Re: It's quiet... and I know why

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 Everybody here is out watching "The Minecraft Movie"
 Honestly, I thought this movie had already been released last year. I'd have put money down on that belief, had I been in a gambling
mood. So learning that it was only released this weekend sort of blew
my mind.
 Not as much as it becoming a block-buster hit though.
 Although, I sort of get it. The movie is based on a popular video-game. It's kid-friendly. It's got Jack Black in it. It's at least worth a look, right? How bad can it be?
 Pretty bad, as it turns out. Comparisons to the original 1993 "Super Mario Bros." movie are apt.
 It's a completely awful piece. None of the characters are likable. Jack Black is.... well, he's Jack Blacking constantly. The idea that his humor works in short bursts seems to have escaped him. I
actually like him in a lot of films, but he's irksome and exhausting
in this one.
 And the sad part is, he's the BEST bit of the movie. The rest of the movie is either forgettable or stupid. Maybe pre-teens will get something out of it, but if you've a fully-developed brain then it's going to hurt to watch this.
 I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap. And "Borderlands"
was utter, utter shit.
 "Minecraft" isn't a 'turn-your-brain-off-and-enjoy' movie. It's a
'jam electrodes into your ears until your cerebral matter is ashed
and then maybe you won't hate life so much watching it' movie. It's
awful.
 It does seem popular in America, though. I wonder why that is. (looks
at electorate) Oh, that explains a lot.
      

I have heard news about kids (not sure if in Eagleland or UK) being so
rowdy that cops were called to expel them from the theatre. I don't
think I have seen anything like that since the first Pokémon film, when
i had to accompany my younger brother.
Top reason I'm not interested in watching the film is that well... This
is not my Minecraft. I fell in love with Beta 1.7 in 2011, before the
Adventure update. The game was very different back then. Almost no lore,
no NPCs, crazier terrain generation... In 1.8 it had a unique feel that
reminded me of Shadow of the Colossus, as if you had reached a far away
land where a cataclysm had eradicated everyone. Villages and underground
strongholds would appear, but without NPC's it was like discovering the
ruins of a past civilization.
We would play on our own, and write fictional exploration journals. Some
people preferred reading those stories to playing, which now sounds a
bit like Dwarf Fortress. This was when it was a java game, PC only, hard
to run, and while getting popular, it was not something mainstream. And
there barely were any Minecraft youtubers. i don't think youtuber was
even a term. We uploaded videos to show how cool it was, not to make
money out of it.
Unfortunately the movie screams Microsoft Minecraft and I have no love
for the current merchandise driven IP powerhouse they turned it into.