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"Critics are known to throw the phrase'soulless corporate filmmaking' around with aplomb, but films such as World of Warcraft really manage to redefine the term. A film adaptation of the hugely popular MMORPG (that's Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) World of Warcraft This latest video game adaptation is at the bottom of the dangerous genre. Think of Battlefield Earth without the verve or the unintentional comedy or the unintentional comedy, and you've got World of Warcraft ." -- Alonso Duralde [Full review]

Variety

"Hollywood's practice of turning hit video games into unwatchable movies is not stopping. The epic battle in the C of World of Warcraft isn't the battle between humans and orcs. This is just the thing that takes nearly an hour of the screen. The real problem is filmmakers trying to convey a message with heart and fighting the absurdity of the material they're working with. It doesn't require a wizard to realize that this costly and absurd adaptation of an online gaming phenomenon was preordained for artistic insanity." --- Geoff Berkshire [Full review]

The Hollywood Reporter

"If you've never already engaged in the self-serious mythology the film can be as if it's borderline boring, at all dull. It can also be both in the case of an uncredited Glenn Close intones platitudes from high about light and darkness. Yet there's no question that this film is an innovation in art and storytelling for movies that are based on video games. When compared to another medieval-themed story, the dull Hobbit trilogy which is an international film, this one is a fast and smooth ride, and is expected to buy WOW WoTLK Classic Gold dominate overseas box offices and make an impact in the US market." -- Sheri Linden [Full review]