Watched Warcraft: The Beginning (Duncan Jones).
I was waiting for an extended cut, which Jones had announced, but it's still not out I think, so I bought the blu-ray which had become cheap in the meantime. And I'm glad I did.
I tried to play World of Warcraft. Friends of mine were absolutely addicted to it (a little too much at times, it WAS their whole world it seemed sometimes), so I tried for a trial period. I could never get truly into it, or understand the appeal it has to so many people fully. I found it a bit boring to be honest. And I didn't find it all that great looking either, plus it lacked a bit of an overall style for me - the areas in the game looked too different in style from each other sometimes, where I couldn't always feel they belonged naturally next to each other.
I was mostly into actiongames/shooters in those days, so probably fantasy RPG wasn't really for me. Since I've played and LOVED DragonAge, so it's possible I'd 'get' it more now.
Another thing is that World of Warcraft is a progression from earlier games called Warcraft, and I just didn't get what World of Warcraft was all about in terms of story because I didn't know those.
Now, thanks to this film I finally get the origin story.
At first the film may seem complex: a lot of names are dropped that may mean something to the players, but not to the general viewer. But if you just stick with it and pay attention, it's not that hard to follow.
This is among the better fantasy films that I've seen. The world itself doesn't feel as real as Lord of the Rings (the most obvious comparison for a fantasy film), as I think it's mainly a studio bound film (the extras don't talk about location shooting, it's all green screen it seems). But it had more of an overall style to me than I've experienced in the game and I still recognised places and creatures from it.
Probably the best thing about it are the Orcs, looking very different from Lord of the Rings, who look absolutely fantastic. I also like Travis Fimmel a lot - he's superb in Vikings and I felt sorry when he exited the show.
The film could certainly have been longer - some of the deleted scenes feel like they have way more weight than the average deleted scene from a movie (like Anduin mourning Callan in the presence of Garona). But it has a good tempo and good balance between action and drama.
It's not possible of course to suddenly understand everything about the game in two hours, but it does a good job at conveying the basics of the conflict.
I was waiting for an extended cut, which Jones had announced, but it's still not out I think, so I bought the blu-ray which had become cheap in the meantime. And I'm glad I did.
I tried to play World of Warcraft. Friends of mine were absolutely addicted to it (a little too much at times, it WAS their whole world it seemed sometimes), so I tried for a trial period. I could never get truly into it, or understand the appeal it has to so many people fully. I found it a bit boring to be honest. And I didn't find it all that great looking either, plus it lacked a bit of an overall style for me - the areas in the game looked too different in style from each other sometimes, where I couldn't always feel they belonged naturally next to each other.
I was mostly into actiongames/shooters in those days, so probably fantasy RPG wasn't really for me. Since I've played and LOVED DragonAge, so it's possible I'd 'get' it more now.
Another thing is that World of Warcraft is a progression from earlier games called Warcraft, and I just didn't get what World of Warcraft was all about in terms of story because I didn't know those.
Now, thanks to this film I finally get the origin story.
At first the film may seem complex: a lot of names are dropped that may mean something to the players, but not to the general viewer. But if you just stick with it and pay attention, it's not that hard to follow.
This is among the better fantasy films that I've seen. The world itself doesn't feel as real as Lord of the Rings (the most obvious comparison for a fantasy film), as I think it's mainly a studio bound film (the extras don't talk about location shooting, it's all green screen it seems). But it had more of an overall style to me than I've experienced in the game and I still recognised places and creatures from it.
Probably the best thing about it are the Orcs, looking very different from Lord of the Rings, who look absolutely fantastic. I also like Travis Fimmel a lot - he's superb in Vikings and I felt sorry when he exited the show.
The film could certainly have been longer - some of the deleted scenes feel like they have way more weight than the average deleted scene from a movie (like Anduin mourning Callan in the presence of Garona). But it has a good tempo and good balance between action and drama.
It's not possible of course to suddenly understand everything about the game in two hours, but it does a good job at conveying the basics of the conflict.