A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie is a feature-length commercial. Without themes, drama, or a concise plot, it barely qualifies as a story. None of the three fragmented protagonists earn an arc. There are pointless side characters plus filler subplots. Its few feigned emotions ring insincere. Constantly pummeling viewers, all the dialogue is unnatural exposition. There's broad humor, contrivances, convolutions, and tropes. Also, its grandstanding about creativity is hypocritical since the script is shamelessly derivative. The acting ranges from playfully one-note to vaguely unenthused. Some might be content that it references a known intellectual property, but that's all A Minecraft Movie does.

Technically, A Minecraft Movie crafts the tensionless tone of a theme park ride. Despite angles plus movement, its cinematography can get cluttered and drab. Genre elements combine with clumsy voiceovers in the soundscape. Its music is either arbitrary pop hits or generic scoring. Never slowing down, the editing chaotically constructs nothing but montages, action, or digressions. Haphazardly integrating live-action with video game iconography, its production design feels uncannily artificial. The cast has adequate fame as well as fit. Its effects swing between sufficiently textured CGI to awkwardly blended green-screen. Altogether, A Minecraft Movie is an empty product.

Writing: 2/10

Direction: 2/10

Cinematography: 5/10

Acting: 4/10

Editing: 3/10

Sound: 6/10

Score/Soundtrack: 4/10

Production Design: 4/10

Casting: 7/10

Effects: 5/10

Overall Score: 4.2/10

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