The fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter how good it is. EVERY SINGLE PERSON who has played a warcraft game with see it. It'll make an absurd amount of money.
There is so much lore behind the warcraft world it'll be interesting to see what they focus on for the story.
Regardless if Raimi brings his "A" game, the movie will suck. Just like book->film movies usually suck for those who have read the book, game->film movies will suck for those who play the game.
Will it be worth it to see, probably.
Would capture the essense of the game, probably not.
Will be half-assed like the latest game->filmer's Doom, Hitman & Max Payne, yes probably.
Will I eventually see it, yeah once its on basic cable.
But at this point, its way too early to tell, Max Walberg and Mila Kunis are "stars", but Max Payne isn't a "Must-See". But if Blizzard or Vivendi or whoever the hell controls the rights to what will happen in the movie is smart, they would put enough resources into this to make it worthwhile and cash in on possibility of future sequels, granted, if the first movie rocks.
After learning about the lore a bit, my son Kyle said: "I thought the Alliance were the good guys, but it turns out that the Horde are the good guys and the Alliance are jerks."
The fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter how good it is. EVERY SINGLE PERSON who has played a warcraft game with see it.
I've played and enjoyed WarCraft 2 and 3. I will not see this movie. I will not see it for the same reasons I didn't see Doom or Max Payne or Hitman... because it's going to suck and I don't want the movie to ruin the games for me. That said, yes, it will probably make a stupid amount of money and that makes me sad.
No hitman and Max Payne sucked. They weren't good movies and they really sucked if you referenced them to the video game.
Hitman the game works because it's a fun game. But the entire concept of it is a huge flaw. Lets just say - if you want to make a secret organization of elite assassins who can blend into society don't shave them bald and put barcodes on their heads. - you aren't inconspicuous anymore. Now the movie itself had some good action scenes. I think it was horribly cast but it also had some major inconsistencies, I just think I've been fortunate enough to block them out of my head.
Max Payne. Walberg - awesome. The movie though just entirely dropped the ball. The whole angel spin <shudder>
WoW the movie will suck. I like Raimi, it's not a ding againt him. But the movie will suck. WoW, despite it's huge popularity isn't an iconic setting. It's not LoTR, Conan or the Three Musketeers. It comes across as generic fantasy to most people, even those that play WoW.
The movie will suck for all the reasons that all the D&D movies, and Dungeon Siege sucked. There is no story or theme for the audience to rally behind and the scope of the setting is to huge to contain within one movie. While all those things in and of themselves don't mean you can't make a good movie. What it does lead to is a generic movie with a tacked on theme. That is where the problem lies.
So for this movie to succeed they have to basically make a good action movie that is fun and have to make characters that stand out in their own right and become memorable. The movie would have to be solid enough to exist outside of the Warcraft branding and for lots of people it'll have to feel distinct enough to stand out against comparisons to LoTR.
There's just a whole heck of a lot that can go wrong. There is a very thing line where it all has to fit together to really work.
i'll probably see it, but i admit i have really shallow taste in movies, and Bruce Campbell will probably be in it.
Damnit.... if Bruce Campbell is in it I'll have to go see it just for the lulz. I'll just make sure I go to a daytime show when the tickets are cheap(er)
Damnit.... if Bruce Campbell is in it I'll have to go see it just for the lulz. I'll just make sure I go to a daytime show when the tickets are cheap(er)
Movie theatures lease the rights to show movies and pay a royalty on each ticket sold, so seeing a cheaper matenee doesn't stick it to the bad movie making man in the way you would love to do. It just hurts the margin of your local cinema.
I'm not really concerned with hurting Hollywood. I know they're going to get their cheddar one way or another. All I care about is feeling slightly less dirty about paying to see a movie that I know is going to be bad.
It's not WoW kryst it's Warcraft as a series. Which I think has a setting and a plot that is movie worthy. It will get all sorts of fucked up though because I highly doubt Raimi and any of his writers will actually play the games. And I doubt Blizzard will oversee anything other than the profits.
It won't work as a movie because all the hardcore fans will tear it apart, the casual WoW fans won't understand whats going on, and everyone else won't see it because it's too "nerdy".
It's not WoW kryst it's Warcraft as a series. Which I think has a setting and a plot that is movie worthy. It will get all sorts of fucked up though because I highly doubt Raimi and any of his writers will actually play the games. And I doubt Blizzard will oversee anything other than the profits.
It won't work as a movie because all the hardcore fans will tear it apart, the casual WoW fans won't understand whats going on, and everyone else won't see it because it's too "nerdy".
You really think blizzard will just turn over the rights of their cash cow for someone to portray it how they want on that big of a stage? I can't imagine that blizzards writers won't have a hand in the story and keeping it realistically correct. And, until it actually sucks, as everyone is so quick to jump to that conclusion, i am pretty excited to see what they do and how it turns out.
Blizzard has already said that it will have a large hand in the direction of the movie. It already rejected Uwe Boll when he tried to get involved with the project last year.
According to a an old Blizcon 2007 posting I dug up
"Thrall will be in the movie. It will be told primarily from the Alliance point of view The time of the movie is set about 1 year before World of Warcraft begins. The film is mainly about cultures in conflict. It won't be an adventure movie like LoTR, more of a war film."
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/me raises hand
"Hear hear"
There is so much lore behind the warcraft world it'll be interesting to see what they focus on for the story.
I'd like to indignantly respond that I see absolutely nothing wrong with this.
At least if the script is crap (which you're amost garaunteed that it will be) you'll be entertained by decent directing.
*Btw, have they said who the writers will be?
Will it be worth it to see, probably.
Would capture the essense of the game, probably not.
Will be half-assed like the latest game->filmer's Doom, Hitman & Max Payne, yes probably.
Will I eventually see it, yeah once its on basic cable.
But at this point, its way too early to tell, Max Walberg and Mila Kunis are "stars", but Max Payne isn't a "Must-See". But if Blizzard or Vivendi or whoever the hell controls the rights to what will happen in the movie is smart, they would put enough resources into this to make it worthwhile and cash in on possibility of future sequels, granted, if the first movie rocks.
I'll be happy as long as they don't' make the horde out as the bad guys the whole movie.
I've played and enjoyed WarCraft 2 and 3. I will not see this movie. I will not see it for the same reasons I didn't see Doom or Max Payne or Hitman... because it's going to suck and I don't want the movie to ruin the games for me. That said, yes, it will probably make a stupid amount of money and that makes me sad.
Hitman the game works because it's a fun game. But the entire concept of it is a huge flaw. Lets just say - if you want to make a secret organization of elite assassins who can blend into society don't shave them bald and put barcodes on their heads. - you aren't inconspicuous anymore. Now the movie itself had some good action scenes. I think it was horribly cast but it also had some major inconsistencies, I just think I've been fortunate enough to block them out of my head.
Max Payne. Walberg - awesome. The movie though just entirely dropped the ball. The whole angel spin <shudder>
WoW the movie will suck. I like Raimi, it's not a ding againt him. But the movie will suck. WoW, despite it's huge popularity isn't an iconic setting. It's not LoTR, Conan or the Three Musketeers. It comes across as generic fantasy to most people, even those that play WoW.
The movie will suck for all the reasons that all the D&D movies, and Dungeon Siege sucked. There is no story or theme for the audience to rally behind and the scope of the setting is to huge to contain within one movie. While all those things in and of themselves don't mean you can't make a good movie. What it does lead to is a generic movie with a tacked on theme. That is where the problem lies.
So for this movie to succeed they have to basically make a good action movie that is fun and have to make characters that stand out in their own right and become memorable. The movie would have to be solid enough to exist outside of the Warcraft branding and for lots of people it'll have to feel distinct enough to stand out against comparisons to LoTR.
There's just a whole heck of a lot that can go wrong. There is a very thing line where it all has to fit together to really work.
I can't believe this thread got this far without a single mention of Bruce Campbell.
Poofie's geek cred just went up a couple of points.
I don't give a damn what kind of movie it is, Bruce Campbell always makes it a little better.
Movie theatures lease the rights to show movies and pay a royalty on each ticket sold, so seeing a cheaper matenee doesn't stick it to the bad movie making man in the way you would love to do. It just hurts the margin of your local cinema.
It won't work as a movie because all the hardcore fans will tear it apart, the casual WoW fans won't understand whats going on, and everyone else won't see it because it's too "nerdy".
You really think blizzard will just turn over the rights of their cash cow for someone to portray it how they want on that big of a stage? I can't imagine that blizzards writers won't have a hand in the story and keeping it realistically correct. And, until it actually sucks, as everyone is so quick to jump to that conclusion, i am pretty excited to see what they do and how it turns out.
It will probably suck for all of the reasons Kryyst lists. Hopefully there's some comedy to rescue it.
"Thrall will be in the movie. It will be told primarily from the Alliance point of view The time of the movie is set about 1 year before World of Warcraft begins. The film is mainly about cultures in conflict. It won't be an adventure movie like LoTR, more of a war film."
So.... yeah.
I'm with Garg here...bring on Bruce.