Written by Chris Bowman And Hubbel Palmer And Neil Widener And Gavin James And Chris Galletta And Allison Schroeder
Directed by Jared Hess
Steve: "Anything you can dream about here, you can make."
First of all, I'm not a gamer but I'm well aware of Minecraft and it's impact. A few months ago when I saw a trailer for this movie, I thought it looked horrible. Then over the last week or so, I found myself curious enough to see this movie, in spite of my limited knowledge on thd subject.
The movie's got a few protagonists, so let's start off with Steve (Jack Black). He hated the real world and his job so much that venturing down a particular mine and ending up in the Minecraft was a dream come true for Steve. He's also quite the action man when needed and that's a good skill set to have here.
Then there's older sister/younger brother duo, Natalie (Emma Myers) and Henry (Sebastian Hansen). They're dealing with the loss of parents, the former's social media job and the latter being a social outcasts in his school. His attempts of a jetpack caused more problems than it should've but they're certainly there for the younger audience.
Completing the protagonists are real estate agent, Dawn (Danielle Brooks) and game store owner, Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison (Jason Momoa) and together, all five of these characters had to work together in an environment, some were familiar with and others were out of their depth on. I definitely felt a little with the latter to be honest.
Anyways, the movie proceeded to have the most in the Minecraft world and the villain of the piece, Malgosha (Rachel House) did make for a particularly fun baddie. Add in plenty of monster fights, character building moments and some genuinely absurd scenes and there was fun to be had with this particular quest.
However, what of the real world? Eventually all of characters had to go back, were changed for the better and so on. There was also nice romance subplot between Vice Principal Marlene (Jennifer Coolidge) and Nitwit (Matt Berry) but it's fairly disconnected from the main plot and both characters are kept away from the action.
- Other actors in this movie included Jared Hess, Kate McKinnon, Jermaine Clement and various YouTubers to boot.
- A post credit scene had Marlene's ex-husband not pleased with her relationship with Nitwit.
- Special shout out to Steve's cubed dog, Dennis. It wouldn't be a family movie without a cute animal in the mix.
- Chronology: Present day Chuglass, Idaho (and the 1980s) as well as the Overworld and Nether.
I hadn't huge hopes for A Minecraft Movie but I ended up being pleasantly surprised by it. The movie was genuinely fun, the leads were great, the world was nicely realised and it didn't outstay it's welcome. Not sure what the inevitable sequel will do but I'll look forward to it.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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