A Minecraft Movie has several plot points that set up a sequel, as well as a deeper meaning to break down. Minecraft was released in 2009, and the тιтle has since become widely recognized as one of the best video games of all time. It’s the ultimate sandbox, allowing one’s creativity to run freely in a way that few other games can provide. That poses an ultimate challenge in adaptation, and director Jared Hess was left to solve it. A Minecraft Movie’s cast is led by Jason Momoa and Jack Black.
A Minecraft Movie’s story follows a set of characters who enter “the Overworld,” an alternate dimension based on the Minecraft game, establishing a Jumanji-like scenario. Steve (Jack Black) had already entered the Overworld years before, though he discovered that a villain named Malgosha posed a threat to destroy it with the power of a magical orb. The threat resurfaces when Garret (Jason Momoa), Natalie (Emma Myers), Dawn (Danielle Brooks), and Henry (Sebastian Hansen) return the orb to the Overworld. Our heroes join forces to defeat Malgosha, protecting the Overworld from the piglin invasion.
Why Steve Left The Overworld In A Minecraft Movie’s Ending
Steve Finally Felt Welcomed To Return To The Real World
After defeating Malgosha, the film’s protagonists use the orb as a portal to return to the real world. Steve, who’d been in the Overworld for a much longer time, makes the final choice about whether he’d like to return to the real world. The beginning of the film demonstrates Steve’s backstory, showing that he didn’t have the best life in the real world. He was blocked from entering the mines as a child and wound up working a day-to-day desk job that stripped him of his soul.
Steve succeeded in the Overworld because it allowed him to live a creative and fulfilling experience, which he ultimately lacked in the real world. While the film primarily plays his character for laughs, there’s some seriousness in the message about what his life felt like before being sucked into an alternate (virtual) reality. He only ends up leaving the Overworld because of the friends he made during the film’s events, who show him that there might actually be a place for him in the real world.
How The Heroes Defeated Malgosha
Malgosha’s Skybeam Was Destroyed
Malgosha is a piglin queen and sorceress who sought to take over the Overworld. The Nether was a place of darkness and brutality, and she hoped to expand its devastation into the Overworld, ruining the vibrant place that people like Steve had created. The heroes join together to combat Malgosha, eventually destroying her Nether portal and sky beam with fireball blasts from a Ghast. By defeating Malgosha, the protagonists are free to return to the real world, having saved the Overworld from her influence.
What’s The Deal With Jennifer Coolidge & That Villager?
Marlene’s Villager Romance Is Just For Laughs
Iconic actress Jennifer Coolidge plays a supporting role in A Minecraft Movie as Vice Principal Marlene, who works at the school Henry was attending before he wound up in the Overworld. While the portal is open, a villager travels into the real world and is hit by Marlene’s car. The two end up going on a date, and the first post-credit scene shows that they got married. This plotline is wholly adjacent to everything else that happens in the movie and is entirely played for laughs, using the absurdity of Minecraft’s villager sound effects for a running bit.
What Director Jared Hess Has Said About A Minecraft Movie’s Ending
The Minecraft Film Adaptation Fulfills The Nature Of A “Sandbox”
Jared Hess is a filmmaker known for тιтles like Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, and his bizarre sense of humor is on full display in A Minecraft Movie. Hess shared his perspective on the movie and its ending to TechRadar, saying that he found the only approach to a Minecraft film adaptation would be to tell a personalized story, as that’s what every player does when they open the game. He shared an anecdote about watching his daughter play the game, saying he was fond of how she constructed a narrative around what she was building and doing.
The resulting film is the expected combination of his usual humor and the creative freedom of Minecraft.
On the matter of the film’s characters and themes, Hess posed the question, “For me, it was like ‘how do we take a group of unlikely heroes, who are in a difficult place in their lives, and send them on this adventure where they have to use creativity to survive and cooperate?” The resulting film is the expected combination of his usual humor and the creative freedom of Minecraft.
How A Minecraft Movie’s Post-Credit Scene Sets Up A Sequel
A Minecraft Movie Introduces Steve To Alex
A Minecraft Movie’s second post-credit scene shows Steve back in the real world, reexamining his life. The world has changed since Steve was last there. Unlike the other characters, he was in the Overworld for a much longer time. He returns to his childhood home, only to meet a woman with red hair living there. She introduces herself as Alex, which should be a notable name to most people who have played Minecraft.
Steve is the default Minecraft skin, but Alex was the second to be introduced and is commonly believed to be Steve’s female counterpart. While we still don’t know who’s going to be playing Alex if the franchise is brought back for a second film, it seems likely that she would be a lead or co-lead alongside Steve.
The Real Meaning Of A Minecraft Movie Explained
A Minecraft Movie Is About The Challenges Of Finding Creative Fulfillment In The Real World
A Minecraft Movie is primarily a slapstick comedy film centered around the bombastic world of the video game, but there’s still a deeper meaning shared by many of the film’s character arcs. As explained in the film’s synopsis, all the movie’s characters are misfits in the real world. Steve left the real world due to his soulless job; Dawn was working fifteen side gigs (like mobile zoos) just to make ends meet; Garrett was being evicted and was stuck lingering on his past glory; Natalie and Henry were grieving over their mother and Henry struggling to fit in at school.
It’s easy to dive into something virtual as Steve did, but one always needs to remember to return to reality to pursue their creativity there as well.
The film explores the notion that the real world can be challenging for those with vivid imaginations and creativity they wish to explore. It’s easy to dive into something virtual as Steve did, but one always needs to remember to return to reality to pursue their creativity there as well. The characters in A Minecraft Movie find comfort in their friendships, which provide them with some purpose in life and allow them to live in a creative, fulfilled environment back in the real world.
Sources: TechRadar
