When it was originally announced « Minecraft », I was concerned that it suffered the same fate as the movie « Borderlands », which currently ranks ten percent ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.
It was not only the box office, but also seemed to cause the idea that the audience was interested in films based on a series of video games. However, Minecraft Movie, which also ironically Jack Black, has two things that « Borderlands » is not: younger audience and flowering IP.
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Minecraft is still alive and healthy in today’s world
With a budget of $ 150 million, it is clear that Warner Bros. And Universal Pictures were a little sweat when the movie was released on April 4. Although he collected ambiguous reviews of critics, young audiences flocked into the film and gave it a predominant two -storey group.
It is not only worldwide worldwide, more than twice, but it has become the fourth largest film in 2025. This amount is expected to grow if the word from the lips continues to spread. While « Borderlands » was a little adult for a young audience, « The Minecraft Movie » was only a PG rating, which gave parents somewhere to take children on a rainy weekend.
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Minecraft has a younger audience and prosperous Isa
As the movie has shown, Minecraft is what you make out of it, and so it turns to many people of all different age groups. Simply put, it’s a game where you place blocks and create your own adventure. You can produce weapons and hunt monsters. You can build houses, cities or even mechanical devices: Your choice.
The problem is that with such a big sandbox as writers will be able to tell a story in which both explained the concept of the game well enough to welcome the new in the franchise and satisfy the fans who have been playing for decades? Currently, this is a mixed bag among critics as to being successfully shot.
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What other stories are waiting for when they are told?
Given that this is an open world game, the studio executives were very aware that their film was only one of thousands of opportunities. said Director Jared Hes Variety that « we are not an official story », adding: « We don’t canonize anything. We are just one of millions of stories. »
Mary’s father, the chairman of the world production for the legendary, repeated it, saying: « We call it the movie » Minecraft « because we respect the fact that there is no story that drives the game. »
Speaking, Hesa has ideas to get additional stories. said Hess Games Radar« Oh, it would be so fun » if he was asked to make another movie. « I mean, look, there is an endless in the world, so many strange mods and characters and biomas that we have not yet studied, so it would be strange. »
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Is it worth watching « Minecraft »?
Personally I like Jack BlackFeeling humor and was familiar with the game, so I was according to the target audience and enjoyed the movie. However, there were elements of the plot that were confused and seemed mostly recorded for the benefit of the joke.
The acting skill was a spot but seemed too big emphasis on black and Jason Momo,, in my opinion. Eternally detrimental Daniel Brooks It seems almost spent as soon as the story really goes.
Stephen Thompson Npr It seemed to agree. In Its reviewHe claims: « The transformation of Minecraft into a film is a challenge because the movie has a lot of characters’ development to catch up. But as the LEGO and Barbie movie showed, you can make it great. »
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One critic accused the movie of « walking the brand name »
Given that the movie seems to be aimed at children, he never resorted to everyone. Maxwell Rabb of the Chicago readerParticularly cruel review, writing: « The Minecraft film causes creativity by highlighting the brand name and inserting a zombified story that makes a little more than using (or cannibalizing) name. »
Dan Jolin with Magazine Empire He also felt that the film fell apart, writing: « The hyperactive hot pink mess of the film, which would not be able to lift the cubic material from the source and relints in the failure as it reaches something. »
Although Minecraft Movie may not please all viewers, the endless creativity of the video game is inspiring the idea that movies are yet to come. And, if nothing else, his success is at the box office, but confirms that in the world of dying IPS Minecraft still shines like his desired diamond armor.
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