If you had told me back when it was announced that the upcomingMinecraftmovie adaptation, simply titledA Minecraft Movie, would have fought back critics and become one of the most hyped movies of the year, I would have been gobsmacked.
Althoughnaysayers such as myselfhave been critical of the movie since its contentious reveal, a mixture ofclever marketingand fun energy has won many of us over.Examples like thenonsensical memesof Jack Black exclaiming items from the game have proved that enough fun energy can flip even the biggest bah humbug.
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In aninterview with PCGamer, A Minecraft Movie producer Torfi Ólafssonon, in addition to director Jared Hess, made famous by other nonsensical but oddly charming releases such as Napoleon Dynamite, had much to say about the team’s ambitions going into the project.
With Minecraft being one of the biggest franchises of all time, any potential screen adaptation would have much to prove.But despite the threat of disappointing one of the largest communities of gamers, the team has largely decided to pave their own path to success with a laid-back charm.
In the interview, Hess explained that while making the movie,“the biggest thing just for all of us was to have fun… we all wanted to bring all of those details that we love about the game and celebrate them.”
The recently releasedfinal trailerseems to show this exact sentiment towards fun, with tons of oddball moments of cartoon physics, absurd one-liners, and even a love relationship between a villagerand Jennifer Coolidge.
A lot of the initial backlash revolved around the absurd nature ofJack Black as Steveand concerns that the movie wouldn’t truly adhere to the vision of Minecraft that many of us grew up on.Although it makes sense to remain skeptical until release, many of these concerns have been quelled.
Despite the unique brand of humor and family-friendly whimsy, Hess believes that if they authentically represent the game despite being contained within their own unique cinematic vision, then “it’ll all work.”
Adapting The Unique Style Of Minecraft
The portrayal of mobs such as Lamas was a significant point of interest since the first reveal, as in adapting the game to the big screen,they switched the Minecraft pixelated cuteness for an odd furry depiction some of us hardly recognized.
But something noteworthy about these changes is that the team making them maintained a firm connection to the source material.For instance, Producer Torfi Ólafssonon hadworked for Mojangfor around seven years, with an even longer history of playing the game in his free time with his children.
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With the movie being both an important milestone for Mojang and theMinecraft community, he states how it was important “to not take ourselves too seriously, but take the game very seriously.”
We’d have endless conversations about how to represent the mobs, the biomes, and what stories to tell in what locations, and how to get the characters out of trouble and into trouble in the most Minecraft way possible.
As Hess states, it’s important to remember that “you’re never going to be able to take the infinite expanse of the game and put it all into a finite hour and a half.“Although A Minecraft Movie has big shoes to fill, it’s also important to limit our expectations.
Despite the designs beingsignificantly changedfor the big screen, it seems the overarching story and principles throughout were created with an affinity for Minecraft and its history.A Minecraft Movie releases this Friday, and even though its quality remains up for debate, it seems like a fun experience nonetheless.
WHERE TO PLAY
Minecraft is a blocky virtual playground that allows near limitless creativity. Randomly generated worlds, as well as player-created masterpieces, allow for endless fun in this sandbox survival game.
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