1.
First things first. I have never played Warcraft and even more: I have never
been exposed to any information about it, other than the one episode on the Big Bang Theory where Penny turns out to be somewhat addicted to it for a while.
Also, I feel I should mention my favorite computer game was Tetris and I never
progressed beyond that with games. I also suffer from a mild case of
ADHD. Alright?
2.
Now that we cleared that, I want to say I have nothing against gaming and
can recall other movies based on video games that I enjoyed. To name a few: Resident
Evil, Max
Payne, Final
Fantasy, Need
for Speed or even Hitman:
Agent 47. And I liked The
Lord of The Rings and
am an avid fan of the Warcrarft director Duncan
Jones. I loved Moon and enjoyed Source
Code a lot. But Warcraft confused me and couldn’t keep me entertained at the same time.
3. Because the level of my confusion and boredom was so big, I decided to show you just how bad it was (for a non-gamer). And I wrote this review without having googled or discussed the plot and all
the things that I may have missed or just misunderstood. I slept on it, though,
because yesterday right after the movie I'd have probably given it an even
lower score. To be clear: I knew what I was getting into and all I really
expected or wanted from the movie was to be somewhat entertained for 2 hours,
while I chew on my unbuttered popcorn and drink my diet coke. I wanted this fun-looking, impressive-budget-and-great director-having live-action movie to do it's one job - take me out of the everyday reality and have
me focus on good & evil fighting it out. I am not reaching for the stars here people. I managed to enjoy Jack and Jill, and Dungeon and Dragons, for crying out loud. I can be very forgiving.