It'll be average, and turn out to be like Masters of the Universe, with crappy acting and plots. It'll be panned by critics, deservedly so. The mixture of live-action and CGI characters is going to be horrible. For instance, Garona. She just looks terrible, as if she belongs in a B-rated flick from the 1980s.
The only people that will probably enjoy it, will be comic-con enthusiasts, comic/manga/anime audience, sci-fi/fantasy audience, video gamers, blizzard fanboys/fangirls. It won't capture interest from the mainstream public.
You're the first person I've seen badmouth Paula Pattons Garona. I've seen people badmouth everything else but not Garona.
I'm probably being unfair. I'm judging her in contrast to the CGI aspect of the movie. It just doesn't mesh well. She looks too "real" compared to the other orcs and it breaks immersion. It's almost like they didn't study the "uncanny valley" problem.
It will be one of the highest grossing movies of the year. Look at it from outside the MMO community, it's the kind of movie that will be a blockbuster hit as long as the story is decent and the fight scenes are glorious.
Who knows? They really nailed the setting and it looks amazing visually but I get the feeling itll just be another eye-porn action flick with 1 dimensional characters, bad to 'ok' writing, and a boring predictable storyline. Ill like it better if I go in expecting that and focus on how pretty everything is. At worst itll lead charts for a weekend or two then everyone will forget about it.
I don't think it will attract many who hasn't played WoW or warcraft3. The question is, how many tickets needs to be sold to break even? What percentage of players (past&present) will buy tickets?
Will X-Men Apocalypse be a hit? Well its 2014 predecessor is at number 71 in the All Time list so you would think so right? In reality it won't be an easy ride. It is up against the sequel to the All Time number 21 - that took more money in 2010 dollars than it did. And both are bigger than The Jungle Book - which just wiped out all other April and early May films (took more money than the other 74 April releases in the US). That is the type of summer 2016 is when it comes to films.
The Doom movie was mediocre, the Dungeon and Dragon one was pure crap (hopefully the reboot will be worth seeing).
But Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) is a great, very poetic movie. I love it and I regularly watch my Blu-Ray disc. Sure the animations aren't as good as Avatar, but that was 8 years before.
The Resident Evil movies are mindless fun, just as expected from such a franchise.
Prince of Persia was a decent swashbuckler, no doubt Warcraft can only be better.
Blizzard has an habit of delivering quality products. I'll give this movie a chance before I put it in the box of other video game adaptation failures. The lore of Warcraft is huge and complex, there's material to make amazing movies from it.
PS: so people critic the heavy use of CGI? How do you think one can create living orcs nowadays, with foam latex costumes? If the CGI is just half as good as the one from Avatar, it will be impressive. And it's Industrial Light and Magic who do the effects, that's already an assurance of quality.
The Doom movie was good for about 4 minutes near the end. That's it. Hopefully if they ever do another one, they'll film most of it in first person, like Hardcore Henry. They had damn well better get Karl Urban to play Doomguy again too.
The Dungeons and Dragons movie was utter crap... but it's also one of the most entertainingly bad films I've ever seen. Jeremy Irons is absolutely fucking hilarious. I have never seen overacting that's so much fun to watch, before or since. You can tell he had a lot of fun with the role, and that feeling is positively infectious. It's a film that should leave you shaking your head in disgust, but you're too busy laughing at all the scenery being chewed. I highly recommend it for anybody who loves stuff like MST3K or Rifftrax.
Spirits Within was... well, let's just agree to disagree on that one, lol.
Resident Evil's first movie was okay. The second movie was a much better adaptation of the story. It didn't take itself too seriously like the first one did, and had much better writing. The third movie was just terrible, and they've been terrible ever since. I'm a fan of Milla Jovovich as an action hero (Ultraviolet was awesome), and even she couldn't save them.
Never saw Prince of Persia.
As far as CGI goes, it's not the quality that makes it look terrible. It's the fact that the orcs are done in the classic Warcraft style, with heavily exaggerated features and somewhat unrealistic body proportions. The humans are live actors, not the equally exaggerated Warcraft style humans. It just looks like absolute garbage when they're on screen together, especially since orcs for some reason are almost ogre-sized. They're not integrated well at all.
The Warcraft film should'be either been done all live action with CGI enhancements as needed (such as , or all CGI. The latter would've been ideal, given the amazing quality of Blizzard's work in that medium. I really don't know what they were thinking.
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As far as CGI goes, it's not the quality that makes it look terrible. It's the fact that the orcs are done in the classic Warcraft style, with heavily exaggerated features and somewhat unrealistic body proportions. The humans are live actors, not the equally exaggerated Warcraft style humans. It just looks like absolute garbage when they're on screen together, especially since orcs for some reason are almost ogre-sized. They're not integrated well at all.
The Warcraft film should'be either been done all live action with CGI enhancements as needed (such as , or all CGI. The latter would've been ideal, given the amazing quality of Blizzard's work in that medium. I really don't know what they were thinking.
Agreed. You said it better than i did. The orcs look alright, but when mixed with regular humans, the whole thing just looks wrong. It destroys the immersion.
After seeing many different previews I just wish they had done it in house as a CGI movie. It would have looked better than trying to mix in the CGI with live action.
I will go see the movie just because I am a big lore fan. Hopefully they kept to the original script and don't try to change to much.
From what I understand, Warcraft movie is like Dragon Ball movie, in that they changed the story but kept names from the IP. thats a turn off right away.
About the same as the Dungeons and dragons movie, it will be popular with fans but wont impress regular movie-goers.
Azeroth is made for gaming, it isn't really optimal for the silver screen. Westeros and middle earth is made to focus on one single story, gaming worlds are more about telling many small stories and for that matter are those stories things that are far more fun to do then watch someone else do.
I don't think any world made for computer games would work very well in a movie, Wing commander is still the best one in my book.
Pen and paper RPGs should be easier since the worlds are more flexible, but very little have been made there as well. There was a so-so Vampire series that got canned when the star got killed in an accident and the rather good "gamer" movies by Dead gentlemen productions but besdies that we seen little good there either. I am surprised no-one made a Forgotten realms movie though.
I disagree, since Warcraft story is 80% Lord of the Rings clone, it does have story elements that can be focused for the movie. Such as the First War, Second War and Third War. 2 Movies each War alone can do.
Also lets not forget the Elf War, and the modern wars.
The movie looks like its focusing on the orc civil war that took place during warcraft 3. I admit the girl doesn't have a good face for an orc. But she could easily be considered a half-orc.
The movie looks like its focusing on the orc civil war that took place during warcraft 3. I admit the girl doesn't have a good face for an orc. But she could easily be considered a half-orc.
It looks pretty terrible to me, but then again - I tend to despise what Hollywood has become. The most popular movies are 90% spectacle and 10% blueprint scripts full of irrational characters and bad jokes.
This movie looks like just another superhero movie with bad special effects.
In my opinion, the only way to do a proper WoW movie would be 100% CGI - on or above the level of the best cutscene cinematics they've done for their games. Beyond that, it would be all about the script - and that's the tricky part. Most of WoW lore is a bit of a joke - and it's full of pop-culture nonsense. But if you take some of the best parts of WoW, like the Duskwood quest line, and write a quality script with quality characters around it - you might have something.
But that's not how you get asses in seats these days.
For that, you need marketing, spectacle and the elusive momentum of hype. If the special effects are better than what they look like in the trailer - and the script isn't quite as terrible as it seems - then maybe people will lap it up instead of laugh it out of town. It's quite uncertain, to me.
Looking at most video games created based on a movie. The vast majority of them straight up suck with few notable exceptions. This one is the other way around, but I imagine the same dynamic is going to apply here.
You get a successful I.P. and someone else wants to make money off of that. Then the suits get involved. Things get changed. The finished product rarely ever lines up well with the original creator's concept for the IP. The exceptions to that where the IP Owner retains authority to say if the creation lines up with the IP. But in this case. Blizzard themselves cannot seem to keep the original IP straight anymore. How is a 3rd party movie producer going to make an epic story out of that?
Well, it's certainly possible that someone "Gets it right" but I think this is going to be more about cashing in on a big name and not about creating an epic story and it will show.
Knowing Blizzard they will just take the storyline from another popular movie and rehash it to fit their lore and Bliizard fans will go on about how its the best movie ever.
Knowing Blizzard they will just take the storyline from another popular movie and rehash it to fit their lore and Bliizard fans will go on about how its the best movie ever.
They could use Pocahontas......everyone else did.
Avatar Pocahontas Daces with wolves Last Samurai
Its Romeo and Juliet but with a good ending. Worn out and over 10000x.
Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what
it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience
because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in
the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you
playing an MMORPG?"
A movie needs to make 3X the budget in ticket sales to break even. It's going to flop hard.
Then Batman vs. Superman is the biggest flop since movies began.
waterworld.
IDK lets take some other examples like Jurassic World and Gravity. How many times can you let the dinosaurs out to eat people without it getting old? I saw the first movie and I'm like Ok I saw that time to move on with my life. And Gravity..... Everyone that saw it said was great movie. I'm like ok she float in space gets hole in suit in danger of dying. Did I miss anything? Examples of worn out movies with cliche plots and stories yet somehow people loved them anyways.
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The question is, how many tickets needs to be sold to break even?
What percentage of players (past&present) will buy tickets?
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The Dungeons and Dragons movie was utter crap... but it's also one of the most entertainingly bad films I've ever seen. Jeremy Irons is absolutely fucking hilarious. I have never seen overacting that's so much fun to watch, before or since. You can tell he had a lot of fun with the role, and that feeling is positively infectious. It's a film that should leave you shaking your head in disgust, but you're too busy laughing at all the scenery being chewed. I highly recommend it for anybody who loves stuff like MST3K or Rifftrax.
Spirits Within was... well, let's just agree to disagree on that one, lol.
Resident Evil's first movie was okay. The second movie was a much better adaptation of the story. It didn't take itself too seriously like the first one did, and had much better writing. The third movie was just terrible, and they've been terrible ever since. I'm a fan of Milla Jovovich as an action hero (Ultraviolet was awesome), and even she couldn't save them.
Never saw Prince of Persia.
As far as CGI goes, it's not the quality that makes it look terrible. It's the fact that the orcs are done in the classic Warcraft style, with heavily exaggerated features and somewhat unrealistic body proportions. The humans are live actors, not the equally exaggerated Warcraft style humans. It just looks like absolute garbage when they're on screen together, especially since orcs for some reason are almost ogre-sized. They're not integrated well at all.
The Warcraft film should'be either been done all live action with CGI enhancements as needed (such as , or all CGI. The latter would've been ideal, given the amazing quality of Blizzard's work in that medium. I really don't know what they were thinking.
AN' DERE AIN'T NO SUCH FING AS ENUFF DAKKA, YA GROT! Enuff'z more than ya got an' less than too much an' there ain't no such fing as too much dakka. Say dere is, and me Squiggoff'z eatin' tonight!
We are born of the blood. Made men by the blood. Undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open. FEAR THE OLD BLOOD.
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I will go see the movie just because I am a big lore fan. Hopefully they kept to the original script and don't try to change to much.
Philosophy of MMO Game Design
Such as the First War, Second War and Third War. 2 Movies each War alone can do.
Also lets not forget the Elf War, and the modern wars.
Warcraft has many points to focus in a story on.
Philosophy of MMO Game Design
I think they are counting on old accounts to watch this. I think they are wrong with that hope. We will see.
if the trailer is any indicator, there will be no plot.
Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
This movie looks like just another superhero movie with bad special effects.
In my opinion, the only way to do a proper WoW movie would be 100% CGI - on or above the level of the best cutscene cinematics they've done for their games. Beyond that, it would be all about the script - and that's the tricky part. Most of WoW lore is a bit of a joke - and it's full of pop-culture nonsense. But if you take some of the best parts of WoW, like the Duskwood quest line, and write a quality script with quality characters around it - you might have something.
But that's not how you get asses in seats these days.
For that, you need marketing, spectacle and the elusive momentum of hype. If the special effects are better than what they look like in the trailer - and the script isn't quite as terrible as it seems - then maybe people will lap it up instead of laugh it out of town. It's quite uncertain, to me.
You get a successful I.P. and someone else wants to make money off of that. Then the suits get involved. Things get changed. The finished product rarely ever lines up well with the original creator's concept for the IP. The exceptions to that where the IP Owner retains authority to say if the creation lines up with the IP. But in this case. Blizzard themselves cannot seem to keep the original IP straight anymore. How is a 3rd party movie producer going to make an epic story out of that?
Well, it's certainly possible that someone "Gets it right" but I think this is going to be more about cashing in on a big name and not about creating an epic story and it will show.
Avatar
Pocahontas
Daces with wolves
Last Samurai
Note this is not an option of choice in the poll.
"Sells a bunch of tickets, but nevertheless mightily sucks."
-- Batman v Superman, anyone?
waterworld.
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Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"