Here's what the critics are saying about Warcraft, starring Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Robert Kazinsky, and Daniel Wu:
Warcraft is joyous fun. It might be cluttered and overwhelming at times, there is no denying that it is a film made with love. It is unafraid to be nerdy, it laughs in the face of mockery. It embraces its goofiness. When it beckons you to join in on the fun, let it. Read the complete movie review here.
Warcraft won't fully satisfy the game series' most demanding fans, simply because of all the things it omits or glosses over in this opening installment. (Dragons? No. Undead? No. Night elves? Barely.) Believe it or not, this is an immensely pared-down version of even the most basic Warcraft story, and it leaves many key game factions for possible later installments. At the same time, it won't fully satisfy many newbies: Even at its most accessible, it's a blur of names, faces, and places, sometimes stuck together only with solemnity and self-importance. Read the complete movie review here.
Critics throw the term "soulless corporate filmmaking" around with abandon, but movies like 'Warcraft' really manage to redefine the term. A film adaptation of the hugely popular MMORPG (that's Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) "World of Warcraft," this latest video game adaptation ranks near the bottom of the deadly genre. Imagine 'Battlefield Earth' without the verve, or the unintentional comedy, and you've got 'Warcraft'. Read the complete movie review here
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