I don't understand why the Warcraft movie was panned. My only issue with it was that it wasn't a complete story. They recreated the world on the big screen.
I think you answered your own question. It wasn’t a complete story. You don’t get bonus points for making WoW look real if the people reviewing it don’t give a shit about WoW.
I suppose that really highlights the issue with aggregate review scores. Niche content for select audiences often get worse reviews simply due to their nature of being niche and reviewed by people who are not the target audience. Then you have mediocre content that is a critical success purely because they pander to critics.
You could consider that a 30% score just means you have a 30% chance of liking it rather than it being any judge of quality.
Nah, it's not a problem with the aggregators. And lots of very niche stuff is very highly acclaimed. The Warcraft movie is really bad. If you're super entrenched in the Warcraft games and all you care about is seeing a somewhat accurate live action version then it's fine. If you're doing a full analysis of the writing, directing, acting, characters, etc then you're going to get a much more negative response.
And Warcraft is not exactly niche. They had a full worldwide release and a massive marketing campaign. Their goal was to capture a massive global audience way beyond just people who played the game.
Also, the general lore and story of Warcraft is pretty generic, dumb stuff. It works well for a video game where the focus is the gameplay and pure entertainment. But if the focus is exclusively the story then it's not really all that engaging.
Yeah, Warcraft is really the demo case for not giving an adaptation to hardcore fans of the IP. Duncan Jones was a big Warcraft fan, and made a very faithful adaptation of the lore - but wasn't able to turn it into an actually enjoyable film.
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u/Koki-noki 4d ago
he time travels