Review: Minecraft Movie Shakes Up Building Block Game Franchise Spinoff – A Must-Watch if You’re Tired of the Same Old Movies

If you’re not familiar with Minecraft as a game, this movie is a similar big screen version, but it doesn’t necessarily solve that. Minecraft is something you create and a player-generated experience, even more than most computer games. So, in a sense, the idea of making a film in the world of Minecraft is counterintuitive. Because it can never replicate the good things about Minecraft. On top of that, this comedic fantasy takes aspects of the world of Minecraft, using them as building blocks in slow adventures suitable for almost all ages, wild-out Jack Black and Jason Momoa Carte Blanche and make them deep and stupid. Your love and/or tolerance for this latter outlook will instruct largely your enjoyment of this film.

Black plays Steve, who was the original default player in the game, but this is not particularly important here. Momoa is Garrison “The Garbage Man.” In the 1980s, a sophisticated video game champion, like a fringed jacket in pink leather and luscious locks flowing past the incredible shoulders, flowing over the incredible shoulders like the first snowman from the mountains. This is a bit of an ensemble film, so Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Daniel Brooks) also close out their good guys team. It’s not the fault of the latter three actors, but it’s difficult to make an impression along with Black and Momoa getting full throttle. That means their story feels like a downtime, a chance to relax and hold their breath.

It is used more modestly, but also cheerful in all cylinders – and when is she? – Jennifer Coolidge is the kind of over-breathing thing that the teacher character is, like Coolidge made her speciality. She quickly tells her child, Henry, who cared for her, that she thrusts it out in a marriage that died for 20 years because of the “dog.” Coolidge is very simply, this is a genius and can do something like this during her sleep, without the slightest suggestion of effort.

Black is a very different type of performer. You can see the effort in all swivel eye and line delivery, but that’s the whole point. It’s (almost) interesting to see someone commit a bit heartily. It’s a shame the film as a whole doesn’t work as well as its outstanding performance. They tend to rub off their cries and pomp with the meaning that it makes little sense to overcome the attacks and obstacles of various monsters in a different order. A little more craft on the storytelling side may have raised this to something special about the Radungeon and Dragons from 2023, but it’s still fun if you have a busy experience.