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• Warcraft: The Beginning

  jesslloydfan > 22/06/2016, 00:25

  Honestly thought there was already a thread for this but after searching... Nothing.
  Anyway who has watched this? Opinions, thoughts?
  
  Watched this last week and I know reviews weren't kind to it (to put it lightly), but it was good I thought. The effects on the various characters was excellent and the whole thing looked amazing visually. Personally I found the characters likeable and the story while not that complicated was good.

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  Friday > 22/06/2016, 08:04

  I went to see this on day one of it's release and it is a good movie.
  I've been playing the game for years and I loved how some of the locations looked.  Stormwind was amazing.
  
  I heard that they cut some bits at the start leaving the critics scratching their heads a bit about who Gul'dan is and why they were leavingg their home world (Draenor).  Hopefully that makes it into the blu-ray release.
  
  They've shown they can make a good fantasy movie that doesn't invole little kids saving the day, with luck we'll get a sequel in a couple of years.

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  jesslloydfan > 22/06/2016, 16:26

  I've never played any of the games or read any of the expanded stories etc they've released and I had no problem understanding why the Orc world was dying or anything else in the plot. Found the story gave ample explanation without being bogged down with having too much exposition.
  
  Hopefully it does well enough for a sequel while the ending was so open.

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  Coop > 23/06/2016, 18:43

  I saw this yesterday and enjoyed it quite a bit. I never really play much of the warcraft games but i did play some world of warcraft and i play a lot of hearthstone so i understood most of the story and recognized most of the characters. The special effects were really good and all the props were amazing. The amour and weapons looks really cool but because of their design it was really obvious they were plastic.

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  gymaddict69 > 24/06/2016, 23:17

  Have never played to date nor do i ever intend t play a Warcraft game (nothing against the games, im just not a gamer anymore) so when i do see the film (eventually) i will be going into it with no knowledge of what stories / events led to it. This doesnt put me off though. Despite the frankly awful reviews this does look like cgi action filled fun. That lone warrents a download on its home release.

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  jesslloydfan > 30/06/2016, 00:36

  Honestly gymaddict if you were going to watch it i'd say watch it in the cinema, if only to properly appreciate the visuals. And i doubt you'll have any difficulty following the film, i didn't and my sum total knowledge of Warcraft before watching the film was the 'Make love not Warcraft' episode of South Park and i understood it fine and despite the complaints from critics about too many characters etc i found them all to be fleshed out enough.

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  gymaddict69 > 01/07/2016, 22:36

  Sorry Jesslloydfan, that aint happpening. Part expense (although i know you can get all you can eat cinema passes nowadays) and part, well free time mean that seeing this at the cinema aint an option. I do restrict myself to a 3 visits a year. I can understand that from a spectacle perspective, for instance i know watching a cinema shaking film like Independence Day : Resurggence at home is not gonna have the same level of impact but there it is. Snap as far as the extent of Warcraft knowledge goes..got everything i know from that single, but classic, episode of South Park (Mum..toilet..love it). Im expecting this to be good popcorn fodder and will certainly give it a look on home release.

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  gymaddict69 > 08/07/2016, 21:41

  Strangely enough only commented on Warcraft a week ago and tonight, upon checking online, i see that its now available. Of course get straight on with downloading it. Handy as not out on the piss Tomorrow night so this will hopefully fill some kinda void. Will post a review after.

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  gymaddict69 > 15/07/2016, 22:56

  Last weekend (while eating sunday lunch of all things) the fam and i decided to give this a look..and were pleasently suprised. Fair play, not all of the cgi works in that on some occassions it looks like its been lifted from game cutscenes. This however is a mnor niggle as the film in itself is simply entertaining popcorn fodder that can be picked up by even thoose not familiar with what inspired the creation of the film. Pretty big, pretty loud, occassionally gorgeous to look at..just a fun way to spend a couple of hours. Came away from the film not feeling as though we had wasted the 2 hours..what more can you ask.
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