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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: It's quiet... and I know why
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:08:09 -0700
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On 4/9/2025 8:29 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> Everybody here is out watching "The Minecraft Movie"

No.  My son does want to see it though.  Surprising and my son has 
turned into Mikey and hates everything.  He used to like Minecraft. 
He's been watching weird videos of AI Jack Black singing Flint and Steel 
Chicken Jockey. *shrug*.

He also showed me a 'reaction video' of teens in a theater going nuts at 
the mention of Chicken Jockey, whatever that is.  He says it's in the 
game, but I never ran into it.

> Honestly, I thought this movie had already been released last year.
> I'd have put money down on that belief, had I been in a gambling mood.
> So learning that it was only released this weekend sort of blew my
> mind.
> 
> Not as much as it becoming a block-buster hit though.
> 
> Although, I sort of get it. The movie is based on a popular
> video-game. It's kid-friendly. It's got Jack Black in it. It's at
> least worth a look, right? How bad can it be?
> 
> Pretty bad, as it turns out. Comparisons to the original 1993 "Super
> Mario Bros." movie are apt.

Aw, I enjoy that movie.  I was never a fan of Mario or Nintendo 
particularly though.  Dr. Mario is the only Mario game I can think of I 
liked, and I played that in the arcade.

> It's a completely awful piece. None of the characters are likable.
> Jack Black is.... well, he's Jack Blacking constantly. The idea that
> his humor works in short bursts seems to have escaped him. I actually
> like him in a lot of films, but he's irksome and exhausting in this
> one.

He's not main character material that's for sure, well the exception of 
School of Rock, but he wasn't him as his character.  I think he 'jumped 
the shark fairly recently too, the Mando appearance, Borderlands for 
sure (though I still haven't seen it.)

> And the sad part is, he's the BEST bit of the movie. The rest of the
> movie is either forgettable or stupid. Maybe pre-teens will get
> something out of it, but if you've a fully-developed brain then it's
> going to hurt to watch this.
> 
> I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap. And "Borderlands" was
> utter, utter shit.

I saw what you did there.

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