http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/warcraft-review-duncan-jones-1201683601/
>“Warcraft” is finally here, and not only does it fail to bridge the gap between movies and video games, it self-immolates and swan-dives into the void, illuminating a dark rift that’s even deeper than it is wide. A grotesque, funhouse reflection of modern blockbuster cinema, the film is truly a staggering failure, and there’s no joy to be found in its profound awfulness — an exciting young director has burned off several of his best years, a major Hollywood studio has been punished for their ambition and two disparate mediums have exposed the worst in each other.
What did he mean by this?
>>70385912
Everyone knows it is shit. Move on.
>>70385912
What everyone knew ever since it was announced back in 2006, that it's shit.
Who gives a fuck, only delusional Blizzdrones thought this wasn't going to suck.
>>70386022
Shit is one thing, but the next Battlefield Earth? Well that's something else altogether.
>>70386093
The only thing worse than videogame movies are videogame movies that take themselves seriously.
>>70385912
>A grotesque, funhouse reflection of modern blockbuster cinema
Like blockbusters haven't been all spectacle for the last 30 years now
Not Disney/Marvel = objetive criticism is allowed
>>70385912
>battlefield earth of the 21st century
Brutal. Motherfucking brutal bants were brought.
>>70385912
>years of capeshit
>no one even flips an eyebrow
>one gamekino
>ZOMG WORST MOVIE OF MY LIFE HOW CAN THEY MAKE THIS GARBAGE
>>70386189
Pretty much this.
I'm sure it's a shit movie, but I'm willing to bet $100 it's still better than Avatar.
>>70386213
>>70386189
>decades of shitty videogame movies
>yet another one sucks
WOW
>>70385912
This guy really sounds like he's trying to hard.
Either way, I'm still seeing it, bad reviews and all.
>>70386417
This
>>70385912
DELETE THIS
>>70386417
It's actually a great film
>>70386417
>>70386446
>>70386471
>all these triggered Blizzcuckies
>>70386189
No one cares about video game movies, you can't just take the story and make some people play that on green screen. What makes games fun is actually playing them.
Good it flopped, after Assassin's Creed fail maybe they will stop making Video Game movies for good.
>>70385912
hire a shitty director get a shitty film. his dad isnt around to save him now.
>>70385912
>it self-immolates and swan-dives into the void, illuminating a dark rift that’s even deeper than it is wide
stop
I don't know what everyone hates so much about this movie.
I've seen it twice, with two different groups of friends, and I thought it was a great flick.
I haven't even met anyone who's watched it and concluded that they didn't like it.
>>70385912
Saw it yesterday. It is quite awful really - boring, cliched and simply incompetent as a film. The only people who enjoyed it were Warcraft fans, but they basically liked seeing their favorite characters on big screen.
That Battlefield Earth comment doesn't even work, since Battlefield Earth was in 2000.
>>70386492
This.
The goal-based stories of videogames just can't be adapted.
>>70385912
Which religion thinks Warcraft literally happened, again?
>>70385912
>yfw Duncan Jones unironically took this movie and showed it to his dying father as if it was something to be proud of.
David should have fucking disowned him and seeked solace from his real child.
>>70386599
The one invented by atheists to mock religion to their own embarrassment.
>>70386605
He probably thought the weird floating, lack of depth, and poorly positioned shadows would be fixed in the final product.
>>70386093
No it's not, there have been eight (8) movies this century that bombed worse than Battlefield earth
Warcraft bombing will be nothing new
>>70385912
He meant follow your dreams and you can do anything.
>>70386492
it's nothing about the gameplay itself. if you got a good story to tell with a great cast and basically the ingredients to make a good movie, you can pull it off. it's not some secret recipe.
>>70386515
>“Warcraft” is finally here, and not only does it fail to bridge the gap between movies and video games, it self-immolates and swan-dives into the void, illuminating a dark rift that’s even deeper than it is wide.
Movies based on games are bound to suck. Nothing new here.
>>70386526
>The only people who enjoyed it were Warcraft fans, but they basically liked seeing their favorite characters on big screen.
Mortal Kombat for a new generation, then.
>>70385912
>it self-immolates and swan-dives into the void, illuminating a dark rift that’s even deeper than it is wide. A grotesque, funhouse reflection of modern blockbuster cinema
He's trying a bit too hard, isn't he
>>70387094
>not the first post from this IP
>replies to the OP
lmao
>>70387094
if we rated reviews this review would bomb harder than the movie itself.
>>70387066
Man, the hype, the soundtrack, the ads when it came out were amazing. MORTAL KOMBAT!
I miss the 90s.
>>70386529
>since Battlefield Earth was in 2000.
2000 was the last year of the 20th century.
>>70385912
These reviewers are obviously not gamers, not fantasy fans, and not warcraft fans.
Saw the movie yesterday and it's an 8/10, 7/10 for non warcraft fans that like fantasy.
The CGI is on point, the Orcs are perfect, the Combat is awesome, Gul'dan is a badass villain and Ragnar even does a great job.
It's not like BvS where the critics were right, and I'm going back to see it again at least twice.
>>70385912
the same reviewer loved Neighbors 2, he's literally a cuck
>>70387066
Mortal Kombat is literally the best vidya movie ever madebehind Street Fighter
Watched it yesterday.
I loved it.
But it needed to me much longer.
WC has too much lore for 2 hours of filme.
The pacing and character development felt very fast and rushed, but for those who already know the characters it was great.
>>70387192
Can't tell if trolling...
>>70387192
>As an avid eater of shit, this movie is awesome!
Wow, great news!
>>70385912
>>70385912
Look all right.
I don't expect it to be shit but neither do I expect it to be a cinematic masterpiece.
That reviewer sounds like a pure faggot. He uses rosy words instead of actual content and delivering any actual objective observations.
>>70386417
You're not trying hard enough.
What is it with these retards switching to and too all the time?
>Hollywood hates Metzen's and Neo-Blizzard's bullshit
Not a surprise, familia
>>70385912
Just another typical hyperbolic rview to get ad revenue. Protip: if a review spends an entire paragraph on insults without discussing the movie's content, you can disregard it.
>>70385912
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtymmqbEmKw
>>70386022
>Everyone knows it is shit
you need to see it first!
>"My film started and ended with cancer" -Duncan Jones.
This explains the movie so well.
>>70385912
>there’s no joy
Stopped reading there.
>marvelcucks trying to take down a great movie
nothing to see here folks.
tell sleeping beauty she owes me that blowjob
>>70388237
>not hairjob
I think you missed the point
>>70388237
The only one who took down this movie is Duncan Jones.
>David Erlich
>The name Erlich is a proud symbol of the ancient Jewish Culture
>>70388237
Yes anon, the entire world is a marvelcuck, and this cheap videogame joint is totally not trash.
>>70385912
>adapt to this
>>70388345
/pol/ is a board of peace
>>70385912
/v/ gets BTFO, the review
>>70388452
/v/ thinks the movie is shit though
The only ones who unironically defend it are mad as fuck Blizzdrones, and those aren't welcome anywhere.
I'm glad they made a movie that appeals to no one
> Fans of the original strategy games
Why did they ignore the characters who were actually important during this era to make it more about Thrall and his family?
> Fans of the WoW
Where's Thrall and all the NPCs I know from WoW?
> Fans of generic Fantasy
Why are the supposed to be sympathetic this changes genre conventions too much without a good explanation
> Fans of Action movies
Where are the guns?
They could have done a nice Ben Hur style movie featuring Thrall's rise which would have allowed them to focus their budget more and get a tighter script as well with the option to do this as a prequel to get more backstory. Instead we get a big dumb movie that satisfies no one.
Yay executives.
>>70388553
*Why are the orcs supposed
how did it eat that word?
Saw the movie 2 days ago, it was shit.
Felt like they cut 40% of the movie, honestly feels like they skipped vital scenes in the edit.
>>70386417
Same. IDGAF
>>70388553
It appeals to shills.
>>70386482
>>70386022
>>70386085
Its actually a pretty good movie. It beats me why they have the premiere two weeks later in the US than everywhere else tho
>>70388746
No it's not.
Warcraft is an example of everything a flick should not be and what film-makers should avoid doing.
>>70388746
>>70388237
>>70387326
>>70387205
>shills are still trying
It's a videogame joint, there's nothing you can do to convince anyone of otherwise.
It was confirmed to be shit the moment it was announced 10 years ago.
Anyone who panders to diversity instead of trying to stick with the source material should fail
>>70388779
Have you watched the movie man? Im not a warcraft fan at all but it is a very powerful piece of cinema. much more brutal than any marvel movies or BvS
>>70388832
You should stick to watching theater plays then and not movies and tv.
>>70388886
>much more brutal than any marvel movies or BvS
Please dont imply that the trash actually set a standard
Duncan JUST
>>70388920
Its a difference to change up the script to make it fit into the movie format and having asian nightelves just because
>>70386189
this.
Disney isn't paying these critics off like they do for capeshit. I'm sure Warcraft sucks, but not worse than turds like Deadpool
I love seeing all the panic about a true gamekino being made. "Critics" and other plebs online don' know what to do when their, "videogame movies are all bad" meme is shattered.
>>70386213
Avatar was a shitty rip off of wow.
>>70385912
Will this be another subtle Hollywood fantasy racemixing propaganda?
>>70386914
Wrong retard. What separates games and movies is interaction. The feeling you get from accomplishing something in a game, like defeating a hard boss or even a villain you just really hated is different than watching the hero beat him on screen. Both are good, just in different ways. Then you've got games where story is told through gameplay and just would not work in other mediums, that doesn't mean those stories are amazing or anything, just the style of storytelling makes them different.
>>70385912
Dr. Kermode rates it, fuck the internet hacks.
>>7038893
Let me put it like this: IT's an xperience. The moment thr music starts and GulDan leads the orcs into Azeroth it sucks you in andonly lets go when the credit rolls. IT is a very unique blockbdter.I will stay with you for a long time after watching and some scenes are haunting. (Durotan vs Guldan)
Critics are all cucks who are still mad about goobergate and are systematically trying to bring anyhing related to videogames down
Can someone explain wtf happened to movie critics? Not even defending Warcraft here cause I haven't seen it. But every movie review nowadays are super short, like 3 sentences, and they mention nothing about the movie aside from if hey thought it was good or bad. Why does no one break it down and give a proper review on the acting, direction, writing, music and cinematography.
It's all just 2 sentences of I LIKED IT or they didn't
>>70389313
Because we failed as human beings.
>>70389313
Because they are cucks who act and think like women. It's all emotional, not logical.
>>70386914
>if you got a good story to tell
>in a video game movie
top kek
>>70386189
>one gamekino
But thats Angry Birds
>>70389313
>Why does no one break it down and give a proper review on the acting, direction, writing, music and cinematography
Because cinema embryos like you don't want that
You want something quick you can spam on a board you just joined
I watched it, had played WoW for many years and enjoyed it. It has remained faithful to the game aesthetically and I thought the effects were good esp arcane magic scenes.
I cant imagine what it would be like if I wasnt already familiar with the universe but I guess these people have spoken up.
>>70389072
/pol/ fuck off how many times do we have to tell you?
>>70389661
It's /v/ you fucking game of thrones meme tourist
>>70386605
Chances are that he showed him the director's cut with unifhinished cgi instead of the theatrical cut so he probably enjoyed it.
>>70385912
I don't understand why people think video games can be properly adapted into film. Interactivity and player agency is the whole point of video games, and don't people realize that their stories are often lifted straight from movies (paying homage if you're generous). That's why cutscenes became such a big thing once better 3D model animation came about: they merely emulated film instead of continuing on their own path.
Even recent games hailed as pushing narrative gameplay forward such as the last of us is heavily borrowing from film. Can you say:
>Children of Men
>Every zombie movie dystopian situation
>So many cutscenes
Nothing new or challenging under the sun. If/when they adapt the last of us to film, its story will be revealed as the generic shit it is. Nothing interesting or cinematic, and its everything we've seen before.
Video games should stick to their own medium if they want to be taken seriously, and not just "pay homage" to films to get narrative leverage.
If capeshit can get an 80% rating, this should get at least that much, I seriously don't understand what's up with the ratings. Not a Blizzdrone, I fucking hate WoW, the movie was actually pretty decent.
I'm hoping this will be more like Jupiter Ascending; weird, stupid, with amazing visual design, unique sense of direction, and a refreshing lack of disney-esqeness to it
>>70388345
he's actually a good reviewer more often than not. He's a friend of a friend.
>>70386417
>trying too hard
I love it when plebs love to hate on "critics"
they even say shit like it's "ironic" or "sad" that they don't like most movies. If you can't figure out why critics don't like most movies, why they shouldn't like most movies, or why they're good at explaining why they don't like most movies, you are probably very dumb
>>70386189
Video game movies are a tier below capeshit, as much as I hate the latter.
>>70390705
there's no such thing as a "video game movie"
though. there's no correlation between a movie and its source material
>>70388886
someone is raped in a prison?
>>70390874
Except there is. They all seem to follow the same pattern: a shitty action movie that panders to kids and makes just a few vague references to the game they're based on. See Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat, etc.
>>70385912
>is the battlefield earth of the 21st century
Scientologists need to leave warcraft alone
>>70385912
>it self-immolates and swan-dives into the void, illuminating a dark rift that’s even deeper than it is wide.
Wtf is it with todays critics. Its like there is some inside competition to find the most stupidest and cringeworthy ways to express themselfs.
>"Look at me! This shouds smart, right? N-no? Haha you are just kidding, I know it does!"
>>70389313
Because movie reviewing has essentially become a form of marketing. When people believe "experts" that a movie is worth seeing, it can hugely boost a movie sales.
Of course, this system of trust has been thoroughly corrupted. That is why you will never see movie critics bash huge, "too big to lose" blockbuster movies, or go too strongly against the words of their peers. I'm convinced that a lot of studios have reviewers in their pocket. And if not studios, then publishers, readers, and a whole bunch of insane fans they are beholden to. They're the ones paying the bills, after all.
Let's face it, it's easy to kick a movie when it's down, and people love to read negative reviews instead of praise. The fact that Warcraft comes from a video game background makes that even easier. Hell, I'll bet the review OP linked was titled that way just to generate more views/controversy.
There are so many movies out there--so many subcategories and subjects--that there's no such thing as an "expert" anymore. So why trust them always? Just find someone who has similar sensibilities and tastes as you, and you might be able to trust someone again.
>>70385912
Saw it yesterday. The cinema was packed. Most of it blizzard fans. Luckily I was in the row filled with normal looking people. I was sitting next to a middle aged couple. They seemed to be pretty enthusiastic. It was probably 20 minutes into the film I heard them whispering and talking. I don't actually mind people talking in the cinema unless they are too loud. Some blizzard fans were yelling and clapping though, that seemed to have annoying the normal folk trying to watch a film. Anyways the couple next to me seemed uneasy, the man was constantly checking his phone and yawning. We get a 10 minute break around the halfway through a film. So I went out to get some a snack. The couple never came back. I also noticed some others also didn't stay for the 2nd half of the film. I think most adults were expecting something like LOTR which they could somewhat relate to, but they were taken by suprise by the video game look and feel of the film. The pacing was also a bit off and the film feels childish at most parts. I geniunely think a film goer can't enjoy this film unless they are a huge fan of the franchise. It really felt like I was watching a game trailer at most parts.
>>70389072
The b8 is strong with this pic
>>70389072
>CEO is not a Jew
I kek'd, here's a (you)
>>70385912
>Ehrlich
OY VEY
>>70387203
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3623025/This-video-nasty-long-way-Middle-Earth-Warcraft-Beginning-disturbing-game-spin-says-BRIAN-VINER.html
Daily Mail Review
>Opens with Brevik
>>70387203
>>70387066
I'm not very articulate, so please excuse me.
The thing about Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter is they aren't "video game" movies. They have video game characters, but they play out like literally any over the top martial arts/action/fantasy movie ever made, like the kind of movie Hong Kong made about 500 of every week back in the '70s.
>>70389072
>the pyro
>male
pick one
>>70385912
This is the guy that wrote that """review"""
You trust him?
>>70391554
>10 minute break
>>70386417
Same in all honesty, looks comfy as fuck and I don't care that people think comfy is cancer, all arthouse kino shit is cancer too.
>>70386213
>This is what butthurt haters believe.
Cry more.
>>70385912
Dude's gonna get fired tbqh look at all the nerds shitting on him
>>70385912
>muh joy
>>70386605
>seeked
Sought, you dumb cunt.
>all the salt in this thread
>"if marvel movies can get good reviews (which leads me to fits of rage because critics are obviously paid off by disney!), warcraft deserves them too by default (which would suddenly restore credence to professional film critics)"
>"critics just can't accept video game movies, it has nothing to do with quality"
>"look at all the big words he used! he's trying too hard to be a journalist"
Pathetic. Why can't you crybabies accept that other people don't like something? How does it affect your enjoyment of it at all?
>>70393864
What a faggot. Gonna see this just to piss of these SJW
>>70385912
Wow what a faggot
>Hmm this movie is getting bad reviews, I can go with the herd and give it a ridiculously bad review that will get me meme traffic to my site as well as impress my hipster friends
>>70395017
>Wow what a faggot
Are you me? I typed that at the same time faggot
>>70388886
>it is a very powerful piece of cinema
simply ebin
>>70393864
Why not? One SJW attacking another SJW.
>>70386213
what's great about posts like this is that, despite the self-assurance of the people who post them, the next 4 Avatar movies are still going to gross at least $1 billion each.
>>70395116
All elf actors are norwegian looking, that is the only Asian elf(at the end) seems to be placed to attract the Chinese audience which is breaking records currently in presales. It was a marketing move.
haha holy shit. just watched it and it was actually good. the first act was kinda wtf if you dont know warcraft lore.
>>70395211
>All elf actors are norwegian looking
>Anime design
>Norwegian looking
The amount of butthurt this movie's failure is generating is glorious.
And here I thought BVS apologists were toptier lulcows
>>70385912
>not only does it fail to bridge the gap between movies and video games
What did he mean by this?
I saw the trailer and its pretty obvious it's a spin-off based on Warcraft, not WoW.
>>70385912
>Battlefield Earth
People who reference Battlefield Earth as a bad movie almost always have no idea why it's considered to be so hilariously bad. I kind of doubt that Warcraft is going to be shot with nothing but dutch-angles, hilariously out of place edits, and the worst ADR to ever grace a cinema screen. Battlefield Earth has a goofy stupid story and awful characters, but so what that's pretty common, the execution is what makes it hilarious and this movie looks nothing like that, hell even Bay doesn't make anything like that.
>>70395538
Makes sense since Norwegians are not white.
>>70385912
I saw it with a 14 year old and a 57 year old and they both thought it was decent (I did so too), sure it had flaws but it was not as shit as RT says it is.
I think it gets a stigma for being a "video game" movie. The romance was cringe, but lasted for 30 sec so I gave it a pass.
>>70389072
>pyro
>Canada
Wtf. Pyro is mexican.
>>70389174
>tfw this is a more interesting fantasy than WoW
>>70385912
I don0t really give a fuck about this movie, but: what's up with this sexy orc chicks shit?
>>70397073
>not wanting sexy orc chicks shit
sound like a faggot to me
>mfw highest score is 60
It's just like any other capeshit, the hivemind of "reviewers" is just unbelievable. It's not in any way worse than shit like The Avengers.
>>70397073
every single thread for the rest of time
she is a half orc
>>70385912
I knew it was going to be shit the moment they announced it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtymmqbEmKw
