I watched the movie last night. I went with a group of 5. With 3 people familiar with the franchise as 2 not at all. All of us enjoyed it throughly. The 2 without knowledge didn't have issues following the story, didn't know all the places or creatures (for example, they just referred to here murloc and the 'fish guy').
The 2 without knowledge of Warcraft, WoW or the books (The Last Guardian/ Rise of the Horde) said that they always had unanswered questions after movies and thought it a perk that they had the other 3 of us on hand to answer them, rather than searching online.
It is visually stunning, the soundtrack was brilliant (I was humming the theme tune all night), the acting was great in most places and average at some. Dominic Cooper did seem a bit flat, but it still worked. It is not a perfect film, but a very enjoyable and fun ride. I would highly recommend it to any fantasy fan, especially those familiar with the lore of the franchise.
I don't play WoW anymore and don't want to, but I do have fond memories of the game. I think too many people find it easy to jump on bandwagons of trends of disliking things. My advice (for what that is worth), be yourself, open your mind and don't care what others think or what is currently 'cool'.
I personally enjoyed this movie more than I do others in it's genre. I have waited for a very long time for the movie and whilst it could never have met all my expectations it did a damn good job of meeting most of them. Duncan Jones deserves a lot of credit for the passion, quality and attention to detail that went into the Warcraft movie.
Remember, just because some so called 'professional critics' think one way, it doesn't mean you should automatically agree. Of course you may have developed your own opinion and may disagree with me too.
Best fantasy film of the last decade. I don't want to spoil it for those that haven't seen. Seriously, go see this movie, it is a 10/10 would watch Orgrim back hand an orc with Doomhammer a million times over again!
Would also watch Lothar and Khadgar kick ass over and over again as well!
I actually really enjoyed it. I played Warcraft II as a kid, and still think Warcraft III is one of the best games out there. I wasn't really a huge fan of WoW, and am still not, but it is still fun and obviously very successful. Out of all of the mmo's I've played (all of them) EQ and WoW are the only ones that have ever had lore that captured my attention. Seeing Warcraft on the big screen was really enjoyable for me. It definitely could have been deeper and better developed, but definitely worth going to see in theaters. I look forward to any further movies if they make it a series.
That being said.... I agree about King Llane and Garona, and the casting of Ben Foster was absolutely terrible. I don't have a problem with him as an actor, but I though this was a huge miscast, and I found myself very distracted by it.
"God, please help us sinful children of Ivalice.."
Warcraft has made 70 million so far from international box office sales and has yet to release in the US and China.
It's expected to do poorly in America but that appears to be of little importance because China is the most important region by far now, of which pre-tickets sales are breaking all records. It's pretty much guaranteed to make a profit at this point given everything stated above, let alone DVD/TV and Netflix deals later on down the road.
Like it or not it looks set to be the first of a trilogy of movies based on the Warcraft universe and possibly more blizzard licenses in the future.
Um, what are the profit margins like in china? US box office is super important and they spent a lot on marketing. I'd like to see a sequel but don't delude yourself into thinking chinese ticket sales are equal to US sales.
I'd give the movie a 7/10 but that's because I'm a fan of the property. I'm very unlikely to ever rewatch it. The writing was really B-movie quality. There really wasn't a war, just a skirmish.
I'd give the movie a 7/10 but that's because I'm a fan of the property. I'm very unlikely to ever rewatch it. The writing was really B-movie quality. There really wasn't a war, just a skirmish.
Warcraft has made 70 million so far from international box office sales and has yet to release in the US and China.
It's expected to do poorly in America but that appears to be of little importance because China is the most important region by far now, of which pre-tickets sales are breaking all records. It's pretty much guaranteed to make a profit at this point given everything stated above, let alone DVD/TV and Netflix deals later on down the road.
Like it or not it looks set to be the first of a trilogy of movies based on the Warcraft universe and possibly more blizzard licenses in the future.
Um, what are the profit margins like in china? US box office is super important and they spent a lot on marketing. I'd like to see a sequel but don't delude yourself into thinking chinese ticket sales are equal to US sales.
"Now it’s entirely possible that the film is playing exclusively to the many Warcraft fans
in China and will peter out once they get a taste. The only question is
whether it’s merely big in China or will be big elsewhere around the
world, though the film is on the verge of being a solid hit no matter how well it does in North America this weekend. "
According to this it has done over 200m worldwide so far.
Warcraft has made 70 million so far from international box office sales and has yet to release in the US and China.
It's expected to do poorly in America but that appears to be of little importance because China is the most important region by far now, of which pre-tickets sales are breaking all records. It's pretty much guaranteed to make a profit at this point given everything stated above, let alone DVD/TV and Netflix deals later on down the road.
Like it or not it looks set to be the first of a trilogy of movies based on the Warcraft universe and possibly more blizzard licenses in the future.
Um, what are the profit margins like in china? US box office is super important and they spent a lot on marketing. I'd like to see a sequel but don't delude yourself into thinking chinese ticket sales are equal to US sales.
Seems net revenue from China box office to production companies - of which Blizzard is one apparently - is capped at 25%.
Deadline have also been told that apparently the film cost more than $160M and that Blizzard were involved as a production company - which makes sense given the amount of control they have had.
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The 2 without knowledge of Warcraft, WoW or the books (The Last Guardian/ Rise of the Horde) said that they always had unanswered questions after movies and thought it a perk that they had the other 3 of us on hand to answer them, rather than searching online.
It is visually stunning, the soundtrack was brilliant (I was humming the theme tune all night), the acting was great in most places and average at some. Dominic Cooper did seem a bit flat, but it still worked. It is not a perfect film, but a very enjoyable and fun ride. I would highly recommend it to any fantasy fan, especially those familiar with the lore of the franchise.
I don't play WoW anymore and don't want to, but I do have fond memories of the game. I think too many people find it easy to jump on bandwagons of trends of disliking things. My advice (for what that is worth), be yourself, open your mind and don't care what others think or what is currently 'cool'.
I personally enjoyed this movie more than I do others in it's genre. I have waited for a very long time for the movie and whilst it could never have met all my expectations it did a damn good job of meeting most of them. Duncan Jones deserves a lot of credit for the passion, quality and attention to detail that went into the Warcraft movie.
Remember, just because some so called 'professional critics' think one way, it doesn't mean you should automatically agree. Of course you may have developed your own opinion and may disagree with me too.
That being said.... I agree about King Llane and Garona, and the casting of Ben Foster was absolutely terrible. I don't have a problem with him as an actor, but I though this was a huge miscast, and I found myself very distracted by it.
"God, please help us sinful children of Ivalice.."
Um, what are the profit margins like in china? US box office is super important and they spent a lot on marketing. I'd like to see a sequel but don't delude yourself into thinking chinese ticket sales are equal to US sales.
"Now it’s entirely possible that the film is playing exclusively to the many Warcraft fans in China and will peter out once they get a taste. The only question is whether it’s merely big in China or will be big elsewhere around the world, though the film is on the verge of being a solid hit no matter how well it does in North America this weekend. "
According to this it has done over 200m worldwide so far.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=warcraft.htm
"Production Budget: $160 million, Worldwide: $287,610,000"
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2015/12/17/navigating-restrictions-in-chinas-film-industry.html
And https://deadline.com/2016/06/warcraft-box-office-analysis-china-future-1201772400/
Seems net revenue from China box office to production companies - of which Blizzard is one apparently - is capped at 25%.
Deadline have also been told that apparently the film cost more than $160M and that Blizzard were involved as a production company - which makes sense given the amount of control they have had.