The Reviews Are In For The Warcraft Movie And It’s Not Good
Ahead it’s release next month, reviews for Legendary’s upcoming Warcraft movie have surfaced and so far it is not looking good for the film as critics are panning the movie.
At the time of writing, the movie is averaging a 37/100 on Metacritic. There is no way around it, that is dreadful. Granted, there are only 11 reviews on Metacritic at the time we posted this article and we anticipate many more before the release date. So there is a good chance the average could rise. Regardless, this is not a good start for a movie many were looking forward to.
The Guardian gave the movie a 40 and stated the following:
“Perhaps both problems are down to the film’s computer game origins. Director Duncan Jones, a self-professed Warcraft fan, has clearly put a lot of love and care into fleshing out a story, but it’s questionable whether it was ever really merited. There’s a terminal flimsiness, as if this virtually-derived world hasn’t quite assumed three dimensions.”
Variety scored the movie a 30 and said the following:
“Production designer Gavin Bocquet, costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo and visual effects supervisors Bill Westenhofer, Jeff White and Jason Smith lead the heavy lifting on the artisans side, since what the producers essentially purchased with the source material is a collection of locations, wardrobe, weapons, and spells. “Warcraft” ends with a set-up for a sequel, but also the feeling that if this is what combat looks like, it’s time to give peace a chance.”
On a more positive note, The Hollywood Reporter gave Warcraft an above average score (60) and said:
“Combining primitive textures (hides and sun-bleached bones) with the glowing whoosh of magical elements, Warcraft is a big-screen, 3D game that the viewer enters, to the martial beats of the elegantly ominous score by Ramin Djawadi (composer of the Game of Thrones theme). Its use of multiple cameras to film the motion capture performers in the same take as those playing human characters is one of the ways that it’s new. And then there’s Durotan’s eyes, and Garona’s grit. Dramatically and technically, Warcraft gives the concept of “hybrid” new punch.”
The Warcraft movie stars Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Robert Kazinsky, and Toby Kebbell. It hits theaters on June 10.
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