History Awesome / WarCraft2016

* even Durotan's [[spoiler: final moments are a last great moment for the honorable orc. Even after having his life drained and being clearly beaten beyond the ability to fight Gul'dan further, Durotan forces himself to stand, roars Gul'dan's name and declares he has no honor before charging him one last time. Even when Gul'dan is draining him to death, Durotan never stops trying to fight back until the moment of his death.]]

* Gul'Dan opening the Dark portal by [[PoweredByAForsakenChild sacrificing numerous Draenei]], complete with a NewEraSpeech, and the Orcish war party running into it to invade Azeroth. The VisualEffectsOfAwesome of the portal, the first ever peek into [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the nightmare that is interdimensional travel]] both deserve a mention.

* The movie was a killer in China. It made a whopping ''ninety million'' dollars there during just the first two days of its showing, and accounted for over 80% of local ticket sales that day. In the end it managed to locally outgross ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', the China-pandering heavyweight ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' and even ''[[Film/TheForceAwakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'', of all things -- in fact, it grossed more during its Chinese opening week-end that the ''entire run'' of ''The Force Awakens'' there.
* Although it bombed in the USA, ''Warcraft'' is now the highest-grossing movie to be based on a video game worldwide, surpassing ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', in no small part due to China (see above).
* "We will not sell the movie rights, not to you… especially not to you. Because it’s such a big online game success, maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income, what the company has with it." This was what Blizzard Entertainment told Uwe Boll when he wanted to make the film. For fans of the game it showed they wanted to treat the license with respect and for those who know of Boll's practices a great ShutUpHannibal moment.

* The movie was a killer in China. It made a whopping ''ninety million'' dollars there during just the first two days of its showing, and accounted for over 80% of local ticket sales that day. In the end it managed to locally outgross ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', the China-pandering heavyweight ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' and even ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', of all things -- in fact, it grossed more during its Chinese opening week-end that the ''entire run'' of ''The Force Awakens'' there.

* The movie was a killer in China. It made a whopping ''ninety million'' dollars there during just the first two days of its showing, and accounted for over 80% of local ticket sales that day. In the end it managed to locally outgross ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', a China-pandering heavyweight like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' and even ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', of all things -- in fact, it grossed more during its Chinese opening week-end that the ''entire run'' of ''The Force Awakens'' there.

* The movie was a killer in China. It made a whopping ''ninety million'' dollars there during just the first two days of its showing, and accounted for over 80% of local ticket sales that day. In the end it managed to outgross ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', a China-pandering heavyweight like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' and even ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' there, of all things -- in fact, it grossed more during its Chinese opening week-end that the ''entire run'' of ''The Force Awakens'' there.

* Although it bombed in the USA, ''Warcraft'' is nonetheless the highest-grossing movie to be based on a video game worldwide, surpassing ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''.

* The movie made a whopping ''ninety million'' dollars in China during just the first two days of its showing, and accounted for over 80% of ticket sales that day. In the end it managed to outgross ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', a China-pandering heavyweight like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' and even ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' there, of all things.

* The movie made a whopping ''ninety million'' dollars in China during just the first two days of its showing, and accounted for over 80% of ticket sales that day. In the end it managed to outgross ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', a pandering-heavyweight like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' and even ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' there, of all things.

** [[spoiler: Judging by the golden glow after reciting the SurvivalMantra that Alodi recited to him, this could have been him channeling the power of the ''Holy Light itself''. This is supported by the fact that Fel Magic is traditionally weakened by the power of the Holy Light and has a golden glow just like the one Khadgar has, whereas the Arcane Magic(which, itself, is descended from Fel Magic in the lore) that Khadgar and Medivh use has a blue glow to it.]]

* The final duel is anti-climatic, but absurdly awesome in it's own way. Lothar wakes up after being knocked unconscious to find himself in a ring, facing a heavily mutated Blackhand. He's totally unarmored and not even wearing shoes, he's already took an incredible beating, and he's half the size of his opponent. [[spoiler:The battle lasts about ten seconds, and involves [[SingleStrokeBattle just two moves]] on Lothar's part.]] The entire horde goes totally silent at said result, all staring at Lothar with near religious awe. Despite Gul'Dan's screamed orders to kill him, they let Lothar pass through their ranks unharmed and even prepare his mount and the body of his king, while giving him orcish salutes.

-->'''Blackhand''': This is mak'gora... You will respect our traditions! [[spoiler:(Throws Gul'dan's staff to the ground)]] ''Keep fighting''!

** [[spoiler:Medivh, under the protection of a shielding spell from Khadgar, finishes the skirmish by turning the fel against the orcs, killing most of them. Only Blackhand, Garona and the few Frostwolves present survive]]

** Durotan's reaction impressive as well. He may have called the duel expecting a fight with a [[spoiler: shriveled old husk]], but he doesn't even blink when a hulking, unholy beast charges at him instead, and strides into the ring with all the nonchalance of a herdsman wrangling a cow.

* Although it bombed in the USA, ''Warcraft'' is nonetheless the highest-grossing movie to be based on a video game worldwide, surpassing ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''.

* The movie made whooping ''ninety million'' dollars in China during just the first two days of its showing, and accounted for over 80% of ticket sales that day. Wow.

* Gul'Dan opening the Dark portal by [[PoweredByAForsakenChild sacrificing numerous Draenei]], complete with a NewEraSpeech, and the Orcish war party running into it. The VisualEffectsOfAwesome of the portal, the first ever peek into [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the nightmare that is interdimensional travel]] both deserve a mention.

* Gul'Dan opening the Dark portal by [[PoweredByAForsakenChild sacrificing numerous Draenei]], complete with a NewEraSpeech. The VisualEffectsOfAwesome of the portal, the first ever peek into [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the nightmare that is interdimensional travel]] both deserve a mention.

* Gul'Dan opening the Dark portal by [[PoweredByAForsakenChild sacrificing numerous Draenei]], complete with a NewEraSpeech. The VisualEffectsOfAwesome of the portal, the first ever peek into [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the nightmare that is interdimensional travel]] both deserve a mention.

* Although it epically bombed in the USA, ''Warcraft'' is nonetheless the highest-grossing movie to be based on a video game worldwide, surpassing ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''.

* The final duel is anti-climatic, but absurdly awesome in it's own way. Lothar wakes up after being knocked unconscious to find himself in a ring, facing a heavily mutated Blackhand. He's totally unarmored and not even wearing shoes, he's already took an incredible beating, and he's half the size of his opponent. [[spoiler:The battle lasts about ten seconds, and involves just two moves on Lothar's part.]] The entire horde goes totally silent at said result, all staring at Lothar with near religious awe. Despite Gul'Dan's screamed orders to kill him, they let Lothar pass through their ranks unharmed and even prepare his mount and the body of his king, while giving him orcish salutes.

* Although it epically bombed in the USA, ''Warcraft'' is nonetheless the highest-grossing movie to be based on a video game worldwide.

* Although it is epically bombing in the USA, ''Warcraft'' is nonetheless the highest-grossing movie to be based on a video game worldwide.

* The movie made whooping ''ninety million'' dollars in China during just the first two days of its showing, and accounted for over 80% of ticket sales that day. Wow.

** Lothar cutting down the first orc to die on-screen.

** [[spoiler: Judging by the golden glow after reciting the SurvivalMantra that Alodi recited to him, this could have been him channeling the power of the ''Holy Light itself''. This is supported by the fact that Fel Magic is traditionally weakened by the power of the Holy Light and has a golden glow just like the one Khadgar has, whereas the Arcane Magic(which, itself, is descended from Fel Magic in the lore) that Khadgar and Medivh use has a blue glow to it.