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 Breotan wrote:

 Hulksmash wrote:
The CGI is actually much, much better than The Hobbit.

What? Everything aside from the actors is green screen with CGI added in. The Hobbit was at least shot on practical sets mostly. Well, except for that Dwarf city place anyway.

Yeah, but it all looked jarring and terrible in the hobbit.

They were late with the movie for 10-20 years

Or they prepearing for new World of World of Wacraft?

It feels like the WoW movie is more like MeH... I think this will be one of those films where the critics will pan it, but the Blizzard cult following will make them a fortune.

I dunno. I don't mind that they are retconning the first war a bit, because the Last Guardian was trash and the game itself was immediately retconned into oblivion by Warcrsft 2. I mean, how did Durotan even make it past Stormwind, who was on alert, Ironforge, Stromgarde, Lordaeron and parts of Alterac, and then keep his Clan hidden up until Thrall finds it after the Second War? Especially since the Alliance was scouring the continent for the Orcs (Warsongs in particular)!

If they had some sort of pass at the time, or a guide who could get them around these kingdoms, it might make more sense.

 Soladrin wrote:

 Breotan wrote:

 Hulksmash wrote:
The CGI is actually much, much better than The Hobbit.

What? Everything aside from the actors is green screen with CGI added in. The Hobbit was at least shot on practical sets mostly. Well, except for that Dwarf city place anyway.

Yeah, but it all looked jarring and terrible in the hobbit.

What he said. The real "sets" made the cgi actually look worse and stand out far more. They can make things fit better in this because it's all green screen. CGI gets done well in one of two ways. Almost entirely CGI where they take the time and money to make it work or Practical effects with CGI filling in minute gaps. The hobbit didn't do either and suffered for it.

I'm not convinced that's so true anymore.




There's similar videos out there about Mad Max, which is often hailed as the modern master of practical effects.

Think the point being.. the best SFX are the ones you don't notice as being SFX, be they practical or CGI.

I think a lot of the time it just comes down to skilful camera work, you notice the films where it isn't the case.

Well it's out and to no one's surprise, I hope, it is getting horrible reviews and being derided as a lifeless spectacle.

I'm ok with lifeless spectacle and am still looking forward to it. I just love the world as a whole

When I first saw the preview, I lost interest as soon as I saw what they did to the ork female(beautified to us), I rather they didn't have any female ork, and go with the asexual/fungus that the GW orks/orcs.

 Big Mac wrote:
When I first saw the preview, I lost interest as soon as I saw what they did to the ork female(beautified to us), I rather they didn't have any female ork, and go with the asexual/fungus that the GW orks/orcs.

Yes but that's not the way it is in Warcraft.

Saw it today and I hated it. I've nothing against CGI, my problem with the film was that it was just plain boring.

Also the ORCs where far to humanised for my liking. Not to mention some terrible acting, Dominic Cooper in particular was phoning it in.

Reviews are starting to come in...and when you are getting compared to the Doom movie, you got problems.

Warcraft is getting eviscerated hard.

 curran12 wrote:
Reviews are starting to come in...and when you are getting compared to the Doom movie, you got problems.

Warcraft is getting eviscerated hard.

Kind of inevitable. Even just watching the trailers, I knew they were going for far too much than could be reasonably fit into a single movie (plus that much CGI hurts my eyes, even if it is pretty).

And if I may be so bold, the quality of Warcraft story line is so rose tinted the entire movie might as well have been filmed in pink. It's a plot far too cliche and shallow in the year 2016 to fly imo.

They would have been much better off shooting a TV series, which actually could have captured the scope of the kind of story they seem to want to tell.

Yeah, heres to hoping it still brings in enough for sequels

I know it's going to be cheesy. I know it's going to be cliche and super shallow. But I'm part of that group that probably won't care. I'll see it in theatres the first week it's out and just enjoy a shallow and mindless spectacle watching a world I love come to life.

Well, that's the problem with reviews...they aren't saying it is cheesy. They are saying it is something far worse; boring and soulless.

 curran12 wrote:
Well, that's the problem with reviews...they aren't saying it is cheesy. They are saying it is something far worse; boring and soulless.

Sounds like most film reviewers.

My roommate was telling me that Jamie Lee Curtis was at the premiere and screamed "Llllllllllleroy JENKINS!!!!" Before running inside the theater. I got a good laugh out of that, and officially decided she's awesome!

Well that was entirely predictable.

Can't believe the jak and daxter movie I loved, but this one.... Might turn into a piece of crudoila

If you want amazing CGI and good CGI check out CGI Bros. They release student and professional CGI, including breakdowns and tutorials.

First time I've fallen asleep in a theater. I only got through the first part.
The cgi was ok... but with the actual actors in it next to it... made it look so bad and pasted in.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
My roommate was telling me that Jamie Lee Curtis was at the premiere and screamed "Llllllllllleroy JENKINS!!!!" Before running inside the theater. I got a good laugh out of that, and officially decided she's awesome!

she did indeed.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/06/07/jamie-lee-curtis-knows-how-to-attend-a-warcraft-movie-premiere/




http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/warcraft-review-duncan-jones-1201683601/


" Review: ‘Warcraft’ Is The ‘Battlefield Earth’ Of The 21st Century "


ouch.

I liked Battlefield Earth.....But I know most didn't. And yes, Jamie Lee Curtis is awesome. She cosplayed at the premiere

 Hulksmash wrote:
I liked Battlefield Earth.....

I can't even fathom what would make some feel that way. I don't even think the people involved liked it.

I was hoping WoW would be good because Duncan Jones has shown some skill in the past. It seems like I might be better off just watching Moon again.

 Ahtman wrote:
I can't even fathom what would make some feel that way. I don't even think the people involved liked it.

Except for maybe John Travolta who made the terrible thing as a love letter to his idol

 LordofHats wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I can't even fathom what would make some feel that way. I don't even think the people involved liked it.

Except for maybe John Travolta who made the terrible thing as a love letter to his idol

Tim Gunn?

 Ahtman wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I can't even fathom what would make some feel that way. I don't even think the people involved liked it.

Except for maybe John Travolta who made the terrible thing as a love letter to his idol

Tim Gunn?

L. Ron Hubbard

Of course, that film had a lot more problems that a severe case of running the asylum, what with the fraud and all.

Saw Warcraft. It was alright. Not terribly boring, entertaining enough, but it was no Civil War. Not nearly as bad as Battlefield Earth or even that recentish Will Smith scifi one with his kid.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/holy-crap-does-china-love-the-warcraft-movie-1781513049?rev=1465482959728&utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

but that has not stopped the film from completely storming its way through the Chinese box office, where it’s doing even better than its previous #1 non-weekend launch, Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The news isn’t entirely that surprising. China loves the hell out of World of Warcraft, and Chinese users make up a significant number of the MMORPG’s userbase. After last night’s opening in China, Warcraft took a whopping $46 million, the best non-weekend launch in the country’s history, taking the title from Avengers: Age of Ultron, which brought in $28.3 million when it opened in May last year.

So. low score on RT. High score on IMDB. Medium score by internet critics. All praising the CGI and motion capture, mostly dissing the forced romance and lack-luster plot.

I'm going to the movies soon then

Yeah, I already know I'm going to hate the feed romance between Lothar and Garona. And Warcraft 1s plot sucked anyways, but if I want them to make more I have to give them my $20.

Warcrsft 2 or 3 would make far better movies. Hell, the fall of Lordaeron campaign and having Arthas be a reverse King Arthur would be a good movie. People like zombies, people like magic, bam.

Though, they'd probably get accused of ripping off game of thrones when they got to northrend.