Why The Minecraft Movie Concerns Me...

[@DazzReviews]

So... is this redeemable do you think?

[@BreenfromHL2]

NEIN Edit: this movie is the playmobile movie

[@antifurryfoundation55]

Only if they do a sonic movie.

[@Frost_the_polarian_fox]

I'm just gonna watch it just to laugh at how bad it is!

[@Halloween_is_awesome]

Nuh uh

[@melancholykyy]

Probably not… anyways Happy Belated Birthday! 🎉

[@weebpsycho100]

My biggest issue is that it's not animated. They tried to make a square sheep look real and it just doesn't work. The people are so out of place

[@BumblebeeXrocks]

I feel like they could've gotten away with the sheep and llama by treating the world as using a high res texture pack. Unfortunately, the people not being in the same style ruins it. :(

[@sonicrunn3r895]

I think this is why it looks uncanny, everything is given semi-rounded edges (because they HAVE to) and it's just…wrong

[@anyr71]

true

[@yeetyeetboi5974]

@KrackedIsTaken Story Mode looks much more like a proper movie than this abomination

[@Renaldifed]

@KrackedIsTaken Why does everyone go to story mode when the OFFICIAL minecraft update release trailers are right there? That style beefed up slightly is easily animated movie quality. Just look at the caves and cliff update trailer, thats fun animation.

[@brandenmanuel2037]

I’m so freakin TIRED of random celebrities in roles they shouldn’t be in.

[@gustavogodoy9626]

I would love a minecraft movie about Jack Black going slightly mad in single player with no one to talk to. If jack black's character was designed to be like Steve and fit the world. I think it all boils down to how direction and production build around the cast

[@alexj.5207]

I think jack black is perfect for this movie but he is not Steve.

[@rustyhowe3907]

@@gustavogodoy9626 Jack Black following Steve pestering him and learning to become great while Steve remains absolutely silent and builds stuff for fighting monsters would be quite ok.

[@mangotail6808]

Same. And i think the movie will be simple,easy to follow and cheesy, just like Super Mario and FNAF movie.

[@thepotgoblin9660]

@@alexj.5207I think Jack Black would have been great as either a pillager or a piglin brute. But they didn't even consider the different ways they could utilize him, they just stuck him in there and called it a day, because "hur dur Jack Black famous" I guess :/

[@RJS2003]

The animal Mobs are hideous and so uncanny. I do not like them at all. Realism or cartoony. Pick ONE. Never ever try and be both.

[@notfullytherelol]

Gumball is the only show I’ve ever seen that pulled off both. And there are many out there. Really says something…

[@Hydraxide583]

Sonic had to pick one, now Minecraft has to.

[@Codnex]

We never mention Detective Pikachu

[@mariustan9275]

Idk. I think they pulled off a realistic look with the Pokemon. Here all the abimals have tonbe cube-ish so how?​@@Codnex

[@mariustan9275]

​@@notfullytherelolI think its vecause that show is a hodge podge of all sorts of styles so nothing really sticks out

[@honeyshuckle9742]

The least they could have done was style Jack black's beard to be square, help give more of the 'steve' vibe and show he's adapted to living in this place. instead He... it's just Jack black.

[@johnes2337]

That would make for a legendary meme

[@bigboxofstuff]

or a white shirt and blue jeans

[@Shaunshahriar]

Ngl that would go hard. Blocky jack black

[@gukeoke6312]

Feel like that'd result in even more memes and people clowning on him lol

[@Procraftbrother]

Seriously

[@kaizermierkrazy6886]

I bet you, the movie will end with the main characters preparing to leave and they offer to take Steve with them but he'll say something like "no, this is my home now"

[@Alexeem]

Annoying kid: You were stuck here so long... Dont you wanna leave, meet your family again? Cheap Steve cosplay: No... This is my home now. This is the real Minecraft. *The characters get home and see a poster of Steve. They talk about him, but then they start smiling as they realise he was happy all along.* Jason Momoa: Hey, whos phone is ringing again? Annoying lady: I feel a song coming in! *Party Rock Anthem plays and credits roll.*

[@MB32904]

@@Alexeem I'm not gonna watch the movie, but I REALLY hope the movie ends with jack black becoming a greedy & corrupt businessman & exploiting the villages for profit (that is actually something you can do in game)

[@sigrid.koppel]

dont spoil the movie, man

[@under6075]

@@MB32904 At least that ending would be faithful to the source material

[@wowshiii4519]

We should probably make a bingo card for the Minecraft movie

[@theflashgameguy3015]

The "Realistic Minecraft" videos from 2018 were trying to warn us.

[@BlueZero-ij3pt]

And everyone didn't even see what was coming

[@bella_daze3092]

DUDE THEY WERE😭😭😭😭

[@mewantsnacks3509]

plot twist: that's where the movie creator got the idea

[@mangotail6808]

The movie looks itsactly like it was put together with realistic Minecraft videos on KZbin

[@YSNostalgia]

@@mangotail6808 Or worst, AI generated.

[@AfterthymeGaming]

I'm glad Scott rejected the script WB made for the FNaF Movie and went to Blumhouse instead.

[@PatientSqueaky]

I wasn't a big fan of the fnaf movie, but I'll give it the credit that it at least did look like the video game in real life and was enjoyable to watch at some parts

[@kyanartz]

​@@PatientSqueakyat least it is watchable and it is executed pretty well even though it is live action (FNAF are suitable for live action) They shouldve just make it animated Minecraft movie

[@supermegabenji1026]

I mean, WB did reuse one of the Scripts into a Movie that didn't want to be about Killer animatronics. I taking about The Banana Splits movie. They just ruined a old kids show into a FNaF parody.

[@Quinhala11]

The script was the worst part of the FNAF movie

[@lifeisadrag7705]

@@PatientSqueaky I don't like the fnaf movie much either, but yeah, at least they used actual animatronics. Having CGI or anything of the sorts would've made the movie worse.

[@Crazy_Rabbids]

The director said at the beginning of the year that he wanted to avoid the ugly Sonic situation. Let that sink in.

[@michaelstrong5383]

_"CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM" THEME PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND_

[@RainiiDay7]

Oh the unjust irony..

[@ProjectionProjects2.7182]

The irony of that...

[@frenchtantan]

I mean the Sonic situation was salvageable and this isn't, so in a way, challenge succeded?

[@ostrich_man_haha_funny]

YOU'VE BECOME THE VERY THING YOU SWORE TO DESTROY

[@Red_demon-hv7si]

Companies need to understand, WE WANT ANIMATION, NOT LIVE ACTION 😭😭😭

[@Maxiiiiii-]

Warner Bros: Batman Beyond animated film ❌ Warner Bros: Horrifically live action Minecraft Movie ✅

[@cardemis7637]

Nahhh we definitely didn't want a Batman Beyond movie. No, not at all... and we totally didn't want Wiley Coyote VS Acme, either... /s

[@HydraSpectre1138]

This was produced by Legendary as well, the studio that made Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies and the Godzilla MonsterVerse. I’m surprised WB greenlit this before Dune Messiah.

[@SpecterVonBaren]

@@cardemis7637 With the level of writing currently in Hollywood, I don't think we need the sarcasm. I'd expect a Batman Beyond movie, in the year of our lord 2024, to have Terry be changed into some ethnic minority, or have Max replace him entirely and make Bruce be a pathetic loser that the younger people have to put in his place and talk about his privilege with all of his money. Hard pass.

[@ricardopatete7573]

theyre getting a lot of money of it tho

[@Slimerror]

I actually think it would be better if they handed it off to illumination studios

[@Iliadic]

YES. or heck, Squared Media(previously known as Black Plasma Studios)

[@StardustOwO]

@jøy_what_riley_loves_the_mostwe need hair like THAT!

[@SanSan-ol3xz]

@@IliadicOMG I USED TO WATCH THAT AS A KID, i remember the songs of war series, so nostalgic brooo

[@BlueZero-ij3pt]

Even Disney would do this better.

[@darkdest6664]

i fkn hate that you are right. Fk that hurts so badly... theyve ruined this movie so badly

[@AVdE10000]

I'm gonna make a bingo-game out if this. Feel free to add predictions to the list: - Characters split up before the climax - Protagonists all have shitty social lives, but will come together as a band of misfits o/s - Creeper? Aw, man reference - "what IS this place?" (probably my free space) - An enemy will get a really intimidating introduction, only for the camera to zoom out and reveal he's not threatening at all - Jack Black singing a song - Someone will hit a tree in frustration, the chunk pops to a little cube, everyone looks shocked - Steve is originally from our world, but has accidentally been stuck in the Minecraft world for years - Audience insert protagonists will ask directions to a villager, the villager completely ignores them - someone gets beaten up hard offscreen while the camera zooms on a protagonist making goofy faces - "well that just happened"/"He's behind me, isn't he?"/...

[@Tommyknocker.]

- A conflict until they start to work together and appreciate each other's company (Possible) - Heartwarming goodbye between them and Steve (then entering the portal, text appears "2 months later") - They become best friends and play Minecraft (or other game) together - Ends with a funneh cut - (Possible) it appears it was just a game all along (dream, etc)

[@GDroidX]

- If They Die In The Minecraft World, They Die In Real Life. (MOST LIKELY.) - Steve Will Die Then Come Back Under Thirty Seconds Later. - Someone Will Get Cut Off Before Swearing. - One Of The Mobs Will Talk. (Bonus For Having A Really Annoying Personality And Double Bonus For Joining The Protagonists On Their Journey.) - Alex Will Appear And Be A Girl Boss.

[@John_the_Paul]

-Liar reveal trope -The characters will spend the first hour learning a few different game mechanics that will never be used again until climax. -The black lady slaps someone -Minecraft’s soundtrack replaced by random assortment of pop songs -Poorly done 4th wall break -Post-credit scene featuring some random celebrity -“The Power of Friendship” -Movie’s villain tries to get into the real world

[@lilyaka9194]

-There’s a bigger, badder thing than the piglins, possibly zombifyung them near the climax to tie into the game (The ender dragon was mentioned IIRC) -One of the characters tame a wolf -There’s at least one good piglin

[@ozvoid1245]

- Tropey Indiana Jones style redstone trap set off. - Comedic failure montage. - Dirt house joke. - Steve uncharacteristically saying skadoosh. - Realistic water physics.

[@lasercraft32]

One thing that bothers me... WHY are there Piglins in the Overworld? They literally zombify if they leave the Nether. They fundamentally should not be able to be the villains of this movie. In Minecraft Legends they at least had a reason for the Piglins being able to go through (using Nether Spreaders to convert their bases to the Nether and stuff like that), but here's they're just kinda chilling with no issue.

[@Panamations]

100%, the piglins have nothing to do with the overworld. The pillagers do! They are like the villains of the overworld.

[@glorbog]

@@lasercraft32 what are you talking about. They are OBVIOUSLY A REPRESENTATION OF WHITE AMERICANS. you're telling me you couldn't see that?

[@faih1741]

Edit: apparently my agreement and pointing out piglins didn't change in Legends is the most controversial comment ever. Gods this is stupid They did the same with the piglins in the Legends game, it's so uncanny. They easily could've had them go to the nether which would've been a fun show of how different they are. Not redeemable, but at least it'd have that smh

[@lasercraft32]

@@faih1741 I already explained how there's at least _some_ justification in Legends... Did you not read the whole comment or something?

[@faih1741]

@@lasercraft32 why the hostility? I did read it. Yeah the piglins had a reason to go through in Legends, but they never zombified?? I played release day, so maybe they changed it but still

[@ContractualStrategy]

A fully animated movie would have been a good ending. This live action mix with a realistic minecraft texture pack is a massive let down.

[@HungryWarden]

As a Minecraft fan, I won’t watch this movie.

[@Martin.IncB51]

They did no research on anything in the game...

[@Hamzapro523]

@@Martin.IncB51exactly bro, this trailer is trash

[@muigogitoultrasonic3947]

It looks like the whole team never ACTUALLY played the game before, nor watched any Minecraft related online theories.

[@ythegamerita]

Of course they didn't, the execs are the same people who used to call people who play videogame nerds, now they see that it makes money so they pump out slop to make profits

[@jaxbarnettprice]

It’s the same as the people in Borderlands. You think any of them played the whole trilogy? Of course not. Then we hear them say they played it, but that’s only because they got paid to say that! Bunch of bullshit lol. Hollywood film industry is so bad it’s not even funny. I literally don’t think they’ll ever make a comeback. It’s always a remake of this or that, unoriginal ideas, bland, blended repetitive cliches over and over. What happened to REAL movies?

[@Scented_HandSoap]

That's been a big problem with several video game movie adaptations, tlthe director amd actors have either never played the games or even heard of it. It's happened with Borderlands, Uncharted, and unfortunately the new Yakuza show due to come out soon

[@Sly-Moose]

@@Scented_HandSoap Sadly it's not just a video game issue. Creators of live action ATLA have clearly never actually watched the source material

[@Scented_HandSoap]

@@Sly-Moose that's very true

[@MJCam1130]

I’m a big Minecraft lover, and when I first saw this trailer, my immediate first response was “WHY ARE THE ANIMALS SO UGLY??” 😩😒

[@user-dh9if7qm6m]

Very uncanny for me...

[@Hen3349]

same here the only one i can get around is the creeper looking alright face is a bit droopy and the llama isnt as bad as the sheep but its still pretty bad

[@MatthewC1128]

These animals and piglins look like designs for a Clash of Clans movie. Really didn’t capture the MC art style…

[@KaidenPvP15]

It looks like from a "Minecraft Curse Images meme" . I also thought it was made from AI arts.

[@West-vlaanderen_mapping]

I mean that's like how they would actually look probably, perfect cubes do NOT exist.

[@afhamdanish1957]

Funny how they said they want to avoid ugly sonic situations and here we are another ugly sonic situation who didn't see that coming

[@Bredstikc]

Yeah we didn't get an Ugly Sonic got something worse than Ugly Sonic

[@TheRoyalBum]

I'm fully convinced they said this so they could horrify everyone with the trailer, just to go back and fix it.

[@TechBlade9000]

​@jøy_what_riley_loves_the_mostThe floor is made out of ugly Sonic

[@superwarrior6499]

As someone who grew up playing Minecraft, I genuinely feel like this movie looks like hyper realistic garbage

[@CasualCat64]

I’m excited I like the vfx.

[@superwarrior6499]

⁠@@CasualCat64more power to you dude

[@bopply2616]

This trailer is as if they only got the rights to having a blocky world and not actually Minecraft

[@vibingthings]

Yeah- it is pretty concerning. The fact Piglins aren't turning zombified in the overworld bugs me the most. Here's to hoping it's at least... ok?

[@pepearown4968]

I’ve seen a lot of people excuse that by saying it’s something they can do in Minecraft Legends, but that’s a spin-off that was notoriously hated on release. They should really try to reference the main game more then the spin-offs here. And, if they are going down the Legends route, they have to mention how the Piglins can survive in the Overworld, or else it’ll look really lazy and add another bruise to an already bad movie.

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

In Minecraft Legends it was revealed Piglin's could fill the Overworld's air with mushroom spores to make it breathable. But in that situation they had an entire third of their army and huge machines dedicated to growing and spreading those spores, while here they're just a smaller band of foot soldiers so far.

[@Key-Knight87]

@@pepearown4968 This is the teaser. They'll probably explain how piglins will survive in the overworld.

[@p4wzcake]

@@Key-Knight87 or they’ve never played the game so they have no idea that piglins are supposed to become zombified, and there will be no explanation. Both are equally likely imo

[@ThePancakeMachina]

​@@pepearown4968 i feel this movie's based on minecraft legends and not the actual minecraft

[@Erasureeraser]

Why is Jason Momoa cosplaying Dora The Explorer whereas Steve is cosplaying Jack Black? 😂😂😂

[@Tastywaffle2008]

Probobly for diversity and inclusivity

[@Phantomphan613]

​@@Tastywaffle2008"i only want white people in my movies!"

[@thelanktheist2626]

@@Tastywaffle2008what

[@jonal5126]

​@@Tastywaffle2008 what??

[@cerulity32k]

​@@Tastywaffle2008what????

[@olamideolaleye5690]

1:00 missed opportunity for Minrcraft: cinema edition

[@greenstarlover1]

Just take my like

[@PatientSqueaky]

IF they had gotten people who had actually cared about the movie, I 100% believe they would've called it that

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

That honestly could have worked. Why didn’t they think of that!?

[@mochamochee]

THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER

[@pufocina]

This just shows that the producers don't play Minecraft. "a Minecraft movie" is the most generic, boring name they could've possibly chosen.

[@ENDOFTHEWORLDANIMATION]

My opinion? It's a marketing option. Sure, they could make an actually good looking film with good cgi and a good plot with lovable characters and a bearable storyline. But instead, they know they can make a bad film for cheap because they know that its going to get attention for looking terrible. They know it looks bad. It's practically rage bait.

[@vytah]

They simply hope that enough kids drag their parents to theatres so that they recoup the costs

[@CnaDoCna]

Are you sure they made this movie for cheap? I checked it's production cost 150milion$ which make it high level budget movie. With that, your argument doesn't hold

[@alexjustalexyt1144]

11:06 you are absolutely correct. Not everyone knows this fact but "Steve" is not Steve's actual name, it's "Steve?" with a question mark to symbolize the fact that not even the developers actually know what this character's name is called because he has no story, he is just a stand in for the player. He practically doesn't actually exist.

[@Bart_The_Frog]

They really just gave Jack black a blue shirt and called it a day Edit: Damn How Did This Comment Get More Likes Then The Pinned Comment 💀

[@erinvr123]

what the fuck else could they do

[@Bart_The_Frog]

@@erinvr123 not make it live action 💀

[@OrionDawn15]

@@erinvr123 Not hire Jack Black? Get somebody a bit more built? Trim the beard? I could think of plenty of things they could've done.

[@vonnstevens2502]

They sure did. Almost like Steve had a blue shirt in the games lmao. Not defending the trailer at all

[@Invictyn]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@erinvr123I think there’s a lot of other things they could’ve done with the character of Steve which would’ve been far better than what we got.

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

As soon as we got our hopes up for video game movies it immediately got ruined

[@eggrobo]

Sonic 3's on the horizon, so that's cool.

[@Hen3349]

We just gotta pray they pull a sonic and have a redesign on standby because they are awful

[@Nettle_]

By stupid Warner bros,i bet warner bros is the one at fault for changing the story/synopsis

[@SailorMya]

Say what you will about the Borderlands movie at least the trailers LOOKED good even if the move was complete trash...

[@SailorMya]

@@Hen3349 I hope they pull an "ugly sonic" too and fix this mess! If done RIGHT they could have a strong franchise like Sonic now does but if it flops they wont touch it again for YEARS! I LOVE Minecraft animals because even with how "stupid" they look they are still cute!

[@ribottostudio]

And Sonic The GOD DAMN Hedgehog continues to set the bar too high for live action video game movies. Not EVERY video game movie NEEDS to be live action, and it looks like the only ones that WORKED in that setting are Detective Pikachu and Sonic..For some reason. If you had looked me in the eye back when we had Ugly Sonic and said "no no wait it out give them 4 months, they're gonna change Sonic to make him look cute, and the movie is gonna be so lit and make so much money that they're gonna have TWO MORE with Knuckles, Tails and Shadow in them." I'd have laughed in your face.

[@greenstarlover1]

I would've shuttered to think how tails would've looked like.

[@ribottostudio]

@@greenstarlover1 Or Knuckles....oof. Gross.

[@ratinrat]

I think it worked with Sonic and detective Pikachu because it is normal to see cartoony creatures interacting with humans in their games, so it translates better to a live action setting.

[@nightmareunleash3402]

I mean id say live action “worked” for the monster hunter movie, the monsters themselves looked beautiful… it’s just LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE that sucked

[@ribottostudio]

@@ratinrat Bingo. I never understood why a good portion of people had such an issue with Sonic being on Earth and interacting with humanity. Like bruh he interacts with humanity in damn near every Sonic game lol. Hell in SA2 he had to save Earth from being annihilated by Shadow. The Sonic movies are essentially a better version of Sonic X. Which...GOD imagine if they bring in characters like Cosmo or do a Metarex type saga for the movies? That would be wild.

[@riley_-zm8vr]

easy story idea: prequel to minecraft dungeons, explaining the origins of the orb of dominance. barely anything from dungeons would actually show up apart from the orb itself (which is just an evil mcguffin) and the flora and fauna of the end (which don't need to be explained) so it's not like mcd would be required material before watching, it'd give us some more insight into what the world in the end is actually supposed to look like, and it could use the artstyle they use for the promotional animations

[@Lupus._.]

It would have been so cool if they had gone full live-action with this, with a "Lord of the Rings" style. The story could be simple-maybe a romance between Alex and Steve, a survival tale, or a deeper, emotional story about being the last of their kind. And with MatPat’s theories, they could even save their ancestors-the Endermen-from the Ender Dragon. Or maybe all of that combined! It wouldn’t be a kids' movie, but it would be a great one. Just imagine: real-life Soul Sand, with minds bound to cursed sand, suffering forever; ghasts-ever-crying ghost-like creatures; the undead roaming the night; and Endermen-warped, corrupted versions of their own species.

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

They didn’t even try with Steve it’s just Jack Black in a blue shirt

[@callhimtim3188]

To be fair Steve IS just a guy in a blue shirt

[@spyr0guy]

Honestly, the guy in a blue shirt being played by a guy in a blue shirt is the only thing in the trailer that remotely makes sense...

[@darkmatter-mc5iv]

​@callhimtim3188 that acts nothing like jack black.

[@callhimtim3188]

@darkmatter-mc5iv Steve doesn't act like anybody. He's a blank slate.

[@Cinnamoroll842]

​@@callhimtim3188 but not just like Jack black

[@thelanktheist2626]

It looks super cheap, like, SUPER cheap, it looks like Pixels. But released in 2025… also, Story Mode looks BETTER THAN THIS. This literally looks like they bought some stuff from hot topic and threw these guys in front of a green screen.

[@merafirewing6591]

Like Story Mode has a better chance at being a good movie.

[@thelanktheist2626]

@@merafirewing6591The wither storm as a concept has more care and passion put into it than this entire movie, full stop.

[@merafirewing6591]

@@thelanktheist2626 including the portal room to other places and also facing the admin and such.

[@pepearown4968]

@@thelanktheist2626They could just have a silent film (music and sounds, but no dialogue) about Steve killing the Ender dragon that would have more heart than this.

[@ythegamerita]

Story mode was peak and i will not change my mind

[@Danz-Man]

This literally looks exactly like that fake Minecraft movie trailer from a while ago with the hyper realistic creeper

[@marknagorski1686]

The animated Minecraft movie would been 100% better. Plus i dont think putting Piglins into the Overworld is a right desicion. Because if you seen in game what happens, basicaly they will start shaking before they turn into a Zombified Piglin. They should've chosen the Illagers to be the main bad guys instead.

[@sboy2044]

The current movie draft was in production around the same time Minecraft Legends (in which the piglins are villains) was in development, leading them to borrow ideas. It’s explained in that game that piglins avoid zombification by inhaling spores form Nether fungus

[@CapObv]

@@sboy2044 Then this should be called A Minecraft Legends Movie.

[@sboy2044]

@@CapObv It’s still mostly based off the base game, otherwise we wouldn’t see stuff like mining trees and crafting.

[@jimyvanloock3510]

It almost feels like the producers made every wrong decision because they know that many of us are still going to watch because we hate it. Hate watching films are really ruining the fun again.

[@CapObv]

I'm not watching this trash. Nobody should. I'll just laugh at the recap videos.

[@Erasureeraser]

You know, a Minecraft movie could've worked so well if it's fully animated. Let's be glad that this wasn't what The Lego Movie was trying to be and that came from the same studio that made this Minecraft movie by the way 🤷

[@Hen3349]

well i mean lego movie did have some live action elements to it too but atleast it did them right

[@jazzratoon]

@@Hen3349 The Live Action atleast makes sense for Lego.

[@bigboris9674]

@@jazzratoon yh, and they both had completely sperate sections from each other instead of being merged together

[@jazzratoon]

@@bigboris9674 Exactly!

[@toonlinks]

Should have been like the trailers

[@DustyWater]

Why are the people and mobs SO BIG?! The scale is TOTALLY WRONG.

[@SupersuMC]

LEGO Minecraft syndrome, amirite?

[@mrmcmuffin9918]

i agree. pretty sure most of the mobs are 2 metres exactly, that is a pretty god base to use but they decided against it

[@DustyWater]

@@mrmcmuffin9918 It’s like they’ve never played Minecraft… hmm isn’t that suspicious

[@mrmcmuffin9918]

@@DustyWater yep, im guessing they had someone skim over the wiki then make an educated guess at what players would want out of the movie. they really need a team or at least a group of people on the animation or directors team to play the game because half of the mobs look like ai prompts

[@alexj.5207]

the world does not look like Minecraft

[@Mediados]

Why do they have to make everything Live-Action? Minecraft simply doesn't work as a weird-ass mixup of real people and full animation.

[@Anonymous-zu7dh]

Another thing, the scale is all wrong. The blocks are supposed to be 1 m³. Steve is like canonically 1.8m tall. Would've been a nice attention to detail if they bothered to care.

[@martinchik3543]

​​@@Anonymous-zu7dhJack Black is literally 3 blocks tall in the movie, lmao. Also, the trees and mountains look weird to me. Why do they have all the blocks separated from each other or a bit bigger than the others? the scale is just so wrong, and it's not clean for the Minecraft aesthetic.

[@alexanderglex4600]

​@@martinchik3543Pixel Gun aesthetic I've been saying, also wow scale seems to be an issue warner bros if only you used animated models instead CGIng people in

[@jhiancarlosclemente6168]

I still don't understand why they didn't make it animated like looked at the mario movie it was good because it was animated, a minecraft should have never been live action

[@simsgirlgem]

If nothing else jack black wouldn’t be jarring if it was just his voice

[@LightningAdrian]

Dude, you do realize that not every animated movie is going to be simply because it’s animated. Come on, have some sense knocked over to your head.

[@timetraveler7]

You know what would've been really interesting? What if they made a wall-e esque protagonist with Steve. The entire point of Steve, and by extension Alex, is that they're blank slates which you can impose any characteristics onto, so you could make him silent. Now here's an idea, you could have other characters, maybe pillagers, be the ones who talk and allow for some exposition. Here's a fun idea for the older fans of the game, or those who have nostalgia from the game, make herobrine a main antagonist, maybe he's in creative mode and he's going around destroying iconic builds and Steve is the only one who can stop him, basic? Sure, but it's better than whatever I had there's displeasure of viewing.

[@lederpu]

that would be so nice though

[@talonitex6441]

It crazy how modern CGI is worst than what it was since the transformers franchise

[@applegamer20]

It's because Hollywood has gotten greedy and cheap so they put the least amount of effort in possible jus to save money

[@_Doctor_14]

Also crazy that the Incredibles' CGI is better than this, even though it's 20 years old, made at a time when CGI was a bit ancient for Pixar.

[@ProjectionProjects2.7182]

Its because its not just how it looks that matters, but how its used.

[@vanessagonzalez7862]

Its actually done very well, the art direction is just terrible 😭

[@ENOURMOUSSCALE]

nah the art direction matters sonic 3 and transformers one especially after trailer 2 looks so good

[@ParkerCS2]

Redo this film like Sonic 1 was. This needs to be started over from scratch.

[@googamp32]

Warner Bros doesn't have the money to start over.

[@merafirewing6591]

​@@googamp32 it's basically a make or break type of thing.

[@djradish4]

That probably too much And plus Sonic only issue was Sonic himself

[@Hen3349]

@@djradish4 well the world itself sure it looks ai generated isnt as bad its mostly just the mobs that need changed

[@Andypatino7612]

I don't think they'll restart, Warner Bros is mostly known for canceling its projects before the release date.

[@char4675]

Mario, Sonic, and Freddy: "We've broken the videogame movie curse, nothing can ruin it now!" Steve: "allow me to introduce myself"

[@katylepetsos7512]

Don’t forget Pokemon with Detective Pikachu.

[@Eatbeanseverydayat3AM]

The Pokémon one was mid and good at the same time

[@Thatgirljesi11yeah]

@@katylepetsos7512pika pika

[@rustyhowe3907]

Tbh Steve isn't even here in this one, it's Jack Black and teh powa of friemship!

[@alexanderglex4600]

And what did the two live action movies have in common, oh that's right they didn't use fucking CGI for their entire world, the Mario movie even knew that a fantastical world and it's iconic characters would be better suited in an Animated style, so what's your excuse Minecraft, oh what do you mean you thought pumping human characters we don't give a damn about into a completely CGI world was a bad idea while also ripping off Jumanji and clearly showing no care to the source material, instead looking like a pixel gun knockoff (jk obviously, big studios never admit their mistakes until after they went beyond just screwing up), and that's without even mentioning the story and care put into those other movies, this one thought casting jack black for a character with a completely different mood and build, no offense to jack black ofc, he is obviously a good actor for these adaptations, he is just not steve

[@annroousivakumar2819]

I cant believe that steve got race swapped, into a white guy lol

[@DeletedCharacter]

The funny thing about bringing up the Fnaf movie in this video being the good ending is that Warner Brothers was originally supposed to be the company behind the movie, but Scott didn't like the direction the movie was being taken and scrapped everything to find a different company. It was a big reason the movie was delayed for so long. Seeing what they're doing with this video game movie, I think delaying it by so many years was well worth it.

[@flyingthroughwind]

They should’ve just got element animations to do it. They know how to make extraordinary Minecraft animations.

[@Hen3349]

FACTS

[@That_OneRandomGuy]

And maybe also squared media. Imagine the collab, not even considering the budget.

[@ProjectionProjects2.7182]

That would have been amazing! Too bad it never happened.

[@triumphthetrain6433]

Hapico

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

They're endorsed by Dinnerbone himself!

[@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox]

2:54 I think for the longest time the best plot they could've chosen for a movie like this would've been an invasion of the Overworld from the Nether. The Fallen Kingdom animated music video series probably had the perfect plot for a Minecraft movie if they just took that and extended it to a feature film length.

[@Panamations]

But they did that with the piglins in the movie

[@bella_daze3092]

PLEASE

[@sadakopilled]

the acting seems rather lackluster as well. they aren't even freaking out they are just casually walking around in a "well that's just happened" typa way lol.

[@Teag_Brohman15]

this movie is either going to be a fun romp that KNOWS how dumb it is, or an absolute disaster. here's hoping its the former...

[@JonnyDarcko]

I know its for kids, but I didn't even know Jack Black was Steve in the trailer until he said he was. That's just sad.

[@fallingupwards7974]

Jack Black is a parody of himself at this point

[@crimsoneclipse0618]

It's crazy that Minecraft and Arcane S2 got trailers like within 24 hours of each other. They're like on the opposite ends of the Video Game Adaptation spectrum lmao. Also please do a vid on the Arcane trailer.

[@michaelstrong5383]

Apparently, Warner Bros was going to make an animated Minecraft movie directed by Rob McElhenney (Mac from It's Always Sunny). Hollywood, why can't you give us nice things?

[@theanimatedjunkyard5921]

That would have been amazing

[@icingcong2357]

Its current director is the one who made Napolean Dynamite, I feel like its less about the director but the writers and executives.

[@supermegabenji1026]

The only nice things that happened was the 2 Video game adaptation shows, Last of Us and Fallout. They basically respected the Source material to make these masterpiece. For this Movie, It looks like they just took basically half of the story of Minecraft Legends and not the Original because of the Piglin War in the story.

[@MayaLarsen-y3r]

Fun fact Steve Correl was going to be casted as Steve as it was going to be fully CG animated.

[@rustyshackleford234]

The better timeline

[@MrWeedCat7070]

It’s ugly sonic all over again. 🤦‍♂️

[@Basegud]

My main question about Minecraft stuff in general is why is it that the piglins are becoming like the mainstays of the franchise? Why are they always the villains now? Whatever happened to the 5 or so overworld mobs that gave everyone a headache and a half for their first year playing the game? Piglins aren't even special really, they're just villagers with arguably less depth.

[@Itz_Spike]

piglins are way better villains than overworld mobs because overworld mobs (excluding wardens) aren't much of a threat. But Pillagers are a good choice as well

[@Panamations]

@@Itz_Spike Piglins are no more of a threat then Pillagers are. They should've used the pillagers as the main bad guys, the piglins cant even go to the overworld without being zombified. Just another out of touch decision by corporate.

[@saytam_ar]

Why? like try to write a good story where minecraft zombies/spiders/skellies/creepers are the villain... Piglins are MUCH more interesting in that regard lol... the overworld hostile mobs are either a corps or a overgrown/badly made animal (refering to creeper bein a messed up pig originally) and still the main enemy IS going to be the Ender dragon from what i have heard so its not like the piglins are going to take his place entirely. If i wanted an overworld mob to be the "main" enemy beside the enderdragon i would rather take the pillagers than the original 4

[@chat4783]

Would be better if Herobrine or Entity 303 are the villains.

[@saytam_ar]

​@@chat4783 You would actually want the two fictional characters created by the comunity to be the main enemy instead of the final boss of the games itself?????

[@torterratortellini6641]

Imagine if the sequel was just called “Another Minecraft Movie”.

[@koleproductions4908]

And the third installment, *yet another Minecraft movie.* but like that’s ever gonna happen

[@Geskawary234]

@@koleproductions4908bro like this movie is gonna sink in shit probably. And WB will never try to make another one anyway

[@mryoungandbrave1]

This movie should have been animated.

[@kyanartz]

Exactly, i am so dissapointed, Minecraft already scream animation

[@johanroyce6324]

Or have the live action characters become animated when they enter the minecraft world.

[@Geskawary234]

yeah, that mojang trailers style would be sick!

[@rustyshackleford234]

Sooo… when I think of Minecraft villains, I really don’t think of piglins. If anything piglins are more of chaotic allies in Minecraft. A far more fitting villain would be the illagers, the enderdragon, or even just the hostile entities of the overworld (like you said). I don’t really know why Mojang is really pushing piglins as the new Minecraft villains. Illagers and the end fit so much better.

[@sboy2044]

The current movie draft was in production around the same time Minecraft Legends (a spin-off game in which piglins were the villains) was in development, leading them to borrow ideas.

[@Lolo_225]

No no we can’t make an animated movie. We’ll just animate everything from the ground the sky the animals the enemies and probably the only live action people whenever there’s an intense action scene.

[@lexus8018]

They really should have gone the Lego movie route, imagine the visual comedy and inside gags when they arrive at Steve's home and it's a hell hole of automatic mob grinders and villager work camps

[@AnxMa]

When creative and passionate devs are replaced by cynical accountants and execs. When real gamers're replaced by quick-insta-fame-fake-gurus. By people who, back in the day, considered anyone of us who was computer savvy or a gamer, or had a Myspace profile to be 'a loser'. Now they use our tech to make sick money, share their vanity and destroy self-esteem of others. I recently made a deep dive video about X360 as the last great generation, I don't want to be right..

[@heh._.86]

As a minecraft veteran for over 8 years, i can confirm this is the worst thing that has happened since microtransactions got added

[@Mememan512]

Bruh they really put a blue shirt on jack black and called him steve.

[@thiago4490]

I just realized the blocks arent tall enough to make the actors 2 blocks tall

[@humanbean8699]

1. Base the film around exploring, "a stranger in a strange land" 2. Fully animated or Gumball syle 3. Matpat lore binge (optional) 4. Figure out a good story 5. Herobrine screenshot recreated Was it really that hard?! I want my paycheck WB

[@alexanderglex4600]

Holy shit somebody help blow up this comment, gumball style sounds so interesting for a Minecraft movie

[@simsgirlgem]

YES THIS THIS THIS 👆

[@rayradiant1828]

Getting sucked into another world and trying to return to your...how original

[@Joxxerfoxy]

They did the same thing with Monster Hunter and look how that one turned out 😭

[@willian2848]

I mean, the idea isn't necessarily bad, only if is bad executed and generic

[@eastymii]

​@@willian2848true but this plot/story gets old and dry and repetitive

[@willian2848]

@eastymii honestly, i think I'm personally more inclined to believe that the idea isn't the most important thing, but the execution. Zombie apocalypse stories exist for, idk, over a hundred years? And they still make original and interesting stories about this idea. But I get what you mean. I didn't like anything I've seen about the Minecraft movie so far

[@eastymii]

@@willian2848 agree 🗿

[@AbatronD11]

Minecraft 1.0 came out in 2011, but Minecraft was released before then

[@Khaloofidino]

The world and the mobs look like one of those Minecraft realistic TikTok’s

[@soufianegamerpro]

i swear to god, if they made it animated and accurate to the source material it will be much better

[@rayradiant1828]

Warner should have learnt their lesson from Sonic (Make you characters look like the game)

[@BundleOBlankets]

Technically speaking it wasn't their lesson to learn. Paramount made the Sonic Movies, not Warner. But yes, I do agree that they should have looked at that and gone "... mmm two more years on the backburner for you."

[@cartooncentral263]

@@BundleOBlanketsI believe he knows Paramount did the Sonic movie. I believe he meant the Ugly Sonic situation.

[@rayradiant1828]

@cartooncentral263 Yes I meant the ugly Sonic situation. Like Sonic and Mario brothers, making the movie "realistic" typically goes bad

[@sboy2044]

They said they would

[@Voidpkm]

Horrible idea of live action, should of stayed animated. Warner bros slacked off on this

[@StarWarsCloneCustoms]

Animated characters in minecraft form would honestly be emotionless

[@TheInvisibleCanadia]

Hollywood is moving away from animation because Oscars refuse to take any animated movie seriously.

[@SubAtomicPixel]

Very obvious the producers didn’t even play the game. This is beyond disappointing. I was hoping for a fully live action with realistic cgi instead of just jumanji but with a minecraft coat of paint. I wish they leaned into the dark undertones and mysteries of the minecraft world instead of this ugly live action fantasy style mix that really clashes. Incredibly greedy, lazy, and disappointing. Hopefully we can bully them into fixing it again like sonic.

[@cartooncentral263]

8:52 The Playmobil movie may have been a lazy ripoff of the Lego movie, but at least they animated the characters when they entered the Playmobil world.

[@deviouschimp4663]

I'm getting frustrated because I have seen people defending this and attack people who express concerns. Fine, it looks absolutely silly and that's fine. But there are objective issues regarding how lazily they are using live action. The VFX looks pretty great... but the way that they composite the actors DOES NOT WORK! Like they didn't even try... lighting inconsistencies and green screen artifacts. It's just frustrating that even when venturing into expanded media... they still don't try.

[@deviouschimp4663]

Look at the wide shot where they are walking from the portal... the actors have long stretching shadows... But every other element in the scene has spot shadows!!!

[@soulstorminferno5135]

It could be possible that you have seen my comment on another video. I agree with you. The CGI and VFX? Good! The blending of live action and CGI? Mighty shitty.

[@Brixster]

@@soulstorminferno5135And I'm sure that the vfx artists were extremely overworked and underpaid. Typical Hollywood BS

[@soulstorminferno5135]

@@Brixster Yeah, slavery didn't end. Its just ''hidden''.

[@arashkeramati2340]

yeah NO it looks like shit

[@DriverHenryWho3245]

If Dr. Trayaurus played by DanTDM doesn't appear, we riot.

[@Eatbeanseverydayat3AM]

On god

[@malpheus4299]

Jason mamoa would have fit the steve aesthetic far more closely. Also, feels like they just are making a Minecraft Legends movie spin and not actual Minecraft.

[@PatientSqueaky]

THANK YOU. I was so pissed off to see it wasn't going to be actual Minecraft but looked more like a Legends movie

[@sboy2044]

The current movie draft was in production around the same time Legends was in development, leading them to borrow ideas.

[@psychonautsupreme189]

Honestly they should have just made the movie a scripted forge labs type 2 hour video. With the live action only taking place where characters leave the desk and go back to regular life. Imagine an epic fight scene in the nether immediately cutting to the player character getting called to dinner, and the awkward acting while the actors eat something. itd feel more relatable than people gettig sucked into the game

[@shishudesu]

honestly this movie feels like its an insult to the game and the entire community :( There's so many possibilities with a game like minecraft and they came up with this...

[@cortescreations824]

fnaf movie was the cannon ending, minecraft movie is the bad ending, sonic is the good ending. someone is trying to 100% live action adaptations and they must be stopped

[@alexanderglex4600]

Just wait for the worst ending and secret ending

[@yoshi6468]

We are owing the Playmobile movie an apology.

[@Operationghostshadowsgamer5547]

Screw playmobile apologize to Minecraft story mode.

[@alexanderglex4600]

​@@Operationghostshadowsgamer5547Fr, tf did play Mobile do to redeem itself when MC:SM has always been the most oppressed telltale game even though it's amazing, no Jurassic park doesn't count everyone forgot that one

[@Roeseii]

I think there's three important things here everyone should know when it comes to this movie: 1. Minecraft already have character models they could of used for animation (shown in the video by the axolotls and ender guardians at one point) 2. This was YEARS in the making 3. The director said himself they didn't want the movie to have the same uncanny feeling as what beta movie sonic looked like

[@RedCroissantGames]

I think the fact they curse in this is a sign that HOPEFULLY they made this as a joke to gain more publicity. I also think they made Jason wear a Hello Kitty shirt just to get ben shaprio riled up, giving them even more attention. the ghost of eisenhower told me this

[@IVIaksassin]

At this point, Playmobil movie looked much better with whole "transported to other world" stuff

[@Bart_The_Frog]

Bet that they saw the sonic movies were live action and they made alot of money so thats why they made it live action Also why is Jack black in every video game movie now💀

[@Andypatino7612]

Next thing you know, he's going to sing a song called 'Apples' 💀

[@lkayde1996]

@@Andypatino7612 I mean Jack Black is a good singer he also sing peaches when he was playing Bowser in the Super Mario Bros movie.

[@Andypatino7612]

@@lkayde1996 🤦‍♂️

[@Scented_HandSoap]

Jack black in jumanji, borderlands, Mario, and now minecraft

[@mrmusickhimself]

@@Scented_HandSoap And as a kid, he starred in the Atari Pitfall commercial, guess he was always destined for this, surprised he's not Solid Snake.

[@Protect_all_ljf3forms]

Why are they dressed like that? 2011 isnt the 80’s

[@thelynn6037]

its probably going to be some 'minecraft isnt a videogame, its a world' crap, so it wont matter what decade its in

[@Agente_V]

We don't know anything about the Plot, But i have 95% sure, is gonna be worse and more generic than Any Musical Animation Parodies videos that Minecraft had it through the years

[@Andypatino7612]

Jack Black singing a song called 'Apples' 💀

[@ythegamerita]

On the bright side people are going to reconsider their hate for story mode, at least that game was creative (story mode is peak)

[@gabrielv.4358]

@@ythegamerita frfr MCSM was awesome

[@Funtwistedthings]

It feels like a goofy Netflix original movie you’d put on as background noise and maybe even have a good chuckle but never to take it seriously.

[@emris2697]

I remember rly liking this simplistic short film a group of teens made and shared on KZbin. It was a group of friends from our world who stumbled upon a nether portal irl. They dared one another to enter it, and in the end they all did. Then they entered the world of Minecraft (literally) and they soon realised in horror they were stuck there. The film centered around them figuring out how to get by, with the underlying existential fear of never going back home. They eventually met Steve who helped them build a portal that brought them back.

[@JynxedTea]

Its very jarring to see this style of CGI with actual people. Like, its not appealing to look at but it's still a style I can get used to. But then you put people next to them and its like "What am I looking at".

[@alittlebitofeverythingyt7394]

How can you call this live action when the only live action things are the people? You can’t make a movie 95% CGI and call it live action. The LEGO MOVIE had more live action in it than what we’ve seen so far with this, and that technically wasn’t even a live action movie 😭😭

[@darioferretti3758]

Was asking for 2 hours of jack black actually playing Minecraft too much?

[@thesketcherk]

Minecraft story mode was WAY more creative than this seems.

[@lukeslater2780]

1:02 hopefully next time it’s “A Better Minecraft Movie” if anything

[@tyxolotl]

the piglins are fighting back and theres a piglin with purple eyes in one of the shots so that means theyre likely talking about minecraft legends in the movie so the blue portal and the “tesseract” likely the orb of dominance make more sense but it was kinda bad to use for a general minecraft movie

[@sboy2044]

The piglin with purple eyes has the Orb, and there can’t be two Orbs of Dominance. Also the Orb of Dominance is pink and yellow

[@tyxolotl]

@@sboy2044 The movie probably follows how the seer gets its orb of dominance

[@sboy2044]

@@tyxolotl Her eyes are already purple and it takes place in the present (it also isn’t even canon)

[@majamystic256]

they should of done in the style of 1980s fantasy movies with puppets and practical effects like Labyrinth and Neverending Story

[@emtgt0217]

The Portal being blue actually makes kinda sense. If it were purple they would be coming from the nether which they obviously aren't. And if it were the end Portal, it would make even less sense. So it being blue its actually not that inaccurate. They could have given it any color besides the two and it would be fine. And ik the glow stone portal was blue, but first of it was made from glow stone and not obsidian and second it was a different shade. Also i am not sure if it ever was made canon. That was the only thing i wanted to correct. Unless there is another obsidian portal i dont know about.

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

In Story Mode there was an entire hallway made of portals that traveled to different realms. Most weren't Obsidian, but each had an entirely different color based on what world it went to. A similar thing happened with the InfinityDimensions April Fools thing they did a couple years back, where they *were* Obsidian and came in different colors. So yeah, Obsidian ring with a blue portal is fine.

[@emtgt0217]

@@heyheyitsjae2475 i know it could be a possibility, but Dazz said it was an inconsistency, which obviously isn't true. But i realized after watching it myself theere were a lot of other wrong things (2 buckets being crafted with a rope attached to it)

[@mcmadness110]

This movie from the trailer appears to take inspiration from Minecraft legends.

[@ExtrovertedIntrovert123]

This movie needed to be a cartoony animated movie like the mario movie, this hyper realism just doesn't work. I would probably get behind the minecraft movie if the story was all about a single person trapped in the minecraft world kinda like Minecraft: The Island book.

[@nartnugget]

If any of the characters say "what the hell? A floating tree?" I might actually walk out of the theater.