The journey to try and save the Overworld is well underway in the latest A Minecraft Movie trailer.
Danielle Brooks, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge and Jack Black star, while Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite (2004) directs.
Sometimes, a trailer doesn’t quite hit the first time I see it. Other times, it never will, even after the fourth or fifth viewing.
I enjoyed the A Minecraft Movie teaser trailer, and I’m glad to confirm that, even though this trailer ‘didn’t quite hit’ upon first viewing, surprise, surprise; I’m now into it.
Something tells me that the fun The Angry Bird(2016)movie vibes it’s giving has a portion to do with it.
A Minecraft Movie is a new action/adventure/family/fantasy film starring Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Jason Momoa and Jennifer Coolidge.
Directed by Jared Hess; the story begins when an Ender Dragon sets out on a path of destruction. The kind that prompts a young girl and her group of unlikely adventurers to try and save the Overworld.
The above synopsis means absolutely nothing to me as I only know of Mincraft by name. However, the trailer appears to have that light-hearted silliness I could like. Plus, the cast screams fun, doesn’t it?
Right away, I like Brooks and Momoa’s cartoonish look. No doubt, players of Minecraft will be a lot more excited by this.
Kate McKinnon, Jemaine Clement, Myers, and Sebastian Eugene Hansen also star.
Aquaman (2018), Jason Momoa, Warner Bros. Pictures
In director James Wan’s latest, Jason Momoa is Arthur, a.k.aAquaman, a man who reluctantly begins a journey to take his rightful place as heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and become a hero to the world.
Considering how DC Comics’s recent films have turned out, Wonder Woman (2017) being an exception, as much as I enjoyed the Aquaman trailer, I made sure not to get too excited about how he film would be.
Having now seen it, even though Aquaman is not my favourite superhero movie, there is some fun to be had by watching it. For example, I found Momoa quite delightful, thanks to his aesthetic, physicality and charisma. If I had to choose, it’s the underwater special effects in Aquaman that I loved most. From the toothy flesh-eating creatures to the beautifully lit colours of the deep, I couldn’t help but be reminded to look forward to the upcoming CGI-rich Avatar movies, whenever director James Cameron is ready, of course.
Other key highlights in Aquaman include the action sequences in Sicily. Namely, Willem Dafoe’s performance and Nicole Kidman’s rather convincing fight sequences.
In terms of the elements I wish weren’t quite so about Wan’s film, that would be the romance between Arthur and Mera. ‘Forced’ is the word because I simply didn’t buy it. I also noticed a few awkward instances regarding the placement of music and some less-than-inspiring dialogue.
Lastly, we have Manta; he’s simply not close enough to the best superhero villains I’ve ever seen. By the end of Aquaman, I was just glad that I found more things to enjoy than not. Plus, I’m happy for DC Comics because things seem to be turning around.
Watch it if you’re curious and not ‘too Team Marvel.’
There’s more evidence that the comic book film domination of Hollywood is continuing to go from strength to strength. The reason is we have a trailer for DC Comics’s Justice League, a movie that we can all guess will have sequel upon sequel to follow, should this one do well at the box office.
With Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ben Affleck as Batman and Jason Momoa playing Aquaman, even though I’m not the biggest fan of comic book movies at this point, I find myself curious.
I’m mostly interested because I want to see how Justice League will differ from Marvel’s Avengers. As far as I can see, both films are about superheroes coming together to save humanity. I’d really love to be pleasantly surprised by this movie’s execution.
As for my thoughts on the above teaser trailer, it didn’t have me slapping the wall with excitement and yelping with joy as I’m known to do when blessed with a thrilling tease of a trailer. Potentially controversial opinion alert: I find this trailer to be just OK.
I’ll of course wait and see before daring to declare something along the lines of ‘Marvel does it better’.
Directed by Zack Snyder; Ezra Miller, Ray fisher, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jared Leto, J.K. Simmons and Jeremy Irons also star.
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