Warcraft [Blu-ray]

I have to confess, I avoided this film in theaters due to the bad reviews. I was in a bit down financially, so I didn't have the chance to see many movies when it was released. I had to choose, and I let this by, and I did it precisely because of all the low scores it kept getting. But I did purchase it on Blu Ray based on user opinions (and the fact that my financial situation improved), and I finally saw it yesterday. And this is the last straw. I already had bad experiences with professional critics this year (Ghostbusters, Suicide Squad), and this is the final film that convinces me that those guys are full of crap. I didn't want to believe it before, but I can't ignore the evidence, and now I'm forced to realize professional critics are supremely biased and will judge a movie based on preconceptions rather than content. Because trust me, this movie is great. In fact, just about the only negative thing I can say about it is that the ending is too open instead of closing everything. But that's only a negative if you're not interested to see more of this universe and story. But I am, so it doesn't really count. Based on the eponymous classic PC strategy game (note: not actually based in the far more popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, which is set in the same universe but actually acts as a sequel to the strategy games), tells the story of how the humans and orcs met each other and started their conflict. The world of the orcs, a proud race of warriors, is dying, so orc leader Gul'Dan uses the magic known as Fel to open a portal to the land of Azeroth, which they intend to conquer. Since Fel magicworks by absorbing life force and their prisoner supply is limited, they can only send their strongest warriors first, to capture more prisoners and then use their life to bring the rest of the horde. The humans, led by King Llene, discover the presence of the orcs and with the help of their military commander, Lothar, and a retired mage named Khadgar, manage to capture a half-orc named Garona, who can speak both languages and decides to help them against the orcs, as she was treated like a prisoner by them. To this, they recruit the help of the powerful wizard Medivh, also known as The Guardian, whose purpose is to protect the land. Meanwhile, on the orc side, new-father chieftain named Durotan believes Gul'Dan and his Fel magic are responsible for their world's death, and tries to make an alliance with the humans in order to defeat Gul'Dan and avoid the death of this new land. Unfortunately, there might be traitors on both sides. Now this storyline might sound a little complicated when laid out this way, but fortunately the film makes its progression easy enough to understand. While people might have a bit of a hard time with the unusual names at first, it gets easier as the film goes on. The story is interesting enough on its own, but clearly only the first chapter. And while, like I mentioned before, the ending is open for subsequent chapters, the first one has good enough closure that you won't feel cheated of an ending. Of course, the film is also a wonderful visual spectacle, and even though it has to deal with a lot of central characters, you never feel as though any of them is underdeveloped. Which, again, brings to mind those terrible reviews complaining about unexistent things, and makes me believe that they've given the movie a low score based on preconceptions about videogame movies. On the Blu Ray department, the visual and sound quality is top notch, as expected, and there are TONS of extras, including making-of and an exploration of the videogames' story and impact. Most interesting of them all is a 5-chapter motion comic that works as a prequel to the film and helps to develop further a few of the human main characters. And in the deleted scenes section, you can't help but feel that some of them should have left in the final movie. So I implore you, please give this film a chance. It doesn't necessarily need a sequel, but it would be great to have one. Don't let this go the way of John Carter. Let's give the story an opportunity to go on.

Great movie. Full of action, excitement, and twists.

Great, way better than expected!

Very good movie start to finish one of my favorites wish they would hurry and make another

According to Rotten Tomatoes and the rest of the "film critic world" this movie sucks... How sorely wrong those incompetent critics are. Canon? kinda-sorta, not exactly. In the games, you have NPC's you see many of with no "titled name" like the countless Ironforge Riflemen in the Dwarven District. That is why there will be names of characters you have never heard before. Technically this movie is adding to the lore while keeping with what we already know and diverging from it somewhat. Because, well, it's a movie with characters, who need names so it doesn't suck. Technically, the story of this movie is based off the lore that was never written for the game "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans" (WOaH) and if that game were to be re-done with lore and graphics as in depth and epic as "World of Warcraft"(WoW). WOaH was released about 20 years ago iirc. It was an RTS game that was predominantly about having tons of fun with as little story as possible. Through WoW, other games, novels, and some miscellaneous material released by Blizzard the lore for WOaH has been uncovered. This lore is an integral part of what makes WOaH, WoW, and everything else so captivating from a storytelling standpoint. To an extent, to fully understand everything little thing in this movie you need some basic knowledge base. However, it is a great portal to allow people to enter the WoW lore universe. But please keep in mind that WOaH lore is supposed to be somewhat separate from the lore of WoW even though there are elements within WOaH that are connected to WoW. You don't have to be a WoW fan to enjoy this movie. Although the lore is like the Orb of Mystery to our Depleted-Kyparium Rocket. If you love fantasy please by all means watch this. Be careful, don't become consumed. 10/10 would watch again. Now, if you do feel like you want to know a lot more and really dive into the WoW universe I'd recommend doing one or both of the following: 1. Play Word of Warcraft a. Request to join the guild <Seekers of Lore> on Gilneas-US Alliance. b. focus on questing primarily, some dungeons, many raids. c. Look up quest topics and dungeons plus who is inside on wowwiki. Click on other articles, aka open the flood gates of lore. Discuss with guild members. 2. At least*, read these novels in this chronological order and take notes (explain after list): Prehistory Warcraft Saga -147,000 Dawn of the Aspects (past) -24,974 Rise of the Horde (Argus) -13,000 (Approx.) Death From Above -10,000 (Approx.) War of the Ancients 1: The Well of Eternity War of the Ancients 2: The Demon Soul War of the Ancients 3: The Sundering The Burdens of Shaohao Curse of the Worgen (past) -2,600 The First Guardian (Legends Vol. 5) -1000 War of the Shifting Sands (past) -823 Cycle of Hatred (past begins) The Last Guardian (past begins) -230 Shaman (prologue) prior the year -45 A Warrior Made (Legends Vol. 4 and 5) Blackhand (prior the formation of the Horde) Lords of War (past) -45 to -44 Rise of the Horde (Draenor) Blood and Thunder (20 years before the formation of the Iron Horde (approximately the same date before the Orcish Horde)) -1 Family Values (Legends Vol. 2 starts) Unbroken (begins) 0 Rise of the Horde (Draenor, ends) Lord of the Clans (beginning) First War (Warcraft: Orcs and Humans) 3 The Last Guardian Blood of the Highborne (chapter 1)[citation needed] 5 Tides of Darkness (begins) Arthas: Rise of the Lich King (begins) 6 Second War (Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness) Genn Greymane: Lord of His Pack (past) Ashbringer (beginning of #1) Tides of Darkness (ends) Beyond the Dark Portal (prologue) 8 Invasion of Draenor (Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal) Beyond the Dark Portal (main story & ending) 10 Day of the Dragon Unbroken (ends) 17 Mage (past) 18 Lord of the Clans (main story) Road to Damnation 19 Of Blood and Honor Lord of the Clans (ends) 20 Third War (Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos) Vol'jin: The Judgment Arthas: Rise of the Lich King (part 2 and 3) Death Knight (chapters 1-3) Blood of the Highborne (chapters 2 and 3) Ashbringer (middle of #1) A Cleansing Fire (begins, Legends Vol. 5) Illidan (prologue) 22 Aftermath of the Third War (Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne) Arthas: Rise of the Lich King (end of part 3) Illidan (first chapters) 23 Ashbringer (ending of #1, plus #2-#4) Sunwell Trilogy War of the Ancients (present (starts and ends)) 24 A Cleansing Fire (ends, Legends Vol. 5) Cycle of Hatred 25 World of Warcraft (World of Warcraft) The War Effort War of the Shifting Sands (present) The Thrill of the Hunt (Legends Vol. 3) Bloodsail Buccaneer (Legends Vol. 4) How to Win Friends (Legends Vol. 1) Miles to Go (Legends Vol. 2) An Honest Trade (Legends Vol. 1) Warrior: Divided (Legends Vol. 2) Warrior: United (Legends Vol. 5) 26 Blood of the Highborne (chapter 4) Shadow Wing Vol. 1: The Dragons of Outland, and Vol. 2: Nexus Point The Burning Crusade (The Burning Crusade) Rise of the Horde (present and ends) Garrosh Hellscream: Heart of War (past) Illidan (main story and ends) The Journey (Legends Vol. 1) Crusader's Blood (Legends Vol. 3) (in conflict, because of the appearance of Renee Lauer) I Got What Yule Need (Legends Vol. 3) Blood Runs Thicker (Legends Vol. 4) World of Warcraft: The Comic (begins) 27 Night of the Dragon Arthas: Rise of the Lich King (interludes and epilogue) World of Warcraft: The Comic (ends) Mage (present) Lor'themar Theron: In the Shadow of the Sun Fallen - Fear - Fiend - Fate (Legends Vol. 1, 2, 3 and 4) Wrath of the Lich King (Wrath of the Lich King) Death Knight (ends) Li Li's Travel Journal (1-4) Pearl of Pandaria Glory Garrosh: Heart of War (present) World of Warcraft: The Comic Special Issue 1: Beginnings and Ends Stormrage (along Nightmares from Legends Vol. 5) Shaman The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm 28 Gelbin Mekkatorque: Cut Short Dark Riders Curse of the Worgen (present) Sylvanas Windrunner: Edge of Night Tyrande & Malfurion: Seeds of Faith The Council of Three Hammers: Fire and Iron Cataclysm (Cataclysm) Bloodsworn Gallywix: Trade Secrets of a Trade Prince (ends here, unknown start) Baine Bloodhoof: As Our Fathers Before Us Genn Greymane: Lord of His Pack (present) Wolfheart (after the shattering but before the new Ashenvale questline) Velen: Prophet's Lesson Varian Wrynn: Blood of Our Fathers Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects Charge of the Aspects 30 Quest for Pandaria Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War Mists of Pandaria (Mists of Pandaria) Li Li's Travel Journal (5-11) The Trial of the Red Blossoms The Strength of Steel (begins) Bleeding Sun Dawn of the Aspects (present) Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde The Blank Scroll The Strength of Steel (ends) Over Water 31[1] The Jade Hunters The Untamed Valley War Crimes Hellscream Gul'dan and the Stranger Code of Rule Warlords of Draenor (Warlords of Draenor) Lords of War (present) Apocrypha (present line) 32 Magni: Fault Lines Nightborne: Twilight of Suramar Highmountain: A Mountain Divided Anduin: Son of the Wolf (list from gamepedia) Now, with your notes, research on wowwiki what you need more info on. - I have been playing since release, reading since TBC, and still love it all.

Bevor ich mir diesen Film ansah, kannte ich das Spiel "World of Warcraft" nicht. Ich hatte also keinerlei Vorkenntnisse, was Charaktere oder andere Inhalte dieser Fantasy-Welt angeht. Trotzdem fand ich den Film spannend und verständlich. Die Handlung erschließt sich jedem. Die Protagonisten sind glaubwürdig dargestellt, also keineswegs zweidimensional. Ich war, ehrlich gesagt, überrascht von der Qualität. Zur Handlung: die Welt der Orcs ("die Horde"), ein Volk, das aus kriegerischen Stämmen besteht, ist dem Untergang geweiht. Mit Hilfe eines Magiers verschaffen sie sich über ein Portal Zugang zur Welt der "Allianz", die ebenfalls aus verschiedenen Völkern besteht (Menschen, Elfen...), wobei die Menschen im Film die Hauptrolle spielen. Auch sie verfügen über Magie, um sich zu verteidigen. Um die Welten und die einzelnen Charaktere zu verstehen, sind keine Vorkenntnisse notwendig. Der Film liefert alle nötigen Informationen im Laufe der Handlung. Schließlich entdecken einige Orcs und ein Zauberlehrling der Allianz, dass die Magie des Orc-Zauberers nicht nur tötet, sondern auch nach und nach die Umwelt zerstört und jeden korrumpiert, der mit ihr in Berührung kommt. Einige Handlungsstränge beschreiben Einzelschicksale und Familientragödien auf beiden Seiten, die aber nicht zu sehr ausgewalzt werden, nur gerade genug, um allen handelnden Personen gerecht zu werden. Es kommt zu mehreren spektakulären Schlachten. Der Film endet mit dem Ende der ersten großen Schlacht, ruft aber definitiv nach einer Fortsetzung! Ich hatte mir diesen Film gekauft, weil ich bereits die anderen Arbeiten des Regisseurs Duncan Jones kannte ("Moon", "Source Code" und den Kurzfilm "Whistle") und wurde nicht enttäuscht. Genau wie in den anderen Filmen wird der Spannungsbogen während der gesamten Handlung aufrecht erhalten. Es entstehen keine Lücken oder logischen Brüche. Alles wurde mit viel Liebe zum Detail gedreht. Selbst die (notwendigen) Computeranimationen wirken nicht so technisch und flach wie in vielen anderen Produktionen. Was mir ebenfalls gut gefallen hat: Auf den Einsatz der oft in anderen Fantasy-Filmen verwendeten monochromatischen Düsterkeit wurde erfrischenderweise verzichtet. Statt dessen sind die verschiedenen Landschaften natürlich dargestellt. Laufzeit der DVD: ca. 118 min. Extras: Unveröffentlichte erweiterte Szenen, Gag Reel, Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch, Türkisch, Hindi, sowie akustische Beschreibung auf Englisch für Sehbehinderte. Untertitel in allen aufgezählten Sprachen. Zur Qualität der Übersetzung kann ich nichts sagen, da ich den Film im Original gesehen habe. Ein kleines Manko: das Menü ist nur in Symbolen angegeben und man darf erst mal raten, was die Symbole bedeuten sollen. Ich habe die einfache DVD, ohne 3 D-Effekt, aber das tat dem Genuss meiner Meinung nach keinen Abbruch.Der Film ist ab 12. Es gibt einige blutige oder gruselige Szenen, aber das hält sich in Grenzen.

La pelicula llego en excelentes condiciones y en tiempo, como siempre buen servicio de Entrega. Unico detalle que la verdad a mi no me interesa es que el codigo para descarga digital solo se podra canjear si estas en Estados Unidos o si piensas usar una Proxy, sinceramente lo que buscaba era ver la pelicula en su maxima resolucion y es lo que se obtiene del disco 4K. Seguire comprando mas en cuanto bajen un poco el precio.

Watched it the first day when it arrived. This movie helped me test my 3D glasses I have recently purchased and everything was great. Brought back the memories of the day I watched the movie in the theater. Since I been a WoW player for a long time this movie is an epic in my opinion - I am not sure about the people without familiarity with WoW lore, but I would recommend this movie anyways.

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