I went to see the Minecraft movie with some friends today, my expectations going into the movie was "This is a movie where it's target demographic are kids and the producers were probably people who kinda knew about Minecraft" so my expectations were set pretty low.
Approaching the movie with this mindset, I discovered that it was an enjoyable watch. Nothing spectacular to write home about, but it wasn't some steaming pile of shit that some critics are making it out to be (This is a kids movie for gods sake).
The story was serviceable, and while I didn't like every character and I think the main female cast really wasn't all that interesting.
My favorite character however, was this guy they call Garbage Man. He was a national arcade champion in the 80's, who in the modern decade still dresses like it's the 80's while acting out as this tough guy rockstar bad boy. He also runs a retro game store where you can notice some cool stuff in the background, like a box for the Magnavox Odyssey somewhere in the back or the toy robot R.O.B. sitting on the counter.
I've seen some complains when the movie was first revealed that the character designs for the game's mobs look really bad. In-retrospective, I think they made the right call with what they made. I think it would've looked actually way more terrible if the movie had regular ass Minecraft graphics with Jack Black's fatass flopping about in front of a greenscreen for an hour, looking like some "Minecraft In Real Life" Youtube video.
The look of the movie really reminded me of something I've already seen before. I wasn't able to quite put my finger on it at first, until I saw what the Piglets looked like during the screening. Then it clicked, this look of mobs really reminded me of the Warcraft 3/WoW cinematics, the Piglets really reminded me of Orcs with their tusks and how their mouths flapped n' all.
There were some cool details thrown in there that made sense within the context of the game, like using a water bucket to negate damage or punching Creepers away to keep them from exploding on you.
So what do you think?
Have you watched the movie already and do have an opinion on whether it was good or bad?
Maybe you haven't watched it but are planning to or perhaps you simply just don't care for video game movies?
I'm interested in hearing your thoughts and opinions.
Approaching the movie with this mindset, I discovered that it was an enjoyable watch. Nothing spectacular to write home about, but it wasn't some steaming pile of shit that some critics are making it out to be (This is a kids movie for gods sake).
The story was serviceable, and while I didn't like every character and I think the main female cast really wasn't all that interesting.
My favorite character however, was this guy they call Garbage Man. He was a national arcade champion in the 80's, who in the modern decade still dresses like it's the 80's while acting out as this tough guy rockstar bad boy. He also runs a retro game store where you can notice some cool stuff in the background, like a box for the Magnavox Odyssey somewhere in the back or the toy robot R.O.B. sitting on the counter.
I've seen some complains when the movie was first revealed that the character designs for the game's mobs look really bad. In-retrospective, I think they made the right call with what they made. I think it would've looked actually way more terrible if the movie had regular ass Minecraft graphics with Jack Black's fatass flopping about in front of a greenscreen for an hour, looking like some "Minecraft In Real Life" Youtube video.
The look of the movie really reminded me of something I've already seen before. I wasn't able to quite put my finger on it at first, until I saw what the Piglets looked like during the screening. Then it clicked, this look of mobs really reminded me of the Warcraft 3/WoW cinematics, the Piglets really reminded me of Orcs with their tusks and how their mouths flapped n' all.
There were some cool details thrown in there that made sense within the context of the game, like using a water bucket to negate damage or punching Creepers away to keep them from exploding on you.
So what do you think?
Have you watched the movie already and do have an opinion on whether it was good or bad?
Maybe you haven't watched it but are planning to or perhaps you simply just don't care for video game movies?
I'm interested in hearing your thoughts and opinions.
