Warcraft movie MEGA THREAD

[Techno-Druid]

It's at 19% now. Angry Birds and the Ninja Turtles sequel topped this shitty movie.

Process that for a minute.

It's not even out in North America...

[Lady Dragonheart]

The reviewers are extremely nit-picky about their grievances over the film... I haven't really found a debatable reason among them that classify it as "bad." The majority of the complaints are generically the same: it's a game-movie with pre-defined plot, it's for a niche crowd (WoW/Warcraft gamers), it's high-fantasy (which should be a given and not something against the film, as that is what it literally is).

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Anyway.....rotten tomatoes sucks. The true magic is always in IMDB

This is very true, it is pretty well known that they're horrible at predicting movie popularity.

[Tackhisis]

Most critics just see the obvious: the acting is poor and the authors forgot to put the movie's message in.

[Techno-Druid]

Most critics just see the obvious: the acting is poor and the authors forgot to put the movie's message in.

Warcraft doesn't have a message. A lot of fantasy doesn't, A Song of Ice and Fire or Harry Potter for example, they don't have messages.

I heard the acting for the humans was bland, but the actors portraying the orcs were good from what most credible critics, fans and reviewers have said.

[Thelxi]

indieWIRE 0/100 lol
http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/war...es-1201683601/

Damn that was savage.

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Childish or not, it certainly didn't feel like the grim Warcraft we used to know. Wow/Warcraft has steadily been getting cheesier and more cartoony since about 2008.

Excuse me, what? WoW was ALLWAYS Cartonish and NEVER grim and dark....

[Alopex Major]

"It’s rare to see a film that fails on almost every level. Duncan Jones’ Warcraft is one of those films. Already seriously in the running to take the prize for Worst Movie of 2016, Warcraft may prove that the fabled video game adaption “curse” is so strong that it can bring even the most talented of young filmmakers to their knees."

But nah guys, the critics are all wrong and it's amazing, right?

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Lol, since when?

Since you dont BUY a RT rating like you do with imdb....

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Every Rating below 6/10 for this movie is just BS (beacuse everything under this says, that the movie was TOTAL crap like CGI, music, characters, plot etc.)

And it is! Go with some people into the movie that have never played and warcraft game and they will tell you how bad it is and stolen from lotr and how bad the cgi is.

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This might surprise you, but it's possible to like a movie without being a corporate shill.

Same goers the other way

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Yeah... seems like a lot of these "critics" are click-baiting and dog-piling now. They make silly criticisms (like comparing it to LotR or talking about white humans and brown orcs), flame it as hard as they can, bash it for being too nerdy/based off a game/whatever the fotm hate is, and then give it 1 star or an F or w/e their lowest score is. Read that dude's twitter; he's loving that his article has annoyed fans of the franchise and is generating clicks because of that, and that was his goal all along. Some of these people have no integrity, they just know if they give it a really bad score then they'll get a little attention.

What do you expect people to compare it to then when not lotr where most of the lore was stolen from?

[Ianus]

"It’s rare to see a film that fails on almost every level. Duncan Jones’ Warcraft is one of those films. Already seriously in the running to take the prize for Worst Movie of 2016, Warcraft may prove that the fabled video game adaption “curse” is so strong that it can bring even the most talented of young filmmakers to their knees."

But nah guys, the critics are all wrong and it's amazing, right?

like i give a fuck what you and critics say lol i will give movie 10 just in spite of idiots like you even if its 6/10

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I think a 40% rating from RT would actually be quite accurate for this movie, its really not that good at all. If you look at all the flaws like the pacing and awkward use of CGI/actors, its already dragging down the movie quite a lot for a professional critic. Sure most fans will enjoy the movie solely because its Warcraft, but in their case they'll rate it because of their enjoyment which is helped by knowing its universe for so long. But if they're not familiar with Warcraft at all, they get more critical about the movies execution and may either like its setting or not. But when I look at the movies execution, I might be asking myself why I don't just watch LotR instead.

Its current rating on RT is way to low, but its also nowhere near 8-10/10 levels of good. The fans will vote the former, which imo isn't any more accurate then some of those RT reviewers have rated them. Which is why I also facepalm when someone is like ''yeah Rotten Tomatoes is crap, go see the IMDB rating instead thats actually good!''. They're both bad ratings, RT with to many unprofessional critics and IMDB with way to many fanboys blindly rating 10/10 before the movie even aired.

I'm questioning myself if the movie is going to have a sequel, as of now I'd be happy to see them break even. But the first movie has so many flaws that I doubt that the sequel would be much better. I still want it to do well ofcourse, as an Arthas fanboy I'd love to see a movie centered around him. But I'm not holding any hopes up.

Well said! Ofc as a Warcraft fan since Orcs vs Humans its nice to see places like Karazahn in the Movie but thats the only nice thing you can say about that "movie"

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It's at 19% now. Angry Birds and the Ninja Turtles sequel topped this shitty movie.
Process that for a minute.

Well tbh Angry Birds has a far better story than warcraft

[wowaccounttom]

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Well tbh Angry Birds has a far better story than warcraft

nm Anime and Hentai... porn has better plot than this movie

[Relapses]

Same goers the other way

I'm not blindly defending the movie, I'm just offering an alternate theory for people posting about it positively. There's a subsection of players on this forum who are baffled by the mere possibility somebody might have actually enjoyed the movie. And honestly, people enjoy objectively shitty movies all the time. (I've personally enjoyed some of Michael Bay's explosion-laden fuckshows and recently thoroughly enjoyed the oft-maligned Batman vs Superman.)

You can take a stance that the movie is indefensible -- and even use its garbage RT scores as proof of this -- but I think it's a bit unfair to slam people for having a favorable opinion of the movie since there's such a broad definition of entertainment people derive from movies in gneeral.

[roahn the warlock]

Dude movie isn't even out in America yet and people acting like they know the plot.

[daywalker02]

Warcraft doesn't have a message. A lot of fantasy doesn't, A Song of Ice and Fire or Harry Potter for example, they don't have messages.

I heard the acting for the humans was bland, but the actors portraying the orcs were good from what most credible critics, fans and reviewers have said.

It is not the acting. Mostly miscast I am sure.

Travis might not the best Lothar impression, Dominic Cooper is too young a king, Ben Foster is no Gandalf, just a kid wizard, Ben Schnetzer is not convincing

I have yet to watch the movie in a couple of days but that is what I heard mostly. They tried

[Issalice]

You can't really judge a rating like that (percentage based on a website) on something this early in it's release life. I'm a huge movie nerd, I watch a ton of movies and I never ever base my decision to see a movie based on the percentage rating it receives. If the plot sounds interesting I will see it, if there is a written review I will read it and take that into consideration but I won't base anything off of a percentage rating that is based off an average. Some people will vote 0 based on the bare minimum of being something they feel they won't like, or they hate the actor/director. Others will do the opposite and rate a 5 for the same reason. Never judge an average rating, ever.

[roahn the warlock]

The CGI orcs and non-CGI humans on the screen at the same time is very jarring. The armor and weapons do indeed look plastic. The writing is abysmal.

I hope they do another and put some more effort into it. I guess only time will tell.

Same company that made the armor for LotR made the armor for this film... Are you always full of shit, or just when you're regurgitating bullcrap?

[daywalker02]

"It’s rare to see a film that fails on almost every level. Duncan Jones’ Warcraft is one of those films. Already seriously in the running to take the prize for Worst Movie of 2016, Warcraft may prove that the fabled video game adaption “curse” is so strong that it can bring even the most talented of young filmmakers to their knees."

But nah guys, the critics are all wrong and it's amazing, right?

Yes, maybe you are right it aint that good. But I think a lot of folks like it. That is true as well.

This was supposed to be an entertaining movie not an arthouse movie with a lot of substance.

It did what it was supposed to do. That is enough for the common folk.

[roahn the warlock]

Yes, maybe you are right it aint that good. But I think a lot of folks like it. That is true as well.

This was supposed to be an entertaining movie not an arthouse movie with a lot of substance.

It did what it was supposed to do. That is enough for the common folk.

That is the major problem with rotten tomatoes. You see, a lot of the negative reviews are just like... "Well it's okay" but they come across as rotten. like one says....

"It looks terrific, and is directed with plenty of energy and personality. But it feels both overcrowded and superficial."

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It's not often that a film suffers from taking too little time to tell its story, but two hours just doesn't seem enough to establish the vastness of Jones's vision and still deliver something with an emotional impact."

neither of these reviews are "Negative" but they just dont say "Amazing"

That being said, I don't recognize 90% of these magazines.

[Peroxidex]

What do you expect people to compare it to then when not lotr where most of the lore was stolen from?

I never knew Lovecraft wrote Lord of the Rings!

Warcraft is actually closer to Lovecraft's work. While there are references and easter eggs relating to Lord of the Rings, it wasn't nearly as influential. A few of Lovecraft's monsters included Azathoth and Yog-Sothoth, who share quite similar names with a boss and location in Warcraft. The story of Dagon is likely the inspiration for the Naga. There are more, but I'll leave you to search them out if interested!

[daywalker02]

That is the major problem with rotten tomatoes. You see, a lot of the negative reviews are just like... "Well it's okay" but they come across as rotten. like one says....

"It looks terrific, and is directed with plenty of energy and personality. But it feels both overcrowded and superficial."

"
It's not often that a film suffers from taking too little time to tell its story, but two hours just doesn't seem enough to establish the vastness of Jones's vision and still deliver something with an emotional impact."

neither of these reviews are "Negative" but they just dont say "Amazing"

That being said, I don't recognize 90% of these magazines.

This.

And people are not taking into consideration that it could be a stepping stone for a much better sequel.

An average start does not mean anything, there is hope it will finish stronger.