This is absolutely charming silly bollocks and I loved it!
Jack Black is perfectly cast and bouncing of the Minecraft universe with an effortless ease.
CHICKEN JOCKEY!!!!
As a Disney adult I really tried to get on board with this, but alas I couldn’t overlook the chaos that is, and has been this film.
There’s a conflict that exists between the dwarfs and the mere presence of the bandits (originally the “magical creatures” that makes this feel like two scripts clumsily merged together in a manner that is as unsatisfying as it is clunky - making this film run 30 minutes longer that its source material without…
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This is - unquestionably - the greatest underdog story in modern cinema!
I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL!
#Snaps
This was the first film I ever saw in the cinema and as such it holds a very special place in my heart.
Despite its glaringly obvious flaws - like how is a family this large able to fly from Chicago to Paris at Christmas without selling a kidney? Why weren’t social services immediately notified and involved in this case of childhood abandonment?
The final act is, essentially a proof of concept for what would become the SAW films!