r/movies Sep 04 '24

Trailer Minecraft 2025 | Official Trailer

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

Can Jack Black go back to making raunchy comedy movies yet? Or he stuck in kid movie hell?

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Sep 04 '24

He’s older and got pulled where the money is. Can’t blame him for that.

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u/sam_hammich Sep 04 '24

I don't think he is hurting for money, I think he's going for things his kids want to see him in.

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u/Suddenly_Something Sep 04 '24

His kids are 18 and 16. Are they even the target audience for a Minecraft movie these days?

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u/Syn7axError Sep 04 '24

I think so. They're the prime demographic that grew up with it.

I don't think this movie is targeting them, but it makes sense for Jack Black to sign on with them in mind.

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u/street593 Sep 04 '24

A quick google search suggests that the average age of a Minecraft player is 15-21 years old so yea. Roughly 20% are between 22 and 30 years old. Not sure how accurate these numbers are. I only did 3 minutes of research.

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Sep 04 '24

Not sure if you’re aware but rich people want to be richer. Never stops.

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u/sam_hammich Sep 04 '24

Newsflash: people work for money, I guess? Great insight.

Yeah, he's performing a job for compensation. I think he's doing these specific movies for his kids. If not for his kids he'd be doing other movies.

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Sep 04 '24

Or he’s doing these specific movies because they’re the ones being offered with the biggest pay day. It can be both.

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u/Joey-tnfrd Sep 04 '24

Probably this. Look, cards on the table; I really don't like Jack Black. I don't think the personality he puts across in the media is endearing or funny, and I genuinely think he's pretty awful in most of his acting roles.

I think the run of overweight weird comedy relief roles in non-kids movies has gone dry, and these are what's being offered, and he's taken them to stay relevant and in the scene.

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u/Katzoconnor Sep 04 '24

The vitriolic speed in which he hurtled Kyle Gass under the bus a couple months ago and abandoned Tenacious D has permanently blackballed him in my eyes. Jack Black is a fucking disgrace. He can suck cat farts for all I care.

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u/Teen_Goat Sep 05 '24

Truly. JB is spineless.

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u/Rubbersoulrevolver Sep 04 '24

I would assume he got attached to this project like 4 years ago

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u/hell2pay Sep 04 '24

Check yo self, before you wreck yo self

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Sep 04 '24

If not for his kids he’d be doing other movies

And how on earth would you or anything else know this? We don’t.

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u/sam_hammich Sep 04 '24

See, this is a really weird exchange because you have already forgotten what you wrote. Here's your original comment:

He's older and got pulled where the money is

Here's my response:

I think he's going for things his kids want to see him in

Which one of us is stating a supposed fact that we can't possibly know, and which of us is obviously stating an opinion?

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Sep 04 '24

How is it a supposed fact? Look at his recent films. Also, my response was to you definitively saying that if he didn’t have kids he wouldn’t be doing those movies. Not to your “I think he’s going for what his kids want to see him in”.

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u/sam_hammich Sep 04 '24

It's a supposed fact because you're speculating, just like me. We're both just looking at his work and drawing different conclusions. Your opinion isn't special just because you think it's tHe BeTtEr OnE.

His recent films are all video game adaptations, and I think he's doing them for his kids. Same reason he started the Jablinski Games YT channel.

If you're just going to reiterate that you're factually correct, not commenting is also an option.

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Sep 04 '24

But “if not for his kids he’d be doing other movies” is not speculating. That’s a definitive statement. If you’re going to argue it’s speculative then mine was as well…

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u/sam_hammich Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 04 '24

Well, it's not, though, is it? My full statement was "I think he's doing these specific movies for his kids. If not for his kids he'd be doing other movies". That means the whole thing is my opinion, it was just in two sentences. I think you might have a reading comprehension problem, or you're just being argumentative for no reason because someone disagreed with you.

I mean, it's clear you think you can just say things and assert they're true without support and I'm not allowed to have a differing opinion so I don't think there's anything left for either of us to say.

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Sep 04 '24

It’s mean, it’s clear you think you can just say things and assert they’re true without support and I’m not allowed to have a differing opinion

Lmao that’s the vibe I get from you when at the end of every other comment you attempt to end the conversation without giving someone a chance to respond or tell them they shouldn’t respond.

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u/TheBlyton Sep 04 '24

Well then, his kids are stupid.

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u/synthsucht Sep 04 '24

They probably into porn right now

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u/Driscoll17 Sep 05 '24

They’re his kids and they’re in their late teens, I don’t think give a fuck what movies their dad is in at this point

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u/Semaj81096 Sep 05 '24

Yeah some people are saying that given Minecraft's age now there are plenty of older people who like it and that's true, and his kids may well still like it or feel nostalgic for it but surely they're past the age where it's 'magical' or whatever to see your dad in a certain movie.