One sentence trailer thoughts: I would love to say "wow" just to make a lame pun of the game's initials, but the trailer didn't quite get me there.
Expanded thoughts: kind of the same problems that affected the teaser from Comic Con are present in this trailer. Actually, just one: the CGI. Not that there's too much of it (that can't be helped, I'm sure), but that it's too evident. If this were the graphics of the game it would look fantastic, but for a movie it looks like something out of the early 2000's. Still, I'm willing to give it a pass for the sake of the game, which I played for a while some years ago, with characters from both the Alliance and the Horde. I'm nowhere near what you would call a hardcore fan, of course; more like a very casual player that truly enjoyed the game without ever digging too deep into its mythology. So, while I recognize some of the locations like Stormwind and the Arathi Highlands, I'm unable to walk you through the trailer as a seasoned guide. Instead, I'll say that I'm cautiously optimistic about the movie.
As for what the trailer does show us, the first thing that caught my attention was actor Travis Fimmel, whom many will recognize as the legendary hero Ragnarr Loðbrók from the series Vikings. Those who watch Vikings know very well he is quite a badass and very capable of leading the charge from the human side as Sir Anduin Lothar, who is willing to make an alliance with the Orcs in order to survive some sort of greater menace.
Speaking of Orcs, that is probably the most interesting part about this project; for it seems that we will get to see both factions - Alliance and Horde - from an equal perspective, instead of the typical "let's root for the humans, yay" stance. I guess it was to be expected, though, since the game allows you to play any of the factions.
Expectations: cautiously optimistic, despite the CGI (or because of it?).
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