World of Warcraft Movie - Trailer Saturday

Melbosa · July 07, 2015, 10:54:30 AM

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2015/07/07/comic-con-2015-warcraft-movie-trailer-reportedly-coming-this-weekend?utm_source=IGN%20hub%20page&utm_medium=IGN%20(front%20page)&utm_content=9&utm_campaign=Blogroll

I hope they don't screw this one up!

Mr. Analog · July 07, 2015, 01:44:13 PM

The choice of director seems strange as well, like he did Moon and Source Code?

Plot: Character discovers that they live in a game world

lol

Melbosa · November 03, 2015, 01:04:28 PM

Teaser Trailer for the Trailer coming Friday: https://www.facebook.com/WarcraftMovie/videos/564660513699578/

Reminds me of Lord of the Rings.

Mr. Analog · November 03, 2015, 01:14:36 PM

You enter the theatre, there is an usher standing near the entrance with a yellow exclamation mark above his head, you talk to him:

"You must collect 15 bags of M&Ms to pass"

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People who've seen the movie a bunch of times roll by on their epic mounts

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One group of people all move together almost perfectly and go into a theatre by themselves

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You can watch the first 20 minutes for free, but after that you need a subscription with Battle.net

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Darren Dirt · November 03, 2015, 01:46:43 PM

Quote from: Mr. Analog on November 03, 2015, 01:14:36 PM
You enter the theatre, there is an usher standing near the entrance with a yellow exclamation mark above his head, you talk to him:

"You must collect 15 bags of M&Ms to pass"

...

People who've seen the movie a bunch of times roll by on their epic mounts

...

One group of people all move together almost perfectly and go into a theatre by themselves

...

You can watch the first 20 minutes for free, but after that you need a subscription with Battle.net

...

Cynic!

Also, prophet!

Melbosa · June 08, 2016, 11:08:28 AM

So IGN redid the WoW Movie Trailer using Blizzard game cinematics: http://ca.ign.com/videos/2016/06/08/warcraft-trailer-wow-edition

Mr. Analog · June 10, 2016, 06:56:17 AM

Ouch!
https://youtu.be/VXAqfR6_NP0

Darren Dirt · June 13, 2016, 01:27:10 PM

Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 10, 2016, 06:56:17 AM
Ouch!
https://youtu.be/VXAqfR6_NP0

ouch times two -- Q: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/06/is-the-warcraft-movie-really-that-bad/ A: YES. Yes it is. (apparently)

Mr. Analog · June 13, 2016, 01:30:32 PM

From what I gather if you're a Warcraft fan and you get all the references its not a bad movie but for everybody else its difficult to get into.

Darren Dirt · June 13, 2016, 02:30:36 PM

Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 13, 2016, 01:30:32 PM
From what I gather if you're a Warcraft fan and you get all the references its not a bad movie but for everybody else its difficult to get into.

Sounds like it's more than just too many "in-jokes" that are confusing to outsiders.

In short, apparently it looks very pretty at times (especially with the orcs) but overall is a fail due to: terrible confusing editing in the first act, a very inaccessible plot throughout (even for fans, let alone for n00bs), with mostly characters that you are never shown why you should care about.

Not just the 2 reviewers are saying this, many of the comments agreed too (of which there are plenty of hardcore WoW'ers).

Melbosa · June 13, 2016, 03:57:10 PM

I'm still going to see it, so will let you know my thoughts.

Darren Dirt · June 15, 2016, 07:53:05 AM

At least it doesn't sound like it hits Uwe Boll level of bad. I'm sure on big screen it's a fun ride, even if not as engaging as other recent epic battle-centric film series (LOTR, HP).