Movie Review: Warcraft
Warcraft was my most anticipated movie of the year. I’ve been playing the games since the first, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, and have been an on again/off again World of Warcraft addict for more than a decade. Warcraft could very well be my favorite fictional world in all of storytelling. I loved the trailers, I loved the clips; you better believe the hype was building.
But sadly, the new Warcraft film does not live up to all that hype. It’s still a good, solid, enjoyable movie, and I am pleased with the result. But director Duncan Jones and his storytellers made some really weird choices.
Movie Rating: 7/10 – Good.
Warcraft has already pretty much bombed with American audiences, but thankfully, China and the international market have saved the production. So my hopes for a sequel have already been lit. The world could use a new, non-superhero franchise, and Warcraft has more story, lore and characters than 10 films. There is a lot that could be done with a sequel, and hopefully Jones and the producers will take all of the criticism they have received and try to make a better product next time. There’s no reason to throw in the towel.
Heck, I hope they release the rumored Director’s Cut, which has tons of additional footage.
Warcraft definitely feels like a film where a lot of material was cut for timing. Storylines and characters feel rushed. The editing is quick to jump from one scene to the next, doing little to lay groundwork, while doing much to throw all sorts of names and concepts at the audience. At it’s heart, there are a few very simple, very meaningful stories being told. These stories are entertaining, and could really have an impact.
But Warcraft stuffed itself full of a bit too much, then apparently went through a fitful editing process.
At least the CGI orcs are amazing. That’s the most important thing. Expect FULL SPOILERS below.
I’m Coming to Get You, Clementine! Again!
Expect a lot of video game news this week with E3 right around the corner. Seeing as how I’m lazy, I probably won’t post all of it. Heck, I wasn’t even going to write about the new Batman game from Telltale Studios. It looks neat…but no sign of Robin, yet.
Speaking of Telltale, however, there’s no way I’m going to miss out on the first teaser trailer for Part 3 of their ongoing The Walking Dead saga! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: out of all The Walking Dead material, my favorite character is Clementine. She’s the best!
Those new graphics look amazing!
Based on this teaser, Clementine is once again going to age up between games. That’s fine. There were, like, 5 different endings to Part 2, and there was no way Telltale would be able to support them all in the new game. All that matters is that Clementine is still awesome, and that looks to be true!
Can’t wait for the new chapter!
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A Nice, Fun, LEGO Ghostbusters Way to Hopefully Start a Sad Monday
LEGOs are awesome. The Ghostbusters are awesome. When they come together, and when the Internet applies its magic, we get videos like this one.
Major props to the fine people at digitalwizards for this digital masterpiece.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 6/11/16
Huh, what a week. After a few comic weeks full of great and wonderful comics, we’ve kind of landed on a thudder of a week. Some fine comics came out, some enjoyable, some not so much. I read a bunch and generally had a good time. But this was kind of an off week.
Aquaman and Wonder Woman got the Rebirth treatment, but neither issue wowed me in any way. Flash has started Rebirth as well, but for some reason, I still can’t bring myself to buy a Flash comic. It’s fascinating to me how few DC superheroes I’m actually invested in. Where’s Robin Rebirth? I guess Tim Drake’s revival in Detective Comics will have to do!
But it wasn’t all bad news this week! We’ve got the first issue of the Gotham Academy/Lumberjanes crossover! It’s not as amazing as I’d hoped, but it’s still a sign of hopefully great things to come! And it definitely picks up Comic Book of the Week!
Something wonderful!
Now we just need a Lumberjanes/Unbeatable Squirrel Girl crossover and I’ll be all set!
Comic Reviews: Aquaman Rebirth #1, Detective Comics #934, Kaijumax #2, Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy #1 and Wonder Woman Rebirth #1.
Talk a Walk Down Warcraft Memory Lane!
The Warcraft movie is out and it’s getting terrible reviews! That might dull its success in America, but it’s killing overseas! Hope for a sequel remains! I won’t see the film until Saturday night, but until then, we can always count on the Honest Trailers folks to have some fun.
Those take me back. I’ve played Warcraft since the very beginning. Such a fun game! I hope to enjoy the movie.
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