The CGI looks a bit ropey in parts and I appreciate the concerns a lot of people seem to have there. Baby Thrall, for example, looks like some sort of Chucky abomination.
That said, I'm a lot more optimistic about the film now than I was a few years ago given the trend of video game to movie transitions. By my reckoning the CGI seems decent in a few other shots though so hopefully over the course over the film it will come together fairly smoothly and not seem too jarring. I quite like the oversaturated, deep-colour look; like the games and WoW each zone has that distinct hyper-realistic palette.
I'll be seeing it a bunch of times at the cinema anyway as I'm a huge fan of the lore having put countless hours in to Warcraft 1 back in 1994. They seem to be sticking fairly close to the lore from the time as well - my main concern is that they don't retcon key aspects too heavily.
For now, I'm just geeking out over seeing so many of those classic locales and figures from the universe: Lakeshire, Stonewatch Keep, Rockard/Stonard, Blackrock Mountain, The Black Morass, Dwarves, High Elves, Drek'thar, etc. Hopefully it does well enough to warrant a trilogy covering the Warcraft 2 and 3 era.
Had to laugh at one of the comments on Youtube about King Llane's order:
"...find theses beasts, or whatever they are"
...and bring me 10 of their pelts".
