8 Most Hotly Anticipated 2016 Films (And Why They'll Be Disappointing)

6. Warcraft

What It Is: Warcraft is the long-awaited film adaptation of the Warcraft video game series (including elements from the MMORPG World Of Warcraft). It portrays the origin story of the first encounters between humans and orcs, and the subsequent conflict that follows. Why It'll Be Disappointing: Let's forget the fact that Warcraft is a video game adaptation for a little bit. Even though they're historically terrible, it's important to treat each new adaptation with a sense of naive hope (unless Uwe Boll is involved, in which case abandon hope all ye who enter). Warcraft may turn out to be a decent video game adaptation, but it's showing worrying signs about the quality of the film in general. For a start, the entire marketing campaign seems to be based on the film's visual effects. And while they mostly look good (we'll get to that in a second), this is a trap that many fantasy epics have fallen into before. Clash Of The Titans, The Hobbit trilogy, Avatar€these are films that struggle so desperately to look good that they end up having no substance. With all that said, the CGI in the trailer seems decidedly uneven. There are shots in which the orcs and their movement appear to have immense weight and heft, and in others (like the over-the-top action sequences) in which it's all completely weightless and the use of green screen is painfully apparent. Now maybe the CGI in the trailer just isn't finished, but the action-movie tone suggests not everything will be as impressive as the quiet, orc-orientated scenes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhFMIRuHAL4 Oh, but maybe you're thinking that Warcraft has incredible lore, that the story will undoubtedly be as complex and nuanced as the graphics...but you'd be wrong. There's no way such a high-budget fantasy film won't have had its story watered down by committee, and Warcraft fans have already criticised what appears to be yet another rehash of the Pocahontas/Avatar-esque colonialism plot. Warcraft may turn out to be a decent film, but it's not going to be the revelation that video game fans are hoping for.