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Listen to me. I also put my eyes blank when A Minecraft movie It was announced. We are all tired of watching Jack Black in video game movies, it was fine in Super Mario Bros.But good God Borders It was a disaster. And the trailers of the Minecraft movie did not do it, another movie without a soul produced in a virtual set on a game that is completely open and without a plot. But it results A Minecraft movie It is really good.
Honestly, I'm as surprised as you.
A Minecraft movie It is not exactly innovative, to be clear. Certainly never reaches the heights of The Lego movie. But it is surprisingly fun for a film for children, and offers a decent message about defending creativity in a world that wants to defeat non -conformists of free thought. And if you were for the inexplicable Napoleon dynamite Craze from the mid -2000s, you will notice much of the peculiar sensitivity of that film by director Jared HESS.
From the beginning, A Minecraft movie It seems very aware of the ridicule of its own existence. The story begins with the Steve of Jack Black (dressed as the predetermined skin of the game) again tells his obsession with "the mines," and his inability to dig while he was a child. Later it grows, get boring office work and remembers your old call to make holes on Earth. Once it makes its way in a cave, it is touched on a portal that takes it to the blockade "Especially" of the Minecraft universe. It is a classic isekai things: the anime genre where the main character is transported to another world (often digital).
And yes, I know that all this sounds incredibly artificial while writing this, but Black's Zaniness really sells the absurd film. It's as if he were saying out loud "Yes, I know the idea of a Minecraft The film is more than silly, but at least spend time with me in the classic Jack black mode!" Now, if you are tired of your Schtick, that can be a great blow against the movie. But for me, it was a good reminder of its tenacious days D.
The film finally focuses on two brothers, Henry (Sebastian Hansen) and Natalie (Emma Myers), who move to a small west city after the death of her mother. Natalie is preparing for a role as producer of social networks in a local business, while Henry is forced to adapt to a new school. Coincidentally, an old superstar of the games lives in his city, Jason Mamoa's Garret "The Barbabeman" Garrison, who makes Henry's friends like another outcast. Danielle Brooks's dawn, a mobile real estate/zoological agent by Danielle Brooks, ends up taking Natalie under her wing after seeing how much she is sacrificing for her brother.
Inevitably, thanks to a brilliant MacGuffin, those four characters also run into the same portal that sent Steve to Overworld. They quickly meet Steve, broke their brilliant Macgaffin and then go to find a way to fix it and return home. If any of this sounds bored, do not worry, it is not really important. What works best in A Minecraft movie Is humor and personality?
The majority of the movie depends on Jack Black's person, but I also enjoyed seeing Jason Mamoa play a selfish Manchild who is in love with video games. He is adorned with an absurd wig and a strong pink jacket, and Mamoa is doing it as good as he did Fast x. Sometimes he is a moron, but he is also kind to Henry and he clearly doesn't care what someone thinks of his personal style. The rest of the cast plays it directly against the strength of black and mamoa personalities, but each one has a few moments to shine.
Every time the main story begins to fall flat, A Minecraft movie It deviates in a more interesting territory, as a misfortu Minecraft Villager that stumbles with the real world. For those who do not play, the villagers are simple NPC that cannot speak, they are often in danger. I liked to see him navigate traffic and have an encounter with the Vice Director of Jennifer Coolidge, Marlene, a relationship that becomes more strange than you think. (Again, it's like something direct Napoleon dynamite.
I am not Minecraft Devoto, but I want the interpretation of the game of the game's block graphics to be a little more pixelated. While the characters and animals we see resemble their counterparts of the game, their appearance too designed face the beautiful simplicity of Minecraft's aesthetics. I am sure that it is difficult to unite the aspect of low poly with live action, while delivering polished CG that the public expects, but the way A Minecraft movie He took simply feels too cooked. That said, the world of the film's game seems more alive than the empty virtual sets in Immigration. There are tons of characters on which they realize, and all environments feel clearly Minecraft.
To the children of my press projection did not seem to import the change in visual language. They loved to see the creatures of the game in any form: a family of pandas obtained an “AWWW” of the entire theater. And they also loved seeing in the game Minecraft Tricks represented on the big screen, such as using a block of water to cushion a fall.
My daughter Sophia's verdict? “I liked it, but I don't think I would like to see him again,” he said. But I know he is lying. We will probably end up seeing this hundreds of times at home, and even more once that his brother jumps aboard Minecraft car. However, I will not care. As for children's movies, it is a world that I would not mind visiting again.
This article originally appeared in Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entartainment/tv-movies/a-minecraft-movie-review-its-mood- actually-190035499.html?src=RSSSS
