I just saw the Minecraft Movie, and let me just say… What a wild ride. I don’t even know where to start. Maybe with the part where a chicken nugget flew across the theater and hit me in the forehead.
So my friends and I went to Vision Max, which is almost always empty, except today. Teenagers flooded the movie theater. The door to the theater had a line blocking every other movie entrance. People got yelled at and told to move, people were just too excited for it to start. Everyone entered, spasticity trying to find seats next to people they knew, and once everyone sat, a rumble went across the room. Kids were waiting in anticipation, then the lights lowered and everyone screamed as loud as they could, then in pure excitement, someone threw an entire McDonald’s chicken nugget like it was a graduation cap. It smacked me in the face, and I honestly couldn’t even be mad. I just sent it back into the crowd.
Now, the actual movie? Honestly, it was good. I liked it a lot. This game has been around for years, and different lore has been built off of it, so many people expected different things, like the Ender Dragon or even Herobrine. What people need to fully understand is that this movie is for kids and to get children to play the game and use their creativity. It’s a Jumanji-type storyline and is about the nether vs. the overworld. The relationship between piglin and the player is explored while they are stuck in the game and have to find a way out. The goal is to find the gem in the Woodland mansion, and that’s where the chicken jockey came out; everyone screamed. “When I walked out of that movie theater I thought, what did I just watch? But I loved it.” Said junior Jada Schlosberg.
But they didn’t fully leave out lore; they added hidden details, as when Steve looks into the eyes of the enderman, it’s only his eyes that go white like Herobrine. The movie also launches the new mob, the happy ghast, a ghast you can fly and store chests on. And in the end, creativity wins 8/10!