Get ready for a deep dive into why the upcoming Minecraft Movie is already facing massive backlash! From Warner Bros.' questionable reputation to Jack Black's overexposure, we're breaking down the reasons fans are skeptical about this video game adaptation.
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00:00That's one of the great things about minecraft
00:02You want to survive you got to be creative welcome to watch mojo
00:06And today we're looking at why a minecraft movie has unearthed so much hate before even coming out
00:13Any questions? Yeah, quite a few actually
00:16fair enough
00:18Another lego movie knockoff. It's been over a decade since the lego movie surprised everyone with its humor
00:25Humor creativity and heart it set a gold standard for movies based on kid-friendly products. I can see
00:33Everything if bobbleheads the movie play mobile the movie and the emoji movie proved anything though
00:40It's that lego movie set the bar too hot
00:44Even some of the lego movie follow-ups couldn't replicate the original success with the franchise being put on hiatus
00:52Just one day into retirement
00:54That seemingly ended this fad until a minecraft movie emerged if the intent was to capitalize on lego movie
01:02Minecraft feels five years too late. Even if it did come out five years ago
01:07It'd still be after the fact maybe minecraft will surprise us like lego did but everything looks far from awesome
01:15As long as what you imagine can be built out of blocks
01:19This is what jared hess is doing post oscar nomination
01:24Jared has broke out with the sleeper cultural phenomenon napoleon dynamite nacho libre was
01:30More divisive yet gained a minor cult following
01:34Nacho
01:42With gentlemen broncos don verdine and masterminds
01:47Hess's early success started to seem like a fluke that was until jared and jerusha hess received an oscar nomination for
01:5595 senses this poignant visually stimulating short revealed a different side of hess
02:01Leaving us eager to see more. I read a theory somewhere
02:05It might be that we humans have a hundred senses
02:10Then he made thelma the unicorn which was about as mid as kids movies get now with minecraft
02:17Hess seems like a director for hire at the mercy of studio notes and focus groups
02:22He might have a unique vision but chances are this is a paycheck to finance more personal works like 95 senses
02:30He literally has to create to survive
02:33Warner brothers recent reputation, you know how toxic relationships can change people for the worse
02:40That's how we felt about warner brothers ever since merging with discovery while the studio is still taking creative risks like barbie
02:48It's also represented everything currently wrong with cinema. I'm not
02:54Good enough
02:56for anything
02:58Juror number two possibly clint eastwood's last film was given the tiniest theatrical release before being dumped on max
03:06Mr. Chekaski, you are dismissed
03:09Batgirl and scoob holiday haunt despite being virtually completed were scrapped for financial purposes
03:17Whether or not coyote versus acme crawls out of limbo wb undeniably
03:22Did the filmmakers dirty yet wb felt a minecraft movie needed to be seen the fact this is getting released
03:30While so many other promising projects have been neglected only makes us more concerned for the studio's crumbling legacy
03:37Okay, tired humor. Who are you?
03:40I
03:42am steve
03:43The marketing department apparently felt that line would have people rolling in the aisles
03:48Instead it had them rolling their eyes and making memes that are ironically funnier this supposed
03:55Comedic mic drop proved so infamous that it overshadowed the trailer's other lazy gags
04:01Many of which feel 10 years old hell even going back a decade
04:06We can't recall any teenagers using phrases like tool bag
04:10This guy is such a tool bag while the actors look like they're trying that seems to be a trend with many modern comedies
04:17Rely on the actors to bring the funny while the writers fall asleep at their desks
04:22We'd like to think they're saving the funniest lines for the movie. But if this is their best foot forward seriously, what are we doing here?
04:30What am I doing here jack black overexposure?
04:33We like jack black. He easily gave the best performance in the super mario brothers movie as bowser
04:39Peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches
04:45That doesn't mean he needs to be in every video game
04:49Adaptation his voiceover work as clap trap in borderlands is proof of that
04:54His presence in a minecraft movie feels like the studio piggybacking off movies that had a better
05:01Understanding of how to use jack black despite what he says in the trailer. We don't buy black as steve
05:07This place makes no sense
05:10Don't I know it looks more like someone who wanted to dress up for comic con
05:14But didn't feel like putting any effort into his costume at the very least
05:18He could have trimmed his beard to match steve's goatee. Are we the only ones getting mandalorian season 3 vibes?
05:24You really must see the view
05:26pandering to kids
05:28While minecraft is a game for all ages
05:31Statistics show that more than 40 of the user base is between 15 and 21
05:36With the average player being 24. Hold on stay by the lake. I want to kill you now
05:41Okay, given its older following a minecraft movie could have taken an adult approach like barbie
05:47It's clear that the film is instead aiming at a younger demographic
05:52Which will be fine as long as the outcome is charming witty and makes every viewer feel like a kid again
05:58As a child I yearned for the mines that's not the impression we've been getting so far
06:04The advertising seems geared toward children with short attention spans who will watch anything colorful silly and draped in an ip
06:12They recognize why appeal to everyone when you just need the kids to drag mom and dad to the box office
06:19Welcome to the overworld
06:22Not understanding the source material on a certain level the filmmakers appear to have a grasp of what minecraft
06:29Is at least compared to some other video game adaptations
06:33The trailers work in several easter eggs and references poking fun at things about this world that admittedly don't make a ton of sense
06:41It's okay, bud. Buckets are useful here. I know
06:44That's why I made them they're
06:46Buck chucking as ridiculous as some mechanics are minecraft is a surprisingly soothing even atmospheric
06:53gaming experience
06:55This hasn't shined through in the movie's advertising mainly giving us flashbacks to adam sandler's pixels
07:01I've been waiting to do this since 1982 the film seems to be promoting a message about imagination
07:08Falling in line with the game where the possibilities in the game are truly boundless though
07:13The movie looks boxed in with a run-of-the-mill plot cliched characters and morals we've seen before
07:21Anything you can dream about here you can make the use of live action a wonderland where anything you can imagine is possible
07:29For all the cgi
07:31We have to give the filmmakers credit for constructing a lot of practical sets and props that capture the game's aesthetic
07:37We could totally see this inspiring a theme park attraction
07:41That said when you have jack black and jason momoa walking around these sets
07:46That's exactly what it feels like a new part coming to six flags
07:52Every actor looks out of place in this world, especially when you pair them with animated characters
07:58Minecraft is all about immersion and the presence of live actors kills the illusion given the game's simple
08:05Blocky nature the studio should have gone all in on animation like the super mario brothers movie
08:11Even then some of the animated characters here would have required redesigns. Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry
08:19Creepy animation the world of minecraft is for lack of a better word
08:24Cartoony being part live action a minecraft movie attempts to bring a sense of realism to this world
08:31It's not impossible to achieve a balance as seen in detective pikachu and the sonic the hedgehog movies, uh
08:39meow
08:40Unfortunately, the movie's sheep goats and other creatures look like sonic before his redesign right down to the uncomfortable teeth
08:51What the hell the cgi characters are still too cartoony for us to believe they're really interacting with the live actors
08:59Yet they're realistic to the point of being unpleasant to look at we can't say it's quite as bad as ugly
09:05Sonic or the abominations from tom hooper's cats, but these designs are bringing out the worst of both worlds
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09:31There's already a pretty good minecraft movie kind of to be fair
09:36Minecraft isn't the easiest game to make a movie around there isn't really a plot and not even much conflict
09:43Save the occasional zombie outbreak if you're looking for a compelling narrative set in this universe, though
09:49Look no further than minecraft story mode from telltale games
09:54no
09:56Boom, although technically a game story mode plays like a movie with well-rounded characters inventive world building and
10:05Unexpected depth it even features strong voice acting from patten oswald and katherine taber among others. We're trapped
10:13Story mode isn't without its flaws
10:15But to us this is the template for what a minecraft movie should be rather than expand upon that template
10:21The actual minecraft movie seems to be building something safer and more generic. Hopefully we're proven wrong
10:28What's this junk an ender pearl teleports you to wherever you throw it? Yeah, right
10:35Do you think a minecraft movie will be 2025's most pleasant surprise let us know why in the comments
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