By the time everything is said and done, A Minecraft Movie will not only end up being one of the biggest 2025 movies, an all-time great video game adaptation, and a pop culture phenomenon that resulted in millions of teenagers causing a ruckus in packed theaters around the world. Here’s the thing… I wasn’t one of the critics who went crazy about it, I didn’t contribute to the massive box office receipts, and I didn’t expect this to be one of my favorite movie experiences of the year when it hit VOD services. But then I watched it with my kids…
Let me tell ya, not only did my kids go crazy for it, my wife and I had just as much fun (and possibly more). This movie, as I should have known from all the buzz, was fun, heartfelt, exciting, and over-the-top in all the best ways. Is it my favorite film of the year? No, but it was so much fun, and I hope I’m the only one who made the mistake of putting this off for so long.
I Didn’t See A Minecraft Movie In Theaters And Didn’t Have High Hopes For It
played Minecraft for thousands of hours, dived into the lore of the franchise, or really spent much time with the game outside of watching my kids build farms and lock up all the animals (I should be worried, right?).
broccoli-haired teenagers yelling and throwing popcorn doesn’t sound fun, but this movie, as the kids say, slaps! My wife and I were laughing, we were stomping, hell, we were even yelling “Chicken Jockey” in that hilarious fight sequence (a callback to Jared Hess’ Nacho Libre, maybe?). We were along for the ride, and what a ride it was.
better understanding of my kids, especially when it comes to their favorite video game not named Roblox.
The little jokes, the random shouts about creepers, and other bursts of excitement from my three kids made the experience all the better, and a whole lot more fulfilling than I ever could have imagined. Seeing them find references to the game was awesome; there’s just no way of getting around it.
Though A Minecraft Movie isn’t one of the new and recent movies streaming just yet (it’s available on VOD right now), I don’t think we’ll have to wait long for it to be available with a Max subscription. I guess I’ll watch it again when that happens…