Minecraft movie spawns ‘annoying’ cinema trend that viewers claim ‘ruins’ the film

Same thing happened with the emoji movie and the minion movie. As a former teenager I can attest that screaming at a mediocre movie with friends is a good time

I think there’s much worse things going on in the world than audiences having fun at a silly movie. If it bothers you too much, just wait to watch the movie at home in like 3 weeks.

The people complaining about that movie would have heart attacks and die at a screening of Rocky Horror.

People go to kids movies, and complain about the kids. Huh.

I don't even know what's real anymore

The crowd and reactions are one of the biggest parts of the theater experience that's actually positive.

I think at this point they could make the "Hawk Tuah Skibidi Movie" and people would clap and throw popcorn in the air every time they say a brain rot catchphrase from tiktok.

And honestly I'm ok with that, the only people there know what they are signing up for.

Are there absurd transvestie aliens in this movie?

Saw it last night, can confirm audience went wild with chicken jockey and flint and steel. Honestly didn't think it was too bad, but I think part of the trend is also to fling fucking popcorn all over the place because when we went in the theater was spotless, and when the lights came back on, it was like a fucking popcorn bomb went off in there, the worst I've ever seen in my life; honestly felt bad for the employees.

My favorite part was when the Minecraft guy said, "it's craftin' time" then he crafted all those mines.

And that's one more reason why I'll never go back to a cinema.

This is dumb to me, but I'm not the target audience for this movie. It sounds like the people who are the target audience are having a blast and that's awesome.

It's a shitty movie about Minecraft... let people have their fun. The jokes and memes around it are the best part.

Sounds fun, not sure what's there to be theatrical about

Damnit Janet

I'm sorry but I just can't believe that this is actually happening. This sounds so fake. What seems more reasonable, that crowds are going crazy in the theater and chanting to something from the (widely panned) trailer, or that the producers paid a couple people to write fake testimonials?

Reminds me of the Rocky Horror Picture Show stuff

I find it funny that the article uses a quote from Moist Critical's video on it (as well as I think Schaffrillis Productions and PhoenixSC, I know I've heard the quotes before on youtube) and they leave it anonymous as to who said it

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Several videos captured by cinemagoers show audiences chanting the line along with Black, before whooping and clapping loudly. On social media, many people attested that they had witnessed, or participated in, similar outbursts.

“My theater clapped every time Jack Black name dropped a Minecraft item that was in the trailers, and when he said Chicken Jockey I s* you not the entire row in front of me gave a standing ovation,”** one person shared.

“Just got back from watching the movie myself, can confirm everyone in the theater collectively yelled ‘CHICKEN JOCKEY’ during that moment and it was glorious ngl,” wrote another.

“This is what made me love my experience more, bc even though the movie wasn’t as bad as i thought it was going to be, the packed cinema with everyone shouting, clapping and cheering whenever jack black name dropped something genuinely gave me so much joy,” commented someone else.

This sounds like a Red Letter Media skit lol

It could be so good while high, imagine these bombs dropping ‘chicken jockey’. I don’t get it at all but it sounds like good fun or at least bizzare experience

I say if they're going to release dogshit movies, at least let people party in the theater

Is this the new Rocky Horror?

Honestly, I watched the pirated version at home and thought it was dogshit... but...

I get it, this kind of stuff makes it actually enjoyable. This is like when people brought snakes in a can to Snakes on a Plane and got wild. You have to make your own entertainment sometimes. I probably would have ended up enjoying this movie had I seen it with an audience like this.

Good on these people and boo-hoo for the crybabies who can't handle other people having fun. They're not hurting anybody doing this.

Oh thank god. I saw it the first night in theaters and it was just a damn riot. Like I get why people complain about the behavior. But the movie really goes well along with it.

I was in tears from laughter by the end of the movie. I don't know what was intended and what wasn't, but I definitely had more fun than my kid.

Idiocracy.

I think if you're going to a movie about a popular video game, you should expect that people will respond positively to references to the popular video game. For myself, I wouldn't have a clue, because I've only ever used Minetest/Luanti.

Saw it last night with the kids, it was exactly as described above. I've never played the game, so nothing made any sense to me, but seeing the audience have such a great time made it fun for me.

I'm reminded of a British comedy show called My Hero. (If you want to find it, you're better off googling "Thermoman") It is a show about an alien who comes to Earth and is basically a superhero with heat-based powers, but is also a bit of a doof. The show is actually kind of a rom-com as it focuses on his alter ego coming to terms with living among humans.

At one point, his girlfriends' parents are in a community theater production, and George (Thermoman's mild mannered alter ego) acts very inappropriately, trying to interact with the play etc. Because he had only been introduced to Christmas Pantomime* and wasn't aware there were different kinds of theater.

Getting mad at shit is like, my whole comedy persona or whatever, but I struggle to get mad at this. Maybe we should name it as a genre or something the way the British did with "Pantomime" versus other productions you're supposed to take more seriously. Even more "normal" comedies where you're allowed to laugh at jokes but are otherwise not supposed to try to contribute.

So...let's do it. Let's make audience participation cinema. I've read about a Taylor Swift movie where tween girls were singing along and dancing in the aisles. If the kids are enjoying it, who goddamn cares?

*This isn't really a thing in America, not sure about the rest of the English speaking world. It's a theater performance often done around Christmastime that has some comedy, some slapstick, some bawdy jokes, some audience participation, and the general idea seems to be "let's not take it so seriously and just have some fun" kind of theater.

In fairness this is the only way to enjoy the film. Other than media literacy YouTubers that'll praise it in a few years, I think this is the best it'll get in a while.

NO LITERALLY my friends and i’s entire movie experience[…]

lol I’m just imagining saying “Get your hands off i’s burger! It’s i’s, not yours!” or the like.

We’re not gonna make it are we? People, I mean.