Warcraft the Movie

[gururu2]

The various mythological orcs and trolls makes it impossible to do live action very well.

You know what would have been awesome? If they had the same style as all of the various intro cinematics. This one reminds me most of chronicles of narnia

yes those cinematics were pure art. that would have put avatar and spirit within to shame.

 

[drebo]

Holy wow, those theaters opening day are going to smell aweful.

 

[waggy]

shrug its not due out for months. I expect them to clean it up in time. this was just a early trailer.

 

[zinfamous]

Yes, that Moon. I have it on blu ray. Lousy movie. Pretentious and dull.

feel free to ship it to me if you don't want it.

It is one of the only good true Sci Fi flicks of the last decade, of which there were only 2.

 

[zinfamous]

this looks really badly done, this is a huge step down from Avatar level cgi

well, that too. My comment, though, is more along the lines that everything is going CGI above all else, and no matter how well it is done, it still looks pretty bad.

But the main point: any CGi is a cartoon. the more and more characters and action is being replaced by cartoons, the movie really is just a cartoon...like pretty much every action movie these days.

 

[zinfamous]

Holy wow, those theaters opening day are going to smell aweful.

and an extra $50 per full-service diaper-changing recliners?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I'll watch it. Probably not in a theater though.

 

[clamum]

The CGI looks weird to me.

I thought so too actually. Normally I don't but for some reason it looks kinda weird to me in this movie/trailer.

Ugh, looks terrible though. I like Travis Fimmel but damn, I doubt I'd even watch this for free online at some streaming website.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I'll see it because Ragnar Lothbrok is in it.

 

[n7]

feel free to ship it to me if you don't want it.

It is one of the only good true Sci Fi flicks of the last decade, of which there were only 2.

Interstellar and Moon? Or what other?

 

[blankslate]

feel free to ship it to me if you don't want it.

It is one of the only good true Sci Fi flicks of the last decade, of which there were only 2.

It was very good but for some reason the trailer revealed a rather significant plot point to me somehow... maybe it's just because I've recently read or watched some story involving it when I saw it.

Or maybe it's just that I watch/read too much sci-fi/fantasy.


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[TheVrolok]

Interstellar and Moon? Or what other?

I actually liked Edge of Tomorrow and Oblivion, too. (I know, I know, Tom Cruise; but I enjoyed the plots)

 

[blankslate]

Edge of Tomorrow is miles better than Oblivion... that had nothing to do with the videogame



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[desura]

Seeing as how much this film resembles Avatar, you know it is a little cool since we know that Garona kills King Llane, which is kind of the inverse of the amazonian warrior princess of avatar.

 

[Strk]

Looking at Wikipedia, I can't believe how much they've spent on this thing ($100 million) They should have done it a long time ago. It just seems kind of late to do something like this.

 

[waggy]

I thought so too actually. Normally I don't but for some reason it looks kinda weird to me in this movie/trailer.

Ugh, looks terrible though. I like Travis Fimmel but damn, I doubt I'd even watch this for free online at some streaming website.

shrug the movie ain't due out until june. I'm hoping they use this time to clean it up.

 

[Leyawiin]

The Gryphon cry at the very end was cool. OK, OK, I play the game and I'll go see and be happy I'm sure.

 

[BudAshes]

As a gamer and a long time blizzard fan this makes me sad. Instead of making a game with 100 million they decide to waste their time and effort on a mediocre movie. Not a good sign in my opinion.

 

[cKGunslinger]

As a gamer and a long time blizzard fan this makes me sad. Instead of making a game with 100 million they decide to waste their time and effort on a mediocre movie. Not a good sign in my opinion.

I'll watch it. But I was disappointed in that I also watched the trailer for the next WoW Expansion, and the CGI in that was incredible, as usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYNCCu0y-Is

 

[Ventanni]

Ya'll will watch it. I know I will.

 

[BudAshes]

I'll watch it. But I was disappointed in that I also watched the trailer for the next WoW Expansion, and the CGI in that was incredible, as usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYNCCu0y-Is

The problem isn't the CGI, it's the mixing it with live action.

 

[Sonikku]

Yep. If it was 100% CGI like the WoW cinematics the characters, human and orc, would mesh just fine. But half and half just doesn't work unless your James Cameron. I think masks and prosthetics would have been more authentic.

 

[stormkroe]

Can't believe how much it deviated from the source mat. I mean, that guy was OBVIOUSLY ATTACKING while still on his flying mount :/

 

[Aikouka]

baby Orc released into river by female Orc = Thrall?

Yes. That's his mother, Draka. Thrall has gone from being Green Jesus to Green Moses.

Looks like a chinese rip off of lord of the rings.
Only fair because Lord of the Rings was a rip off of the classic chinese poem, Chen the Hun Spankerer

There's stuff in WarCraft lore that's based off of Lord of the Rings. Although, it isn't enough that I'd call it a rip-off, but more of paying homage to as a fellow high fantasy story.

Am I the only one that thought it looked good?

I saw it during the opening ceremony, and I wasn't digging it much. Then about 10 times later, I deemed the music quite good (appears to be a reworking of this song), and a bit more intrigued. Part of me is wondering what exactly they're changing with the story as Blizzard has admitted that it is not the same as the games. What it looks like is that this movie actually combines WarCraft and WarCraft II together with a modified history. During the meeting at the round table, they show what appears to be a High Elf and a Dwarf; however, The Alliance wasn't formed until the Second War, which took place in WarCraft II.

There are a couple other things that looked strange...
- When the gryphon lands in what appears to be Kharazhan, you can see a white-haired man greet them. That should be Medivh, but Medivh is the same age as King Llane and Anduin Lothar. Both of those characters are seen in the movie to be far younger (the latter is played by that guy from Vikings). To be fair, that character could be his butler, Moroes.
- A gryphon ascends into the clouds to what appears to be Dalaran floating. Dalaran doesn't leave Lordaeron until the Scourge invasion during Wrath of the Lich King.
- Garona (the woman with the fangs) seems to be getting close to Lothar, but in the normal story, she has a quick love affair with Medivh leading to a child, Me'dan.

As a once devoted WoW fan who still loves the mythos, I find this trailer deeply disappointing. I don't like the CGI. I wish they had spent some all that money crafting real armor, weapons and costumes and left the cgi to special effects. Even scenery looks a bit crappy. uggh!

They showed off a lot of the real props at previous events. Here's an example:

Looking at Wikipedia, I can't believe how much they've spent on this thing ($100 million) They should have done it a long time ago. It just seems kind of late to do something like this.

$100 million actually seems really cheap for a movie like this. Jupiter Ascending, a movie with a lot of CG, had a budget of $176 million.

Yep. If it was 100% CGI like the WoW cinematics the characters, human and orc, would mesh just fine. But half and half just doesn't work unless your James Cameron. I think masks and prosthetics would have been more authentic.

I think the reason why Avatar worked well is because you didn't get humans and CG melding a lot. When what's-his-face was interacting with the Na'avi, he was in his Na'avi body. So, it was pretty much all CG at that point.

 

[clamum]

shrug the movie ain't due out until june. I'm hoping they use this time to clean it up.

Yeah, they might or will. It seems to me though it would make sense to make it look great for a trailer in order to get people interested in it. I sure in the hell ain't after watching that, and other people here seem to agree. But I do agree they could improve it by the time the film comes out. Meh... I think I'll pass on this one though.