After years of waiting, fans finally got their wish when “A Minecraft Movie” debuted this spring.  Directed by Jared Hess, the movie stars Jack Black [Steve], Jason Mamoa [Garret], Emma Myers [Natalie], Sebastian Eugene-Hansen [Henry] and Danielle Brooks [Dawn]. The movie is about a group finding the orb of dominance and getting into the minecraft world, where they encounter the piglins who are trying to steal the orb of dominance from them to take over the overworld. 

The movie expresses the importance of creativity and growing up. Henry [Sebastian Eugene-Hansen] is bullied and feels like he doesn’t belong in his school because of how his creative ideas aren’t taken seriously. When he gets to the minecraft world he feels more welcomed and where he belongs. By the end of the movie, Henry feels more included in the real world.

Garret [Jason Mamoa] learns how to grow up and move on from being stuck in the past. He was very stuck on being the Hunk City Rampage video game world champion in 1989. Steve [Jack Black] has been stuck in the game for years with no real world contact at all and when given the choice to go back to the real world, he hesitates at first because he was able to fully express his creative side. But,Steve decides to go back to the real world. The movie uses themes and has a solid plot; it makes a great family movie. The movie is a 7 out of 10 and has humorous moments that elevate it.

The memes  helped the movie in the box office since fans mostly went to the movie just to hear Jack Black say different minecraft terms in a funny way. The most popular one has been “Chicken Jockey,” which caused an uproar because many fans would go to the theaters and when that scene would play they would yell out Chicken Jockey and throw popcorn or their drink everywhere. This became so chaotic that in some theaters, police were called to escort the people from the theaters. In one theater someone brought a live chicken to the screening. Jack Black had to appear at a theater before a screening to tell the fans to not be chaotic with throwing popcorn and drinks and not to disrupt others. 

A minecraft movie has become a phenomenon with all of the memes that Warner Bros, the distributor of the movie, has released a sing- along version of the movie that encourages the fans to say the meme quotes when they happen in the movie.