Warcraft Review – 4 Ups And 6 Downs
3. You Experience Both Sides Of The Conflict
The basic story of Warcraft is the battle between orcs and humans. And even though itd be very easy to just tell it from the humans perspective because, well, were humans, we actually get to see the conflict from both sides.
In fact, if anything, we get more orc-ing about. We start the film in their world, prepping to venture over to the human realm, and much of the plot is driven by one invaders moral confusion. Beyond narrative balance, theres some cool ideas used to show this too the battle tactics vary, with humans agile against their enemies brute force and, in a move straight out of The Hunt For Red October, we jump from English to Orcish constantly, even in the same scene with a neat little audio effect.
The orcs are still clearly the bad guys, but its not as morally binary as even the pillars of the fantasy genre make it out to be.