Warcraft Movie Slated to Bomb in North America

[AzzarTheGod]

Will you see it opening weekend?

So far the only hype has been "The Serbian people reacted positively to it". USA buzz is nonexistent outside of the niche nerd community. The budget is 160 million dollars and going up against X-men, Alice, and the Conjuring 2.

If you have to reach to Serbia for movie feedback about your movie, it is probably not a good sign.

Variety reported that the film is generating only moderate interest among U.S. moviegoers, which could possibly hurt its box office performance stateside, with poor reviews and competition from the aforementioned films and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (released the week prior) also affecting its performance.

Serbians cited here as a measuring stick of yay/nay:

During the first ten days of screening in Serbia, 50,000 people saw it in the cinemas across the country and overall reaction of the visitors was positive

So, are you going to do it Serbian style and see the movie opening weekend? Or are you feeling more Western European, and going to catch this one in a couple months for free?

[iruinedyourday]

IM hoping its terrible. Becuse I Know no mater what it is, its going to end up being the highest grossing movie of all time.

And I would prefer the worst movie of all time was also the highest grossing.

It would make a lot of sense, its basically how we vote in america.

[Sage Truthbearer]

I kinda expect it to be a mess, but I'm gonna see it anyway. I like the Warcraft lore, and Blizzard's in-house cinematics have always been some of the best in the biz.

[Pokesan]

much like the game, you shouldn't pay for this movie

[Swish]

any pandas in it?

[Baler]

SPOILER ENDING!
https://www.youtube.com/Ei14PlrMmsE?vq (https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ei14PlrMmsE?vq=hd720&autoplay=1)

For The Horde!
Edit: I'd rather they just made a full length cinematic movie with 0 real life actors.

[Wiley]

SPOILER ENDING!
https://www.youtube.com/Ei14PlrMmsE?vq (https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ei14PlrMmsE?vq=hd720&autoplay=1)

For The Horde!

playing through that Great Mother quest line in Nagrand and seeing that fight sort of re-enacted in game was one of the best parts of TBC

[Chaboo_Cleric]

It bombed in other countries so bad... Movie theaters here in California are only showing like 2 per theater... As oppose to 8 like Starwars did.... Yes, I will see it opening weekend though.

[Turp]

Take a hour to watch it, if got Adblock TM
and judge yourself
http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245281
Enjoy , pm for others like Civil War , Turtles 2 , Xmen Apoc, BvS etc

[Daywolf]

any pandas in it?
Nah I think the panda was eliminated...
It was Mortimer Mustard in the closet with a rope.
Entirely embarrassing business :o

[MrSparkle001]

It's at least five years too late. Should have been released shortly after WotLK.

Wouldn't have stopped it from being (if it is shit, my bet is it is because what videogame movie isn't?) but it would have been successful.

[Sirban]

You were expecting a wow movie, which is based on a 20 year old game to be good?

[barrettdc1]

Its better than TFA. I enjoyed it.

[Ket]

Can't be worse than those Dungeon Siege fiascos.

[maskedmelon]

any pandas in it?

This actually almost got me to purchase wow at one point. I know... I resisted the temptation though.

[Swish]

It's at least five years too late.

[Swish]

This actually almost got me to purchase wow at one point. I know... I resisted the temptation though.

Right around when Pandaland was released I saw this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-TiYRBSkK0


...and it summed up why I didn't want to play anymore.

[Spyder73]

IM hoping its terrible. Becuse I Know no mater what it is, its going to end up being the highest grossing movie of all time.

And I would prefer the worst movie of all time was also the highest grossing.

It would make a lot of sense, its basically how we vote in america.

nailed it

[Spyder73]

Right around when Pandaland was released I saw this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-TiYRBSkK0


...and it summed up why I didn't want to play anymore.

Swish you are such a retard - WOW was a very good game for a very long time, and honestly if i reinstalled it today i would probably still enjoy it immensely. I however do not have the time or inclination to do so.

You are like one of those Yelpers who vote a 5 star restaurant a 0 because the waiter brought you a Pepsi instead of a Coke...then immediately fixed your order and apologized.

[Grubbz]

Swish you are such a retard - WOW was a very good game for a very long time, and honestly if i reinstalled it today i would probably still enjoy it immensely. I however do not have the time or inclination to do so.

You are like one of those Yelpers who vote a 5 star restaurant a 0 because the waiter brought you a Pepsi instead of a Coke...then immediately fixed your order and apologized.

damn straight, i would also be pissed if someone brought me a pepsi instead of a coke.

[Alenon]

And the most important part of this thread.... Pepsi > coke

[sOurDieSel]

Where's the EQ movie? gdi

[iruinedyourday]

Where's the EQ movie? gdi

man i wish some fans would make more eq fanfic you should sour. you could make it all about faction and how some races are KOS to other races becuse of faction.

Unraisable faction though, faction that was not implemented in a way that its possible to raise it.

u catch my drift?

[Hastley]

Thought about buying tickets to this movie. Instead I bought tickets for conjuring 2.

Is the lich king in this movie?

[AzzarTheGod]

Thought about buying tickets to this movie. Instead I bought tickets for conjuring 2.

Is the lich king in this movie?

They wouldn't make Conjuring a disappointment.

First one kicked fucking ass. The Warrens have a lot of source material, and all based on a true story too.

Good choice. Take this upboat.

[Haynar]

Think Barrens chat. Wonder if Chuck Norris makes a cameo.

[Nirgon]

this movie gonna have a panda expansion? put me down as a no for both films either way

[iruinedyourday]

this movie gonna have a panda expansion? put me down as a no for both films either way

lmao

[Swish]

Swish you are such a retard - WOW was a very good game for a very long time, and honestly if i reinstalled it today i would probably still enjoy it immensely. I however do not have the time or inclination to do so.

You are like one of those Yelpers who vote a 5 star restaurant a 0 because the waiter brought you a Pepsi instead of a Coke...then immediately fixed your order and apologized.

Death Knights ruined large scale pvp, sorry... then Kung Fu Panda happened.

There's no coming back from that.

[Ahldagor]

Death Knights ruined large scale pvp, sorry... then Kung Fu Panda happened.

There's no coming back from that.

Then it turned into back to and from the future. Don't have to be a panda tho'. Pvp is still shit too. The movie will proly be bad as a movie, but entertaining.

[AzzarTheGod]

Hard analysis and predictions from the pros who track trends.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4195&p=.htm

Current projection based on Thursday screenings and sales:

The Conjuring 2 (3,343 theaters) - $36.27 M
•Now You See Me 2 (3,232 theaters) - $24.01 M
•Warcraft (3,400 theaters) - $20.01 M
•Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (4,071 theaters) - $15.18 M
•Me Before You (2,762 theaters) - $12.06 M
•X-Men: Apocalypse (3,585 theaters) - $11.41 M
•Alice Through the Looking Glass (2,898 theaters) - $6.11 M
•The Angry Birds Movie (3,083 theaters) - $5.49 M
•Captain America: Civil War (2,101 theaters) - $4.07 M
•The Jungle Book (1,496 theaters) - $2.67 M


Smart money, as mentioned earlier in the thread, went with the Conjuring.

[barrettdc1]

It's not a bad movie. People want this movie to fail so bad. If you are in any way a Warcraft fan, you'll probably like it unless you're an insufferably picky douche bag. Even if you aren't a Warcraft fan and know 0% lore, it's a fun movie.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Warcraft broke 90mil in China. So even if it fails North America. It did well

[Pokesan]

12.06M to watch emilia clarke embarass the craft

[Nihilist_santa]

It's not a bad movie. People want this movie to fail so bad. If you are in any way a Warcraft fan, you'll probably like it unless you're an insufferably picky douche bag. Even if you aren't a Warcraft fan and know 0% lore, it's a fun movie.

I could have got behind this flick for the reasons you mention but to be honest the moment they went with the fucking ridiculously "stylized" orc CGI I said fuck no.

[Evia]

I had my friends drag me to it. I fell asleep in 20 minutes. Wasn't very engaging or interesting to me. To be fair my warcraft knowledge is limited to playing wow and I never found the lore in it very interesting or engaging.

[Hastley]

Conjuring 2 was good, not great. Feel
It was worth my money though . Regards

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Conjuring 2 was good, not great. Feel
It was worth my money though . Regards

Conjuring two... Let me sum it for ya'll.. Evil grandpa.... Dragged on and on. IT was garbage..... First conjuring was pretty decent. This ,however was garbage.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Despite terrible reviews from critics, the "Warcraft" movie is a smash hit in China.

I'm getting Chinese food after i see it tomorrow bros

[Hasbinbad]

bunch of white dudes fight hordes of "monsters."

definitely made in post-racial america.

[Hastley]

Conjuring two... Let me sum it for ya'll.. Evil grandpa.... Dragged on and on. IT was garbage..... First conjuring was pretty decent. This ,however was garbage.

Said it was good . Not great. Also , "evil grandpa" wasn't the plot . That said it was an atmospheric movie but the nun was cool. Maybe I was just digging it as I had been playing dark souls 3 this week. Shrug. To each their own though. Regards

[AzzarTheGod]

Said it was good . Not great. Also , "evil grandpa" wasn't the plot . That said it was an atmospheric movie but the nun was cool. Maybe I was just digging it as I had been playing dark souls 3 this week. Shrug. To each their own though. Regards


Rotten Tomatoes aggregate ratings on Conjuring are over 70% positive for the record. That's only 10% short of "Great". So you are in good company.


Warcraft, however, is treading 22%. That is terrible, although some might argue its 10% short of terrible. Anything below 30% is considered terrible.

"Numbers don't lie check the scoreboard." - jay-z

[Sage Truthbearer]

Rotten Tomatoes aggregate ratings on Conjuring are over 70% positive for the record. That's only 10% short of "Great". So you are in good company.


Warcraft, however, is treading 22%. That is terrible, although some might argue its 10% short of terrible. Anything below 30% is considered terrible.

"Numbers don't lie check the scoreboard." - jay-z

That's the critic rating though, the audience gave it 85% on Rotten Tomatoes because they were mostly Warcraft fans watching it. I agree it's not great as a stand-alone movie for people who don't care about the Warcraft lore, but if you do then it's fun entertainment. I saw it last night and thought it was pretty good, but I like WC.

[AzzarTheGod]

That's the critic rating though, the audience gave it 85% on Rotten Tomatoes because they were mostly Warcraft fans watching it. I agree it's not great as a stand-alone movie for people who don't care about the Warcraft lore, but if you do then it's fun entertainment. I saw it last night and thought it was pretty good, but I like WC.

its an aggregate rating.

its not a critic rating so much as its a critics rating-- as in all of them.

[Rararboker]

Rotten tomatoes give the weirdest ratings on a lot of things. I never trust them. But i don't see myself going to see the warcrft movie anyway.

[RDawg816]

I don't let critic's opinions determine what I see. Usually if the critics hate a movie, I think it's worth watching. Conversely, I'm usually uneasy if I find out the critics liked a movie I was wanting to watch. I don't know if it's because they're jaded or getting paid endorsements, but critics are a horrible source. Stop letting people tell you what to think.

[Tenlaar]

It's a good movie. Critics are stupid, and so are people who say it's bad without seeing it.

[barrettdc1]

It's a good movie. Critics are stupid, and so are people who say it's bad without seeing it.

I've never once decided to see a movie based off what some pretentious "film critic" had to say about it. Just seems stupid to do so.

[Swish]

I've never once decided to see a movie based off what some pretentious "film critic" had to say about it. Just seems stupid to do so.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Saw it today. It was 8.0/10 overall glad I saw it.

[Sodors Finest Poster]

I've never once decided to see a movie based off what some pretentious "film critic" had to say about it. Just seems stupid to do so.

http://i.imgur.com/OXiXyhy.jpg

[Spyder73]

Saw Warcraft this weekend - one of the most terrible pieces of crap I have ever seen. Completely disappointed in the direction they are going...

I couldnt get over the sh!t costumes - The Orc scenes were pretty good, the human scenes were total garbage. Casting was poorly done, and the green half human half orc is THE WORST CHARACTER IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA...and like 40% of the g@d damn movie focus on her for some reason.

[Saludeen]

The overall appearance of the movie and actors looks cheesy and fake like a high school play, which means it will probably suck.

[Sage Truthbearer]

What do you mean by the direction they're going? The movie's plot was the exact story from the first Warcraft game.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

What do you mean by the direction they're going? The movie's plot was the exact story from the first Warcraft game.

Guy clearly isn't aware of Warcraft lore. Probably ones of those 12 year olds that played World of Wacraft with a high squeaky voice. Movie was on point with lore. Even had a few scenes with Grammish. For those familiar with the lore, movie was really well done for a vid game movie. Could've been better ,but ill take it

[AzzarTheGod]

Saw Warcraft this weekend - one of the most terrible pieces of crap I have ever seen. Completely disappointed in the direction they are going...

I couldnt get over the sh!t costumes - The Orc scenes were pretty good, the human scenes were total garbage. Casting was poorly done, and the green half human half orc is THE WORST CHARACTER IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA...and like 40% of the g@d damn movie focus on her for some reason.

Rottentomatoes never lets me down.

I knew we didn't have any real film buffs on this site by how many posters here disrespected the aggregate rating system they use.

Its literally never wrong outside of a few movies.

The overall appearance of the movie and actors looks cheesy and fake like a high school play, which means it will probably suck.

All budget, no results. LOTR this is not. Disgusting production company they used. I will never watch another movie by this production house, ever.

[Spyder73]

Ok you 2 pleb butt holes can S my D. what I mean by direction is the feel of the movie...not the script or lore. The casting and costumes were sh!t. I was expecting Lord of The Rings quality and was sorely disappointed for most of the movie because they decided to try to make the movie look too much like the games. "WELL ITS A MOVIE ABOUT A VIDEO GAME DER DER DER" - correct, and while it sounds good on paper the execution was poor and -for me - it basically ruined the movie. Plus I can only see Ragnar as Ragnar, not as a prince/king in Azeroth.

Tell me with a straight face you thought the half human half orc girl was well done...i dare you

[Sage Truthbearer]

I knew we didn't have any real film buffs on this site by how many posters here disrespected the aggregate rating system they use.

It has a shitty critic rating because the movie sucks if you're not already interested in the Warcraft lore. However, if you are a fan of Warcraft then the movie is pretty fun. It has 83% rating on RottenTomatoes from the actual consumers, so most people who were fans of Warcraft and saw it liked it.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Ok you 2 pleb butt holes can S my D. what I mean by direction is the feel of the movie...not the script or lore. The casting and costumes were sh!t. I was expecting Lord of The Rings quality and was sorely disappointed for most of the movie because they decided to try to make the movie look too much like the games. "WELL ITS A MOVIE ABOUT A VIDEO GAME DER DER DER" - correct, and while it sounds good on paper the execution was poor and -for me - it basically ruined the movie. Plus I can only see Ragnar as Ragnar, not as a prince/king in Azeroth.

Tell me with a straight face you thought the half human half orc girl was well done...i dare you

I will give you this... Ragnar was Ragnar in the movie. Worst actor for that role. I too couldn't see anything , but Ragnar... Which says , he is either a shitty actor, or possibly was told " BE RAGNAR". Either way I wish they cast somebody else as all the main human characters. The Orcs were in-fact the best characters.

[Cecily]

I just saw it today and enjoyed the hell out of it.

[Pokesan]

7 pages of arguing about a video game movie

azzar the GOD

[RDawg816]

I, too, thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

http://www.slashfilm.com/warcraft-box-office/

Warcraft most successful Vid game movie EVER!

[gummab]

It was a steaming pile of shite /thread

[Swish]

were there any kung fu pandas? or garrisons?

[LostCause]

movie was alright CGI felt like it was 20 years behind tho.

[maskedmelon]

Preview looked neato. Not sure i like the idea of noble orcs waging a war of necessity on mankind though. Fuck orcs.

[NegaStoat]

I saw this opening weekend for free while visiting a relative in Santa Monica. I didn't especially like it, nor did I feel entertained by it. Halfway through the film I kept finding myself comparing it to Eragon from 2006. It was intended to be a fun fantasy film that didn't want to make you think very hard with the plot. It was made for fans of the game for certain, with all of the locations and events sort of strung together without much thought.

Tons of Chinese loved the film, as did tons of NA and EU fans of the game. So I get that, and its final gross might be acceptable. Maybe I would have enjoyed the film if it hadn't been so damned predictable with the story being forced to adhere to the established canon of the games. I dunno. The baby moses in the river really sank it for me at the end.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

I saw this opening weekend for free while visiting a relative in Santa Monica. I didn't especially like it, nor did I feel entertained by it. Halfway through the film I kept finding myself comparing it to Eragon from 2006. It was intended to be a fun fantasy film that didn't want to make you think very hard with the plot. It was made for fans of the game for certain, with all of the locations and events sort of strung together without much thought.

Tons of Chinese loved the film, as did tons of NA and EU fans of the game. So I get that, and its final gross might be acceptable. Maybe I would have enjoyed the film if it hadn't been so damned predictable with the story being forced to adhere to the established canon of the games. I dunno. The baby moses in the river really sank it for me at the end.

Baby Moses??? Bro that was baby Thrall,he came first. Bow to the greatest Orc shaman that ever lived. The founder of Orzimarr and Durantan. Thrall is the shit

[EatitNerd]

And now we know it definitely bombed. Definitely wasn't any good, would much rather watch Weekend at Bernie's

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Bro's it was like Street fighter good. It may have sucked a bit ,but still a classic.

[Heavydrop]

It looks incredibly stupid and I have no intention of seeing it now or ever.
Once again movies and plots devised from games, and not the other way around, are usually terrible and I'd rather spare what memory and brain cells I have left to me and pass on this seemingly monumental turd.

[Tenlaar]

Oh, two hours of silly fantasy fun time with wizards and orcs is going to damage your mental capacities is it? Mayhap the esteemed gentleman would be better served by spending this time painting another masterpiece or pondering the workings of time and space?

Or maybe you should just be a little less pretentious and stop acting like watching a fucking movie is so far beneath you there, Ms. Paltrow.

[AzzarTheGod]

Oh, two hours of silly fantasy fun time with wizards and orcs is going to damage your mental capacities is it? Mayhap the esteemed gentleman would be better served by spending this time painting another masterpiece or pondering the workings of time and space?

Or maybe you should just be a little less pretentious and stop acting like watching a fucking movie is so far beneath you there, Ms. Paltrow.

Oh is he alone in his opinion?? The movie fucking bombed.

I guess those Serbian movie critics just aren't what they used to be. I mean 50,000 Serbians said it was good.

Hmmm... are you Serbian by chance?


Becuse I Know no mater what it is, its going to end up being the highest grossing movie of all time.


Whoops.

[Tenlaar]

Oh is he alone in his opinion?? The movie fucking bombed.

You seem to have had some trouble understanding what I was commenting on. Maybe you should try again?

[AzzarTheGod]

You seem to have had some trouble understanding what I was commenting on. Maybe you should try again?

No, but you seem to have trouble coping with the fact the movie was dogshit and, in fact, bombed.

Are you Serbian? Yes or no at this point.

[RDawg816]

No, but you seem to have trouble coping with the fact the movie was dogshit and, in fact, bombed.
He wasn't commenting on the quality of the movie. Learn to read.

[AzzarTheGod]

He wasn't commenting on the quality of the movie. Learn to read.

Hmhmm I covered both angles. Learn to read

1) bombed. Check.

2) garbage. Check.

So his post was just see the movie to waste your own time? No comment. Different strokes, different folks.

[RDawg816]

1) bombed. Check.

2) garbage. Check.

So his post was just see the movie to waste your own time? No comment. Different strokes, different folks.He wasn't talking about 1 OR 2. He was specifically talking about how the poster above him said watching the movie would kill their brain cells.

Your opinion on the movie has nothing to do with the science behind these implications.

[Buellen]

Poor writing is what ruined this movie.

1) The entire fight between the frost wolf chief and the Orc Warlock/shaman ? was a complete waste of time horribly done. It served no purpose what so ever for moving the movie along.

2) total BS on the orcs accepting the female half orc just because she stabbed the king ooooh what they could see that she was killing orcs and helping alliance guys up to that point , she was wearing alliance armor ! sigh so dumb.


enough said

[Chaboo_Cleric]

Poor writing is what ruined this movie.

1) The entire fight between the frost wolf chief and the Orc Warlock/shaman ? was a complete waste of time horribly done. It served no purpose what so ever for moving the movie along.

2) total BS on the orcs accepting the female half orc just because she stabbed the king ooooh what they could see that she was killing orcs and helping alliance guys up to that point , she was wearing alliance armor ! sigh so dumb.


enough said

Contrary to some belief, Orcs are a very forgiving people. You humans disgust me!

[Sage Truthbearer]

You guys expected "deep" writing and a 98% critic rating on RottenTomatoes for a video game movie about orcs?

[Chaboo_Cleric]

You guys expected "deep" writing and a 98% critic rating on RottenTomatoes for a video game movie about orcs?

Well the movie could've did better. If only Peter Jackson directed it. The movie was #1 for all vid game movies. Prob makes these grown men mad.

[NegaStoat]

You guys expected "deep" writing and a 98% critic rating on RottenTomatoes for a video game movie about orcs?

A golden age comic book character with a cheesy as hell origin story that ends up wearing the American Flag and a big round shield is doing pretty well after 3 movies in terms of critical acclaim and cash drawn in.
The days of saying "this will never work" when looking at your source material are over. It's all about effort and presentation now. The orcs had a shot and it came out shit.

[Buellen]

You guys expected "deep" writing and a 98% critic rating on RottenTomatoes for a video game movie about orcs?

Well some better writing than the junk was show to us in this film would have maybe made the film more palatable.


Yes i paid to see this film ONLY because my wife has a sirous crush for actor who Plays Ragnar and it was her week to pick on date night 8).

[AzzarTheGod]

A golden age comic book character with a cheesy as hell origin story that ends up wearing the American Flag and a big round shield is doing pretty well after 3 movies in terms of critical acclaim and cash drawn in.
The days of saying "this will never work" when looking at your source material are over. It's all about effort and presentation now. The orcs had a shot and it came out shit.

This X100.

The movie fucking bombed. Get over it. It sucks and couldn't compete with a horror movie for fucks sake.

[Pokesan]

lol if you paid for bad cartoon orcs

orcs arent real you idiots

[Chaboo_Cleric]

lol if you paid for bad cartoon orcs

orcs arent real you idiots

I've seen plenty of questionable Orcs?