WarCraft (2016)
- Thread starter Dandai
- Start date
-
Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Quineloe
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 6,978
- 4,464
So apparently there 160 minute director's cut isn't ever going to be released.
Don't Expect to See Duncan Jones' Warcraft Director's Cut
which leaves me sorely disappointed, because another 37 minutes would have probably made the pacing a whole lot better
Don't Expect to See Duncan Jones' Warcraft Director's Cut
which leaves me sorely disappointed, because another 37 minutes would have probably made the pacing a whole lot better
Quineloe
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 6,978
- 4,464
From what I read, they think it flopped because on a $160m budget it only made $420m box office, because apparently china money (where half the BO was made) doesn't count and don't want to make a sequel.
Someone fucking kill these guys.
- 1
Fight
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 4,658
- 5,577
Just watched it for the first time. I'd give it a 6/10. It is not a great movie, but I have definitely seen worse. I am not sure how they managed to spend $160m making it. CGI is so run of the mill these days, it is not like they much much more than any other film.
The Bad: Too many characters, disjointed story, choppy transitions, totally unbelievable romances, and some cringy dialogue.
The Good: Solid CGI, felt like Azeroth, bad ass Orcs, the actors (for B-list) all did half-way decent jobs with the material they were given
In conclusion, I would like to see them give Duncan Jones get another shot at a sequel. I just hope he would skip to a better story, maybe skip right to WC3 and the Frozen Throne.
The Bad: Too many characters, disjointed story, choppy transitions, totally unbelievable romances, and some cringy dialogue.
The Good: Solid CGI, felt like Azeroth, bad ass Orcs, the actors (for B-list) all did half-way decent jobs with the material they were given
In conclusion, I would like to see them give Duncan Jones get another shot at a sequel. I just hope he would skip to a better story, maybe skip right to WC3 and the Frozen Throne.
Dandai
<WoW Guild Officer>
- 5,918
- 4,504
Ironically, what hurt the movie the most was its attempts to appeal to WarCraft fans. As Fight stated above, they tried to pack too much into the debut film - dozens of characters, locations, sub-plots, etc. The movie was a mile wide and an inch deep. They had the right idea - focus in on a specific point in the WarCraft lore - but they didn't focus it enough.
As a fan, I really enjoyed this movie; as a movie-goer, this movie was quite mediocre. I did appreciate that they didn't take themselves too seriously, and were unapologetically quirky in some parts.
As a fan, I really enjoyed this movie; as a movie-goer, this movie was quite mediocre. I did appreciate that they didn't take themselves too seriously, and were unapologetically quirky in some parts.
spronk
FPS noob
- 23,490
- 27,461
they made a shit load of money, they sorta lucked out because the production company (legend entertainment) was bought by a chinese company last year. normally chinese box offices only make around 25% of the receipts back to the production, but because it was made by a chinese company essentially, who also happens to own a shit load of chinese theaters (PLUS AMC theaters in USA) they got to keep much more of it.
it will mean though that any sequels are aimed more at foreign markets, especially china, over usa
Valderen
Space Pirate
- 4,593
- 2,812
Szlia
Member
- 6,634
- 1,376
Well, the best performance in that film was by an asian actor, so there's that.... (Daniel Wu's Gul'dan).
- 1,302
- -627
Pacing wasn't much of a problem tho. The casting was terrible, and the script was strained and cliche. Ultimately though, poor casting and bad performances (outside of the outstanding CGI and voice acting) was what made this film near unbearable.
Quineloe
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 6,978
- 4,464