4 reasons A Minecraft Movie might disappoint fans

A Minecraft Movie will soon be released in theaters on April 4, 2025. Warner Bros., the producers of the film, released its first teaser trailer back in September 2024. Millions of fans of the popular sandbox game watched it and had conflicting opinions about its overall design and live-action aspect. Some loved it, others hated it.

An argument can be made that a few features shown in A Minecraft Movie's trailers might not sit well with the audience, especially those who are fans of the original sandbox.

Note: This article is entirely subjective and speculative and solely reflects the writer's opinion.

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List of 4 things fans might dislike in A Minecraft Movie

1) Animated world textures

The mob, block, and item textures in the film are far from the original game (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros.)

The textures used in A Minecraft Movie are extremely different from what the original game has. While the title has pixellated block, mob, and item textures, Warner Bros. tries to create ultra-realistic textures for A Minecraft Movie.

The trailers clearly show how sharp and detailed the textures are. From villagers' skin textures to detailed grass and tree trunks, everything looks like a weird blend of reality and animation.

Since the original game is so far from realistic textures, the overall design of the film can feel extremely weird. Even though the game supports all kinds of high-resolution texture packs, none of them makes the game as realistic and uncanny as the textures used in the film.

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2) Live-action style

The live-action design of the film feels slightly weird to look at (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros.)

Right from the first teaser trailer, the filmmakers revealed that the picture will be a live-action, where five real humans enter the animated world of the game. Even though the textures used in the films for the world are extremely realistic, the humans walking and interacting with Minecraft creatures and blocks do not look well in the film.

Many in the community discussed that the film would have looked better if the characters themselves were animated and not real humans. Some fan-made videos have also been released on YouTube, showcasing how the trailer would have looked if it was entirely animated and had textures closer to the original game.

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3) The plot is not connected to the original game

Minecraft Movie's plot is heavily inspired by Minecraft Legends (Image via YouTube/Warner Bros.)

By all the trailers published by Warner Bros., it was clear that the film's main plot was that piglins were the antagonists trying to invade the Overworld dimension. The story pans out how the five real humans playing different characters join hands and help protect the Overworld dimension from piglins and other Nether mobs.

When observed closely, this plot is heavily inspired by Minecraft Legends, an action-strategy title from Mojang.

That said, since the film is simply labeled "A Minecraft Movie," many fans would expect it to have the plot from the original game, which Mojang released 15 years ago. Even though the original Minecraft does not have a concrete storyline, the journey players take through the Nether and the End can be determined as the underlying questline of the original game.

Instead, the filmmakers chose the storyline from Minecraft Legends, which is nowhere near as popular as the original game.

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4) No mention or emphasis on the End dimension

End dimension has not been mentioned even once in Minecraft Movie trailers (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

While Minecraft's most interesting dimensions are the Overworld and the Nether, the End is also an extremely important part of the original game. Unfortunately, in all A Minecraft Movie trailers, the End was not mentioned even once. This could mean that the desolate dimension would most likely not be present in the film.

The End is a massive part of the original game. Hence, players might be left unsatisfied if they do not see the third and final dimension of the sandbox in the film. In addition to the End, the trailers also failed to mention anything about the Enderman.

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