Warcraft: The Beginning

Warcraft: The Beginning is a 2016 American fantasy movie directed by Duncan Jones and written by Jones, Charles Leavitt and Chris Metzen. It is based on the Warcraft video game series and novels set in the world of Azeroth. 

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Cast:

-Travis Fimmel as Sir Anduin Lothar
-Paula Patton as Garona Halforcen
-Ben Foster as Medivh
-Dominic Cooper as King Llane Wrynn
-Toby Kebbell as Durotan
-Ben Schnetzer as Khadgar
-Robert Kazinsky as Orgrim Doomhammer
-Daniel Wu as Gul'dan
-Ruth Negga as Lady Taria Wrynn
-Anna Galvin as Draka
-Clancy Brown as Blackhand
-Terry Notary as Grommash Hellscream
-Callum Keith Rennie as Moroes
-Burkely Duffield as Callan Lothar
-Dean Redman as Varis
-Ryan Robbins as Karos
-Mackenzie Gray as Lordaerian Delegate

Review:

1. For all the game lovers especially World of Warcraft, this movie must have been a overwhelmingand for the rest, it was not interesting at all. But one thing is for sure that watching this movie was not boring at all.

2. At first we’re introduced to Durotan (Toby Kebbell), a noble Orc who is also the Chieftain of his own Clan. Since the Orc world is dying, they travel through a major portal powered by the lives of innocents to the Stormwind Kingdom, where the evil Gul’dan sets out to kill all humans.

King Llane Wrynn (Dominic Cooper), the ruler of Stormwind, soon gets wind of this invasion, and alongside his leading knight Sir Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel), the Guardian of Trisfal, Medivh (Ben Foster), as well as Medivh’s apprentice Khadgar (Ben Schnetzer) they set out to quash this uprising, even though the Horde of Orcs outnumber them greatly. However, they end up getting a helping hand from Garona Halforcen (Paula Patton) an Orc-draenei survivor that believes she’s half-human, as well as other members of the Horde that are questioning their evil leader.

3. Lothar is the character that Jones decides to focus on. He's a soldier and that's all he has known. He's even brought his son up to be soldier. His two duties in life are to protect his son and protect the King. With the invading armies of the Horde, his skills and loyalty are put to the test. The King, basically does what a King does, order people to do this, order people to do that. We get little interaction with a more humanistic side to him.

4. Magic is also a big portion of the movie, with a man known as The Guardian who holds what seems to be unlimited power and a Mage, who is still learning his spells. They fill their basic fantasy roles, but I can't help but feel that Ben Foster, who plays the Guardian, is somewhat a miscast. Maybe it's his age, but it did not suit him at all. But it is my thinking, what others believe is entirely up to them.

5. Through his role other than the director (co-writer of the script), Jones is able to allow his own personality to shine, which is embodied by the emotional character development of the characters. Even the motion capture used to bring the Orcs to life doesn’t stop their humanity from shining through. At the same time, Jones embraces the weird and disturbing, and the effects used to show the haunting magical draining of life will cause you to wince with horror. Excited yet?

6. Duncan Jones, who gave us the brilliant Moon and exciting Source Code is behind the camera and brings a wonderful visual style, but as is the case with a lot of big budget CGI filled epic flicks, the visual style is not enough (for most of them).  I will leave the trailer, if you are interested you can watch it and decide whether to watch the movie or not.

7. But don't worry, despite it's many shortfalls, you will surely enjoy watching this movie. And be optimistic and just enjoy the movie because they are made for enjoying. If people try to search for faults and lacks in a movie then I don't know they will ever be able to enjoy one. So, don't be one of them. Warcraft is full on fantasy. Giant birds, magical beings, kingdoms and castles. For those not interested in those things, Warcraft will not convert you. In fact it will make you feel more alienated. The critics hate it but we can still enjoy it, right? Cheers!! 

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