I am about to gird my loins and subject myself to two hours of brutal mental punishment: I’m taking my kids to see A Minecraft Movie today. It’s yet another movie based on a toy, or in this case, a children’s video game.
In a way, this is a return to the good old days. Hollywood is simply giving the people what they want: grizzled old Jack Black, unkempt, bedraggled, and manic, doing his schtick in front of a green screen mugging for licensed IP for all eternity. Plus, The Rock in a fright wig.
We used to go to the movies to get lost for a few hours. Now we’re just lost.
This is not another article about why we need better movies. I mean,
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