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I watched it and liked it. I'm an American living in Asia, and haven't played video games in 15 years. I thought I would hate this movie but I actually liked

I watched it and liked it. I'm an American living in Asia, and haven't played video games in 15 years. I thought I would hate this movie but I actually liked the mind games of a few parts, particularly near the end where one character tells another to "bring peace" to the two races. No spoiler there, but if you saw it you know what part I mean =). Anyway, to each his own. I'd recommend seeing it even if you're not into gaming. I also liked the new Alice movie..

chillacy 10y ago
I went in with very low expectations (at the time it had a 22% RT score), so I kind of liked the movie too, since it wasn't that bad. Might even see the sequel, since warcraft starts slow but sets up some nice drama for the future.
- studentrob 10y ago
  > Might even see the sequel, since warcraft starts slow but sets up some nice drama for the future. For sure. They're set up to be a great fantasy series The movie is based on the books. There are a ton of Warcraft books - I haven't read them but after seeing the movie I might. 22% on RT is ridiculous. I bet that goes up a lot over time. This story of good/evil people, where each group has good and evil people within it, along with good and evil magic is as good as star wars in my opinion, just in 2016-level graphics instead. It's another lesson that races, religion, etc. don't define whether people are good or not.
  - thesimpsons1022 10y ago
    reading a lot of the reviews, they seemed to be from a lot of older people who had a clear disdain for the type of movie. they seemed not to understand what fell was or orcs or anything and saw it as for dungeons and dragons nerds
    - studentrob 10y ago
      Yeah, oh well, their loss! I think this will become a great series.
- goldenkey 10y ago
  It's absolutely ridiculous for the movie to have a 22% score. I'm not even into fantasy/role-playing or the warcraft series, and I thought it was done way better than Star Wars as a movie about conflicting sides and war. Really was an epic and finely done movie, I'd give it a 10/10. There was very little "cheese" factor which is what you kind of cringe about when you think of fantasy movies. They really did the movie in a mature, adult way, with no cheese factor, and I respect Blizzard for that. I think Blizzard isn't used to the movie scene so didn't pay off the critics like most movie studios probably do -- so they got blackmailed. Terrible how that works..
  - aphextron 10y ago
    >the critics like most movie studios probably do -- so they got blackmailed. Terrible how that works.. I'd say it had more to do with Duncan Jones making a fun movie for the fans, rather than some edgy gritty crap for the critics to sniff their own farts to.

chillacy 10y ago

I went in with very low expectations (at the time it had a 22% RT score), so I kind of liked the movie too, since it wasn't that bad. Might even see the sequel, since warcraft starts slow but sets up some nice drama for the future.

studentrob 10y ago
> Might even see the sequel, since warcraft starts slow but sets up some nice drama for the future. For sure. They're set up to be a great fantasy series The movie is based on the books. There are a ton of Warcraft books - I haven't read them but after seeing the movie I might. 22% on RT is ridiculous. I bet that goes up a lot over time. This story of good/evil people, where each group has good and evil people within it, along with good and evil magic is as good as star wars in my opinion, just in 2016-level graphics instead. It's another lesson that races, religion, etc. don't define whether people are good or not.
- thesimpsons1022 10y ago
  reading a lot of the reviews, they seemed to be from a lot of older people who had a clear disdain for the type of movie. they seemed not to understand what fell was or orcs or anything and saw it as for dungeons and dragons nerds
  - studentrob 10y ago
    Yeah, oh well, their loss! I think this will become a great series.
goldenkey 10y ago
It's absolutely ridiculous for the movie to have a 22% score. I'm not even into fantasy/role-playing or the warcraft series, and I thought it was done way better than Star Wars as a movie about conflicting sides and war. Really was an epic and finely done movie, I'd give it a 10/10. There was very little "cheese" factor which is what you kind of cringe about when you think of fantasy movies. They really did the movie in a mature, adult way, with no cheese factor, and I respect Blizzard for that. I think Blizzard isn't used to the movie scene so didn't pay off the critics like most movie studios probably do -- so they got blackmailed. Terrible how that works..
- aphextron 10y ago
  >the critics like most movie studios probably do -- so they got blackmailed. Terrible how that works.. I'd say it had more to do with Duncan Jones making a fun movie for the fans, rather than some edgy gritty crap for the critics to sniff their own farts to.