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10 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

I had no idea what was going on.  Every dorky teenage boy, including my 2 sons, cheered and screamed through the whole movie.  At first I was all, WTF?  Then, I was all - me seeing Return of the Jedi on opening night.  So many Napoleon Dynamite references because it's the same director.

I’ve read it described as Rocky Horror Picture show for teen nerd boys.

Still boggles the mind that analysts didn’t realize the power of Minecraft, YouTube and boys and how that would translate to a smash hit.

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1 hour ago, Vegas64 said:

I’ve read it described as Rocky Horror Picture show for teen nerd boys.

Still boggles the mind that analysts didn’t realize the power of Minecraft, YouTube and boys and how that would translate to a smash hit.

Probably thought the game was too old and that people would be more willing to move on to GTA or something.   I predict the studios will look to make Roblox or Skyrim/GTA into a movie, rush it out, and make it incredibly shitty/not fun and then declare the genre dead.  

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23 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Probably thought the game was too old and that people would be more willing to move on to GTA or something.   I predict the studios will look to make Roblox or Skyrim/GTA into a movie, rush it out, and make it incredibly shitty/not fun and then declare the genre dead.  

Minecraft is still insanely popular right now.  I remember blowing it off when it came out many years ago, but here we are in 2025 and my middle schooler and his friends are running their own servers, spending birthday money on Hypixel, playing after school with each other, etc. and then there are all of the Lego arts, the other toys etc. 

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On 3/31/2025 at 11:24 AM, atomheartbevo said:

My middle-schooler and his friends who play Minecraft for what seems like 15-20 hours a week all claim to hate the movie because of inaccuracies they noticed or it demeans Minecraft players or whatever. 

On 3/31/2025 at 1:50 PM, Vegas64 said:

I didn't think about that. Purists hating it because it will be a caricature of what the serious Minecrafter will consider.

So it seems like the first teaser or whatever really tweaked some of the purist types, but the last trailer or two won them over, plus word of mouth from the YouTubers who saw sneak previews and who were actually in it.

And they are going to be pissed if there’s not a sequel because the last scene with Steve meeting Alex got them going.

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Just watched with a passel of 7th grade boys.  Multiple spontaneous applauses and what not.  Definitely a hit for them.  
 

 

They made it into a social event or 10 decide to get together on a Sunday for it.

Pretty impressive as far as a bunch of kids with zero executive function.

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23 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Just watched with a passel of 7th grade boys.  Multiple spontaneous applauses and what not.  Definitely a hit for them.  

They made it into a social event or 10 decide to get together on a Sunday for it.

Pretty impressive as far as a bunch of kids with zero executive function.

I don’t know of any movie recently where kids are asking to go with their friends like the Minecraft movie. Dogman, a few.  But nothing else in years.

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On 3/31/2025 at 4:01 PM, Ghost of LL said:

I thought it would be a fun movie to see with my kids.  But my 15-year old refuses to see it.  He says it "looks like what a GenXer thinks Gen Z ought to think is cool."

Ouch, man.

Does your 15 year old still think that? Seems like he would be the only 15 year old to not see it this weekend.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/minecraft-movie-box-office-record-opening-1236182874/

Box Office: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Strikes Gold With Record-Shattering $157M U.S. Launch, $301M Globally

Warner Bros.’ kid-friendly movie blew past all expectations to score the top start ever for a video game adaptation, as well as rouse the beleaguered box office back to life.

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12 hours ago, Nivek said:

Probably thought the game was too old and that people would be more willing to move on to GTA or something.   I predict the studios will look to make Roblox or Skyrim/GTA into a movie, rush it out, and make it incredibly shitty/not fun and then declare the genre dead.  

They already made a GTA movie it starred Ryan Reynolds

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