A Minecraft Movie is an interesting idea for a film. After all, it’s an attempt to adapt the award-winning 2011 video game Minecraft from Mojang Studios into a hopefully-as-award-winning film. In fact, director Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, Gentlemen Broncos) seems to have gone with a unique look for the film. One that melds live-action footage and animation in the vein of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, although the extensive use of photorealistic CGI makes it something else entirely within that genre.

Still, it looks as if A Minecraft Movie could be an interesting film to watch. Especially since Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures are so eager to hype the film up before its theatrical debut on April 4, 2025. How so, you might ask? Well, mostly via a final trailer for the film on YouTube just before that theatrical release.

A Minecraft Movie Reveals Final Trailer Before Theatrical Debut

I’m still on the fence about this, same with these cube pandas.

You see what I mean about that mix of live-action and animation in A Minecraft Movie? All entirely photorealistic animation to boot, which puts it in the same category as The Lord of the Rings and other films that use similarly photorealistic animation to enhance the live-action. Which…looks a bit peculiar to me, because there’s a bizarre contrast between the unrealistically cube-shaped animals and people, and the photorealistic environment. The effect is a bit jarring, and that’s not even going into the story. Fortunately, this is just a trailer, so maybe the final product will be better…hopefully.

What do you all think? Do you think the movie looks good, or does the weird contrast fall flat? Do you think the story the trailer shows off sounds workable, or is it lacking in self-reflection? Leave your opinions in the comments section below if you have something to say about A Minecraft Movie.

You can purchase tickets for A Minecraft Movie directly from Fandango.

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