With every passing season, there is a video game movie
released to cinemas. Likewise, there is also a flood of people declaring it the
worst yet because it seems that the Internet filters out any semblance of
perspective and leaves only the bile. While there is some precedent to the
notion, as video game adaptations have a pretty failure rate with only one or
two notable exceptions (and even then, those are often contested), I will try
and let the film speak for itself on this one. I’ll be forced to do so anyway,
as Warcraft is a franchise that I have very limited experience with. I vaguely
remember playing Warcraft III in a few LAN parties in high school, and of
course World Of Warcraft helped give us one of the best South Park episodes
ever with Make Love, Not Warcraft, but other than that I’m going into this as I’m
sure a lot of filmgoers are: As a casual observer. But even with that in mind,
is this film as bad as its already prominent reputation has decreed? This is
Warcraft.
