Synopsis:

There are some fleeting moments in Warcraft (2016) that demonstrate that it could have been not only the film to finally break the video game-to-film adaptation curse, but that it could have stood shoulder to shoulder with the best of fantasy movies. Sadly, these moments are lost in a script with poor dialog, a meaningless second act, and characters that have inconsistent motivations.

Intentions:

The purpose of making this edit is to minimize the damage done primarily in the second act of the movie. This includes, but is not limited to, eliminating the Garona/Lothar romance, the Alodi subplot, and bad line reads from the beginning to the end. With any luck, this will satisfy fans as a worthy substitute for the original for which they don't feel like they have to apologize.

Change List:

Act 1: - Removed Human/Orc Duel - Removed Durotan VO - Modified Draenei subtitles - Added new "Prelude to Chaos; Title Sequence - Added Goldshire Location Text - Heavily Modified Khadgar meets Llayne Scene (Lothar/Callan's relationship implied / Khadgar's mage history/exposition removed / edited to lead into Griffin flight to Kharazan) - Removed Lother / Lady Taria Scene - Inserted Horde Destruction Montage from Act 2 - Removed Khadgar / Alodi Scenes - Removed Khadgar / Medivh Confrontation Act 2: - Removed Lothar / Direwolf Encounter - Heavily Modified Garona meets Llayne Scene (Removed Lothar / Garona Romantic implications / Removed Garona being persuaded by offer of Freedom / Removed Medivh's confusion) - Removed Medivh recharging at the Font - Heavily Modified Garona meets Lady Taria Scene (Removed Garona speaking to Medivh / Removed all dialog of Garona) - Added Llayne / Lady Taria Balcony Scene - Removed Lothar dressing Garona Scene - Removed Council of Races Scene - Removed Lothar / Callan Infirmary Scene - Removed Khadgar / Medivh Book Burning Scene - Removed Khadgar / Lothar warning to about the Gate Scene - Modified Callan's death scene so that Medivh is more culpable - Heavily Modified Lothar / Garona Blame Scene (Removed Lothar / Garona Romantic Implications / Only have Lothar lament on his pain) - Removed Khadgar / Alodi Scene on Dalaran - Removed Medivh's Transformation Scene - Removed Romantic Implications in Lothar / Garona Scene in Jail Act 3: - Re-edited such that Llayne's army arrives simultaneously to the Durotan / Gul'Dan Duel - Removed many of Lothar's comedic lines when fighting Medivh - Edited Llayne / Garona scene to not reference lines previously removed - Used Prelude to Chaos Title Sequence - Inserted World of Warcraft Log in Music over credits - Moved Thrall's Discovery Scene to after the credits - Added Special Thanks.

Additional Notes:

- Adobe Premier Pro CS 6 - DVD Architect Pro.

Other Sources:

Warcraft Original Motion Picture Soundtrack World of Warcraft Original Soundtrack.

Special Thanks:

thecuddlyninja, theryaney and zamros.