Burnt Sushi (Alt if othr acc has issue)

Honestly? Despite going into this movie with low expectations, I kinda liked it. I went in with with some friends to blow off some steam after a stressful exam, but it actually ended up being a fun experience. A lot of the humor is dumb and relates to characters being extreme caricatures of specific people, but that works as a strength to the movie. What I liked: - The movie is not serious whatsoever, and it doesn't try to convince the viewer that it is. It knows that half of its demographic is 7-year-old children while the other half is teens/adults who grew up playing the game and watched it out of faithfulness to the source material. For the latter, it knows that they're probably nerds who can appreciate dumb humor. - Fun to watch with friends. The entire time we watched it, we were cracking up and laughing about some dumb joke or reference. - Jason Momoa's character was refreshing to see. Typically, I see him in serious roles, but seeing him act in an exaggerated manner that fits how I personally see him was the first thing that made me realize that the movie wasn't going to be what I had in mind. Truthfully, all of the characters were reflections of Minecraft's fanbase, as they're all losers (positive connotation) in their own way. - General Chungus. I absolutely LOVED him. At first, I laughed at his name, but his attitude and humor were some of my favorite parts of the movie. - I almost started cheering when I heard Pigstep. Probably my record in minecraft, despite being an old gen player :) Things I Disliked: - Character development. By making a lot of the characters caricatures, not many of them were fully fleshed out. - Some of the comedy is just "Jack Black does Jack Black thing." Although it was still funny since I'm not familiar with many of his roles, I still think it would have been better if Steve had his own distinct character without being tied to Jack Black's signature "goofy" style. - Intro felt rushed. The intro to this movie almost made me think I wouldn't enjoy it. While I did laugh at a lot of the jokes because they were so absurd, it didn't feel necessary. - The worldbuilding was left up to the audience already knowing about Minecraft or Jack Black announcing a word. Me and my friends tallied up about how many nouns were sound by Jack Black and a grandiose way, and we reached about 50. It ended up being a somewhat funny joke as it kept going on, but I would have been very confused if I had never played Minecraft before. -The plot kinda sucks. It's definitely not an award-winning story, it's just there to make you laugh. Overall, it's not the Minecraft movie that I wanted, but I still liked it. It feels like a youtube video made by a teenager with a REALLY high budget. It's definitely a family movie, but I can see this hitting well with the target demographic that I thing this resonated with the most: Nerdy highschoolers who grew up playing Minecraft.

This movie was disgustingly beautiful

I went into this movie with a heavy heart hoping that it would be littered with "woke" messaging. However much the other comments like to put it, the only thing woke about it was the race changes. I enjoy that this is an adaptation of the original and not a carbon copy. They gave Eric and Ariel's relationship some much-needed elaboration instead of "ooh, a pretty human man! Let me save him and fall in love with him!" Alongside this, I would love to elaborate on the casting of Ariel's actress. Although I think disney may have wanted to be woke by casting the main character as mixed instead of being a white woman, the casting itself was amazing. Overlooking the race-swap, she plays the role perfect. Everything from the delivery of her lines to her mannerisms were amazing and I loved the interactions between her an all of the other character. However, while considering the source material of the first little mermaid movie, not everything is 100% accurate. Eric is adopted instead of being born from the original. However, this helps lead to a much more exciting environment in the movie that I think is a wonderful artistic choice. Other's complaints also happen to question why an underwater world may be darker than the surface. I think that it's important to consider what actually being underwater is like. When considering other live-action adaptions of movies, I think that this adaptation was one of the best. The story was amazing, the new added songs were catchy and fun to listen to, and even if there was no "Little Mermaid" from before, I would still love this movie. 9.5/10