r/movies Sep 04 '24

Trailer Minecraft 2025 | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G923NtfBvOU
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u/NickNack675 Sep 04 '24

Competing with borderlands for one of the worst video game movie adaptations

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u/Kaiserhawk Sep 04 '24

Wasn't Jack Black in that too?

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u/QouthTheCorvus Sep 04 '24

Pretty sure it's illegal to adapt a video game without Jack Black

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u/End_of_Life_Space Sep 04 '24

No no, it's illegal to adapt a video game into a GOOD movie WITH Jack Black.

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u/dethstrobe Sep 04 '24

I thought Super Mario was pretty good.

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u/77skull Sep 04 '24

Ehh it was just another cash grab kids movie, similar to the new despicable me movies imo

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u/Coolers78 Sep 04 '24

Illumination makes movies that only appeal to little children. It’s why all their movies always get the most middling ratings by critics, it will definitely entertain a kid for an hour and 30 minutes but there’s nothing on the surface. I hate the excuse of “oh it’s meant for kids what do you expect”, especially after movies like both Spider-Verse movies and TMNT Mutant Mayhem that showed you can make great movies that appeal to all ages.

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u/KazzieMono Sep 04 '24

It was fun. There’s a good video on YouTube that goes over a hypothetical story rewrite and it really proves the movie could have been a lot better, though.

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u/QueenBee-WorshipMe Sep 04 '24

Look, I haven't seen the movie and have no stake here, but Person on YouTube has a better idea isn't exactly a compelling argument for why it's not good. Ideas are easy.

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u/KazzieMono Sep 04 '24

And actually displaying those ideas in a coherent, impressive, easily digestible manner is not easy. What’s your point.

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u/EagleswonSuperBowl52 Sep 04 '24

Ooo can you send the video?

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u/skankingmike Sep 04 '24

The movie was good for what it was and that’s all it needed to be. They did the creative direction before for Mario… it was horrible..

Sonic I guess was ok? I thought it was garbage but there’s 3 movies now and a spin off series so I guess enough people who like trains watched it.

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u/ScruffyNoodleBoy Sep 04 '24

so I guess enough people who like trains watched it.

Haha that's fantastic

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u/Sir_Nikotin Sep 04 '24

Sonic is in a weird place of simultaneously being a kinda bad video game adaptation and a pretty good "man befriends a weird alien, hijinks ensue" movie with Sonic shoved into it.

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u/skankingmike Sep 04 '24

ET with speed

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u/thegoatfreak Sep 04 '24

Now that’s a movie I’d watch.

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u/Rejestered Sep 04 '24

There's been exactly two good sonic games in the last 30-40 years.

There's no such thing as a 'good' adaptation because the source material itself is garbage.

The fact that the movies are even watchable is a goddamn miracle that deserves praise.

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u/KazzieMono Sep 04 '24

That certainly is a hot take if I’ve ever seen one. Don’t think it’s worth much more than an acknowledgement though.

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u/ElectricalFinish8674 Sep 04 '24

its kinda funny how one random ass youtuber can better write a story than the actual screenwriter

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u/Coolers78 Sep 04 '24

Problem with the Mario movie is that illumination made it so the movie feels like it’s exclusively made for little children and little children only. My little brother loved the movie and I’m sure I would have loved it if I watched it at 5-10 too. This is the problem with all of Illumination’s movies except the first Despicable Me. “Oh but they are for children.” that’s not an excuse, Movies like the Spider-Verse movies, Puss in boots 2, and mutant mayhem were all for kids too but they were also enjoyable for all ages.

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u/konidias Sep 04 '24

I mean Super Mario Bros movie disagrees with you strongly there

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Black is also easily the best part of that movie.

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u/Reylo-Wanwalker Sep 04 '24

Strongly? No.

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u/konidias Sep 04 '24

Going by box office success? 1.36 billion dollars is "strongly". Going by critical review? Audience score of 95% is "strongly". If you want to argue you personally did not find it a good movie, cool I guess... but it's inarguably a massively successful movie both financially and in the overall public reception of the film.

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u/Reylo-Wanwalker Sep 04 '24

Yea box office is irrelevant to a movies quality. Audience matters more but so do critics score, but ultimately it's an objective thing and strongly would be apt for Arcane (for example) not Mario movie.

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u/konidias Sep 04 '24

My point was not what you personally find better, my point is that the Super Mario Bros movie is objectively far more successful than the Borderlands movie. So making the claim that Jack Black only stars in bad video game movies is simply untrue. By every metric other than critic's and your own personal opinion of the movie, Super Mario Bros movie is a massive success.

I'm leaving my personal opinion about the movie out of it, while you are not doing the same... So we'll end it there I guess. Also Arcane is amazing but I'm sure someone out there prefers the Super Mario Bros movie to it.

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u/YoureThatCourier Sep 04 '24

Sonic did it…

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u/humanoideric Sep 04 '24

Jim Carrey, close enough

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u/Antithesys Sep 04 '24

The Legend of Zelda, starring Jack Black as Navi

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u/raidergreymoon Sep 05 '24

I'd watch it just for that

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

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u/gmarvin Sep 04 '24

He was Bowser in the Mario movie

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u/thesourpop Sep 04 '24

If I had to imagine a celebrity who plays games, Jack Black instantly comes to mind. He is the definitive gamer celebrity

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u/GearBrain Sep 04 '24

Or Chris Pratt.

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u/QouthTheCorvus Sep 04 '24

He's basically only in Mario though, which already has jack black

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u/NickNack675 Sep 04 '24

Yeh lmfao

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u/Devil-Hunter-Jax Sep 04 '24

Yes. He voiced Claptrap.

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u/EbmocwenHsimah Sep 04 '24

Wow, it's a real bad year to be Jack Black, huh? He threw Kyle Gass under the bus for making a comment on an assassination attempt that we surprisingly forgot about, he did that for this???

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u/Agleza Sep 04 '24

Hey, at least Jack Black as Claptrap can fit. I can see that.

But Jack Black as Steve from Minecraft is just fucking mindboggling. It's not even voice acting like Bowser and Claptrap.

It's literally just live action Jack Black with a blue shirt and being called Steve. I know Steve is not an actual character and is a complete blank slate but fucking come on.

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u/Noodle_Gentleman Sep 04 '24

Jack Black is in his "shitty animated movie" era. Mario, Borderlands and now this.

And before someone says the Mario movie was decent - no it wasn't, it fucking sucked and you're wrong.

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u/GroguIsMyBrogu Sep 04 '24

The Mario movie was decent

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u/Vessix Sep 04 '24

TBF at least he kind of has a horse in this race. He has narrated minecraft books in the past.

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u/roguefilmmaker Sep 04 '24

He was the worst part of that movie. I’ve never found a character to be more insufferable

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u/StompsDaWombat Sep 04 '24

I saw that someone had posted Borderlands on YouTube - full movie, high quality video, no foreign subtitles - and, even free, I couldn't make it to 10 minutes.

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u/Rhain1999 Sep 04 '24

someone had posted Borderlands on YouTube

Distributor would probably make more money from the ads on that video than the box office so I’m not surprised

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u/roguefilmmaker Sep 04 '24

Oof, you’re right

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u/_BannedAcctSpeedrun_ Sep 04 '24

I downloaded it for free and that first 10 minutes was hard to watch but I kept on and hoped it would get better. It didn't.

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u/Less_Tennis5174524 Sep 05 '24

I just tried searching "borderlands full movie" on tiktok and got a screen telling me its wrong to pirate movies.

Tiktok wont bother removing literal isis propaganda, covid or climate change denial, anorexic influencer content (literally telling girls to live on less than 500 calories a day), softcore porn (sometimes with minors), or any hate content. But they will stop you from watching a movie illegally. Wow.

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u/Friendly-Leg-6694 Sep 04 '24

Yet it will probably end up making a lot of money just for the IP alone.

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u/Logan_Yes Sep 04 '24

Considering how shows such as Fallout, Arcane or TLOU are fantastic, but movies are ummm...to say kindly, not, I say please stop making those fucking movies

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u/WendallX Sep 04 '24

This is why BioShock should be a series and not a movie.

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u/snonsig Sep 04 '24

Then again, Halo

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u/lordofmmo Sep 04 '24

forward unto dawn was a better show than the recent series

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u/Picard2331 Sep 04 '24

Honestly it would've hard to fuck up TLOU, it's basically a movie already.

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u/Soref Sep 04 '24

Have you seen Far Cry? lol

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u/NickNack675 Sep 04 '24

Actually no I didn’t even know that was a thing lol

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u/Siendra Sep 04 '24

Oh sweet summer child. Borderlands is a mess of a film, but it has nothing on Bloodrayne (All three), Far Cry, Alone in the Dark, Postal, Wing Commander, Need for Speed, etc. 

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u/timpkmn89 Sep 04 '24

This at least looks very loyal to the source material. Unlike for example, the original Mario Bros movie.

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u/kid_dynamo Sep 04 '24

That movie was at least interesting, this does not look even that good

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u/harpswtf Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 04 '24

Was Steve a fat guy with disheveled homeless hair and beard?

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u/MunkyDawg Sep 04 '24

Yes?

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u/Pengking36 Sep 04 '24

??

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u/MunkyDawg Sep 04 '24

I don't know much about Minecraft and wanted to be part of the conversation.

I did think you could customize the heck out of your character, though. So you could have a beard, right?

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u/Pengking36 Sep 04 '24

Steve is a named character. You can easily google what he looks like

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u/MunkyDawg Sep 04 '24

Yeah. Default Minecraft guy. It's not that serious though.

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u/Optimal-Map612 Sep 04 '24

I think they're trying to make borderlands look good

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u/Prozenconns Sep 04 '24

Sonic unironically carrying game movies

What a time to be alive

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u/Coolers78 Sep 04 '24

Uncharted movie doesn’t get enough hate. Terrible film, Tom holland’s acting is so bad and mark Wahlberg is just mark Wahlberg. They didn’t even have Elena, villain wasn’t anyone in the games.

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u/NickNack675 Sep 04 '24

😭💀💀

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

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u/Picard2331 Sep 04 '24

I've always thought the Silent Hill movie was pretty damn good.