Ppl complaining abt the minecraft movie have no sense of whimsy nor joy nor fun.
A minecraft movie lacking whimsy is a boring movie, I fear.
What made minecraft fun wasn’t JUST the aesthetics or the building, nor fighting aspect. While those traits brought people in, the actual game was a fun, new way to channel your creativity with or without friends.
All of my good memories about minecraft consist of laughing about silly bug glitches, getting lost in caves and feeling triumphant after working my way out of one, poking fun at villagers for looking stupid, poking fun at MOBS in general for looking stupid, finding my first diamond, etc.. I’m rambling.
I feel the minecraft movie did a good job of paying homage to the aesthetics as well as incorporating childlike joy, choosing not treat the movie so seriously really reminded me of why I liked playing minecraft so much as a wee lad to begin with.
Who actually plays an open ended game like that JUST to win it?? You enjoy the whole game. The GOAL of minecraft isn’t the POINT of minecraft. The journey is the entire point and in my opinion while Jack Black may not be Steve, he sure as hell played him like a player would.