[Movie] Warcraft

Fair. As somebody at a completely different angle, the trailers did not really induce anything to me with regards to plot.

Do you want me to give the slightest insight to the basic conflict?

Which is why I mentioned to wait until after reviews. Trust me, we alllll remember the Hobbit

Well, maybe trust the reviewers then.

 

I realize you have personal investment in this movie, but I really don't need you to explain to me how to figure out whether I should see a movie or not. I've used the internet before.

 

And I wasn't responding to you in regards to that.

Do I have personal investment? Only to hope it is successful enough to have sequels, I would guess. But you come to a thread (which has a sole purpose to discuss a movie) and say said movie is going to be ****, and literally only say that. Not only that, you provide no actual substance nor counterpoint. At least try.

You must be fun at parties.

 

Haha, you're fun. Very judgy there, aren't you?

I didn't say "this movie is going to be ****", what I said was "this movie looks like ****". It looks extremely run of the mill fantasy.

Frankly, I hope it's great. There's yet to be a really great video game to film translation in my opinion and, it would be fantastic if this were it. That is not the vibe I got from either trailer honestly.

If it's good, I will pay to see it. My previous statement stands however, it looks like ****.

You tell me, other than some of the motion capture -- what is this movie doing that is special? Is there any aspect of the story that I should expect to blow my mind?

 

I'm not familiar with Warcraft or its universe. The trailers haven't "moved" me or anything but I will give it a chance. I think Duncan Jones is awesome.

Moon was amazing and Source Code was really fun.

 

I didn't realize this was the same director, I loved both of those movies. I also like Dominic Cooper, hopefully it's better than I expect.

 

I've never played WoW, Starcraft, or any of its sort. All I know is the whole Leroy Jenkins thing. Is that the game this movie is based of?

Will I enjoy the movie if I don't play the game? A lot of the things will probably go right over my head.

 

I appreciate that as a fan you are willing to go to great lengths to get non-fans like me to understand and perhaps even like the Warcraft world. So I'm willing to listen.

On a side note, as a moviegoer I view trailers from that perspective and with the advent of so much adapted material these days like comic books, graphic novels, etc. Many of which I have never been exposed to, I view a trailer and decide the merits of viewing the material solely based on what's in the trailer.

A great example of this is the original trailer for LOTR which did an excellent job selling the movie to people like me who had never picked up a Tolkien book before.

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That said I would like to give Warcraft the same chance but so far the trailer makes no sense for non-fans.

 

Same universe, but the strategy game before WoW.

I would wait for more reviews. Ideally, it is not supposed to.

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Apologies for anything harsh. Extending an olive branch. Have a good day.

 

International box office numbers are trending upwards. On pace for presale tickets to surpass Furious 7.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/227-movies-at-the-theater/73779347

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/t...n-pg-102-decent-cinemacon-reactions/?page=138

Furious 7 grossed about $390 million in China, the highest grossing foreign film.

Norwegian film critic:

https://twitter.com/Birger_Vestmo/status/735120343703158786

I, as well, do not think the two main trailers do not do full justice as well. But to understand the direction, I think this short clip from the movie kinda would sum up on a high level what is going on.

Spoiler

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Considering I do know the story already, I am not trying to mention anything outside published material.

 

Movie has been released overseas. Mixed domestically, which includes one from Variety that just puts the film, WoW, and anything related on blast. Would love to see some movies that he has rated in the past.

However, overseas reactions are generally positive from critics. For example:

http://mulderville.net/critiques/4435/warcraft#mulder

I expected this with regards to the critics. I would not forsee very positive reviews from mainstream Hollywood.

I would take a 7, personally.

Also fwiw, I think in the Phillipines, the movie was given an R rating, but I don't know exactly what their standards are.

 

I would have killed for a Starcraft movie.
Especially if they went with the SC1, SC: Brood War theme. Dark fantasy instead of the epic fantasy that Starcraft 2 turned into.

True that. SC, Diablo before D3, and Overwatch animated movie would be nice.

 

What does this mean

 

While I feel like a lot of aspects of Starcraft has been done, I tend to agree that it would make the better movie.

 

So that's the big saving grace for this movie? That Orcs are portrayed in a more positive manner? Hahaha, yeah this movie is screwed.