Over A Million Negative Reactions Flood In As Minecraft Releases Their Official Movie Trailer

The unwiseness of making movies based on video games that no one wants

Maryjane

• Published in Film & TV
• September 8, 2024

Movie trailers are crucial because they inform viewers about the storyline and entice them to watch the movie. Trailers can reveal the movie's genre as well as its main themes.

The film's themes are portrayed through the arrangement of shots and the music that plays during the scenes. They provide information on how to see the movie and when it will be available.

The primary method of film marketing is through trailers, some of which are regionally customized in order to cultivate a global pre-sale audience. A few days have passed since the first trailer for the live-action Minecraft film was released, yet it has already received over a million dislikes on YouTube.

Though it's true that the majority of video game-based films and television series that have aired over the previous few decades have been subpar, things have started to improve recently.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie, HBO's The Last of Us, and—gasp—Sonic the Hedgehog—have all shown that, given sufficient care and attention, a video game adaptation can be genuinely enjoyable.

However, it appears that the hot streak may be ending soon. A few weeks ago, the terrible Borderlands movie tanked both critically and monetarily, demonstrating the unwiseness of making movies based on video games that no one wanted.

It appears that the Warner Bros. live-action Minecraft film will have to learn their lesson once more

People have gotten their first real look at what looks to be another Isekai narrative when Warner Bros. unveiled the first teaser trailer for the long-awaited live-action Minecraft movie (by the way, who still calls it a Minecraft movie now?).

Though opinions toward video games have changed in recent years, the response was unfavorable and it came early enough. Fans weren't happy about a lot of things, including Jack Black's portrayal of the same role as always and the strange "hire this guy" images that we really saw in scary detail owing to a leak earlier in the year.

The movie's storyline, which seemed to be essentially Jumanji with a terrifyingly realistic Minecraft veneer, was another thing that fans had issues with.

Click the video below to watch the Minecraft official trailer

It's amazing that in just three days, the first trailer for the Minecraft movie has already received over a million dislikes on YouTube due to all of those issues and more.

The fact that the trailer has over 500k likes as of the time of writing, indicates that the majority of fans aren't pleased with it. This further supports this ratio and fans have been as harsh in the comments area of the trailer post.

The went ahead to list all the things they find offensive and questioning whether they can voice their disapproval loud enough for Warner Bros. to change it, like they did with Sonic at Paramount.

We never imagined that some fans would even use the opportunity to apologize to Minecraft: Story Mode but it did happen. Share your thoughts about this trailer by dropping a comment below.

Maryjane