understand. Though the movie Warcraft is not necessarily based on the online multiplayer game, it is based on lore that all Warcraft games are built upon most importantly the initial meeting of the Orc and Human races.
Since that time, I’ve waited with bated breath to see characters from some of my favorite games, notably World of Warcraft (WoW), on the big screen. The Warcraft movie has been in production limbo for years before Duncan Jones and company took the reins and moved forward almost 2 years ago. Before Warcraft: Orcs and Humans or their other real-time strategy games were released, I enjoyed games such as Lost Vikings (on SNES) and I’ve come to give anything that Blizzard does a stamp of approval before playing it.
I like to acknowledge my bias before I give my opinion on a topic, to be fair.
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