Video game movies have been quite unpredictable, and most of them failed to meet viewers’ expectations or box office revenue. The 2016 Warcraft movie was no exception, with flimsy storytelling and cinematography that never worked unless a CGI character was involved. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed watching Durotan and Draka come to life like that, but I was never sold on Khadgar. )Perhaps a larger budget could have attracted triple-A actors to attract audiences or attendance. the movie. The script will have a few more revisions before production, or maybe the end result would have been the same.
While some big-name houses like Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog have recently managed to generate box office earnings, the most successful video game adaptations in recent years have been longer series, such as Arcane: League of Legends. Halo and Fallout of the Year. I have no doubt that if we let a Warcraft story breathe instead of cramming it into a two-hour workbox. . . Ahem, a box (and with a big enough budget that it doesn’t become a parody of itself), it may just be a hit. Can you believe that World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, for example, is a 10-part series that follows the adventurers of the Horde and the Alliance?It gives me chills just thinking about it.
Such a lengthy story, of course, would bring wonderful monetary risks, which is probably why the powers that be chose a smaller, more intimate story as the subject of the Warcraft movie. In fact, I’d argue that they can happen even smaller: you tell the story through fewer characters and spend more time with one. They don’t even want to introduce characters we know; My favorite video game adaptation is Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, in which we only know the game’s protagonist for more than half of the story.
So, what do you think would be the most important cinematic story in the Warcraft universe?Arthas’ fall told from Jaina’s point of view?Thrall’s rise to the rank of warchief of the new Horde?Personally, I would pay a lot of money to see a standalone article. about the Scourge, perceived through the eyes of the Forsaken. And you?