The problem is that he's not playing Steve, he's playing Jack Black. He's had some phenomenal roles in recent years, like the psi king from Psychonauts 2 and his performance of Bowser was definitely a highlight of the mario movie for me personally, but he's literally just Jack Black in this movie.
@@louiepikmin3184 Mojang stated they would only engage in such projects when "the right idea comes along. Meaning the only reason this is made because Hollywood asked them.
@louiepikmin3184 you're right, but I also think Steve is a pretty ambiguous everyman character and he cant be that if I'm seeing some celebrity imo. The fact that Steve wears such normal clothes doesn't help, I can't even watch him disappear into the role because like Arlo said he's just wearing regular clothes
@@SmartSmears Yeah that's the problem. Jack Black appearing on screen and saying "Hi! I'm Steve!" my immediate reaction was "...no ... you are Jack Black" There is zero immersion because he looks NOTHING like Steve.
Soon films won't ever bother to have auditions because every character will be played by Jack Black, Chris Pratt, the Rock and Kevin Hart. The credits will just be those names on repeat.
I hate that they're turning Jack Black into one of those when he can be an incredible actor when put into good roles, Psychonauts 2 is a perfect example of that
“We need a woman in her twenties, any ideas?” “Idk bro, someone from the cast of Dune.” (This movie at least avoided the constant ATJ/Pugh/Zendaya casting but it seems like one of them is in every other film now)
@@Dakr2000 They're not hated, they're just over-used. Give some other actors a try every once in awhile, we really don't need the same 5 people being in every movies, TV show, game, and animated project.
@@thephony1651 The distinction between family content and kid’s content is incredibly vague and unimportant, but I believe most people (possibly including Arlo) would categorize Nintendo in the former rather than the latter.
The Lego movie also has incredible writing, inventive animation, and uses its backdrop and meta nature for valuable commentary and characterization. That’s what film executives don’t realize when pitching things that elicit a “hey that’s kinda like the Lego movie” response
The Minecraft trailer is exactly what I assumed the Lego Movie would have been like. Lego Movie really surprised me when I watched the trailer and laughed several times. Minecraft is exactly the cynically made "what spare script do we have lying around?" By-the-numbers schlock I expected.
And they completely snubbed the Lego movie at the academy awards, but even nominating it for an Oscar Hollywood dont understand entertainment or adaptation or animation
Minecraft is a game where you spend the overwhelming majority of your time alone, quietly and pensively building a house, or making some tools, or mining in a cave. So of course the movie is a big bombastic comedy film with Jack Black and a quirky cast characters forming an unlikely ragtag group of heroes and they'll all have different personality archetypes and make silly comments.
What the hell are you talking about? Have you ever played on a realms server? “I play Minecraft this very specific way and the movie should be like that” please get real.
@@Dakr2000During COVID a couple friends and I made a realm. There were many hours where I was the only one online since the rest were doing other things. I’d just hang around and build or mine or farm, alone. Realms can be just as lonely as single player worlds.
The franchise is much bigger than vanilla solo survival mode in the first game. There's also creative mode, multiplayer survival, mods, Story Mode, Dungeons, and Legends. Of course the official stories aren't bombastic comedies either. They're pretty grim actually (though in a kid-friendly way).
You mean other than Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2, Night at the Roxbury, the blues Brothers, the blues Brothers 2000, coneheads, Superstar, and MacGruber
If you want the movie to be blocky, don’t make it hyper realistic. If you want the movie to be hyper realistic, don’t make it blocky. Combining the two looks awful.
In retrospect, with how blank of a canvas Minecraft is, it could only ever reflect the creativity of those who worked with it. This is a mirror of Hollywood. Creatively bankrupt and Jack Black is definitely there being himself.
My first instinct was to question why this wasn't animated, then I saw that it was Warner Bros and remembering this is David Zaslav in charge and yeah the bar is through the floor.
I think it's hilarious how they clearly didn't put any effort into making Jack Black look different from how he looks irl. They essentially just had him put on a blue t-shirt and told him to just act like his regular self.
Hollywood thinks kids are stupid. Literally the whole movie can be about random generic human characters, and they’ll accept it because the movie is called Minecraft. Yet not look like Minecraft at all.
We had so many talented Minecraft animators on UA-cam back in the day who made great and expressive character designs along with a great sense of humor and story. And all on a low to nothing budget from their own homes. This film is a slap in the face in comparison.
@@TiredOx7536 slamacow is the first one that comes to my mind. theres one good animation they did where its a dance battle against witches and other mobs
5:46 I really like the Lego Movie comparison. The “creativity” theme is very strongly tied together by the fact that the story is made by the kid. On a second watch through you can clearly see all the foreshadowing to this, but you can also enjoy the characters on their own without the meta. In the Minecraft movie, it seems like the movie has nothing outside of a meta that doesn’t have narrative value.
It’s really annoying that that’s the plot they went with because if you read The End Portal Message it literally just gives you a free narrative to use
Exactly what I was thinking--you didn't need to understand or even appreciate the meta aspect to like the LEGO Movie, it just added to the creativity and charm of the world and characters that were already there. This movie is just meta right off the bat, with nothing to complement it with.
as a kid I loved the Lego movie it was my favorite! However I strongly disliked the meta ending, I didn’t care about all the foreshadowing it just annoyed me random characters were part of the story. Obviously that’s just my perspective, but like do kids even like meta stuff in their movies? I sure didn’t
Your point about it being a 14 year old game is spot on. The first Minecraft players are starting to hit 30. I’m also so sick of them hiring not voice actors for voice acting roles
The first players are starting to hit 30? I should probably tell some of my friends about that, seeing how we were *in college* when alpha started to get attention... I had no idea I was about a decade younger than I actually am!
Well, given these are all live-action actors, the latter complaint certainly doesn't apply here. And even then, Jack Black at the very least WOULD be still someone who's done a lot of voice-acting-work.
Basically the same thing that's been done with every other video game movie. Mario and Sonic both got extremely safe family movies that had the most generic plots you could possibly conceive of. While Hollywood isn't butchering video game adaptations anymore, they still think they have to water down the story into something basic and familiar in order to be broadly appealing.
@@EXCLMaker Maybe in another 2 decades, not only will they get the look of the characters and the source material down, but maybe we'll get 1 original story with them! But that probably won't happen, though
Ehm, yes? Are you saying thats bad? Its literally a genre of a story, doesnt mean its a jumanji knock off. You dont even know anything about the story, other than that they were put into this new world. Its called an Isekai, buddy...
@@EXCLMakerI mean, you are right but Mario's isekai is faithful to the lore of the series (even though it is very inconsistent, the idea of Mario and Luigi being plumbers from Brooklyn was there) and Sonic always had furries living with humans anyway
You don't have to be over 30. With the obvious pandering humour seen in this trailer I'm sure even people in their teens are already bored and familiar with it all. I'm 25 and have been sick of it for a decade already.
I feel like this movie is satire movie, the whole premise is Jumanji, the designs of the peaceful mobs feel intentionally bad, it's called "A Minecraft Movie" as if it was a parody, Jack Black's role feels fully centered around being comedic, and is releasing April 2nd internationally like it's for April Fools.
That is unfortunately too hopeful. Can confirm they (probably) think this is 100% serous narrative wise (biased on the trailer description). (Will still have jokes obviously.)
@@Billigoat21 honestly yeah, it can be a very fun movie. It also can be one of those "so bad it's good once" but there is a chance it can be unironically good, they can surprise us.
A sign of a great joke in a film is when the actors crack up laughing and they have to do a retake. I can’t imagine that ever happening on the set of this film. I can’t imagine the actors giggling while reading the script or being excited for a day on set. It’s joyless.
I agree, I think it's actively a disservice to the kids who are given this slop to watch. It's just brain rot content made into something to sell with the name Minecraft.
@@Cue-Ball. The reason is box-office success. Remember the recent Garfield movie with Chris Pratt, that film made 4 times its budget in the box-office, making it a success. Even the Minions movie became the 7th highest grossing animated film of all time, and I don't think it was trying.
It's a trailer thing. The score probably hasn't even been written yet; it's almost always one of the last things to get done. You'd be surprised how many movie trailers literally steal music from _other movie scores_ because it's the closest thing they have at that point.
See I like that in a weird demented way. But it looks like it isn't going far enough. Making the plot a generic Jumangi thing tells me it's probably just going to end up being really boring. If it wasn't for that I'd be all in on just witnessing the horrifying abominations that come from that.
@@Cheesehead302 You know....regrettably enough I actually didn't mind the synopsis for the movie when I looked at the first time but other than that I agree with you the rest is....Questionable at best😐
One of the best comments I saw in the trailer comment section was Im so proud of my sleep paralysis demon for landing the role of that sheep. Incredible.
I was stunned when I heard them swear in the trailer. I don’t care if movies I watch have swearing, but wasn’t this meant to be a kids’ movie? Why are they swearing? Why are the jokes for adults? What is the audience here?
If you wanted my pitch for a Minecraft movie, I'd say make it a single man in an endless world, forced to deal with isolation by way of self improvement. Maybe have him find a village and find the villagers uninterested in more than trade with no internal life. The monsters go from great threat to after thought, as he eventually builds up his fortress. In the end maybe he has nightmares of the dragon and vows to slay it, onlyf it to be a Beowulf style death or them both, as he's trapped in the end, wounded, and forced to reflect. It would be sad, and melancholic, and weird, and it's why they don't let me write movies.
If I was writing it I would also want to emphasize Minecraft’s weird lonely vibe as well, but more importantly I would want the main theme to be the one from The End Portal Message about how you can work to change the real world the same way you did in the game. So if I was still stuck with the Isekai aspect it would be similar to yours but after the misery there would be a spot of hope where the person playing finally goes outside to touch grass and learns a valuable lesson about working towards a better future and not becoming complacent. Come to think of it, that hypothetical ending kind of reminds me of The Witness. (Edit: I should probably mention I’ve never really played the Witness and am just going off of vibes)
That idea is like art though. It’s not a “movie” the same way that most things that come out of Hollywood. And when I say “movie” I mean “erm that just happened” style generic plots for an hour and a half. That’s just what movies are now.
Arlo, I have to stress that loads of 30 year olds are into Minecraft. It's a game all the 30 years played as an indie game before Microsoft bought it and turned it 100% into a kids game. And the Minecraft Content Creator community made WAY more quality content then this.
@@Cubeytheawesome Notch didn’t get kicked off he actually sold the game to Microsoft to get away from it because it became so big and the pressure was too much. A significant factor was the backlash from server owners for his policies against server’s selling gameplay altering items that gave paying players advantages that were essentially pay to win.
I know the game wasn’t received the best with some of its writing, but in my opinion, I didn't think it was all that bad. Replayed the game recently for a tiny nostalgia trip on the 360 before the marketplace closed and had a lot of fun with it. The wither storm was a really cool piece, kinda wish it lasted a little longer then up to e4 and a bit more was done with the Order though.
People didn't like story mode? I never got super into it but I played parts of it with my nephew and thought it was cute, and the references to the main game were fun
Honestly? For all its faults, Minecraft story mode actually adapted the world and rules of Minecraft into its own story surprisingly well. It had 100 times the passion and creativity than this nightmare
The Lego Movie was so amazing, I often forget it has Chris Pine as the main character. Depending on how bad this movie is gonna be, I’ll never forget Jack Black is in it. Edit: lol I meant Chris Pratt. Sorry, all these famous men named Chris look alike to me
Same with Kung fu Panda, Jack Black actually did good voice acting that made Po feel like a distinct character, but now here he just feels like he's playing Jack Black as himself
@@MorrowMoon_thenightwing Jack Black has the same problem that Robin Williams had with a lot of the roles he gets, I bet his script has specifics but then large sections that say "Then Jack makes haha funny joke about X"
How? The original sonic was hated cuz it looked nothing like the source. But in this case they DID make a faithful live action version of the mobs, and they look exactly like the ingame versions just in a realistic style.
The pixelated and blocky look is a core part of Minecraft’s charm and identity Take away the pixelation but keep the blocks, and you get this fugly clash of styles… and adding regular, non-blocky humans, even for the character who’s, supposedly, meant to be part of this world, and it just makes me question even more why they didn’t go full animation when considering the source material
@@paulhudalla9527 since I haven't played it since I was like 8, it's nostalgic for me and looking back it's a really good game. But no matter the opinion, everyone agrees that Minecraft story mode is better than "A Minecraft movie
@@stevethepocket it did, but it came last to the Wii U and the Switch version is very rare. I'm not sure if season 2 ever made it's way over either. I have both games on my Xbox 360, and the first one on PC via "means." (I pirated it, but it's not sold anymore so it doesn't really matter).
Pausing the video for a moment to say this: Oh. My. Goodness. I cannot tell you how maddening it has become to hear pop/rock songs in movie trailers have a dramatic, "epic", orchestral version... literally drives me up a wall now; thank you for bringing this up, I feel like I'm not alone now!! 😅
his bowser grew on me so fast😭 this just feels so low effort and, similar to the mario movie, had very recognizable celebrities in the cast just for the sake of it
"I've been here for twenty years and I can't escape or die, but I have a plan. I'm building a giant mechanical contraption out of pistons and scaffolding under the desert, and I'm going to bring this reality to it's knees."
There are some MC UA-camrs who think it looks great. I am baffled by that opinion. I think at least one I watched had a financial incentive to hype the trailer up given that they were actually invited out to the set of the movie during filming.
@@dontgivetwothwips3615 I know a couple have admitted to being on set for the filming so I can see them 'liking' it if for nothing else than they can't say anything bad for something they got invited to see/work on, so I think you're spot on.
Also 30's and 40's. Don't forget minecraft was first released in 2009 and upgraded to the 'popular' stage in 2011 ish. Many people that started playing then were already in their teens, early 20's and even 30's then... so even on the short end that's 13+ years to those original players... and dang, do I feel old now.
Honestly, Jack Black is the worst person to play Steve. I get it. He's beloved and in touch with his inner child. But aside from that, there's absolutely no reason for such casting. Steve is the average man, a type of Gordon Freeman character, that just incarnates the player personality. The always extroverted and loud Jack Black is the opposite of that. Esthetically, he's also the opposite, being very curved and full of mannerisms. Something that doesn't work in the bizarre block world of Minecraft . It's hilarious that in the obsession of representation on popular media, Hollywood decided to whitewash one of the few brown skinned characters around. The solution? A token black woman character. Just why....
@TicTacToeCraft that's because Bowser is a character large as life, like Jack. The type of guy who builts a fortress with his own face on it. However, that ain't Steve.
@@sansnom5269 Technically, Steve could build a fortress with his face on it but that's beside the point. I was thinking more about how Jack Black's portrayal of Bowser perfectly aligns with how Bowser was portrayed in some of the RPG games. He always had both a menacing and clumsy side and was overly obsessed with Princess Peach. That's why I think that Jack Black did a great job as Bowser (as well as the writers).
I think a big part of the problem with some of these game-to-film adaptations is the execs care more about using the name of a property than actually invoking the vibe of the thing. The Lego Movie and the Super Mario Bros movie were successful adaptations because they were made by passionate people who were intimately familiar with the source material and wanted to capture the magic of it on the big screen. When that passion isn't there behind the scenes, or it's overridden by corporate greed, you get schlock like this.
And Mario was arguably half and half. The Nintendo world was really well realized but the script was as by-the-numbers as any of these generic adaptations. First watch in a movie theater on a big screen, the Nintendo stuff sucks you into that world, but it doesn’t hold up rewatching it at home once the magic wears off.
I want you to be that guy, Arlo :) In seriousness though, just because the target audience is kids, doesn't mean we should be making trash media for them
You can tell that the Sonic 2 movie review backlash really traumatized Arlo. As a Sonic fan myself I agreed with a lot of what you said in your movie review Arlo. The days of Sega making high quality Sonic media are over and many members of the Sonic fanbase can’t accept that, leading to toxicity when someone even dares to criticize anything related to Sonic (although it seems like Sega is on the upswing lately, we will see if they maintain that momentum). Don’t be afraid to share your thoughts Arlo! We will always support you!
I saw the Twitter outrage before listening to Arlo’s review and I was bracing myself. And even though I liked Sonic 2 more than Arlo, I couldn’t disagree with any of his opinions. Nothing he said was particularly egregious.
@@CrowTRobot Fun Fact: Jeff Fowler worked on the CGI movie production for the 2005 video game Shadow the Hedgehog. This explains why Sonic 3 impresses so far. Jared Hess on the other hand directed Thelma the Unicorn.
Even if his opinion went against the apparent general consensus… why would that be a bad thing? And why get angry at it? Differing opinions are a good thing when it comes to reviewing anything. I just don’t understand this herd mentality of some people. It’s ok to have a diversity of opinions and perspectives, unless the issue is actually a matter of life or death like vaccine hesitancy where there is a large amount of evidence for or against something.
@@MrMoon-hy6pn I have loved Sonic since I was a kid. The Sonic fanbase is one of the worst fanbases out there. Oh my god you would not even believe it! These idiots think everything Sonic-related is a masterpiece, and if you dare to criticize anything prepare to get assaulted by a herd of lunatics who don’t understand what good art/media is. Here is the dirty truth about Sonic, the only great media of the blue blur is the original trilogy from the early 90s on the Genesis. It’s been downhill ever since. But the Sonic Adventure titles from the early 2000s were popular (but not great), and has spawned an entire new fanbase that will defend these titles to death and eat up whatever shit Sega throws their way. The most recent 3d game, Sonic Frontiers, was heralded as this incredible success by the fanbase when the rest of the gaming community saw it as average. And the same thing with the movies too! Sonic 2 was fine but the fanbase saw it as this incredible success. So when Arlo made a review about the game and voiced his complaints, the Sonic fanbase went after the blue monster like vultures. These people are absolutely nuts! They don’t understand what is high quality art because they were fed garbage over the years. Now Sonic has been on the upswing, which is good to see and the fanbase is reacting positively towards it, but Sega still has a long ways to go to reach the heights of Mario, Zelda etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sonic 3 wasn’t a masterpiece (although it is shaping to be better than the previous movies), so if anyone criticizes it I would expect the Sonic fanbase to do its thing and attack them like lions. It is what it is I guess lol. Hopefully it gets better in the future when the fanbase brings up their standards towards Sonic media with Sega now being better with things.
five nights at freddy’s was an interesting situation because scott, the dev of the game, went through multiple studios and they all wanted to use the ip in very safe ways. scott wanted the movie to be faithful and lore accurate to the game. he started with warner bros and they basically wanted to make a monster slasher movie. the wait was crazy long but blumhouse taking over made so much sense. took 10 years to sort out though LOL. kinda scared of warner bros for movie adaptations of games cause the minecraft movie could’ve also lost their faithfulness to warner bros
@@jskywalker58 I haven’t seen the movie but knowing how FNAF lore is, it was probably as accurate as it could be in a franchise where canon is more of a suggestion than a rule.
@@jskywalker58That’s where you are genuinely incorrect. That movie was literally FNaF in its purest form. One of the most faithful game adaptations in Hollywood.
If it was an hour and a half of Jack Black standing in front of a green screen, walking through a minecraft world and just reacting to things as Jack Black would, I would watch it.
There is a Minecraft *book* called The Island where a normal guy wakes up in Minecraft and has a full existential crisis and has to entirely relearn how to function. It almost acts like some sort of *horror* story. Jack Black reads the audio book so he really is the correct choice for the role. You should really listen to it it's very very good and also funny
Ok Arlo, let's get something straight, okay? Minecraft is NOT just for kids. Minecraft is for EVERYONE! There's plenty of adults including me who played hundreds or even thousands of hours of it. Hell, i've put put a good 5,000+ hours into it myself. Minecraft is a game that EVERYONE can enjoy not just kids.
I certainly don't think it's going to be a good movie, but it's probably going to do better then Borderlands. Minecraft is A LOT more popular then Borderlands even in it's heyday, so it will most likely sucker in enough early watchers and kids to make back most if not all it's money from production and advertising. Still I'm betting it's going to get some terrible ratings over-all.
@@TiredOx7536 A movie needs to earn between 2-3x its budget + marketing in order to break even. If it had made a decent profit we would’ve seen a sequel.
Detective Pikachu had the unfortunate fate of being released a mere two weeks after Avengers Endgame. Under those circumstances it still did pretty good, I can only imagine how well it would've done had it released at any other time.
I hope not. I don't want this movie to "spawn" more nightmare fuel as sequels. But I feel there's a chance it will flop because of how much people hate it, the phrase "There's no such thing as bad publicity" is not true. The only reason this could be successful is because of Minecraft itself.
9:19 I get what trying to be said here. The people who ever wanted a Minecraft movie wanted it because we wanted to see a story that took place within the game's world. The problem with doin the whole "We trapped in a videogame" narrative is that it literally just a video game. Were not getting immersed in the game's world, the world is just a massive spectacle to both the audience and the characters in the movie.
FWIW, IMO, I think we need to bring back the concept of the "family film": a film that has a little something for everyone; just enough to challenge and stimulate the younger members of the family, and just enough to keep the older members of the family from feeling embarrassed about being there. As much as I enjoyed the Mario Movie, I have to admit that it tended to lean towards the "kiddie" side of things, and I guess that's okay because they threw in plenty of Easter eggs for long-time Mario fans. A better example of a "family film" would be 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish', which felt more like a film geared towards adults that children could also enjoy. And I think that's a very important distinction to make, that just because children can enjoy it and it's rated G or PG, it doesn't necessarily have to be slapped with the title of "kiddie film" (does anyone remember 'The Straight Story'?). Kids aren't stupid. Inexperienced, yes. Naïve, yes. But stupid, no. They have more brain capacity than we do, because their neural connections haven't been severed yet, and they tend to pick up on things very quickly. I think if the film industry made more "family films" rather than "kiddie films" along the lines of Puss in Boots, the entertainment industry would be better for it - just my two cents.
No, Mario was definitely a family film. Most adults who don't play Mario and have kids that have offered their takes (that I've seen) enjoyed it. Stuff like the Banzai Bill nuke, Lumalee, and the movie not being afraid to mention killing and death prevented it from being "too kiddie".
Genuinely looking forward to whatever your thoughts on how FNAF 2 looks then considering the puppeteering of the animatronics combined with how little you know about the series lol
I can’t believe that of the options of Mario, Borderlands, and Minecraft, the Jack Black Video Game Movie Trilogy will have one success and it’s the one made my the Minion people
10:50 That was the most baffling part to me. Jason Momoa is in a costume and makeup. Jack Black looks like he just stepped off the street onto set. And he's the one who supposedly lives in the Minecraft world?!
Jack Black narrated the audiobook for Minecraft: The Island. It was about a guy who woke up in the Minecraft world and had to figure out how to survive. I'm skeptical of the movie, but I can't help but imagine it as a film sequel to that story
My 10 year old loves Minecraft and was not impressed. She wanted an animated movie. If a 10 year old who watches Minecraft on UA-cam all day doesn’t like it, then THATS bad.
Fun Fact: the director and writers who are working on "A Minecraft Movie" are the guys who worked on Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. With that knowledge, I'm wondering if the trailer's doing a disservice by overhyping the movie or if the current crew is trying to do something new and probably shouldn't. I don't like the trailer, but I want to be optimistic.
There’s a long history of talented creators being attached to a crappy film because they’re the last resort after a film’s development crew has been Ship of Theseus’d multiple times. It’s why films like Alien 3 don’t really live up to David Fincher’s filmography.
@@Dakr2000what they said happens more often than not with Hollywood trying to follow trend movies that, surprise, aren’t very enjoyable to watch so I see no harm in keeping expectations leveled like this
Don't feel bad or worried about being the guy that criticizes these sorts of things. It means a lot to you and tons of other people, so you're not invalid for criticizing something you're passionate about and want done right. And this mess is definitely not done right.
Just because it's made for kids, doesn't mean it has to be trash. There are plenty of examples of "kids movies" that are just good movies that teach important moral lessons or explore deeper topics like how to handle loss or the expectations of others. These types of low budget live action slop movies on the other hand are just brain rot content. It has nothing to say, it's just something to sell be it has the word "Minecraft" in the title.
"A Minecraft Movie" is basically the Minecraft equivalent of the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie, whereas "Story Mode" is what we all expected from a Minecraft movie
In case of the FNaF movie, it was at least overlooked by its original creator and he wanted it to be something he and the fans would like. That's why it took them so long, the Minecraft movie on the other hand is more product-y in that regard, so it is a little bit weird that they're only doing it now
The reason video game movies take so long now is because of 3 key aspects: 1. Converting the game you’re adapting into a movie format. Some video games like Mario and Angry Birds don’t really have a plot besides basic stuff and stretching that into a 90 minute film is difficult. But then there’s games like FNaF who have so much story that it’s hard trying to take a specific angle at what you want to tell since there is so much story and condensing that plot in 90 minutes can prove to be rather difficult. 2. The starting off point. The people who fund these movies want them to be successful enough to make merchandise and sequels for. So that puts a lot of stress on story and the look of movie. So you have to make a movie that looks pleasant enough and a story that leaves enough room for more installments and therefore more money. 3. The look of the film. When adapting a film it’s difficult to nail a style for how you envision your movie to look. And it’s especially when you’re adapting something from a game which already has a unique style. And since look ties into public interest it’s very important to get that style right on the first try. For instance, if Sonic movie 1 still had the old Sonic design, it would’ve been the only Sonic movie we would’ve gotten because nobody liked how he looked. But they went back and fixed it so that the movie was more enjoyable for viewers they are catering to. That therefore allowed the movie to have a more positive reception high enough to warrant more installments.
As a 20 year old lifelong gamer, Minecraft has meant so much to me. The time I’ve spent playing with my friends and family has been invaluable. It’s one of those games that is a great equalizer, kinda like Mario kart, where anyone you know can (and probably has) played it. It’s incredibly disappointing to see the movie turn out this way, but if I’m honest, it was never going to compete with the stories and adventures that I’ve had with my loved ones. I only wish it could’ve reflected them, at least partially.
As someone who can't afford to sponsor many people on Patron... Yes Arlo PLEASE DO IT! I would literally pay for Arlo venting without a censor. Sometimes the best way to tell when something is horribly wrong with something is when the normally calm, rational, polite person flips the table and has a tantrum.
@@Jaminsongunner Yeah, but I think they unreleased it along with the original story mode. I have the original story mode on my wii u, but I was never able to get story mode 2.
As someone who loves most Video Game movies (Especially the Sonic ones) yeah 10000000000000% (Is that even a number?) agreed with you on this one. This feels like a movie from the 2010s and yet even then it feels just soulless.
I had to comment while this video was relatively new but I 100% fully, unequivocally agree with you and share the exact same opinion on you in regards to movies, especially videogame adaptations in general. I agreed with you on Mario being “fine” (even though it was a little less than fine, let's be real), and I agreed with your takes on Sonic before I felt like you had to walk them back a little bit after getting some heat for it, haha. But yeah, this is absolute studio executive, lowest common denominator pandering schlock that is manufactured off the assembly line to appeal to the greatest amount of people while taking exactly zero risks while following every formula in the books. The trailers are designed to an exact blueprint, the nostalgia-grab music, the “hey it's time to laugh” button they press over and over again like it's a damn math equation. It’s just... all the exact same thing, over and over again. And the bar has been lowered so much that we now accept "average" as exceptional and nothing will change unless people start demanding better. Mario being the best of them, while still being a C+ at best is so, so disappointing. And somehow, Avi Arad is attached to Zelda. We are doomed.
I think if the meta live action portion of the Lego movie had been longer than a few minutes, it would've hurt the movie a lot. Like, the theming and message of the scene carries it, but damn would that have gotten annoying if it had overstayed its welcome. It would've instantly been bad if the kid and his dad ever actually "entered the lego world" Meanwhile, this movie is gonna be exactly that for the entire run time.
Jack Black is too famous to play Steve, I just see Jack Black. Quite literally zero immersion possible for me here
The problem is that he's not playing Steve, he's playing Jack Black. He's had some phenomenal roles in recent years, like the psi king from Psychonauts 2 and his performance of Bowser was definitely a highlight of the mario movie for me personally, but he's literally just Jack Black in this movie.
@@louiepikmin3184 Mojang stated they would only engage in such projects when "the right idea comes along. Meaning the only reason this is made because Hollywood asked them.
@louiepikmin3184 you're right, but I also think Steve is a pretty ambiguous everyman character and he cant be that if I'm seeing some celebrity imo. The fact that Steve wears such normal clothes doesn't help, I can't even watch him disappear into the role because like Arlo said he's just wearing regular clothes
@@SmartSmears Yeah that's the problem. Jack Black appearing on screen and saying "Hi! I'm Steve!" my immediate reaction was "...no ... you are Jack Black" There is zero immersion because he looks NOTHING like Steve.
Exactly
Soon films won't ever bother to have auditions because every character will be played by Jack Black, Chris Pratt, the Rock and Kevin Hart. The credits will just be those names on repeat.
and Awkwafina
I hate that they're turning Jack Black into one of those when he can be an incredible actor when put into good roles, Psychonauts 2 is a perfect example of that
“We need a woman in her twenties, any ideas?”
“Idk bro, someone from the cast of Dune.”
(This movie at least avoided the constant ATJ/Pugh/Zendaya casting but it seems like one of them is in every other film now)
I don’t understand why the internet hates these people
@@Dakr2000 They're not hated, they're just over-used. Give some other actors a try every once in awhile, we really don't need the same 5 people being in every movies, TV show, game, and animated project.
"Do I wanna be the guy who criticizes kid's entertainment?"
Kids deserve intelligent games and stories, too.
This, my childhood benefited from seeing well crafted films, but people act like kids media being mindless slop doesn't matter
I enjoy well crafted stories that are fun but only get better the more I mature
Has he not been criticizing children’s entertainment this entire time?
To be honest, I felt the same way about the Super Mario Bros Movie, but I got shit for saying that.
@@thephony1651 The distinction between family content and kid’s content is incredibly vague and unimportant, but I believe most people (possibly including Arlo) would categorize Nintendo in the former rather than the latter.
The Lego movie also has incredible writing, inventive animation, and uses its backdrop and meta nature for valuable commentary and characterization. That’s what film executives don’t realize when pitching things that elicit a “hey that’s kinda like the Lego movie” response
and it had the good sense to completely separate the live action and animated segments
It has that Lego humor.
The Minecraft trailer is exactly what I assumed the Lego Movie would have been like. Lego Movie really surprised me when I watched the trailer and laughed several times.
Minecraft is exactly the cynically made "what spare script do we have lying around?" By-the-numbers schlock I expected.
yeah
And they completely snubbed the Lego movie at the academy awards, but even nominating it for an Oscar
Hollywood dont understand entertainment or adaptation or animation
Minecraft is a game where you spend the overwhelming majority of your time alone, quietly and pensively building a house, or making some tools, or mining in a cave.
So of course the movie is a big bombastic comedy film with Jack Black and a quirky cast characters forming an unlikely ragtag group of heroes and they'll all have different personality archetypes and make silly comments.
What the hell are you talking about? Have you ever played on a realms server? “I play Minecraft this very specific way and the movie should be like that” please get real.
@@Dakr2000During COVID a couple friends and I made a realm. There were many hours where I was the only one online since the rest were doing other things. I’d just hang around and build or mine or farm, alone. Realms can be just as lonely as single player worlds.
@@thatpersonmariah3997 id say realms can be even lonelier. the empty structures of other people have a unique feeling to them when no ones around
@@Dakr2000 As opposed to the very specific way you play it you mean?
The franchise is much bigger than vanilla solo survival mode in the first game. There's also creative mode, multiplayer survival, mods, Story Mode, Dungeons, and Legends.
Of course the official stories aren't bombastic comedies either. They're pretty grim actually (though in a kid-friendly way).
I'm proud of SNL for making a feature length parody, they sure have come far
Wasn't the first time SNL skits had their own feature film. Definitely the worst, though
SNL did a Mario kart skit recently that’s genuinely better than this Minecraft trailer
@@thepikminbrawler1746that gritty Mario kart trailer looked genuinely amazing based on SNL standards
You mean other than Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2, Night at the Roxbury, the blues Brothers, the blues Brothers 2000, coneheads, Superstar, and MacGruber
Good
If you want the movie to be blocky, don’t make it hyper realistic. If you want the movie to be hyper realistic, don’t make it blocky.
Combining the two looks awful.
Exactly. Just make it fully animated.
Exactly!
I thought it looked good though, I think it’s getting way too much hate
@@GameCatastropheNo, the hate is justified. This looks terrible, like it was generated by AI and then people made some adjustments.
@@GameCatastropheThe animals need some work, but the environments and monsters all look cool as hell.
In retrospect, with how blank of a canvas Minecraft is, it could only ever reflect the creativity of those who worked with it.
This is a mirror of Hollywood. Creatively bankrupt and Jack Black is definitely there being himself.
Thats an interesting take, one in which i can agree :P
My first instinct was to question why this wasn't animated, then I saw that it was Warner Bros and remembering this is David Zaslav in charge and yeah the bar is through the floor.
Actually a really interesting take!
damn lmao this might be the most powerful critique of the trailer I've seen so far
I think it's hilarious how they clearly didn't put any effort into making Jack Black look different from how he looks irl. They essentially just had him put on a blue t-shirt and told him to just act like his regular self.
Hollywood thinks kids are stupid. Literally the whole movie can be about random generic human characters, and they’ll accept it because the movie is called Minecraft. Yet not look like Minecraft at all.
I’d say this is a perfect excuse to call for Hollywood to be abandoned and have filmmaking be done in the other 49 states
@@Cubeytheawesomepretty sure people in other states do make movies. They don’t have the same budgets for production or advertising.
@@edmg7 well, they should. California sucks anyhow.
@@edmg7
Georgia has filming studios
@@JDReC100 oh yeah, I forgot I see a Georgia logo at the end of a lot of films.
We had so many talented Minecraft animators on UA-cam back in the day who made great and expressive character designs along with a great sense of humor and story. And all on a low to nothing budget from their own homes. This film is a slap in the face in comparison.
Any recommendations? I'm very curious now
Fucking Jake eyes did it better
@@TiredOx7536 slamacow is the first one that comes to my mind. theres one good animation they did where its a dance battle against witches and other mobs
@@TiredOx7536element animation's stuff, specifically their egg's guide to minecraft series
This exact same thing is going to happen to the Sims, a franchise who also is rumoured to be getting a movie
Cool to have 2 playable Jack Blacks in Smash Bros Ultimate. Steve and Bowser.
And Chris Pratt
@@justusgrimm2127and Seth Rogen
@@justusgrimm2127Mario and Dr. Mario lol
And pretty soon we’ll have 3 playable (insert Link actor in future Zelda movie here)
Reminds me of how there are like three Halle Berries in Fortnite. Storm, Catwoman, and her character from John Wick.
5:46 I really like the Lego Movie comparison. The “creativity” theme is very strongly tied together by the fact that the story is made by the kid. On a second watch through you can clearly see all the foreshadowing to this, but you can also enjoy the characters on their own without the meta. In the Minecraft movie, it seems like the movie has nothing outside of a meta that doesn’t have narrative value.
It’s really annoying that that’s the plot they went with because if you read The End Portal Message it literally just gives you a free narrative to use
@@kaleenar963 the end poem my beloved
Exactly what I was thinking--you didn't need to understand or even appreciate the meta aspect to like the LEGO Movie, it just added to the creativity and charm of the world and characters that were already there. This movie is just meta right off the bat, with nothing to complement it with.
as a kid I loved the Lego movie it was my favorite! However I strongly disliked the meta ending, I didn’t care about all the foreshadowing it just annoyed me random characters were part of the story.
Obviously that’s just my perspective, but like do kids even like meta stuff in their movies? I sure didn’t
Your point about it being a 14 year old game is spot on. The first Minecraft players are starting to hit 30.
I’m also so sick of them hiring not voice actors for voice acting roles
The first players are starting to hit 30? I should probably tell some of my friends about that, seeing how we were *in college* when alpha started to get attention... I had no idea I was about a decade younger than I actually am!
Well, given these are all live-action actors, the latter complaint certainly doesn't apply here.
And even then, Jack Black at the very least WOULD be still someone who's done a lot of voice-acting-work.
@@ImminDragonand I started playing the alpha when I was 9, I’m only in my early 20s aha
33, started playing Minecraft when I was 19.
Ugh, don't remind me. 28, still crazy nostalgic for those 24/7 snowing Alpha worlds.
Can't believe they based the mob designs on cursed 'realistic minecraft' images from 10 years ago.
This is honestly such a generic plot to come up for a Minecraft movie. It's basically Jumanji, Narnia and Zathura, but with Minecraft.
Basically the same thing that's been done with every other video game movie. Mario and Sonic both got extremely safe family movies that had the most generic plots you could possibly conceive of. While Hollywood isn't butchering video game adaptations anymore, they still think they have to water down the story into something basic and familiar in order to be broadly appealing.
@@EXCLMakerat least the mario movie is fun even if it's really watered down but the minecraft movie looks so bad my god and is just generic
@@EXCLMaker Maybe in another 2 decades, not only will they get the look of the characters and the source material down, but maybe we'll get 1 original story with them! But that probably won't happen, though
Ehm, yes? Are you saying thats bad? Its literally a genre of a story, doesnt mean its a jumanji knock off. You dont even know anything about the story, other than that they were put into this new world. Its called an Isekai, buddy...
@@EXCLMakerI mean, you are right but Mario's isekai is faithful to the lore of the series (even though it is very inconsistent, the idea of Mario and Luigi being plumbers from Brooklyn was there) and Sonic always had furries living with humans anyway
Childhood me kept saying, "Where's Herobrine??!"
If they get Notch to play Herobrine the movie would get a 10/10 in my book.
if herobrine is the villain that would be sick
@@leafyfeatherssince herobrine is basically just steve with white eyes, they could just make him jack black but with white eyes
@@leafyfeathersNotch will never be officially mentioned alongside this game again, lol
@@birdflox1337 that’s why the movie won’t get a 10/10 in my book
"I know all the jokes already"
Being older than 30, in a nut shell. A brother can relate
You don't have to be over 30. With the obvious pandering humour seen in this trailer I'm sure even people in their teens are already bored and familiar with it all.
I'm 25 and have been sick of it for a decade already.
im 18 and from the moment i saw the thumbnail i knew exactly how this was gonna go
I feel like this movie is satire movie, the whole premise is Jumanji, the designs of the peaceful mobs feel intentionally bad, it's called "A Minecraft Movie" as if it was a parody, Jack Black's role feels fully centered around being comedic, and is releasing April 2nd internationally like it's for April Fools.
I feel like honestly this could be a fun movie to watch.
That is unfortunately too hopeful. Can confirm they (probably) think this is 100% serous narrative wise (biased on the trailer description). (Will still have jokes obviously.)
Of course it is. The director worked on Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.
Making a shit movie ironically still means you've made a shit movie.
@@Billigoat21 honestly yeah, it can be a very fun movie. It also can be one of those "so bad it's good once" but there is a chance it can be unironically good, they can surprise us.
3:17 This movie has been in development hell since 2014. There’s been numerous directors, writers and actors attached to it that all backed out.
Oh god it's literally the OG Mario Movie
@@tatltails3923And the FNAF movie tbf.
Sounds exactly like the Borderlands movie, not looking good.
Who would Arlo be if he didn't have conflicting opinions on a video game movie?
Except this time we won’t have any overdramatic Twitter tantrums in reaction to Arlo’s opinion.
Ain’t no one defending this 😂
Complaining about Color Splash.
A regular Muppet
A sign of a great joke in a film is when the actors crack up laughing and they have to do a retake. I can’t imagine that ever happening on the set of this film. I can’t imagine the actors giggling while reading the script or being excited for a day on set. It’s joyless.
Any story should _never_ be void of criticism just because it’s “for kids.”
I agree, I think it's actively a disservice to the kids who are given this slop to watch. It's just brain rot content made into something to sell with the name Minecraft.
If you just give kids bad stories they'll never grow to like actual good writing so kids movies should have good writing too.
@@Cue-Ball. The reason is box-office success. Remember the recent Garfield movie with Chris Pratt, that film made 4 times its budget in the box-office, making it a success.
Even the Minions movie became the 7th highest grossing animated film of all time, and I don't think it was trying.
You know what blows my mind. They remade a Beatles song. INSTEAD OF THE MINECRAFT SOUNDTRACK?!?!?!
add handpans or smth
It's a trailer thing. The score probably hasn't even been written yet; it's almost always one of the last things to get done. You'd be surprised how many movie trailers literally steal music from _other movie scores_ because it's the closest thing they have at that point.
This really screams”This is what Minecraft will look like in 2013” sort of vibes, and I’m all here for it
See I like that in a weird demented way. But it looks like it isn't going far enough. Making the plot a generic Jumangi thing tells me it's probably just going to end up being really boring. If it wasn't for that I'd be all in on just witnessing the horrifying abominations that come from that.
@@Cheesehead302 You know....regrettably enough
I actually didn't mind the synopsis for the movie when I looked at the first time but other than that I agree with you the rest is....Questionable at best😐
One of the best comments I saw in the trailer comment section was
Im so proud of my sleep paralysis demon for landing the role of that sheep.
Incredible.
My biggest issue is the jokes aren't even jokes for kids imo. I just don't get what they're even doing.
Oh god I hope they don’t do jokes that are 90% 80’s movie references like Space Jam 2
@@Cubeytheawesomewell the director did Napoleon Dynamite…
@@RangerMcFriendly that movie sucked. I watched it with my parents and it was boring.
My cousins loved it.
I was stunned when I heard them swear in the trailer. I don’t care if movies I watch have swearing, but wasn’t this meant to be a kids’ movie? Why are they swearing? Why are the jokes for adults? What is the audience here?
If you wanted my pitch for a Minecraft movie, I'd say make it a single man in an endless world, forced to deal with isolation by way of self improvement. Maybe have him find a village and find the villagers uninterested in more than trade with no internal life. The monsters go from great threat to after thought, as he eventually builds up his fortress. In the end maybe he has nightmares of the dragon and vows to slay it, onlyf it to be a Beowulf style death or them both, as he's trapped in the end, wounded, and forced to reflect. It would be sad, and melancholic, and weird, and it's why they don't let me write movies.
yeah like hollywood would try something that risky
If I was writing it I would also want to emphasize Minecraft’s weird lonely vibe as well, but more importantly I would want the main theme to be the one from The End Portal Message about how you can work to change the real world the same way you did in the game. So if I was still stuck with the Isekai aspect it would be similar to yours but after the misery there would be a spot of hope where the person playing finally goes outside to touch grass and learns a valuable lesson about working towards a better future and not becoming complacent. Come to think of it, that hypothetical ending kind of reminds me of The Witness. (Edit: I should probably mention I’ve never really played the Witness and am just going off of vibes)
That idea is like art though. It’s not a “movie” the same way that most things that come out of Hollywood. And when I say “movie” I mean “erm that just happened” style generic plots for an hour and a half. That’s just what movies are now.
I think they don’t let you write movies because this is less of a movie script, and more of an indie fan project script
Arlo, I have to stress that loads of 30 year olds are into Minecraft. It's a game all the 30 years played as an indie game before Microsoft bought it and turned it 100% into a kids game.
And the Minecraft Content Creator community made WAY more quality content then this.
Notch should never have been kicked off. We could have prevented this
@@Cubeytheawesome Notch didn’t get kicked off he actually sold the game to Microsoft to get away from it because it became so big and the pressure was too much. A significant factor was the backlash from server owners for his policies against server’s selling gameplay altering items that gave paying players advantages that were essentially pay to win.
@@plows2940 still better than this shit
hermitcraft 5 - 10 is like multiple movies and they are WAAYYYY better than wgat we saw of this movie so far
It was always a kids game what do you mean
Minecraft story mode deserves an apology.
I know the game wasn’t received the best with some of its writing, but in my opinion, I didn't think it was all that bad. Replayed the game recently for a tiny nostalgia trip on the 360 before the marketplace closed and had a lot of fun with it. The wither storm was a really cool piece, kinda wish it lasted a little longer then up to e4 and a bit more was done with the Order though.
People didn't like story mode? I never got super into it but I played parts of it with my nephew and thought it was cute, and the references to the main game were fun
Honestly? For all its faults, Minecraft story mode actually adapted the world and rules of Minecraft into its own story surprisingly well. It had 100 times the passion and creativity than this nightmare
I wish they could've pulled a Detective Pikachu and just adapt the Minecraft World in real life instead of "Our Worlds Colliding" type of story
The Lego Movie was so amazing, I often forget it has Chris Pine as the main character. Depending on how bad this movie is gonna be, I’ll never forget Jack Black is in it.
Edit: lol I meant Chris Pratt. Sorry, all these famous men named Chris look alike to me
Holy crap, he was in Star Trek!
Same with Kung fu Panda, Jack Black actually did good voice acting that made Po feel like a distinct character, but now here he just feels like he's playing Jack Black as himself
@@MorrowMoon_thenightwingnot my idea, but Jack black should at least shave his beard into a cube shape
@@WeirdWimpOr paint his beard brown, or trim it, or literally anything. It's just Jack Black in a light blue V-neck
@@MorrowMoon_thenightwing Jack Black has the same problem that Robin Williams had with a lot of the roles he gets, I bet his script has specifics but then large sections that say "Then Jack makes haha funny joke about X"
As someone else commented, this gives off "He's standing right behind me isn't he?" type of humor
"Welp. THAT just happened."
Somehow, they made the original Sonic movie design look better!
That's pushing it too far.
oh dear god no hes still terrible, never try to put that thing in a positive light lol.
That original Sonic trailer is somehow less bad than this Minecraft trailer, hahaha
How? The original sonic was hated cuz it looked nothing like the source. But in this case they DID make a faithful live action version of the mobs, and they look exactly like the ingame versions just in a realistic style.
@@JuhoSpriteThey look NOTHING like the game.
They didn’t even make Jack Black shave. I wish he could play characters that aren’t just himself in costume.
The pixelated and blocky look is a core part of Minecraft’s charm and identity
Take away the pixelation but keep the blocks, and you get this fugly clash of styles… and adding regular, non-blocky humans, even for the character who’s, supposedly, meant to be part of this world, and it just makes me question even more why they didn’t go full animation when considering the source material
Arlo doing commentary over Minecraft Story Mode footage is so surreal
Sure is. I'm also one of those weirdos who actually likes MCSM as well, so I'm probably biased
@@paulhudalla9527 since I haven't played it since I was like 8, it's nostalgic for me and looking back it's a really good game.
But no matter the opinion, everyone agrees that Minecraft story mode is better than "A Minecraft movie
And on a PS3 even; didn't it ever get released on any Nintendo platforms?
@@stevethepocket it did, but it came last to the Wii U and the Switch version is very rare. I'm not sure if season 2 ever made it's way over either. I have both games on my Xbox 360, and the first one on PC via "means." (I pirated it, but it's not sold anymore so it doesn't really matter).
Even though I watched the whole trailer, this video is how I find out that, apparently, it had jokes in it.
Pausing the video for a moment to say this:
Oh. My. Goodness. I cannot tell you how maddening it has become to hear pop/rock songs in movie trailers have a dramatic, "epic", orchestral version... literally drives me up a wall now; thank you for bringing this up, I feel like I'm not alone now!! 😅
The fact that Jack Black makes a better Bowser is pretty wild to me
his bowser grew on me so fast😭 this just feels so low effort and, similar to the mario movie, had very recognizable celebrities in the cast just for the sake of it
Because Bowser was animated.
The Mario movie is the only recent game movie that has reached mainstream success. It was also the only animated movie of the lot.
@@lalehiandeity1649 that also highly changes the context cause if the mario movie was live action we would’ve been cooked
@@lalehiandeity1649 correct on animated but is say the fnaf movie was also huge
I predict that the reason Steve just looks human is that he was sucked into the minecraft world years ago
"I've been here for twenty years and I can't escape or die, but I have a plan. I'm building a giant mechanical contraption out of pistons and scaffolding under the desert, and I'm going to bring this reality to it's knees."
@@DERADI30lol lag machine?
it's just actors on a green screen, THEY COULD HAVE JUST MADE AN ANIMATED FILM!
We are getting animated series...
@@Lordodragonss that's not a movie. seems like a missed opportunity.
Honestly, i dont see ANYONE liking this trailer, your definitely not alone
There are some MC UA-camrs who think it looks great. I am baffled by that opinion. I think at least one I watched had a financial incentive to hype the trailer up given that they were actually invited out to the set of the movie during filming.
I hope they cancel this
@@Cubeytheawesome Last time WB did that the internet popped a blood vessel
@@Dakr2000 still, it would be the right thing to do
@@dontgivetwothwips3615 I know a couple have admitted to being on set for the filming so I can see them 'liking' it if for nothing else than they can't say anything bad for something they got invited to see/work on, so I think you're spot on.
Can’t wait for the live action tetris movie starring dwayne the rock johnson as the L piece
This is my favorite comment ever
here's the thing Minecraft is not a kids video game its for everyone and the core fan base that grew up with Minecraft are in their 20s now
Also 30's and 40's. Don't forget minecraft was first released in 2009 and upgraded to the 'popular' stage in 2011 ish. Many people that started playing then were already in their teens, early 20's and even 30's then... so even on the short end that's 13+ years to those original players... and dang, do I feel old now.
Impossible Challenge: Watch the Minecraft Movie Trailer without cringing one time.
Impossible challenge to watch anything with 70 Year Old Jack Black trying to be cool without cringing
@@chiquita683he’s 55?
@@WurmzeArnold Schwarzenegger voice: Commenters DONT study.
Honestly, Jack Black is the worst person to play Steve. I get it. He's beloved and in touch with his inner child. But aside from that, there's absolutely no reason for such casting. Steve is the average man, a type of Gordon Freeman character, that just incarnates the player personality. The always extroverted and loud Jack Black is the opposite of that. Esthetically, he's also the opposite, being very curved and full of mannerisms. Something that doesn't work in the bizarre block world of Minecraft . It's hilarious that in the obsession of representation on popular media, Hollywood decided to whitewash one of the few brown skinned characters around. The solution? A token black woman character. Just why....
I agree witht the weird casting of jack black. He can be a powerhouse when cast properly into roles, but him being steve is out of the left field
Jack Black was perfect as Bowser. His casting as Steve doesn't make any sense, though.
@TicTacToeCraft that's because Bowser is a character large as life, like Jack. The type of guy who builts a fortress with his own face on it. However, that ain't Steve.
@@sansnom5269 Technically, Steve could build a fortress with his face on it but that's beside the point.
I was thinking more about how Jack Black's portrayal of Bowser perfectly aligns with how Bowser was portrayed in some of the RPG games. He always had both a menacing and clumsy side and was overly obsessed with Princess Peach. That's why I think that Jack Black did a great job as Bowser (as well as the writers).
@@sansnom5269 Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood, is probably Jack Black at his most subtle??
0:30 dont worry arlo.... everyone is in agreement
I think a big part of the problem with some of these game-to-film adaptations is the execs care more about using the name of a property than actually invoking the vibe of the thing. The Lego Movie and the Super Mario Bros movie were successful adaptations because they were made by passionate people who were intimately familiar with the source material and wanted to capture the magic of it on the big screen. When that passion isn't there behind the scenes, or it's overridden by corporate greed, you get schlock like this.
And Mario was arguably half and half. The Nintendo world was really well realized but the script was as by-the-numbers as any of these generic adaptations. First watch in a movie theater on a big screen, the Nintendo stuff sucks you into that world, but it doesn’t hold up rewatching it at home once the magic wears off.
@@shrimpbisque relax bud you haven’t even seen the movie yet
IT LOOKS SO GROSS 😭
It genuinely looks like they typed the word Minecraft in an AI generator 💀
I want you to be that guy, Arlo :)
In seriousness though, just because the target audience is kids, doesn't mean we should be making trash media for them
You can tell that the Sonic 2 movie review backlash really traumatized Arlo.
As a Sonic fan myself I agreed with a lot of what you said in your movie review Arlo. The days of Sega making high quality Sonic media are over and many members of the Sonic fanbase can’t accept that, leading to toxicity when someone even dares to criticize anything related to Sonic (although it seems like Sega is on the upswing lately, we will see if they maintain that momentum).
Don’t be afraid to share your thoughts Arlo! We will always support you!
I saw the Twitter outrage before listening to Arlo’s review and I was bracing myself. And even though I liked Sonic 2 more than Arlo, I couldn’t disagree with any of his opinions. Nothing he said was particularly egregious.
Finally someone else who isn’t ragging on Arlo’s opinions🙏🏼 I personally love hearing your opinions on movies, Arlo. Don’t let the haters get to you😊
@@CrowTRobot Fun Fact: Jeff Fowler worked on the CGI movie production for the 2005 video game Shadow the Hedgehog. This explains why Sonic 3 impresses so far.
Jared Hess on the other hand directed Thelma the Unicorn.
Even if his opinion went against the apparent general consensus… why would that be a bad thing? And why get angry at it? Differing opinions are a good thing when it comes to reviewing anything. I just don’t understand this herd mentality of some people. It’s ok to have a diversity of opinions and perspectives, unless the issue is actually a matter of life or death like vaccine hesitancy where there is a large amount of evidence for or against something.
@@MrMoon-hy6pn I have loved Sonic since I was a kid. The Sonic fanbase is one of the worst fanbases out there. Oh my god you would not even believe it! These idiots think everything Sonic-related is a masterpiece, and if you dare to criticize anything prepare to get assaulted by a herd of lunatics who don’t understand what good art/media is.
Here is the dirty truth about Sonic, the only great media of the blue blur is the original trilogy from the early 90s on the Genesis. It’s been downhill ever since. But the Sonic Adventure titles from the early 2000s were popular (but not great), and has spawned an entire new fanbase that will defend these titles to death and eat up whatever shit Sega throws their way. The most recent 3d game, Sonic Frontiers, was heralded as this incredible success by the fanbase when the rest of the gaming community saw it as average. And the same thing with the movies too! Sonic 2 was fine but the fanbase saw it as this incredible success. So when Arlo made a review about the game and voiced his complaints, the Sonic fanbase went after the blue monster like vultures. These people are absolutely nuts! They don’t understand what is high quality art because they were fed garbage over the years.
Now Sonic has been on the upswing, which is good to see and the fanbase is reacting positively towards it, but Sega still has a long ways to go to reach the heights of Mario, Zelda etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sonic 3 wasn’t a masterpiece (although it is shaping to be better than the previous movies), so if anyone criticizes it I would expect the Sonic fanbase to do its thing and attack them like lions. It is what it is I guess lol. Hopefully it gets better in the future when the fanbase brings up their standards towards Sonic media with Sega now being better with things.
five nights at freddy’s was an interesting situation because scott, the dev of the game, went through multiple studios and they all wanted to use the ip in very safe ways. scott wanted the movie to be faithful and lore accurate to the game. he started with warner bros and they basically wanted to make a monster slasher movie. the wait was crazy long but blumhouse taking over made so much sense. took 10 years to sort out though LOL. kinda scared of warner bros for movie adaptations of games cause the minecraft movie could’ve also lost their faithfulness to warner bros
i honestly don't think the fnaf movie was faithful or lore accurate to the games
@@jskywalker58 as someone like heavily into it i think it was! it’s obviously it’s own thing but regardless it’s better than a nonsensical slasher
@@dylynntendo well its not suppose its own thing its the fnaf movie
@@jskywalker58 I haven’t seen the movie but knowing how FNAF lore is, it was probably as accurate as it could be in a franchise where canon is more of a suggestion than a rule.
@@jskywalker58That’s where you are genuinely incorrect. That movie was literally FNaF in its purest form. One of the most faithful game adaptations in Hollywood.
I never mind you being “that guy” you are one of the better content creators with industry analysis
If it was an hour and a half of Jack Black standing in front of a green screen, walking through a minecraft world and just reacting to things as Jack Black would, I would watch it.
Multiple people say they would prefer a 2 hour long Jack black play through lol
There is a Minecraft *book* called The Island where a normal guy wakes up in Minecraft and has a full existential crisis and has to entirely relearn how to function. It almost acts like some sort of *horror* story. Jack Black reads the audio book so he really is the correct choice for the role. You should really listen to it it's very very good and also funny
And the Minecraft devs made a map about it too
They definitely had no idea on what to do for this movie, with how they switched directors and such
I KNEW YOUD COVER THIS. IM ALREADY SITTING DOWN.
Ok Arlo, let's get something straight, okay? Minecraft is NOT just for kids. Minecraft is for EVERYONE! There's plenty of adults including me who played hundreds or even thousands of hours of it. Hell, i've put put a good 5,000+ hours into it myself. Minecraft is a game that EVERYONE can enjoy not just kids.
Never thought I would see Arlo talking with Minecraft Story Mode footage but here we are
i am personally excited by how profoundly unappealing the movie is. I shall see it opening night!
Ayy same here
The movie looks so bad😭 this could genuinely be the next Borderlands
Did the Borderlands movie come out?
General audiences actually know what Minecraft is, breaking even is probably the worst case scenario
I certainly don't think it's going to be a good movie, but it's probably going to do better then Borderlands.
Minecraft is A LOT more popular then Borderlands even in it's heyday, so it will most likely sucker in enough early watchers and kids to make back most if not all it's money from production and advertising. Still I'm betting it's going to get some terrible ratings over-all.
The trailer looks like what I expected the Mario movie to look like lol. Needless to say I bet it's also going to earn a trillion dollars.
Maybe not. Detective Pikachu only broke even.
@@lalehiandeity1649Nah it earned almost 3 times its budget, still surprisingly low for a Pokémon movie, you'd think it would be bigger than Mario
@@TiredOx7536 A movie needs to earn between 2-3x its budget + marketing in order to break even. If it had made a decent profit we would’ve seen a sequel.
Detective Pikachu had the unfortunate fate of being released a mere two weeks after Avengers Endgame. Under those circumstances it still did pretty good, I can only imagine how well it would've done had it released at any other time.
I hope not. I don't want this movie to "spawn" more nightmare fuel as sequels. But I feel there's a chance it will flop because of how much people hate it, the phrase "There's no such thing as bad publicity" is not true. The only reason this could be successful is because of Minecraft itself.
Today I learned that there's a Minecraft movie in production.
9:19 I get what trying to be said here. The people who ever wanted a Minecraft movie wanted it because we wanted to see a story that took place within the game's world. The problem with doin the whole "We trapped in a videogame" narrative is that it literally just a video game. Were not getting immersed in the game's world, the world is just a massive spectacle to both the audience and the characters in the movie.
FWIW, IMO, I think we need to bring back the concept of the "family film": a film that has a little something for everyone; just enough to challenge and stimulate the younger members of the family, and just enough to keep the older members of the family from feeling embarrassed about being there. As much as I enjoyed the Mario Movie, I have to admit that it tended to lean towards the "kiddie" side of things, and I guess that's okay because they threw in plenty of Easter eggs for long-time Mario fans. A better example of a "family film" would be 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish', which felt more like a film geared towards adults that children could also enjoy. And I think that's a very important distinction to make, that just because children can enjoy it and it's rated G or PG, it doesn't necessarily have to be slapped with the title of "kiddie film" (does anyone remember 'The Straight Story'?). Kids aren't stupid. Inexperienced, yes. Naïve, yes. But stupid, no. They have more brain capacity than we do, because their neural connections haven't been severed yet, and they tend to pick up on things very quickly. I think if the film industry made more "family films" rather than "kiddie films" along the lines of Puss in Boots, the entertainment industry would be better for it - just my two cents.
No, Mario was definitely a family film. Most adults who don't play Mario and have kids that have offered their takes (that I've seen) enjoyed it. Stuff like the Banzai Bill nuke, Lumalee, and the movie not being afraid to mention killing and death prevented it from being "too kiddie".
I cried when I watched the trailer, for one reason or another
Genuinely looking forward to whatever your thoughts on how FNAF 2 looks then considering the puppeteering of the animatronics combined with how little you know about the series lol
surely he finds it interesting for the animatronics alone
@@dylynntendo the craftsmanship is genuinely impressive and the stuff Hensons's creature shop is making for the 2nd looks insane
Why’d they have to get the Beatles in this too? Is nothing from my childhood sacred?
Be that guy, Arlo. Youre in good conpany.
I can’t believe that of the options of Mario, Borderlands, and Minecraft, the Jack Black Video Game Movie Trilogy will have one success and it’s the one made my the Minion people
10:50 That was the most baffling part to me. Jason Momoa is in a costume and makeup. Jack Black looks like he just stepped off the street onto set. And he's the one who supposedly lives in the Minecraft world?!
Jack Black narrated the audiobook for Minecraft: The Island. It was about a guy who woke up in the Minecraft world and had to figure out how to survive. I'm skeptical of the movie, but I can't help but imagine it as a film sequel to that story
My 10 year old loves Minecraft and was not impressed. She wanted an animated movie. If a 10 year old who watches Minecraft on UA-cam all day doesn’t like it, then THATS bad.
The best Arlo video is still you yelling at the Mario movie cast announcements.
"AND FRED ARMISEN IS CRANK K- AHAHHAHAHHAAAAA AWWW NOOOO"
As someone who has loved MC since day one, this trailer was quite upsetting lol
Fun Fact: the director and writers who are working on "A Minecraft Movie" are the guys who worked on Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.
With that knowledge, I'm wondering if the trailer's doing a disservice by overhyping the movie or if the current crew is trying to do something new and probably shouldn't. I don't like the trailer, but I want to be optimistic.
i really want to have hope because of this
but then if the movie is actually good how do you mess up the trailer this bad
@@KnightWhoSaysNopeAvi glad to see someone looking at the bright side
There’s a long history of talented creators being attached to a crappy film because they’re the last resort after a film’s development crew has been Ship of Theseus’d multiple times. It’s why films like Alien 3 don’t really live up to David Fincher’s filmography.
@@johnclark926 whatever fits your narrative for this movie being dogshit without even watching it, I guess.
@@Dakr2000what they said happens more often than not with Hollywood trying to follow trend movies that, surprise, aren’t very enjoyable to watch so I see no harm in keeping expectations leveled like this
Don't feel bad or worried about being the guy that criticizes these sorts of things. It means a lot to you and tons of other people, so you're not invalid for criticizing something you're passionate about and want done right. And this mess is definitely not done right.
Just because it's made for kids, doesn't mean it has to be trash. There are plenty of examples of "kids movies" that are just good movies that teach important moral lessons or explore deeper topics like how to handle loss or the expectations of others. These types of low budget live action slop movies on the other hand are just brain rot content. It has nothing to say, it's just something to sell be it has the word "Minecraft" in the title.
FWIW everyone collectively hates this movie older and younger
Its okay Arlo. Im crying too
Black woman saying “oh heyll naw” is such an annoying stereotype.
I Guarantee you they will make her either angry, unnecessarily loud, or over reacting
Arlo having war flashbacks to his Sonic 2 review's reception when talking about this movie lol
Jack Black slowing becoming the next Chris Pratt
Bowser becoming mario
“I spent all my life commanding… KOOPAS-“
Wrong
🎶 "I am breaking blocks and shit 'cause I'm in fucking Minecraft." 🎶
"A Minecraft Movie" is basically the Minecraft equivalent of the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie, whereas "Story Mode" is what we all expected from a Minecraft movie
In case of the FNaF movie, it was at least overlooked by its original creator and he wanted it to be something he and the fans would like. That's why it took them so long, the Minecraft movie on the other hand is more product-y in that regard, so it is a little bit weird that they're only doing it now
I like how your describing not playing minecraft as if it was as life altering as joining the military 😂
The reason video game movies take so long now is because of 3 key aspects:
1. Converting the game you’re adapting into a movie format. Some video games like Mario and Angry Birds don’t really have a plot besides basic stuff and stretching that into a 90 minute film is difficult. But then there’s games like FNaF who have so much story that it’s hard trying to take a specific angle at what you want to tell since there is so much story and condensing that plot in 90 minutes can prove to be rather difficult.
2. The starting off point. The people who fund these movies want them to be successful enough to make merchandise and sequels for. So that puts a lot of stress on story and the look of movie. So you have to make a movie that looks pleasant enough and a story that leaves enough room for more installments and therefore more money.
3. The look of the film. When adapting a film it’s difficult to nail a style for how you envision your movie to look. And it’s especially when you’re adapting something from a game which already has a unique style. And since look ties into public interest it’s very important to get that style right on the first try. For instance, if Sonic movie 1 still had the old Sonic design, it would’ve been the only Sonic movie we would’ve gotten because nobody liked how he looked. But they went back and fixed it so that the movie was more enjoyable for viewers they are catering to. That therefore allowed the movie to have a more positive reception high enough to warrant more installments.
As a 20 year old lifelong gamer, Minecraft has meant so much to me. The time I’ve spent playing with my friends and family has been invaluable. It’s one of those games that is a great equalizer, kinda like Mario kart, where anyone you know can (and probably has) played it. It’s incredibly disappointing to see the movie turn out this way, but if I’m honest, it was never going to compete with the stories and adventures that I’ve had with my loved ones. I only wish it could’ve reflected them, at least partially.
Why does Jason mamoa have the cheapest looking wig ever
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” -C.S. Lewis
Kids also deserve quality movies so criticism is always welcome i'd say.
love how arlo used all minecraft story mode footage as not to blind us with the horrendous trailer
Arlo you should make Patron-only videos where you're allowed to go feral and say your feelings unfiltered. GO NUTS!
As someone who can't afford to sponsor many people on Patron... Yes Arlo PLEASE DO IT! I would literally pay for Arlo venting without a censor. Sometimes the best way to tell when something is horribly wrong with something is when the normally calm, rational, polite person flips the table and has a tantrum.
"I was alive when it launched."
What is he even talking abo-
Oh...Minecraft is 14 years old....Now I'm sad."
We got this instead of story mode 3..
There was a story mode 2?
@@Jaminsongunneryes
@@Jaminsongunner Yeah, but I think they unreleased it along with the original story mode. I have the original story mode on my wii u, but I was never able to get story mode 2.
@@Billigoat21 only ever played it on Netflix
"Never say never" - Telltale twitter account recently when asked about Story Mode
As someone who loves most Video Game movies (Especially the Sonic ones) yeah 10000000000000% (Is that even a number?) agreed with you on this one. This feels like a movie from the 2010s and yet even then it feels just soulless.
I had to comment while this video was relatively new but I 100% fully, unequivocally agree with you and share the exact same opinion on you in regards to movies, especially videogame adaptations in general. I agreed with you on Mario being “fine” (even though it was a little less than fine, let's be real), and I agreed with your takes on Sonic before I felt like you had to walk them back a little bit after getting some heat for it, haha.
But yeah, this is absolute studio executive, lowest common denominator pandering schlock that is manufactured off the assembly line to appeal to the greatest amount of people while taking exactly zero risks while following every formula in the books. The trailers are designed to an exact blueprint, the nostalgia-grab music, the “hey it's time to laugh” button they press over and over again like it's a damn math equation. It’s just... all the exact same thing, over and over again. And the bar has been lowered so much that we now accept "average" as exceptional and nothing will change unless people start demanding better. Mario being the best of them, while still being a C+ at best is so, so disappointing.
And somehow, Avi Arad is attached to Zelda. We are doomed.
Nah, Mario was better than that. Not perfect, but an exceedingly fun movie.
The trailer feels like a smosh skit
I hope they pull a sonic and change how things look
They can't. It's one thing to change a character model. It's another thing entirely to change the whole movie
@@secureb00t39It’d be worth it to scrap the movie and make it fully animated.
@@secureb00t39not to mention that like that would be awful for the animators and there would no doubt be insane crunch
Somehow doubt it. :/
@@secureb00t39and Warner bros is allergic to animated content
I think if the meta live action portion of the Lego movie had been longer than a few minutes, it would've hurt the movie a lot. Like, the theming and message of the scene carries it, but damn would that have gotten annoying if it had overstayed its welcome. It would've instantly been bad if the kid and his dad ever actually "entered the lego world"
Meanwhile, this movie is gonna be exactly that for the entire run time.