How fucking rude and unprofessional do you need to be? How this man became a "critic" I'll never know, needs to take a look at the way he conducts himself and his interviews because it's disgusting, regardless of your view on the film, there's no need for that.
wait you telling me this guy is critic i mean is this the ppl the bash warcraft movie the same ppl the other ppl let them self go by if a movie is good or not?
He's obviously someone who delights in sewing misery. He's one of the "cool guys" who loves to be negative about everything (presumably, because in his world, it's ALL BAD)... Makes me sick. I've been a columnist for over 20 years and I never wanted anything to do with those hack "critics" who'd go see the same movie and would walk about utterly criticizing it! SIGH...
I mean, it's one thing to criticize the movie in your own work of journalism, it's another thing to engage with someone responsible for a film that you don't like as if they are inferior to you. There's so much more to the film-making process than one person. You can have an all-star cast of genuinely amazing actors hampered by a director with a skewed vision (Star Wars I-III). You can have an incredible director who is given a script that's almost impossible to work with. Sometimes you can have a dream-team of a director/producer/screenwriter with a very clear, studied vision and a cast of incredible actors who all share that vision (The Great Gatsby 2013). In film-making, it doesn't matter how amazing you are at your job, because there's always the chance that someone is going to get in your way. The only exception I can really think of is Robert Rodriguez's work since he does everything himself. His films are really hit-and-miss honestly but it is still admirable that he's able to work like this. He's an ambitious director, for better or worse.
You are implying that you need to be professional to be a critic, when the opposite is true. When you are a professional, you sure as hell don't become a critic.
What has that got to do with the Horde? He handled the whole interview politely and giving his view points in spite of the interviewer trying to trip him.
I'm not saying his questions weren't valid, but there's no excuse to phrase and present them so rudely. He was being deliberately confrontational which looks even worse because Jones was making such an effort to be polite.
Sure, but is that really the venue? Duncan is there as a interviewee to promote not the film and NOT discuss its viability as an adaptation nor as a entertaining film. Adam Rosser went in there with an agenda (clearly one of a offended hard core fan of the source material) and used the context of a promotional interview to express his severe dislike of the film. It's disingenuous and unprofessional.
This is an interview to promote the film. The interviewer presented his negative opinions of the film and asked Jones to respond to them. Fuckery indeed.
Doddbox your'e a dummy if you're defending the interviewer and don't understand the context of this interview was ONLY to promote the film and NOT dissect its effectiveness in accordance to one singular opinion. HELLO MCFLY!!!
TripleM OH yea for sure!!! But I thought they were just disliking bc they didn't like the movie and didnt like duncan, but now i totally understand, thanks mate.
Its a good film tbh. I think the reviews are *far* too harsh. Its a fun movie. Its not trying to be The Godfather. Its a fun, enjoyable, visually beautiful treat. 7/10.
Yeah, like he's thinking "Just keep hard balling him, and in 30 years time they'll make the next Frost/Nixon about how awesome I am at being a journalist. Man, I'm the fucking greatest!" I will not be seeing this film, I don't think it looks very good but then I think that's because it's totally not made for me. Whatever the film is like though, that interviewer is super rude and Duncan Jones handles it with so much grace. Good for him.
It really isn't that terrible. There are way worse movies trust me. It's the best possible job of making a film out of the story of the first game. Really couldn't have been done any other way frankly. Maybe better casting or something like that. This guy thinks he's got something to prove when there's nothing. The fact that the movie isn't very good is not a matter of any importance... at all. Maybe for a fan but even then, fans are super happy with this movie so...... hmmmmm. This guy's an asshole.
I don't mind the odd provocative question, but I think framing the entire interview around the flaws of a film for 6 minutes is quite a lame tactic whether the interviewer meant it or not.
Might be one of those few hardcore Tolkien fans who resent Warcraft for the fame it got even though tolkien was the father of the genre. At least that's the impression he gave me
Well it's obvious he's a Warcraft fan that's disappointed with the movie and though his points are valid you can tell he wants to give it to Jones. He probably would have used charge and mortal striked his ass if he didn't know a rogue was around in stealth as you can see in the end where the rogue reveals itself off-camera.
Stephanie Holder lol i guess this is a film reference? I've not seen it yet. warcraft has had hours upon hours of my life I might wait a wee bit before watching the movie xx
Yes and no. The guy serving your fries has the right to tell you to get bent, fuckface if you give him lip, that doesn't mean that he professionally can.
The hell is this interviewers problem?! Duncan played it off very politely and professionally. I think I'm gonna give this film a chance, every interview I've seen from him convinces me more and more. He seems like a great guy, and I loved Moon, and he seemed very passionate about the project. I'll go see it sometime soon.
It's really good... Only people that have a problem with it are critics, and usually for ridiculus reasons like this guy, just because it's "cool" to dislike videogame movies (: But it's actually a really good move (:
It's a spectacular, good paced, entertaining fantasy movie. I loved it (huge Warcraft fan) and girlfriend liked it too (never touched anything by Blizzard, ever)! I'll definitely watch it again and I'm really looking forward to a sequel! I WANT MOAR!!
I'm not for one to rain on parades, but in all honesty liking it does come down to opinion. That being said, as an actual technical and movie aspect it isn't great at all, story was loose and at times felt like a filler episode of a TV show. Visually it was nice, not what I expected so a surprise. Still, from a cinematography aspect.. It's terrible. (No not because it's a video game movie, there's been many I've enjoyed) This was just a poor excuse for a Warcraft movie imo.
I feel kind of bad for fantasy stuff. It's always been considered niche/sidelined, but the few standouts of the genre have been so damn good that everyone who is an outsider holds every single release to those standards. We don't expect action movies to be Terminator 2, we don't even expect Snow White when we go to see the new Disney movie. But for some reason fantasy has to be LOTR, and now it has to be Thrones too.
I've never played Warcraft in my life, I have no idea what it is about. My knowledge begins and ends at Orcs and Humans fight, that's it. I was not intending to see the movie as I was not interested, but daaaaaaaymn son, I now want to see it just as a fuck you to Adam Rosser. I don't know who this Duncan bloke is but he handled that like a true blue legend.
i'm not really interested in movies about orcs and superheroes etc either even though i played and liked warcraft 3 as a kid, if you want to see a duncan jones movie watch Moon, it's great. he's bowie's son
Duncan Jones didn't answer his last question. He was asking what he liked most about the film and he just spouted the same bullshit he used for justification for his crappy film. It was crappy, it's just the majority of idiots can't tell what's a good film and what's bad. This film is 90% franchise and 10% substance. The story is just hollow and boring, and all Duncan Jones can say is 'well I think anyone can like this film, it's a fun adventure with a good story behind it!'
Even if the movie was bad, no one should be treated with that level of disrespect in public record, this is basic mannerism. The movie quality isn't the controversial argument in this video, it's how the interviewer treated the interviewee with such distaste and how the Director fought it off with trying to stay positive. If you can't take from that at all in this video you must have a great level of difficulty understanding verbal communication and interaction.
I do believe that an interviewer should let a director know honestly the problems with the film and why it has taken such a critical beating however the problem with this interviewer is that wasn't enough. It wasn't enough to tell him why the movie sucked , he wanted to break the director and make him feel bad and when he failed he stormed off.
that's a critics job though. an interview is there to ask questions and get a story not dish up their own review on the matter. luckily duncan handled it like a champ but it was just purely unprofessional.
kabztunes an interviewer's job is to ask questions about the movie they saw which is what he did. It just so happens the questions were negative because he didn't like the film. Where he was wrong was walking out when he didn't get the response he wanted. A director is not going to slag off his own film while it's out in theatres.
I think there's a fundamental difference between not liking a movie and being an asshole. A movie like that costs many hours of work to make, and the director is very passionate about it, and he's a great person to interview because he actually cares (as opposed to: giving clichéd answers for the junkets and call it a day). And while the movie has problems, specially pacing and script, it is nowhere near as bad to justify the shit it's getting. This may be subjective, but come on, this are promotional junkets, they are supposed to be a platform for the director to promote the film, not for for the interviewer to shit on it, that's what reviews are for.
Duncan Jones had a point with LOTR. When I first saw The Fellowship of the Ring I never knew Tolkien even existed, let alone ever casually having heard of that universe. As such, I was extremely confused with the film. Couldn't remember who Saruman or Sauron was (the names were interchangeble), couldn't understand why Galadriel's elves caught Legolas' party and didn't just let them go, he was elf himself sent by Agent Smith to send that ring to that volcano. Buttom line is, very confusing film. If it wasn't for the sequels, The Fellowship would have faded into oblivion for me and only after 3 viewings I started to understand. The only thing I really liked was the richness of the world and the immersion in it, something that Warcraft lacks as a film. But this does not make it a bad film. It is a flawed jem. It had moments when it surpassed LOTR, but it could have been so much more if it had the immersion and world building of LOTR.
Finally ,someone said it. Exactly. I,on the other hand,read the books before LotR was out,so I knew all that - but I also knew other people had no idea and were very confused.And the ones who wanted to know,took the books and checked it out after watching the movie.So ,exactly, Warcraft fans will absolutely know whats what. And to be quite honest - no disrespect - but Warcraft is far better than LotR,the fellowship.Far more engaging,and dramatic,even though it`s just the beginning.
My mom made me read the entire trilogy before I could go see the movies. Got it done just in time to see Return of the King in the theater. (No, it didn't take me four years to read it, I just started late).
What DUncan had to do was way more difficult. He had to show both sides and give screen time to both sides, because there is no bad faction in Warcraft UNiverse, there are bad characters the ''war''is the bad guy/He had to fit characters from both factions in 1h55min screen time. WHen in Lotr u Had a pure 2h20min fellowship story going on and 20-25 min (maybe less) screening on the bad dudes.COnsidering the criquemstances i think he did an exceptional job.THe film has flaws but its generally quite nice
Totally agree man. I had to do a lot of research online to fill in some blanks of LOTR. I absolutely love those movies, but they have plenty of gaps... and we're talking about some long ass movies.
The critic literally has no idea what he is talking about. The orcs are not "bad guys". The only bad guy in the film was Gul'dan. He has been tainted by fel magic similar to how Boromir was tainted by the ring.
The answers for why Adam Rosser is acting like this is pretty apparent. The clue is when he mentions the "maps in The Lord of the Rings." Firstly, as a Tolkien fan, he views Warcraft with a bias. No fantasy film is ever going to reach the level of LOTR. That's just a fact. In other words "LOTR is a better story... we get it." Second, by constantly bringing up LOTR, he's sounding less like a film critic and more like an old Tolkien fanboy. He brings a lot of tribal mentality with his bias. It is essentially a die-hard Star Wars fan critic reviewing a Star Trek film. Third, his mind has been affected by watching movies through the prism of critical thinking. He can't look at the film and enjoy it for what it is. No, he has to look for deeper meaning. Read reviews for Zootopia to understand what I mean. Lastly, his abrupt exit speaks volumes of the disrespectfulness he has towards the film and Duncan as if to say "I can't believe they assigned this film to me. What trash, and who is this Duncan Jones character?" As much as we like to hate film critics, the bottom line is people like Adam Rosser have a voice on mass media sites like Rotten Tomatoes and MetaCritic. Their ratings do have the power to help or harm a film's success with the general movie-going public. One last point, Duncan's father died while working on Warcraft. How about cutting him some slack, or at the very least acknowledge the death of his father with "my sympathies for your loss Duncan." :(
yeah that's why the whole LotR comparisons get on my nerves one is a very lengthy narrative driven good vs evil story, and the other is an action packed high fantasy film. I mean if someone sincerely doesn't understand what Warcraft is about from what is given in the movie, as in what is the base premise of it all, then quite frankly there isn't jack shit Duncan Jones coulda done within said timeframe to get that across to them lol.
I think there's quite a bit more to the issue between LotR and Warcraft stories. Personally (as a huge LotR fan, mainly because of books) I believe that Warcraft isn't potentially worse story-wise. There is just this big difference for these two worlds, which kind of makes them incomparable. LotR has somewhat linear storyline following mainly a single set of characters (the fellowship) with their point of view (which makes it much more easier to communicate the story). On the other hand we have Warcraft with (I would say) a bigger world (or even many). And the amount of different storylines in that world far exceeds the ones existing (by that I mean described by Tolkien) in LotR. Furthermore, the different lines in many cases don't go hand-in-hand and live their own lives, making it rather difficult for a complete novice really get the feel of the setting. Also, while in the LotR there is easy distinction between good and evil, in Warcraft, the distinction doesn't follow the factions (Horde and Alliance) as neither of them can be by themselves considered good or evil and as such is completely subjective (although we know that the fel magic is evil, but that is from the Legion and is not touched upon much in the movie. So to create a movie with a similar feel to LotR about Warcraft would require 2 movies about the same events only from 2 totally different viewpoints. I agree that the critics are comparing these 2 like a small child would compare an eagle to a penguin (as both are birds, but since a penguin doesn't fly, they are crappy versions). I personally would love to see many movie adaptations for Warcraft, since the world offers these different stories for both factions and even races. But since they've already changed the lore quite a bit, then I guess this will likely be a trilogy. Because every change means more changes in the future (creating an alternate universe altogether)
Duncan Jones doesn't deserve this kind of treatment. His movie isn't even that bad and even if it was, nothing could excuse this asshole Adam Rossler for humiliating him like that
Massive props for Duncan Jones, not just for the way he handled that pathetic prick. He's the kind of guy who could have just done nothing in his life thanks to the success of his father... but he actually chose to go down his own path and became a very talented and successful film director. RESPECT brah.
What is with this attacking form of journalism? Can it even be called journalism at this point? Where was everyone attacking Twilight? Where is everyone attacking Independence Day? I don't understand the immense amount of hate coming at Duncan - perhaps an easy target for 'shock schlock entertainment'? I thought the film was a near perfect film. People have forgotten what a good fantasy film is. There is hardly any exposition in the film, if any. It shows and doesn't tell. Go back and watch Dark Crystal, that is a film where you are dropped into a world and experience it for what it is while you the audience 'discover' all the magical creatures and landscapes. There is even a longer more detailed narration at the beginning of Dark Crystal where Warcraft presents you with obvious facts as the story unfolds. Adventure is what is lost on modern film goers mostly because they have been trained to be told what is happening rather than discovering on their own. Even LOTR, how many scenes are there with someone standing while cutting to a wide shot of the area saying "Behold, the land of the blah blahs, ruled by lord blah blah". There is TONS of exposition in LOTR. I know why it's there, to really rope in people who never read the books - does that make it good though? Writing 101 tells you to avoid exposition at all costs or in the very least make it relevant to a character. Exposition always, even if done well, reminds you that you are watching a movie and breaks the spell of immersion. With that said, LOTR did it well, using Gaundalf to explain to the hobbits who had never been outside their land, a good place to put some exposition as it is more believable that this would happen within the context of the story. HOWEVER, in Warcraft you wouldn't presume any of those characters were not from that land - so Duncan went the other way, reveal details as they present themselves through the narration of the story! That is good writing!!! That is what a writer is shooting for if they can. My wife and mother in law have never played video games let alone Warcraft and although they didn't know where these places where in relation to one another they knew that the orcs came from a dying world to a place called Azeroth, Azeroth is where all the humans and other creatures are, they are at peace, Orcs from dying world are attacking villages in Azeroth - where they were when they were there and they knew when they were leaving and going to another place. They had no problem tracking the characters within the film and thought the movie was really really good because they made a connection with the CHARACTERS. Their motivations, what they were after, their fears, what they cared about - all made crystal clear in the film.
Well I believe it was warranted given the terrible reviews the movie got. I was impressed how Duncan kept his cool and was able to confidently explain the choices he made during the making of the film. I'm actually kind of excited to see the movie now after watching this video.
Save story with Batman v Superman few months ago, "professional" critics these days are highly biased and obviously mentally unstable little shits, who suffer from huge lack of professionalism.
Joro Marinov Yeeeah I don't know about all that, BVS was pretty crap, none of their motivations made any sense and it was pretty boring getting from A to B to C. Not to mention lot's of telling and not showing. Also, mentally unstable? I don't know any of these reviewers and as I am sure there are many mentally unstable people it's pretty silly to say someone is unstable because they didn't like your movie. Perhaps it's more a page from Kotaku's playbook and shitting on things gets people to click. Now lack of professionalism I can agree with :D
I'm yet to see it, and initially I wasn't impressed with the trailers, but from friends and word of mouth I as quite interested and plan on seeing it. I can say that there are a number of journalists who do seek to bait and get a response as it gives them more attention to their articles etc, and they will stoop to whatever means, I worked at a festival as a steward and there was a journalist with a cameraman who suddenly came to me with camera ready (not knowing it was on or not) and saying he had a right to get into vip area, I was being intimidated on the spot. I was fortunate my supervisor was just passing by and told them they had no clearance to which they walked off. There is definitely by 'whatever mans' culture in journalism.Looking at this video it was clear the guy wanted to provoke the director, and was equally annoyed at how the director was not taking the bait.
It's really a shame that the Warcraft got such bad press that lead to poor views in the U.S. Many of my friends, who have never played Warcraft in any way, saw it all over Europe and I haven't heard a single bad opinion. There were many complaints and things they didn't like, but most people I asked (and even the age groups were ranging from 14 to 24 to parents of friends in their forties) said that overall they enjoyed the film, especially the portrayal of Orcs as being emotionally equal to humans. As a Warcraft buff, the film was just badass. I am very glad Duncan Jones is happy with the film, as he well damn should be!
This is soo hilarious..so amusing to watch :D Guess the interviewer was counting of Jones getting aggravated and leaving, and his calm simple answers made the interviewer mad instead :D
Soooooooooo if i was paying this guy who disrespected David Bowie's son like that, You probably would know what I would do. The movie was great im honestly shocked why people are trying to say its a bad film and even comparable to that lame Dragon Ball evolution movie....
That's laughable since Dragon Ball Evo changed 90% of the damn story keeping only key words and phases. While Duncan tweaked the lore to fit in a span of 2 hours, most changes seemed just and plausible for Warcraft. I love Dragon Ball, but I could not get immersed in that movie... Warcraft I could though, therefore it's no where near worst or at the same level as Dragon Ball Evo.
After seeing this movie tonight, I can tell it's one to be lectured and argued about for many years to come: a true enigma in film-making. It got so much wrong and so much right that it is impossible to discount it as a failure or laud it as a success.
First we'll likely be getting Turalyon, Alleria, (Old? not sure what happens in the movie) Khadghar, Deathwing, King Terenas, pre-Worgen Genn Greymane, Aiden Perenolde, Danath Trollbane, Young Arthas, Young Thrall, Aedelas Blackmoore, Atonidas, possibly pre-Necro Kel'Thuzad, and any other characters that possibly show up in the Second War and before the Third War.
I feel like critics are giving Warcraft a harder time that it deserves, and I honestly think that's solely because its a video game movie. I saw it yesterday, its not a perfect film. It has some definite and sometimes quite obvious flaws. I still really enjoyed it, I'd say its a solid 7/10 kind of flick and I'm really looking forward to where the franchise goes. The criticisms I'm hearing about the film; jumbled plot, inconsistent characters, confusing geography - dont really ring true for me. If you were even half paying attention, most of it was really straight forward and easy to follow. The Medivh being corrupted thing comes out of nowhere (if you're not familiar with Medivh's backstory) and yeah the geography of the world isn't fully established but I think Jones makes a really good point that same goes for LotR. I have no idea where anything is relative to anything in Middle Earth, they all just sort of jump cut from place to place and its not really an issue. This interviewer was a complete tosser, came in with an entire sidewalk on his shoulder and and framed every single question around the presumption, "this movie is shit and I will make Duncan Jones admit it!"
Ah, the age old dilemma. Should I upvote the video because of how hilarious it is that the interviewer was so unprofessional, or should I downvote it as a show that I disapprove the unprofessionalism of said interviewer... Looking at the bar, I'm not alone in this decision.
Man the level of professionalism Duncan displayed is just amazing and second to none. Bravo!!! Really love how every answer had a subliminal "FACK YOU" msg to the tosser
Man does Duncan take this all well. His answers are so professional and good, and you can see the love for the film there. I urge the people, see this movie.
This guy is absolutely unprofessional and awful. Duncan Jones was amazing in this interview and he answered with such poise and professionalism. I can't wait to see the director's cut edition of the movie because I think it will add so much more to the story and depth to the characters and world.
This just popped in my head randomly today. Duncan is a boss. I don't even care about the quality of the film as I still haven't seen it tbh, but man he handled that ambush like a pro.
that plus he had no other way to put him down. this was one last ditch attempt at doing something that he thought would rattle duncan. hence the ragequit xD
WTF was that question about is Duncan real man to make the film? What he was expecting Duncan to say?? ""No i WAS NOT right man to make this movie! I should not have done this!"" ?? So much hate toward the movie and Duncans work in it. Ofc am not saying movie is a masterpiece but i liked it as a fan, it has flows but at least Duncan make this world alive and am thankfull for that. An leaving like that in the end was so unproffesional and dumb like shit.
On the one hand, it's refreshing when a critic doesn't just trot out the same old publicity questions, but there are better ways to press a filmmaker to talk more deeply and analytically about their work: most artists would, I'm sure, like to discuss their work in depth, too. In this case Adam Rosser took a humourless and confrontational approach from the start. He tried to make it all about himself rather than giving Jones provocative prompts to get him to say interesting things. And everyone's time was wasted.
There's a line between providing fair criticism and just being an asshole, which this man very much crossed. Besides, it seemed to me like the purpose of this interview was to promote the film, not to engage in a discussion about it anyway. Also, mad kudos to Duncan for keeping his cool and handling this like a champ.
The movie was amazing! don't let the critics bring you down, don't listen to those pieces of shits. go see the movie even if you don't know nothing about world of warcraft. its still a fun watch, candy for your eyeballs.
The problem with it were a lot of things were not explained and scenes jumping around with not enough time spent on important people to establish some sort of rapport with the audience. For anyone who is not familiar with Warcraft, they would be wondering who is that lady in the magic box? Why was Medivh corrupted? Why did he turn into this thing. Why did the human suddenly trust Garona which spent less than a minute with them and whom they knew nearly nothing about? Names dropping which were meaningless to the general audience. Khadger's own back story that were hinted at here and there. Should Lothar not be torn to pieces when he crashed into the middle of the Horde by himself? I thought he and the griffin should be hacked to death but no, suddenly there was this Mak'gora. WTF?
I didn't wonder much about any of that; was much too entertained :) I don't know anything about Warcraft lore, but apart from the "lady in the magic box", which piqued my interest for the follow-up films, none of the other things you mentioned left me wondering. When watching it, I figured Medivh must have been in contact with felt magic at some point in the past, no need to delve deeper into that; I figured the demon he turned into was some form of manifestation of the felt magic; I figured the humans trusted Garona as a show of mutual trust and a shining example of their society and why she should join it; any names I didn't recognise just felt like flavour (like the many name drops in LotR); Khadger didn't seem to need more back story than what was shown and I just assumed griffins where bad-ass :) In short, it didn't seem to me that I was missing out on any lore, but I'll happy to be proven wrong in future films.
"Well, instead of telling Duncan Jones that a movie adaptation has to stand in its own two legs so that anyone that doesn't know the source material could enjoy and understand the movie, I'm just going to undermine my own argument because reasons" What the fuck was that? So that's what it takes to be a movie critic? Well, I'm sending my résumé to BBC News ASAP!
Duncan Jones is a phenomenal talent in the industry, and he proved it when he made Moon, one of the best science fiction films ever made, on a tiny 5 million dollar budget. It is, to a large degree, shameless that the dinosaur media critics have met the Warcraft movie with venom and disrespect merely because it's based on a video game. I have a simple suggestion for the mostly baby-boomer generation of film critics who are too out of touch to get these modern films... RETIRE! I've seen article after article practically begging Warcraft to fail. Well, to their chagrin, it hasn't. Let's get down to brass tacks. Despite the popularity of WoW, Warcraft's cultural saturation is very low, and Warcraft, as a film franchise, is still very new. For that reason let's compare it to Ironman, the first Marvel film in the long march to the Avengers. Over its entire run, Ironman made a worldwide total of $585 million. Warcraft is only on its second week and it has already made $313 million. Warcraft has already well recouped its production cost of $160 million, and by the time it finishes, it could easily earn more than $500 million, a very respectable opening for a new film franchise, a franchise that will only get more valuable as time goes on. The biggest crime Warcraft has committed is that it's not part of a much older franchise. If "Star Wars" was in the title, it would have a Rotten Tomatoes score of 90%+. Look at the derivative remake of Episode 4, Episode 7: The Force Awakens. The 92% rating should be indicative of the film critic bias. Even the Phantom Menace... *THE PHANTOM MENACE* got 55%. The cringe-worthy Attack of the Clones raked in 65%. In the words of Harry Plinkett, "Whaaaattt!". Should you trust film critics? Unless you know of one who matches your interests, the answer is a resounding no.
Duncan Jones did an amazing job of staying positive through a gauntlet of repressed anger. Adam Rosser was trying so hard to rip this movie apart while trying to be polite about it at the same time. Rosser was rude to get up, giving up the interview after seeing that Duncan was not going to give into the questions he was being set up for. Like a child throwing a tantrum Rosser walks out because he did not get his way. My hat is off to you Duncan Jones!
The critics point about a book of lore being too big for a single movie seems strange. Being that The Lord of the Rings Novels are each a movie. I wonder if some critics are being harder on the Warcraft because they are fans of Tolkien's work.
Duncan is my Hero now, the look on his face is exactly the one I have when someone talks negatively about the movie. They usually are just repeating what they heard a critic say.
The interviewer seems like an asshole, Duncan Jones is ones of the nicest people I've seen on interviews, he actually cares for his work. I've seen many many people who only give clichéd answers in these interveiws. He doesn't, he reallly interacts with the people interviewing him. I hope WarCraft does well and Duncan Jones can do the next one, because I enjoyed it quite a lot (it had pacing issues and a mediocre script, but I think it was pretty solid, nowhere near the crap it's being called by the critics)
I grew up playing D&D, but never played Warcraft. I still enjoyed the hell out of the movie. Some of the acting with the human actors isn't the best, but the story's great, the effects incredible, and everything with the orcs is perfect. Every scene has something going on that kept my attention. I'll take it over LoTR any day.
Adam Rosser boo to you sir you came in with nothing but negativity. Jones quickly and easily destroyed your sad questions with his simple and honest answers. Sadly all you could do was storm off the set like a spoiled kid taking his basketball home after losing 0-21. Good riddance to you Adam Rosser
Director seems like a cool guy.
He doesn't afraid of anything
Ofc, it's David Bowies (Davy Jones) son
He does seem cool, saw his interview with Collider first. This was kinda the same but this interviewer I guess was not a fan
You should check out his films if you haven't seen them. He made "Moon" and "Source Code", both of which I think are incredibly underrated.
+AJK90 moon is in a league of its own
How fucking rude and unprofessional do you need to be? How this man became a "critic" I'll never know, needs to take a look at the way he conducts himself and his interviews because it's disgusting, regardless of your view on the film, there's no need for that.
wait you telling me this guy is critic i mean is this the ppl the bash warcraft movie the same ppl the other ppl let them self go by if a movie is good or not?
yep
He's obviously someone who delights in sewing misery. He's one of the "cool guys" who loves to be negative about everything (presumably, because in his world, it's ALL BAD)... Makes me sick. I've been a columnist for over 20 years and I never wanted anything to do with those hack "critics" who'd go see the same movie and would walk about utterly criticizing it! SIGH...
I mean, it's one thing to criticize the movie in your own work of journalism, it's another thing to engage with someone responsible for a film that you don't like as if they are inferior to you. There's so much more to the film-making process than one person. You can have an all-star cast of genuinely amazing actors hampered by a director with a skewed vision (Star Wars I-III). You can have an incredible director who is given a script that's almost impossible to work with. Sometimes you can have a dream-team of a director/producer/screenwriter with a very clear, studied vision and a cast of incredible actors who all share that vision (The Great Gatsby 2013). In film-making, it doesn't matter how amazing you are at your job, because there's always the chance that someone is going to get in your way. The only exception I can really think of is Robert Rodriguez's work since he does everything himself. His films are really hit-and-miss honestly but it is still admirable that he's able to work like this. He's an ambitious director, for better or worse.
You are implying that you need to be professional to be a critic, when the opposite is true. When you are a professional, you sure as hell don't become a critic.
Props to Duncan for handling it like a true champion of the horde.
What has that got to do with the Horde? He handled the whole interview politely and giving his view points in spite of the interviewer trying to trip him.
cause he plays horde! FOR THE HORDE!
FOR AZEROTH!
A champion of the horde would've planted an axe in the head of the critic. Duncan handled it cool as a cucumber.
LOK'TAR!
I'm not saying his questions weren't valid, but there's no excuse to phrase and present them so rudely. He was being deliberately confrontational which looks even worse because Jones was making such an effort to be polite.
Sure, but is that really the venue? Duncan is there as a interviewee to promote not the film and NOT discuss its viability as an adaptation nor as a entertaining film. Adam Rosser went in there with an agenda (clearly one of a offended hard core fan of the source material) and used the context of a promotional interview to express his severe dislike of the film. It's disingenuous and unprofessional.
the absolutely unforgivable thing is that he spoiled the major plot twist. What a prick.
They aren't questions though? They were opinions voiced in the form of questions
This really doesn't qualify as an interview at all
This is an interview to promote the film. The interviewer presented his negative opinions of the film and asked Jones to respond to them. Fuckery indeed.
Doddbox your'e a dummy if you're defending the interviewer and don't understand the context of this interview was ONLY to promote the film and NOT dissect its effectiveness in accordance to one singular opinion. HELLO MCFLY!!!
Duncan Jones handled this perfectly.
yea i dont know why theres so many dislikes
+Rammathor because the journalist is a cunt
TripleM OH yea for sure!!! But I thought they were just disliking bc they didn't like the movie and didnt like duncan, but now i totally understand, thanks mate.
I didn't think the movie was great but I'll gladly see a movie made by a guy who's down to earth and not full of his own shit.
I agree. Duncan let his interview fail just as hard as his 'Warcraft' movie failed.
"Why does your movie suck?"
"Well I think we did a decent job"
"UGHHH RAGEQUIT"
Adam Rosser must do a lot of LFR.
No, he said "lovely" then asked if they were good to stop, and he walked out. He's a dick.
Player Adam Rosser (Human) has disconnected
therockmanxx "he's playing EverQuest" DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN.
i think if that was the case the director wouldn't have looked so confused as to why he just got up and left.
ill go see Warcraft because of the director
Its a good film tbh. I think the reviews are *far* too harsh. Its a fun movie. Its not trying to be The Godfather. Its a fun, enjoyable, visually beautiful treat. 7/10.
***** Ugh! I've never walked out of a film before. Most of all cos its a waste of money.
You're full of shit.
The Veneficus
i didn't get 75% of the shit in it. But i still enjoyed it.
+poorestrichman 'Horrible' ....
This guy seems to think this is a hardball interview with a fucking presidential candidate.
Yeah, like he's thinking "Just keep hard balling him, and in 30 years time they'll make the next Frost/Nixon about how awesome I am at being a journalist. Man, I'm the fucking greatest!"
I will not be seeing this film, I don't think it looks very good but then I think that's because it's totally not made for me. Whatever the film is like though, that interviewer is super rude and Duncan Jones handles it with so much grace. Good for him.
It really isn't that terrible. There are way worse movies trust me. It's the best possible job of making a film out of the story of the first game. Really couldn't have been done any other way frankly. Maybe better casting or something like that.
This guy thinks he's got something to prove when there's nothing. The fact that the movie isn't very good is not a matter of any importance... at all. Maybe for a fan but even then, fans are super happy with this movie so...... hmmmmm.
This guy's an asshole.
+Murray McFlurry yeah, when I say it's not made for me though, it's because I'm really racist towards Orcs. Damn, no good Orcs...
+Murray McFlurry naw it's fucking horrid
+Murray McFlurry naw it's fucking horrid
I don't mind the odd provocative question, but I think framing the entire interview around the flaws of a film for 6 minutes is quite a lame tactic whether the interviewer meant it or not.
The interviewer very clearly has a chip on his shoulder. What a dick.
could you answer me what does ''a chip on his shoulder'' means, because english isn´t my first language
Just means that something negative has happened in his past and he is refusing to let it go :)
Might be one of those few hardcore Tolkien fans who resent Warcraft for the fame it got even though tolkien was the father of the genre. At least that's the impression he gave me
Well it's obvious he's a Warcraft fan that's disappointed with the movie and though his points are valid you can tell he wants to give it to Jones. He probably would have used charge and mortal striked his ass if he didn't know a rogue was around in stealth as you can see in the end where the rogue reveals itself off-camera.
Jones has some thick skin on him!!!
courtesy of his father.
his dad has necrotic skin but let's not go there!
+gratex Too soon!
Stephanie Holder lol i guess this is a film reference? I've not seen it yet. warcraft has had hours upon hours of my life I might wait a wee bit before watching the movie xx
+gratex she's talking about the recent death of his father.
Adam Rosser lost his wife to World of Warcraft. He's a prolific poster on the warcraft-widowers forum.
Presses F.
*whooosh*
Thank you a genuine LOL moment. :-D
fucking brilliant reply!!
Why is no-one showing respect?
F
*presses f*
I loved the director's confused "oh, okay?" when Rosser ragequit. This was totally unprofessional, and Adam deserves to be reprimanded in some way.
'ragequit.' XD
naw it was just a bad movie LUL
He has the right to leave whenever he wishes.
Yes and no. The guy serving your fries has the right to tell you to get bent, fuckface if you give him lip, that doesn't mean that he professionally can.
The guy had no intention of giving real answers besides marketing bullshit. The interviewer was right to stop wasting everyone's time.
The hell is this interviewers problem?! Duncan played it off very politely and professionally. I think I'm gonna give this film a chance, every interview I've seen from him convinces me more and more. He seems like a great guy, and I loved Moon, and he seemed very passionate about the project. I'll go see it sometime soon.
I'd see it now, the more people who see it the greater likelihood we get a sequel.
It's really good... Only people that have a problem with it are critics, and usually for ridiculus reasons like this guy, just because it's "cool" to dislike videogame movies (: But it's actually a really good move (:
It's a spectacular, good paced, entertaining fantasy movie. I loved it (huge Warcraft fan) and girlfriend liked it too (never touched anything by Blizzard, ever)!
I'll definitely watch it again and I'm really looking forward to a sequel! I WANT MOAR!!
I'm not for one to rain on parades, but in all honesty liking it does come down to opinion. That being said, as an actual technical and movie aspect it isn't great at all, story was loose and at times felt like a filler episode of a TV show. Visually it was nice, not what I expected so a surprise.
Still, from a cinematography aspect.. It's terrible. (No not because it's a video game movie, there's been many I've enjoyed) This was just a poor excuse for a Warcraft movie imo.
Reece O'Donnell Care to elaborate on the "loose" comment?
Props to the director for staying well tempered and doing his best to answer rude questions tho
I think the interviewer really went to the see Warcraft expecting to see those maps from the intro of Game of Thrones.
I feel kind of bad for fantasy stuff. It's always been considered niche/sidelined, but the few standouts of the genre have been so damn good that everyone who is an outsider holds every single release to those standards. We don't expect action movies to be Terminator 2, we don't even expect Snow White when we go to see the new Disney movie. But for some reason fantasy has to be LOTR, and now it has to be Thrones too.
"Right man to write the script, but the wrong man to direct the film"
What sort of question is that?! Very rude.
It was real - this film was clearly a disaster. Why not try to understand why?
I've never played Warcraft in my life, I have no idea what it is about. My knowledge begins and ends at Orcs and Humans fight, that's it. I was not intending to see the movie as I was not interested, but daaaaaaaymn son, I now want to see it just as a fuck you to Adam Rosser. I don't know who this Duncan bloke is but he handled that like a true blue legend.
i'm not really interested in movies about orcs and superheroes etc either even though i played and liked warcraft 3 as a kid, if you want to see a duncan jones movie watch Moon, it's great. he's bowie's son
He's David Bowie's son, just some interesting trivia for you
I can definitely tell you're a fellow Aussie haha
I'll second what Wykfo said; watch Moon, it's really good. Source Code was alright too.
Seeing as your a fan of redlettermedia check out Moon by him it's highly recommended by both Jay and Mike.
What we have here is a child not getting what he wanted for Christmas, and a Dad telling his son why he couldn't have it.
Jones handled that like a champ, actually makes me want to watch the movie now
Thanks for the repost. The spineless coward removed his original, couldn't take the heat..
Oh man...This will haunt him for the rest of his days!
What was his fucking problem?
jealous he didn't make a successful movie
A Bad Childhood
Duncan Jones didn't answer his last question. He was asking what he liked most about the film and he just spouted the same bullshit he used for justification for his crappy film. It was crappy, it's just the majority of idiots can't tell what's a good film and what's bad. This film is 90% franchise and 10% substance. The story is just hollow and boring, and all Duncan Jones can say is 'well I think anyone can like this film, it's a fun adventure with a good story behind it!'
Even if the movie was bad, no one should be treated with that level of disrespect in public record, this is basic mannerism.
The movie quality isn't the controversial argument in this video, it's how the interviewer treated the interviewee with such distaste and how the Director fought it off with trying to stay positive.
If you can't take from that at all in this video you must have a great level of difficulty understanding verbal communication and interaction.
+EGPrime That's just, like, your opinion man. I saw the movie and I loved it. Looking at Imdb and metacritic, most users liked it. To each their own.
Duncan's cool, calm and collected replies in this interview are the reason I want to see this film now!
I love the completely flabbergasted look that Duncan has when the interviewer stands up.
I do believe that an interviewer should let a director know honestly the problems with the film and why it has taken such a critical beating however the problem with this interviewer is that wasn't enough. It wasn't enough to tell him why the movie sucked , he wanted to break the director and make him feel bad and when he failed he stormed off.
that's a critics job though. an interview is there to ask questions and get a story not dish up their own review on the matter. luckily duncan handled it like a champ but it was just purely unprofessional.
kabztunes
an interviewer's job is to ask questions about the movie they saw which is what he did. It just so happens the questions were negative because he didn't like the film. Where he was wrong was walking out when he didn't get the response he wanted. A director is not going to slag off his own film while it's out in theatres.
I think there's a fundamental difference between not liking a movie and being an asshole. A movie like that costs many hours of work to make, and the director is very passionate about it, and he's a great person to interview because he actually cares (as opposed to: giving clichéd answers for the junkets and call it a day). And while the movie has problems, specially pacing and script, it is nowhere near as bad to justify the shit it's getting. This may be subjective, but come on, this are promotional junkets, they are supposed to be a platform for the director to promote the film, not for for the interviewer to shit on it, that's what reviews are for.
He deleted his twitter too.
here's his professional twitter account, he's trying to save face like a moron twitter.com/AdamRosserRadio/status/742598694592221185
Duncan Jones had a point with LOTR. When I first saw The Fellowship of the Ring I never knew Tolkien even existed, let alone ever casually having heard of that universe. As such, I was extremely confused with the film. Couldn't remember who Saruman or Sauron was (the names were interchangeble), couldn't understand why Galadriel's elves caught Legolas' party and didn't just let them go, he was elf himself sent by Agent Smith to send that ring to that volcano. Buttom line is, very confusing film.
If it wasn't for the sequels, The Fellowship would have faded into oblivion for me and only after 3 viewings I started to understand.
The only thing I really liked was the richness of the world and the immersion in it, something that Warcraft lacks as a film.
But this does not make it a bad film. It is a flawed jem. It had moments when it surpassed LOTR, but it could have been so much more if it had the immersion and world building of LOTR.
Finally ,someone said it. Exactly. I,on the other hand,read the books before LotR was out,so I knew all that - but I also knew other people had no idea and were very confused.And the ones who wanted to know,took the books and checked it out after watching the movie.So ,exactly, Warcraft fans will absolutely know whats what. And to be quite honest - no disrespect - but Warcraft is far better than LotR,the fellowship.Far more engaging,and dramatic,even though it`s just the beginning.
My mom made me read the entire trilogy before I could go see the movies. Got it done just in time to see Return of the King in the theater. (No, it didn't take me four years to read it, I just started late).
What DUncan had to do was way more difficult. He had to show both sides and give screen time to both sides, because there is no bad faction in Warcraft UNiverse, there are bad characters the ''war''is the bad guy/He had to fit characters from both factions in 1h55min screen time. WHen in Lotr u Had a pure 2h20min fellowship story going on and 20-25 min (maybe less) screening on the bad dudes.COnsidering the criquemstances i think he did an exceptional job.THe film has flaws but its generally quite nice
Totally agree man. I had to do a lot of research online to fill in some blanks of LOTR. I absolutely love those movies, but they have plenty of gaps... and we're talking about some long ass movies.
well said.
Duncan Jones is such an inspiring filmmaker.
Rosser was ready to win at checkers but Jones has been playing chess for years
Dislike for the unprofessional old man... or like for Dunchan's professionality and calm?
Poor Duncan Jones looks so confused at the end lol.
This journalist has made me wanna go see the movie now, thanks!
I hate admitting I didn't know Moon or Source Code before Warcraft, but because of just him alone, Duncan Jones has quickly become a favorite of mine.
he is great. when i heard he was directing warcraft i was a bit skeptical because of how new he seemed but when i saw his work i was hopeful :)
jonathan camarena
Absolutely. I really hope this gets a sequel.
The critic literally has no idea what he is talking about. The orcs are not "bad guys". The only bad guy in the film was Gul'dan. He has been tainted by fel magic similar to how Boromir was tainted by the ring.
he is brainwashed by lotr to think orcs are always bad thats why he doesnt like the movie
Now I know there are bad guys in real life. Bad guys like Adam Rosser!
Critic is obviously is Alliance......
Ian Mooney He's neither Alliance nor Horde.
+Ian Mooney not even the alliance would let that piece of trash in it
The answers for why Adam Rosser is acting like this is pretty apparent. The clue is when he mentions the "maps in The Lord of the Rings."
Firstly, as a Tolkien fan, he views Warcraft with a bias. No fantasy film is ever going to reach the level of LOTR. That's just a fact. In other words "LOTR is a better story... we get it."
Second, by constantly bringing up LOTR, he's sounding less like a film critic and more like an old Tolkien fanboy. He brings a lot of tribal mentality with his bias. It is essentially a die-hard Star Wars fan critic reviewing a Star Trek film.
Third, his mind has been affected by watching movies through the prism of critical thinking. He can't look at the film and enjoy it for what it is. No, he has to look for deeper meaning. Read reviews for Zootopia to understand what I mean.
Lastly, his abrupt exit speaks volumes of the disrespectfulness he has towards the film and Duncan as if to say "I can't believe they assigned this film to me. What trash, and who is this Duncan Jones character?" As much as we like to hate film critics, the bottom line is people like Adam Rosser have a voice on mass media sites like Rotten Tomatoes and MetaCritic. Their ratings do have the power to help or harm a film's success with the general movie-going public.
One last point, Duncan's father died while working on Warcraft. How about cutting him some slack, or at the very least acknowledge the death of his father with "my sympathies for your loss Duncan." :(
yeah that's why the whole LotR comparisons get on my nerves one is a very lengthy narrative driven good vs evil story, and the other is an action packed high fantasy film. I mean if someone sincerely doesn't understand what Warcraft is about from what is given in the movie, as in what is the base premise of it all, then quite frankly there isn't jack shit Duncan Jones coulda done within said timeframe to get that across to them lol.
I think there's quite a bit more to the issue between LotR and Warcraft stories. Personally (as a huge LotR fan, mainly because of books) I believe that Warcraft isn't potentially worse story-wise.
There is just this big difference for these two worlds, which kind of makes them incomparable.
LotR has somewhat linear storyline following mainly a single set of characters (the fellowship) with their point of view (which makes it much more easier to communicate the story).
On the other hand we have Warcraft with (I would say) a bigger world (or even many). And the amount of different storylines in that world far exceeds the ones existing (by that I mean described by Tolkien) in LotR.
Furthermore, the different lines in many cases don't go hand-in-hand and live their own lives, making it rather difficult for a complete novice really get the feel of the setting.
Also, while in the LotR there is easy distinction between good and evil, in Warcraft, the distinction doesn't follow the factions (Horde and Alliance) as neither of them can be by themselves considered good or evil and as such is completely subjective (although we know that the fel magic is evil, but that is from the Legion and is not touched upon much in the movie.
So to create a movie with a similar feel to LotR about Warcraft would require 2 movies about the same events only from 2 totally different viewpoints.
I agree that the critics are comparing these 2 like a small child would compare an eagle to a penguin (as both are birds, but since a penguin doesn't fly, they are crappy versions).
I personally would love to see many movie adaptations for Warcraft, since the world offers these different stories for both factions and even races. But since they've already changed the lore quite a bit, then I guess this will likely be a trilogy. Because every change means more changes in the future (creating an alternate universe altogether)
Duncan Jones doesn't deserve this kind of treatment. His movie isn't even that bad and even if it was, nothing could excuse this asshole Adam Rossler for humiliating him like that
The only one this old fart humiliated was himself.
Nope Naw +1
This guy directed Source Code, one of the best Gyllenhaal movies!
Adam Rosser, why so pathetic? Well done to Duncan for handling a bully.
Man Warcraft is awesome. 9/10.
Massive props for Duncan Jones, not just for the way he handled that pathetic prick. He's the kind of guy who could have just done nothing in his life thanks to the success of his father... but he actually chose to go down his own path and became a very talented and successful film director. RESPECT brah.
I've never played Warcraft (Only WOW which is set afterwards) and I enjoyed the movie!
agree. this movie was great!
shit movie made for mouthbreathers, no wonder you liked it lol you probably haven't inhaled through your nose in a decade
...Implying that you've seen it yourself....
It's okay to admit that you're a nerd.
+ElAshtonio maybe he had to go with his brother or something
I'm in the same boat as you, I only played Hearthstone and I loved the movie.
I just love Duncan's face when the guy stands up and leave. Priceless.
Well done Duncan.
How not to do a film interview 101
What is with this attacking form of journalism? Can it even be called journalism at this point? Where was everyone attacking Twilight? Where is everyone attacking Independence Day? I don't understand the immense amount of hate coming at Duncan - perhaps an easy target for 'shock schlock entertainment'?
I thought the film was a near perfect film. People have forgotten what a good fantasy film is. There is hardly any exposition in the film, if any. It shows and doesn't tell. Go back and watch Dark Crystal, that is a film where you are dropped into a world and experience it for what it is while you the audience 'discover' all the magical creatures and landscapes. There is even a longer more detailed narration at the beginning of Dark Crystal where Warcraft presents you with obvious facts as the story unfolds.
Adventure is what is lost on modern film goers mostly because they have been trained to be told what is happening rather than discovering on their own. Even LOTR, how many scenes are there with someone standing while cutting to a wide shot of the area saying "Behold, the land of the blah blahs, ruled by lord blah blah". There is TONS of exposition in LOTR. I know why it's there, to really rope in people who never read the books - does that make it good though? Writing 101 tells you to avoid exposition at all costs or in the very least make it relevant to a character. Exposition always, even if done well, reminds you that you are watching a movie and breaks the spell of immersion. With that said, LOTR did it well, using Gaundalf to explain to the hobbits who had never been outside their land, a good place to put some exposition as it is more believable that this would happen within the context of the story. HOWEVER, in Warcraft you wouldn't presume any of those characters were not from that land - so Duncan went the other way, reveal details as they present themselves through the narration of the story! That is good writing!!! That is what a writer is shooting for if they can. My wife and mother in law have never played video games let alone Warcraft and although they didn't know where these places where in relation to one another they knew that the orcs came from a dying world to a place called Azeroth, Azeroth is where all the humans and other creatures are, they are at peace, Orcs from dying world are attacking villages in Azeroth - where they were when they were there and they knew when they were leaving and going to another place. They had no problem tracking the characters within the film and thought the movie was really really good because they made a connection with the CHARACTERS. Their motivations, what they were after, their fears, what they cared about - all made crystal clear in the film.
Well I believe it was warranted given the terrible reviews the movie got. I was impressed how Duncan kept his cool and was able to confidently explain the choices he made during the making of the film. I'm actually kind of excited to see the movie now after watching this video.
Save story with Batman v Superman few months ago, "professional" critics these days are highly biased and obviously mentally unstable little shits, who suffer from huge lack of professionalism.
biased=$$$$$$$$
Joro Marinov Yeeeah I don't know about all that, BVS was pretty crap, none of their motivations made any sense and it was pretty boring getting from A to B to C. Not to mention lot's of telling and not showing.
Also, mentally unstable? I don't know any of these reviewers and as I am sure there are many mentally unstable people it's pretty silly to say someone is unstable because they didn't like your movie. Perhaps it's more a page from Kotaku's playbook and shitting on things gets people to click.
Now lack of professionalism I can agree with :D
I'm yet to see it, and initially I wasn't impressed with the trailers, but from friends and word of mouth I as quite interested and plan on seeing it. I can say that there are a number of journalists who do seek to bait and get a response as it gives them more attention to their articles etc, and they will stoop to whatever means, I worked at a festival as a steward and there was a journalist with a cameraman who suddenly came to me with camera ready (not knowing it was on or not) and saying he had a right to get into vip area, I was being intimidated on the spot. I was fortunate my supervisor was just passing by and told them they had no clearance to which they walked off. There is definitely by 'whatever mans' culture in journalism.Looking at this video it was clear the guy wanted to provoke the director, and was equally annoyed at how the director was not taking the bait.
It's really a shame that the Warcraft got such bad press that lead to poor views in the U.S. Many of my friends, who have never played Warcraft in any way, saw it all over Europe and I haven't heard a single bad opinion. There were many complaints and things they didn't like, but most people I asked (and even the age groups were ranging from 14 to 24 to parents of friends in their forties) said that overall they enjoyed the film, especially the portrayal of Orcs as being emotionally equal to humans. As a Warcraft buff, the film was just badass. I am very glad Duncan Jones is happy with the film, as he well damn should be!
As a non warcraft player, I quite liked the film. Although i wasnt into the human storyline at all.
If they go as far as to making a movie about the second war, the movie must expand on the story of humans.
This director did a fantastic job in keeping his cool ! How rude of this guy !
Puts idiots in their place with subtle power just like his dad used to. Awesome dude.
This is soo hilarious..so amusing to watch :D Guess the interviewer was counting of Jones getting aggravated and leaving, and his calm simple answers made the interviewer mad instead :D
Soooooooooo if i was paying this guy who disrespected David Bowie's son like that, You probably would know what I would do.
The movie was great im honestly shocked why people are trying to say its a bad film and even comparable to that lame Dragon Ball evolution movie....
That's laughable since Dragon Ball Evo changed 90% of the damn story keeping only key words and phases. While Duncan tweaked the lore to fit in a span of 2 hours, most changes seemed just and plausible for Warcraft. I love Dragon Ball, but I could not get immersed in that movie... Warcraft I could though, therefore it's no where near worst or at the same level as Dragon Ball Evo.
I could have not said it better myself!!
Just because he's Bowie's son, it doesn't make him royalty.
Since its a BBC interviewer it might as well be a royal interview
Yeah you're right it basically makes him better than royalty
asking "maybe u should have written and not directed" - what an arse crack
After seeing this movie tonight, I can tell it's one to be lectured and argued about for many years to come: a true enigma in film-making. It got so much wrong and so much right that it is impossible to discount it as a failure or laud it as a success.
lol that's what makes it great!!... lol it only gets even MORE publicity and MORE people watch it and when dat sequel comes out EVERYONE will see it.
Oh man I really want a sequel...can you imagine if eventually we see Illidan or Arthas in a Warcraft movie?
I really enjoyed the film. God can't wait for the second one
First we'll likely be getting Turalyon, Alleria, (Old? not sure what happens in the movie) Khadghar, Deathwing, King Terenas, pre-Worgen Genn Greymane, Aiden Perenolde, Danath Trollbane, Young Arthas, Young Thrall, Aedelas Blackmoore, Atonidas, possibly pre-Necro Kel'Thuzad, and any other characters that possibly show up in the Second War and before the Third War.
Do you realise how quickly your opinion gets disregarded with that cringe avatar and username?
I feel like critics are giving Warcraft a harder time that it deserves, and I honestly think that's solely because its a video game movie. I saw it yesterday, its not a perfect film. It has some definite and sometimes quite obvious flaws. I still really enjoyed it, I'd say its a solid 7/10 kind of flick and I'm really looking forward to where the franchise goes. The criticisms I'm hearing about the film; jumbled plot, inconsistent characters, confusing geography - dont really ring true for me. If you were even half paying attention, most of it was really straight forward and easy to follow. The Medivh being corrupted thing comes out of nowhere (if you're not familiar with Medivh's backstory) and yeah the geography of the world isn't fully established but I think Jones makes a really good point that same goes for LotR. I have no idea where anything is relative to anything in Middle Earth, they all just sort of jump cut from place to place and its not really an issue.
This interviewer was a complete tosser, came in with an entire sidewalk on his shoulder and and framed every single question around the presumption, "this movie is shit and I will make Duncan Jones admit it!"
+Michael Speth This may be the truth
and the plot thickens @masterwaylon & @Michael Speth
Yet another reason to watch it. Gotta love how the director handles himself ^-^
"Duncan, is it possible that you suck at everything?"
Haha I love British journalists. They're always trying to cause a conflict.
Ah, the age old dilemma. Should I upvote the video because of how hilarious it is that the interviewer was so unprofessional, or should I downvote it as a show that I disapprove the unprofessionalism of said interviewer... Looking at the bar, I'm not alone in this decision.
"Hey, yeah, but your film is utter bollocks, innit?"
What an absolute prat.
Man the level of professionalism Duncan displayed is just amazing and second to none. Bravo!!!
Really love how every answer had a subliminal "FACK YOU" msg to the tosser
Man does Duncan take this all well. His answers are so professional and good, and you can see the love for the film there. I urge the people, see this movie.
This guy is absolutely unprofessional and awful. Duncan Jones was amazing in this interview and he answered with such poise and professionalism. I can't wait to see the director's cut edition of the movie because I think it will add so much more to the story and depth to the characters and world.
>That comment on the orcs
He knows orcs aren't mindless bad guys in Warcraft...right?
Why so rude Mr. Rosser? Have you been touched by green magic?
This just popped in my head randomly today. Duncan is a boss. I don't even care about the quality of the film as I still haven't seen it tbh, but man he handled that ambush like a pro.
What's with the ragequit at the end? I don't understand :'D
He probably didn't like the fact that Duncan was giving good answers to every one of his attempts to make him and the movie look bad
that plus he had no other way to put him down. this was one last ditch attempt at doing something that he thought would rattle duncan. hence the ragequit xD
Because Duncan didn't take his bait and bested this trash "professional" reviewer
Duncan Jones: I Bro Love You, Man. More everyday, and hope you get to direct the full Warcraft Trilogy
WTF was that question about is Duncan real man to make the film? What he was expecting Duncan to say?? ""No i WAS NOT right man to make this movie! I should not have done this!"" ?? So much hate toward the movie and Duncans work in it. Ofc am not saying movie is a masterpiece but i liked it as a fan, it has flows but at least Duncan make this world alive and am thankfull for that. An leaving like that in the end was so unproffesional and dumb like shit.
Jones is a legend, he handled that so well
Meanwhile Duncan Jones is rollin' in a mountain of chinese money.
On the one hand, it's refreshing when a critic doesn't just trot out the same old publicity questions, but there are better ways to press a filmmaker to talk more deeply and analytically about their work: most artists would, I'm sure, like to discuss their work in depth, too. In this case Adam Rosser took a humourless and confrontational approach from the start. He tried to make it all about himself rather than giving Jones provocative prompts to get him to say interesting things. And everyone's time was wasted.
Duncan Jones is such a class act.
Duncan reminds me of his dad during this interview. Handles it very well, with class.
There's a line between providing fair criticism and just being an asshole, which this man very much crossed. Besides, it seemed to me like the purpose of this interview was to promote the film, not to engage in a discussion about it anyway.
Also, mad kudos to Duncan for keeping his cool and handling this like a champ.
Duncan was immune to all of the "Interviwer's" attacks. The interviewer WAS NOT PREPARED!!
Duncan, who did you piss off man? So sad to see all of this hate against a solid film while boring cheesefests like the hobbit get good reviews.
what a class act duncan is. Wow now that's a pro. Duncan just answered every question just so perfect and with class
That akward moment when you suddenly have diarrhea in the middle of a conversation.
Just at the end, his face says it all.
Absolutely perplexed with the whole thing
I like the phrase "aggressive polish"
That look Duncan give the interviewer at the end, was the face I made every time the interviewer opened his mouth!
Let's see you make a film
The movie was amazing! don't let the critics bring you down, don't listen to those pieces of shits. go see the movie even if you don't know nothing about world of warcraft. its still a fun watch, candy for your eyeballs.
not really amazing, as a lover of the game i thought it was overly cheesy. Worth a watch, good even if its your thing... but def not "amazing"
The problem with it were a lot of things were not explained and scenes jumping around with not enough time spent on important people to establish some sort of rapport with the audience. For anyone who is not familiar with Warcraft, they would be wondering who is that lady in the magic box? Why was Medivh corrupted? Why did he turn into this thing. Why did the human suddenly trust Garona which spent less than a minute with them and whom they knew nearly nothing about? Names dropping which were meaningless to the general audience. Khadger's own back story that were hinted at here and there. Should Lothar not be torn to pieces when he crashed into the middle of the Horde by himself? I thought he and the griffin should be hacked to death but no, suddenly there was this Mak'gora. WTF?
I didn't wonder much about any of that; was much too entertained :) I don't know anything about Warcraft lore, but apart from the "lady in the magic box", which piqued my interest for the follow-up films, none of the other things you mentioned left me wondering. When watching it, I figured Medivh must have been in contact with felt magic at some point in the past, no need to delve deeper into that; I figured the demon he turned into was some form of manifestation of the felt magic; I figured the humans trusted Garona as a show of mutual trust and a shining example of their society and why she should join it; any names I didn't recognise just felt like flavour (like the many name drops in LotR); Khadger didn't seem to need more back story than what was shown and I just assumed griffins where bad-ass :)
In short, it didn't seem to me that I was missing out on any lore, but I'll happy to be proven wrong in future films.
amazing? no.
Amazing? yes. Brilliant in fact.
Props to Duncan! Class all day, answers to every question. I'm sorry this guy didn't watch the film.
Duncan Jones ultimate Badass
Movie was brilliant, tempted to go watch it again.
"Well, instead of telling Duncan Jones that a movie adaptation has to stand in its own two legs so that anyone that doesn't know the source material could enjoy and understand the movie, I'm just going to undermine my own argument because reasons"
What the fuck was that? So that's what it takes to be a movie critic? Well, I'm sending my résumé to BBC News ASAP!
Duncans face lol. He's just like, "What the fuck?"
Duncan Jones is a phenomenal talent in the industry, and he proved it when he made Moon, one of the best science fiction films ever made, on a tiny 5 million dollar budget. It is, to a large degree, shameless that the dinosaur media critics have met the Warcraft movie with venom and disrespect merely because it's based on a video game. I have a simple suggestion for the mostly baby-boomer generation of film critics who are too out of touch to get these modern films... RETIRE! I've seen article after article practically begging Warcraft to fail. Well, to their chagrin, it hasn't.
Let's get down to brass tacks. Despite the popularity of WoW, Warcraft's cultural saturation is very low, and Warcraft, as a film franchise, is still very new. For that reason let's compare it to Ironman, the first Marvel film in the long march to the Avengers.
Over its entire run, Ironman made a worldwide total of $585 million.
Warcraft is only on its second week and it has already made $313 million.
Warcraft has already well recouped its production cost of $160 million, and by the time it finishes, it could easily earn more than $500 million, a very respectable opening for a new film franchise, a franchise that will only get more valuable as time goes on.
The biggest crime Warcraft has committed is that it's not part of a much older franchise. If "Star Wars" was in the title, it would have a Rotten Tomatoes score of 90%+. Look at the derivative remake of Episode 4, Episode 7: The Force Awakens. The 92% rating should be indicative of the film critic bias. Even the Phantom Menace... *THE PHANTOM MENACE* got 55%. The cringe-worthy Attack of the Clones raked in 65%. In the words of Harry Plinkett, "Whaaaattt!". Should you trust film critics? Unless you know of one who matches your interests, the answer is a resounding no.
Holy Crap Duncan Jones just became a warrior worthy of WoW lore.
Adam Rosser more like Adam Tosser. This is why the BBC should just stay away from games culture in its entirety.
Duncan Jones did an amazing job of staying positive through a gauntlet of repressed anger. Adam Rosser was trying so hard to rip this movie apart while trying to be polite about it at the same time. Rosser was rude to get up, giving up the interview after seeing that Duncan was not going to give into the questions he was being set up for. Like a child throwing a tantrum Rosser walks out because he did not get his way. My hat is off to you Duncan Jones!
The critics point about a book of lore being too big for a single movie seems strange. Being that The Lord of the Rings Novels are each a movie. I wonder if some critics are being harder on the Warcraft because they are fans of Tolkien's work.
Mr. Duncan Jones is only explaining his honest work, good for him.
The beeb should fire him, He is Totally unprofessional, A grumpy old man trying his very best to destroy something fun. Sad.
If by fun, you mean Warcraft sucked. Then you are correct.
Duncan is my Hero now, the look on his face is exactly the one I have when someone talks negatively about the movie. They usually are just repeating what they heard a critic say.
This was an interview? It seemed like all he was doing was saying things he didnt like.
Duncan is a consummate professional. Parried every question like a G.
The interviewer seems like an asshole, Duncan Jones is ones of the nicest people I've seen on interviews, he actually cares for his work. I've seen many many people who only give clichéd answers in these interveiws. He doesn't, he reallly interacts with the people interviewing him. I hope WarCraft does well and Duncan Jones can do the next one, because I enjoyed it quite a lot (it had pacing issues and a mediocre script, but I think it was pretty solid, nowhere near the crap it's being called by the critics)
I still get lost as to where places are in LOTR and The Hobbit.
A professional (Jones) vs a jackass (Rosser).
I grew up playing D&D, but never played Warcraft. I still enjoyed the hell out of the movie. Some of the acting with the human actors isn't the best, but the story's great, the effects incredible, and everything with the orcs is perfect. Every scene has something going on that kept my attention. I'll take it over LoTR any day.
Adam Rosser boo to you sir you came in with nothing but negativity. Jones quickly and easily destroyed your sad questions with his simple and honest answers. Sadly all you could do was storm off the set like a spoiled kid taking his basketball home after losing 0-21. Good riddance to you Adam Rosser
It was very brave of this interviewer to admit he didn't understand this simple movie.