abeburnett

Jason Mamoa was absolutely fantastic in this movie. To me and my wife he was the highlight. He seriously deserves an Oscar for bringing a caricature to life and making us care about his character. The CGI was also fantastic: vivid, richly imagined, and engrossing. It was remarkable that a majority of the film occurs in the Minecraft world and yet it (and the real human characters in it) felt truly real. Truly outstanding work by the whole production team. There was also a lot of laugh-out-loud moments, and over the top silliness which was a ton of fun. On the way home all of us (me, my wife, and our three kids: 13,10, 8) were sharing our favorite moments and quips from the film. Our kids loved it, and from the engagement I heard of all the kids around us (some much younger than ours), everyone was having a good time. I'd say this is a fun family film anyone from 4 to adult (I'm 47) will enjoy. And thanks again to Jason Mamoa for committing so hard to his character and Jack Black for bringing the music and enthusiasm.

Season 1 was genuinely excellent. Great writing, great casting, excellent direction, production, and acting. Season 2 was...not as good, but still worth watching. Season 3, on the other hand, is a dumpster fire. Whoever wrote this season is as amateur as a writer can get. Me and my wife are constantly rolling our eyes as we're trying to stomach our way through each episode. It's horrendous dialogue that sounds like it was written by ChatGPT, scenes which don't make sense, character actions that don't align with the characters' motivations, lack of story arcs, poor pacing, and it switches up from real-time structure to non-real-time for episode 6. The writing on this season ranges from absolutely horrific to merely mediocre. Bring back whoever wrote season 1 so we can have a worthwhile season 4. But season 3 felt like it was being haphazardly written on the fly by a bad improv troupe. The characters deserve better.