Well, the Warcraft movie is a bit rubbish.
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There's actually a scene at the end where Lothar basically solos the Ork Fortress dungeon, and all he brings is a sword and a griffon mount. And holy fuck the griffon tears shit up right proper! I remember thinking that if they just brought a dozen more of them the Orcs would have been massacred.AccursedTheory said:
So it ain't all bad, but its always pretty awkward.
How is it sad? If it's shit, it's shit. The only thing it really does is make it less likely videogame movies are made in the future, or at least made in a way that is in any way resembles the source material.slo said:
Wait...what? Wil "I don't know what ETC actually is, so I'm going to just say etcetera instead here at Blizzcon as the main presenter" Wheaton is involved in this? Jesus Christ, they really were scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for people to put into this...Silentpony said:
Glad to hear it. I saw this movie last night actually. And while it wasn't great, it was hardly terrible. It did remind me a bit of the Dungeons and Dragons movie, in some of the scenes, just on a production level. But overall, it wasn't a terrible experience. The last time I played WoW was The Burning Legion expansion, so I'm pretty rusty on a lot of the lore, especially pre-WC 3 lore, which this movie is drenched in. But even then, I enjoyed it.Samtemdo8 said:
Some parts I was like "What the fuck? WHY would someone do that?!" and other parts were simply dull. To be honest, not a lot of it actually caught up my emotions, except the stuff with Durotan near the end. But I've seen far, FAR worse movies than this. I've heard that there will be an extended cut version of it, which I think will help, because I think there are some very important bits that were simply cut out of the movie entirely, that would help make it gel together a lot better.
Now, is it just me, or was the actor who played the main human protagonist, not the King, but the warrior guy....did he look drunk to anyone else during the entire film? He seemed red eyed and bloodshot the entire, fucking film. I kept thinking "the fuck is wrong with his eyes!?" And then in the scene where he got drunk with grief, his eyes finally looked appropriate to the scene. Which made me think...."is he just drunk through this whole damn movie?!"
Anyway, could've been a lot better than it was, could've been a lot worse. I don't know if being a bigger WoW fan than me would make you enjoy the film more, or less.
Though I do have one question:
What is up with the Kirin Tor? Every time the mage protagonist mentioned that he was part of them, he was like "I've left them! I'm no longer a member!!" I don't recall the Kirin Tor being reviled by anyone in Azeroth, so I don't get why he described it as if he were saying "I'm no longer in the KKK! I left them! I renounced my vows to their order!" I was like "...um, ok? Why is this a big deal?"
And oh my goodness if they ever do the Silmarillion faithfully especially how that book begins everyone not familiar with Tolkien will destroy that movie.Politrukk said:
Ouch. That sounded dreadfully bad for something Warcraft related.Samtemdo8 said:
Blizzard's music department is one of the best in the business, they routinely hire such amazing composers and orchestras. In the end their entire soundscape offers the majority of the atmosphere, especially back when I played WoW. To not see a Warcraft movie coupled with music of that quality would be a major stand-out issue for me. One of the main reasons not to go see this actually.
The only way a Silmarillion movie would work would be if they'd turn it into a History Channel documentary. I mean, it is basically a history book of a fantasy realm.
slo said:
And did Medivh eventually go all Sith Lord in the video game like he did in the movie? Because the last time I remember him being mentioned, he was just the enigmatic mystic guy who would fly in and give Dire Portents, and then fly off. Also, did he basically admit to being the half-orc's father? Is that her deal? That Medivh fell in love with an orc woman, and used the Dark Portal to call them through so he could be with his love? I just, I don't get why he summoned them over. It wasn't explained at all.
Here is the official soundtrack list:Cowabungaa said:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUHZaKwYBwOVQAFubv8cAZGbfWp7DzFig
And again this is coming from the guy that composed the Game of Thrones theme song.
anecdotal and all, but there is a huge facebook post among my friend regarding this movie and how many of them that enjoyed it, and there was a *vast* amount of different personalities and different gamers among the post. I heard very little negative things about it beyond a resounding: "if you aren't nerdy, then yeah you probably won't like it", but most of them hadn't played warcraft and had only played bits of WoW, so it's hard for me to believe that it's all rose tinted glasses from warcraft nerds. I'm getting my ticket paid for me to see it tonight, so I personally can't speak for my opinion yet.BloatedGuppy said:
They say "blood elks," not blood elves.Silentpony said:
At least prior to the Third War there was a fair amount of distrust to the Kirin Tor, based on the usual issues - you use magic, I distrust magic, ergo I trust you, etc. Doesn't help that Dalaran was a city-state, and an insular one at that. The basic paradigm is that the Alliance was quite happy to include Dalaran during the Second War as they needed the arcane magics they could provide, but after that? Go figure.Happyninja42 said:
I said it in another thread but - I just saw it and I rather liked it. Even though I don't play WoW I enjoyed it, and my fiance who does play WoW (which is why we went) is excited enough that he just rolled up a new character (which I think is like his 20th or something... but who is counting? lol)
It's good enough - it's not "OMG fantastic! I'm getting everyone I know on the phone to meet me at the cinema NOW to see this again with me!!!" - but it was a good flick and it entertained and the visuals were pretty and I was invested enough in what was happening to care, but not so invested that I didn't enjoy it when their was a bit of humor interjected to keep things moving either.
It's good enough - it's not "OMG fantastic! I'm getting everyone I know on the phone to meet me at the cinema NOW to see this again with me!!!" - but it was a good flick and it entertained and the visuals were pretty and I was invested enough in what was happening to care, but not so invested that I didn't enjoy it when their was a bit of humor interjected to keep things moving either.
just the latest in a long line of blunders it seems. It also sucks for Duncan Jones who had two really good movies on his belt and now his big blockbuster turns out to be a dud. Admittedly box office numbers will decide if it's going to be a franchise or not, but holy crap you'd think it wouldn't be difficult to get a decent tale out of the series.
Pretty sure Wil Wheaton is no where appearing in that film. There's a young guy who looks like Wheaton did some years back a bit, but it isn't him.Redryhno said:
You're thinking of this guy? http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjM1MDUxNTM4OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzQ5ODk1ODE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,631,1000_AL_.jpg
Ben Schnetzer, not Wil Wheaton.
I wish they made two movies at the same time and whichever version you saw either had the movie from the perspective entirely of humans or orcs. And then you'd have to watch both of them to get the whole story where everything makes sense but they'd both be complete movies telling the same story individually.
The other guy said it was Wheaton, I was just surprised that the guy who didn't even know what the hell he was opening for at one of the bigger Cons in gaming was involved. But if he isn't, then I retract that statement completely. I just don't care for Wheaton, especially since the bullshit with BTS with Tabletop came to light.Mylinkay Asdara said:
The what with Tabletop? I'm obviously behind on something there. Not surprising I'm hardly on the pulse of the Internet news, but I am curious if you'd summarize?Redryhno said:
And yeah - we wondered it if was him at first too but no, just a resemblance.