Warcraft Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook

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.

I think I'd more accurately give it 4.5 stars, but I'm going to round up. I'll tell you why. I'm not well-versed in Warcraft lore and story. I played the first two games and loved them, but never went beyond that and never really paid attention to the story. With that in mind, the story of this was fairly new to me overall and I felt new coming into it. I didn't have any expectations like a fan might, and therefore I thought the story was enjoyable and understandable: good job. I know Warcraft is a hugely popular game, and I feel like after watching this movie there is way more than what was presented, but there was not enough time to present it all in the detail that was available. That's good and bad. They did a good job at providing necessary information without floods of details, backstory, and world-building. That does, however, naturally come at the cost that you can tell there was more and they intentionally only scratched the surface. What I mean to say is, this was a good movie that wanted to be an epic fantasy, but was held back by the fact that it was only one movie. There's room for a sequel, to be sure, but this will always feel to me like it wanted to be more than it was. And that leaves me wanting more out of this. Again, that's good and bad. That's the 4 stars fighting against the 5 stars. I round up because in the end, I want to watch it again, and whether I want to watch it again and would recommend it are the two biggest factors in determining how I rate a movie. The visuals are great, the CGI is well done and not distracting, and the world of Warcraft is stunning. The orcs seem consistent with their game renderings, though I will always be partial to the Lord of the Rings orcs that carry a much more natural and realistic air about them: more lifelike and human, less chunky and game-ish and fantastical. The winner overall is the soundtrack. This is one of my favorite soundtracks! All in all I'd say that if you enjoy fantasy, you'll enjoy this.

I'm not very familiar with Warcraft, and that may have been some kind of barrier to really get into this movie, though overall it was enjoyable. First off, the special effects are amazing, it's worth watching this movie for the special effects alone. The quality of the orcs were superb, they were extremely lifelike, and the action sequences were amazing in hi-def. The story, frankly, was not well done. There really isn't any depth to the characters; I have a feeling these are important characters in the game, so they just decided to not provide any backstory figuring fans of the game would already know who they are, but it leaves non-players like myself out in the dark. You end up not really caring about the characters because you don't know anything about them, and the dialogue between characters seems forced. When Lothar and his son had conversations, it seemed like they weren't actually speaking to each other, because the dialogue didn't flow very well. The worst part by far was Medivh. There was no explanation for his actions throughout the movie, so there ends up being more questions than answers by the end. He's also supposed to be the most powerful mage in the entire world, but needs help doing everything because he is so weak. While the story might not be all that great, and I was disappointed in the character development, it was still a fun movie. I'm hoping for a sequel, where maybe they can go into more detail about who these characters are, and strengthen the story a little bit.

Good movie

I feel it is important to offer the disclaimer that I wear my bias on my sleeve. I am a longtime fan of the series having played all of the Warcraft games and have read a number of novels and extended lore. With that said I feel that if you are a fan of the property like myself you will find a lot to love with this big screen adaptation. It certainly is one of the more faithful adaptations of a video game property. You might wonder if someone who has no prior knowledge can enjoy the movie. I think the answer is dependent on whether you can keep an open mind. There is some fan service but it never comes across as being too on the nose. The acting is decent, and the visual effects are quite spectacular. If the film is guilty of anything, its some of the pacing and characterization choices. The film does jump around a bit in the beginning, but it does present some great establishing shots of notable locations in the Warcraft lore. Some characters I think could have been better fleshed out (like King Llane). There is a romance plot arc that feels a bit shoehorned in. The biggest takeaway would be that I feel the film would have benefitted from a longer run time. I certainly would have loved to have had that director's cut. For fellow lore affictionados there are some changes made in the film. However I never felt they detracted from the film, even if I know they don't quite match what I know from the games. All in all I really enjoyed Warcraft. Duncan Jones has succeeded in establishing the world of Azeroth, and I do hope we see a sequel. I want to see Tauren, Gnomes, and Nightelves along with the story of Arthas and his rise as the Lich King. If you have a love for high fantasy give Warcraft the chance to entertain you. The 4k looks great and it has a number of extras as well. Its well worth a look if you like high fantasy.

In some ways, Warcraft reminds me of Jupiter Ascending. It's clunky and a bit convoluted and not everything works, including some of the lead actors, but there is a lot to like if you are a genre fan. I enjoyed Warcraft for the most part, but the spotlighted reviews are arguably being too generous in giving it four or especially five stars. One of the best things about this film is the colors. The world is bright and true, and plenty of scenes take place in the daytime. There is also a good balance of blues and greens and earth tones, metallic armor and so forth. It's really refreshing and invigorating to see something that isn't desaturated or seen enteriely through a weird teal-colored filter. This reminds me of The Force Awakens, just in terms of colors, and that's a good thing. The CGI is mostly excellent, but the film's biggest weak point is in how the human actors stand out against the orcs and other creatures. The integration of the two just isn't very smooth, and base on this film, one could make a good argument for not trying to combine the two. Either keep things physical, or go full CGI. In terms of acting, it's a mixed bag. The orcs come off very well, but most of the humans are rather flat by comparison, Ben Foster's character being the big exception. I really like Paula Patton's hybrid-species Garona, although she like everyone else has moments of awkwardness when dealing with so much peripheral craziness. The story is solid at its core, but a bit impenetrable for the novice (which I am, not being a player of the game). All in all, though, there is plenty of action, some good emotional currents and a lot of potential. It isn't fully realized, but I don't regret watching and would not be opposed to a sequel, if such a thing ever comes around.

Blizzard seems to have dropped the ball with regard to its franchises and movies. Diablo, Warcraft, StarCraft, all excellent plots with a millions strong built in fan base. There should have been a dozen or more animated movies, raking in billions, over the last 20 years. Heck, much of the CGI used in movies was first used in cut scenes and promos for some of these games. For whatever reason that did not happen. Which is why I was quite cautious when one finally came out. Incredible opportunity for cheese, selling out, using up the last gasp of meme, before it fails. Instead, this movie is one of the finest of the genre with a solid plot, rooted in the games and books. Just the right amount of special effects but standing firm on the acting (which is superb) and the plot. The plot is one area this movie could easily have failed. There is so much to the Warcrat storyline, it would be easy to get too ambitious and screw everything up. The plot here is modest. It introduces the Orks....who they are and why they have invaded another realm. And shows them as relatively conflicted and complex. They are not monsters....but they are desperate and the victims of corrupt leaders preying on that desperation. The movie sets the tone of whom is who and introduces the conflict and is obviously the first of several movies. The one mistake I think is it assumes a lot is known already by the movie patron. Which is to say the Burning Legion and almost all aspects of the world the Orks are from is left out. That world is dying. The orks kill a bunch of slaves to empower a gate to the human world with Fel magics but whom they enslaved is left a mystery as is the source of the Fel magics. The Light is not even mentioned. A good hour could have been added to this movie to introduce such things. Another hour for the various other races involved. Yet another hour about the undead. In other words, these are all great ideas for the next half a dozen Warcraft sequels I hope they are working on these and prepared to link them to this one.

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.

Da accanito giocatore di Warcraft e World of Warcraft non posso che apprezzare il risultato finale. Bella la storia (benché ovviamente non originale), belle le riprese e gli effetti speciali (salvo in un caso che, dopo averlo rivisto tre volte, continua a non convincermi). La critica ha stroncato il film, nonostante non capisca bene per quale motivo. Per chi cerca il nuovo "Signore degli Anelli" conviene ovviamente guardare altrove, anche se non troverà nulla di simile, ma per chi come me ha passato ore immerso nel mondo di Warcraft questa produzione è qualcosa di veramente divertente, piacevole e raccomandata. L'unico neo, che non ha ovviamente nulla a che vedere con il bluray in oggetto, è la campagna di merchandising svolta da Blizzard che, invece che fornire codici per lo sblocco di vari oggetti/personaggi come fatto nel resto d'Europa, in Italia ha deciso di limitare questa offerta alle sole copie ordinate in una particolare catena della grande distribuzione, ma facendolo sapere DOPO la data di uscita del film.

Bon film, l'audio est top avec piste atmos vf

Snabb leverans

Aunque a día de hoy prácticamente todo el mundo conoce o ha oído hablar del videojuego de rol multijugador masivo en línea "World of Warcraft", el cual se ha convertido en un fenómeno mundial, lo cierto es que «Warcraft: el origen» no esta basada en el exitoso videojuego MMORPG de Blizzard Entertainment del año 2003, sino en el videojuego de estrategia del año 1994 "Warcraft: Orcs & Humans", que como su título indica se centra en el conflicto entre la raza humana y la de los orcos vista en la película. Tan vapuleada por los críticos de cine como adorada por sus fans, «Warcraft: el origen» es una épica y maravillosa aventura que está protagonizada por Travis Fimmel (serie Vikingos), Paula Patton (2 Guns, DéjàVu, Misión Imposible: protocolo fantasma), Ben Foster (X-Men 3, Pandorum, The Mechanic), Dominic Cooper (Capitán América, Need for Speed, Drácula: la leyenda jamás contada), y Toby Kebbell (Un mónstruo viene a verme, 4 Fantásticos, El amanecer del planeta de los Símios). La película está coescrita y dirigida por Duncan Jones, director de dos excelentes largometrajes como son «Código fuente» y «Moon», y que en esta superproducción de Warcraft tiene su primera oportunidad de disponer de un gran presupuesto para una película, en concreto de 160 millones de dólares. Desgraciádamente, en Estados Unidos apenas logró recaudar 47 millones, convirtiendo la película a priori en un rotundo fracaso de taquilla.. pero afortunádamente pudo salvar su honor y acabó su recorrido en cines con una recaudación mundial de 433m$ (gracias al mercado internacional y sobre todo a China, donde su absoluto éxito allí fue indiscutible), convirtiéndose así en la película basada en un videojuego más taquillera de la historia (al menos por el momento, esperemos que tanto de esta franquicia de videojuegos como de otras, haya más buenas adaptaciones que superen dicha cifra). A destacar la música compuesta por Ramim Djawadi, de quien tal vez os estéis preguntando quién es... Pues este tío de nombre y apellido tan peculiares fue el encargado de componer las bandas sonoras de películas como Pacific Rim, Iron Man o Furia de Titanes; aparte de hacer lo propio en series de renombre como Juego de Tronos, The Strain, Prison Break o Vigilados: Person of Interest. ¿A que ya os suena un poco más? Pues este mismo año ha sido el encargado de la BSO de la serie Westworld y del videojuego de Xbox One Gears of War 4... aparte, cómo no, de «Warcraft: el Origen», una película con una gran trama y con unos sorprendentes efectos especiales recreados por ILM (Industrial Light & Magic). Desde luego tanto los personajes recreados con la técnica del motion capture como los bellos escenarios en donde se desarrolla esta fantástica historia son alucinantes, mucho más aún si cabe en formato Blu-Ray. «Warcraft: el origen» en Blu-Ray viene presentada en formato de pantalla 2:40:1 Letterbox y contiene una impresionante pista de audio en Inglés Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 7.1; además de en Castellano, Francés, Italiano, Alemán, e Hindi Dolby Digital 5.1 (una verdadera lástima, pues en la contraportada de la carátula se informa erróneamente que la calidad de audio en estas pistas es de DTS Digital Surround, y ya os puedo yo asegurar que esto no es así, que su calidad es de Dolby Digital). Incluye múltiples subtítulos opcionales, entre ellos el Castellano. Y sus más de 2 horas de material adicional en HD, en concreto 127 minutos de extras, están repartidos en: -Making of dividido en 6 partes (34min)= · Historia del origen (4'54"). · El mundo del talento (5'35"). · El mundo de los efectos visuales (5'09"). · Equipar un mundo (6'16"). · El mundo de la captura de movimiento (6'50"). · El mundo de las escenas peligrosas (5'06"). -3 reportajes (17min)= · Los fans de Warcraft (6'36"). · Las figuras de Madame Tussauds (7'32"). · ILM: detrás de la magia de Warcraft (2'59"). -Cómic animado dividido en 5 capítulos «Warcraft: vínculos de la hermandad» (53'47"). -11 escenas eliminadas y extendidas (13'57"). -Tomas falsas (3'25"). -Teaser-trailer del film (2'23"). -Trailer de «Jason Bourne» (2'28") (Nota--> es un extra aparte que aparece antes de llegar al menú principal del film).

No comments!