These shot-for-shot remakes of the Minecraft Movie trailer make the official one look fake in comparison
Despite the irrefutable fact that nearly every parent is going to be dragged to see it by their hyperactive spawn, filling up Warner Bros' coffers until they overflow, A Minecraft Movie looks… not quite right. And not just because Jason Momoa looks like he's coming down from a week-long bender where he robbed Dora the Explorer.
Like, sure, it's obviously Minecraft. The trailer's got creepers, blocky critters and cubes everywhere—all the things you'd expect from the game. But it looks more like an expensive SNL skit (albeit not nearly as good as the Mario Kart one) rather than a tease for an official movie. It's largely just a lot of green screen and famous faces. Yeah, the same can be said for most blockbusters, but it just has the air of an unofficial adaptation, making nods to the source material without committing.
Naturally, this has inspired plenty of animators and fans to rectify the situation by creating shot-for-shot remakes of the trailer either in Minecraft itself or at least using Minecraft assets and aesthetics. The results, in some cases, actually end up looking more like an official Minecraft Movie trailer than the one that inspired them.
There are lots of them, but Alumio's remake is the most eye-catching of the bunch, perfectly recreating the trailer in a style that is 100% Minecraft, but with lots of polish and flashiness.
What this trailer does highlight, though, is how those inexpressive Minecraft faces are terrible for an animated feature. Minecraft: Story Mode, the episodic adventure game featuring the voice talents of Patton Oswalt and Catherine Taber, gave us characters who were more animated but still not very expressive, and I dunno if I'd want to sit through a whole movie where the cast struggles to emote at even the most basic level.
QdAndy's take on the trailer makes the cast significantly more animated, but this ultimately makes them look less like Minecraft characters—when the trailer focuses on them, some of the authenticity is
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