A Minecraft Movie (2025)

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In the store as #537, A Minecraft Movie (2025).

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Barbie: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (template): Barbie ⇒ A Minecraft Movie (the host's read). Barbie is the template: IP plus adult-pleasing stars bridging generations.
    “This movie has a lot in common with Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Gabby's Dollhouse (movie): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (same play): A Minecraft Movie ⇒ Gabby's Dollhouse (movie) (the host's read). Gabby's Dollhouse will try the same kid-plus-bridging-parents trick with Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan.
    “Yes, Gabby's dollhouse is going to attempt to do the same thing.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:17:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Connected to

Barbie: 4 lines unmapped ×3 industry ×1

  1. unmapped (same phenomenon): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Minecraft, Barbie and Super Mario are recent hits of new-to-kids, adapted IP.
    “when you look at Barbie, when you look at the Super Mario Brothers movie, when you look at a handful of like recent phenomenon like this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie: 3 lines unmapped ×3

  1. unmapped (same phenomenon): A Minecraft Movie → The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Same list: Super Mario is another recent kid-driven adapted-IP hit.
    “when you look at Barbie, when you look at the Super Mario Brothers movie, when you look at a handful of like recent phenomenon like this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

One Battle After Another: 2 lines unmapped ×2

  1. unmapped (subsidy): A Minecraft Movie → One Battle After Another. Minecraft's money effectively pays for Paul Thomas Anderson-style adult movies.
    “Minecraft success pays for one battle after another.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:11:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

Sonic the Hedgehog: 2 lines unmapped ×2

  1. unmapped (theater revivers): A Minecraft Movie → Sonic the Hedgehog. Sean says we need a Minecraft or Sonic to revive theaters.
    “It's interesting that like we really need a Minecraft movie, or Sonic the Hedgehog, to revive.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 2 lines unmapped ×2

  1. unmapped (generational analog): A Minecraft Movie → Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Minecraft is Gen Alpha's TMNT: adults despaired at the Turtles film but it opened a pathway for storytelling.
    “So this is our version of that.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:41:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

Alto Knights: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (Warner contrast): Alto Knights → A Minecraft Movie. Alto Knights was a fiasco; Minecraft rescues Warner's narrative.
    “Alto Knights, what a fiasco.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:18:15 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Black Bag: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (streaming vs theatrical): Black Bag → A Minecraft Movie. Movies like Black Bag go to streaming; Minecraft or Sonic are needed to revive theaters.
    “appetites lost interest in going out to a movie theater for a movie like Black Bag”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Casablanca: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Casablanca. Sean concedes Minecraft is no classic but is something newish.
    “Minecraft is not Casablanca, and I'm not trying to say that it is.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:12:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fast X: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Fast X. Minecraft is new-ish, unlike the endlessly repeated Fast sequels.
    “So this to me is a way different proposition than your fast X's or whatever”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:11:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Fortnite movie (in development): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (IP pipeline): A Minecraft Movie → Fortnite movie (in development). News that morning: a Fortnite movie is in development; everything in rich IP terrain gets developed.
    “we're going to put a Fortnite movie in development”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:47:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Free Guy: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (cynicism contrast): Free Guy → A Minecraft Movie. Minecraft is lighthearted, not the craven IP-bait of Free Guy's ending.
    “It's not that craven thing that free guy is where by the time you got to the end of that movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:52:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Gabby's Dollhouse (movie): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same play): Gabby's Dollhouse (movie) → A Minecraft Movie. Gabby's Dollhouse will try the same kid-plus-bridging-parents trick with Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan.
    “Yes, Gabby's dollhouse is going to attempt to do the same thing.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:17:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Invaders (as heard; likely Invaders from Mars): 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (childhood echo): A Minecraft Movie → Invaders (as heard; likely Invaders from Mars). Same echo.
    “movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Jared Hess: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (directed by): A Minecraft Movie → Jared Hess. Sean names Jared Hess as the director of the Minecraft movie.
    “The movie is directed by Jared Hess, who is probably best known for directing Napoleon Dynamite”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Kool-Aid Man movie (joke, not real): 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (joke contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Kool-Aid Man movie (joke, not real). Minecraft is to Barbie as a hypothetical Kool-Aid movie is to Barbie: IP without the sophistication.
    “I think Minecraft movie is to Barbie as the Kool-Aid movie from the studio is to Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:15:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)

Marvel movies: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (in-joke crowd): A Minecraft Movie → Marvel movies. The Minecraft shout-along crowd reminded Sean of watching Marvel movies with Amanda, where he needs her to explain references.
    “It reminded me of sitting with you during Marvel movies.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:09:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Minions: The Rise of Gru: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (rowdy audience): A Minecraft Movie → Minions: The Rise of Gru. The last time Sean saw a theater this rowdy was Minions 2 (though that was teenagers doing memes).
    “Now, the last time I remember this experience was minions 2.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:04:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Moneyball: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (shared trait): Moneyball → A Minecraft Movie. Both are IP (based on existing property), tied to the claim that movies are back.
    “So Moneyball and then Minecraft, that's that's the director. They're both IP.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:28:54 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)

Mortal Kombat: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Mortal Kombat. Earlier video game movies were for grownups and mostly did not do well or earn quality credit.
    “Mortal Kombat. World of Warcraft, you know, all of that stuff.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:21:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Ne Zha 2: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (counterexample): Ne Zha 2 → A Minecraft Movie. Ne Zha 2, a Chinese animation, is now the world's top grosser, almost all from China, showing China no longer needs Hollywood.
    “Niza 2 is the highest grossing movie in the world right now.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:39:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Nosferatu: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (healthy model): Nosferatu → A Minecraft Movie. A $50M gamble on an interesting filmmaker turning $200M is the healthy middle, versus a $18M comedy hoping for $700M.
    “I hope there are more Nosperatus, where they're like, we're going to give a really interesting filmmaker $50 million, because we think it can make $200 million.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:42:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

One of Them Days: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (best studio movie): One of Them Days → A Minecraft Movie. Called the second-best studio movie of the year.
    “Probably the 2nd best studio movie of the year.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:15:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Oppenheimer: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (exception): A Minecraft Movie → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer-type hits can still happen, but not reversibly without IP.
    “And you'll get an Oppenheimer every once in a while.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Sinners: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (Warner rebound): A Minecraft Movie → Sinners. Minecraft's success plus Sinners' buzz eases the doom around Warner Bros.
    “Early reviews of sinners are through the roof and people are extremely excited”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:18:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

The Last Starfighter: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (childhood echo): A Minecraft Movie → The Last Starfighter. A 10-year-old picking up a sword to fight an evil pig echoes 80s kid-hero movies.
    “movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (audience participation): A Minecraft Movie → The Rocky Horror Picture Show. People compare the Minecraft crowd (laughing, repeating lines) to Rocky Horror screenings.
    “A lot of people have been comparing the movie going experience to the Rocky Horror picture show”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:08:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

The Woman in the Yard: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same night): The Woman in the Yard → A Minecraft Movie. Sean saw The Woman in the Yard at 7:30 and Minecraft at 9 the same night.
    “I went to a 9 p.m. screening after seeing a 7.30 p.m. screening of the woman in the yard.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:02:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Transformers (the last movie): 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Transformers (the last movie). Older-IP reboots like Transformers and TMNT were fun for adults but not really for 9-year-olds.
    “It's nice and fun for me, but it's not really for 9 year olds.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

World of Warcraft: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → World of Warcraft. Earlier video game movies were for grownups and mostly did not do well or earn quality credit.
    “Mortal Kombat. World of Warcraft, you know, all of that stuff.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:21:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (8)

  1. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Transformers (the last movie). Older-IP reboots like Transformers and TMNT were fun for adults but not really for 9-year-olds.
    “It's nice and fun for me, but it's not really for 9 year olds.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Fast X. Minecraft is new-ish, unlike the endlessly repeated Fast sequels.
    “So this to me is a way different proposition than your fast X's or whatever”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:11:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Casablanca. Sean concedes Minecraft is no classic but is something newish.
    “Minecraft is not Casablanca, and I'm not trying to say that it is.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:12:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (joke contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Kool-Aid Man movie (joke, not real). Minecraft is to Barbie as a hypothetical Kool-Aid movie is to Barbie: IP without the sophistication.
    “I think Minecraft movie is to Barbie as the Kool-Aid movie from the studio is to Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:15:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (Warner contrast): Alto Knights → A Minecraft Movie. Alto Knights was a fiasco; Minecraft rescues Warner's narrative.
    “Alto Knights, what a fiasco.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:18:15 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Mortal Kombat. Earlier video game movies were for grownups and mostly did not do well or earn quality credit.
    “Mortal Kombat. World of Warcraft, you know, all of that stuff.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:21:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → World of Warcraft. Earlier video game movies were for grownups and mostly did not do well or earn quality credit.
    “Mortal Kombat. World of Warcraft, you know, all of that stuff.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:21:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. contrast (cynicism contrast): Free Guy → A Minecraft Movie. Minecraft is lighthearted, not the craven IP-bait of Free Guy's ending.
    “It's not that craven thing that free guy is where by the time you got to the end of that movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:52:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (studio sibling): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie came from the same studio, which the speaker thinks worth noting.
    “So to me, like, I actually think Barbie is like a template setter.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:15:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (streaming vs theatrical): Black Bag → A Minecraft Movie. Movies like Black Bag go to streaming; Minecraft or Sonic are needed to revive theaters.
    “appetites lost interest in going out to a movie theater for a movie like Black Bag”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (directed by): A Minecraft Movie → Jared Hess. Sean names Jared Hess as the director of the Minecraft movie.
    “The movie is directed by Jared Hess, who is probably best known for directing Napoleon Dynamite”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (childhood echo): A Minecraft Movie → The Last Starfighter. A 10-year-old picking up a sword to fight an evil pig echoes 80s kid-hero movies.
    “movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (childhood echo): A Minecraft Movie → Invaders (as heard; likely Invaders from Mars). Same echo.
    “movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

unmapped (23)

  1. unmapped (shared trait): Moneyball → A Minecraft Movie. Both are IP (based on existing property), tied to the claim that movies are back.
    “So Moneyball and then Minecraft, that's that's the director. They're both IP.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:28:54 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (same night): The Woman in the Yard → A Minecraft Movie. Sean saw The Woman in the Yard at 7:30 and Minecraft at 9 the same night.
    “I went to a 9 p.m. screening after seeing a 7.30 p.m. screening of the woman in the yard.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:02:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (rowdy audience): A Minecraft Movie → Minions: The Rise of Gru. The last time Sean saw a theater this rowdy was Minions 2 (though that was teenagers doing memes).
    “Now, the last time I remember this experience was minions 2.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:04:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (audience participation): A Minecraft Movie → The Rocky Horror Picture Show. People compare the Minecraft crowd (laughing, repeating lines) to Rocky Horror screenings.
    “A lot of people have been comparing the movie going experience to the Rocky Horror picture show”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:08:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (in-joke crowd): A Minecraft Movie → Marvel movies. The Minecraft shout-along crowd reminded Sean of watching Marvel movies with Amanda, where he needs her to explain references.
    “It reminded me of sitting with you during Marvel movies.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:09:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (same phenomenon): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Minecraft, Barbie and Super Mario are recent hits of new-to-kids, adapted IP.
    “when you look at Barbie, when you look at the Super Mario Brothers movie, when you look at a handful of like recent phenomenon like this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (same phenomenon): A Minecraft Movie → The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Same list: Super Mario is another recent kid-driven adapted-IP hit.
    “when you look at Barbie, when you look at the Super Mario Brothers movie, when you look at a handful of like recent phenomenon like this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (subsidy): A Minecraft Movie → One Battle After Another. Minecraft's money effectively pays for Paul Thomas Anderson-style adult movies.
    “Minecraft success pays for one battle after another.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:11:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (closest comp): A Minecraft Movie → The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Amanda says Super Mario was the film she thought of: video game, big hit, bridges generations.
    “the movie that I thought about this weekend was Super Mario Brothers”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:13:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (template): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie is the template: IP plus adult-pleasing stars bridging generations.
    “This movie has a lot in common with Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  11. unmapped (same play): Gabby's Dollhouse (movie) → A Minecraft Movie. Gabby's Dollhouse will try the same kid-plus-bridging-parents trick with Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan.
    “Yes, Gabby's dollhouse is going to attempt to do the same thing.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:17:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  12. unmapped (Warner rebound): A Minecraft Movie → Sinners. Minecraft's success plus Sinners' buzz eases the doom around Warner Bros.
    “Early reviews of sinners are through the roof and people are extremely excited”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:18:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. unmapped (Warner slate): A Minecraft Movie → One Battle After Another. Warner's slate (horror, One Battle After Another) may overperform too.
    “and then one battle after another, which I think might actually overperform a little bit too.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:18:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. unmapped (video game movies that worked): A Minecraft Movie → The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Minecraft and Super Mario are the first video game movies Hollywood really cracked.
    “I would say this and Super Mario Brothers are also like the 1st video game movies that they've really cracked, right?”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:21:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  15. unmapped (video game movies that worked): A Minecraft Movie → Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic is another cracked video game adaptation.
    “I mean, Sonic the Hedgehog as well.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:21:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  16. unmapped (counterexample): Ne Zha 2 → A Minecraft Movie. Ne Zha 2, a Chinese animation, is now the world's top grosser, almost all from China, showing China no longer needs Hollywood.
    “Niza 2 is the highest grossing movie in the world right now.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:39:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  17. unmapped (theater revivers): A Minecraft Movie → Sonic the Hedgehog. Sean says we need a Minecraft or Sonic to revive theaters.
    “It's interesting that like we really need a Minecraft movie, or Sonic the Hedgehog, to revive.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  18. unmapped (exception): A Minecraft Movie → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer-type hits can still happen, but not reversibly without IP.
    “And you'll get an Oppenheimer every once in a while.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  19. unmapped (critics' despair): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles → A Minecraft Movie. Adult critics of Teen Turtles despaired that this was what kids wanted, like today.
    “Adult critics who saw Teen Turtles were like, we're so fucked.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:41:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  20. unmapped (generational analog): A Minecraft Movie → Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Minecraft is Gen Alpha's TMNT: adults despaired at the Turtles film but it opened a pathway for storytelling.
    “So this is our version of that.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:41:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  21. unmapped (healthy model): Nosferatu → A Minecraft Movie. A $50M gamble on an interesting filmmaker turning $200M is the healthy middle, versus a $18M comedy hoping for $700M.
    “I hope there are more Nosperatus, where they're like, we're going to give a really interesting filmmaker $50 million, because we think it can make $200 million.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:42:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  22. unmapped (mixed-feelings precedent): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie wasn't Sean's favorite that year, but he's glad it happened; same attitude to Minecraft.
    “Barbie wasn't my favorite movie of that year, but I liked it.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:45:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  23. unmapped (IP pipeline): A Minecraft Movie → Fortnite movie (in development). News that morning: a Fortnite movie is in development; everything in rich IP terrain gets developed.
    “we're going to put a Fortnite movie in development”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:47:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (best studio movie): One of Them Days → A Minecraft Movie. Called the second-best studio movie of the year.
    “Probably the 2nd best studio movie of the year.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:15:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about A Minecraft Movie: Sean sat next to a date-night couple; the guy crushed three Sam Adamses and chuckled, all while surrounded by 9-14-year-olds who did not know how to behave.
    “I watched a guy crush 3 Sam Adamses during the movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:03:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about A Minecraft Movie: Participatory movie, compared to Rocky Horror; Sean felt like he had no Amanda to turn to for explanations, as with Marvel.
    “This is a participatory movie, the likes of which I haven't seen in a while.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:08:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about A Minecraft Movie: The 'chicken jockey' moment: when a baby Frankenstein rides a chicken and fights Momoa and the words are uttered, the whole theater erupts like a World Series win; it happens 5-6 times in the movie.
    “The movie theater exploded as though everyone had just won the World Series.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:09:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.