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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Past low effort video game movies? Borderlands just released. The budget got bigger, but I don't think there's an honest effort here.

Even more controversial, I assume, the Mario and Sonic movies are forgettable at best. I couldn't think of a way to make them more generic without dropping the theming entirely.

On the topic of Mario, how did Jack Black end up in the Minecraft movie? I haven't seen anyone else in there before, I think.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jennifer Coolidge, Kate McKinnon, Jemaine Clement ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He did read the audiobook of Minecraft: The Mountain. So he's got some past experience in Minecraft?

[–] clay_pidgin 3 points 2 months ago

Plus he's a respected games journalist over in his channel Jablinski Gaming.

No but really I think he's a safe choice for family movies. The producers know what they're getting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Jumanji 2-3, Super Mario, Borderlands: Jack Black is a sucker for silly video game roles.