A Minecraft Movie Review

By Blaise Toledo, Print Editor • May 16, 2025

An imaginative fan-made artwork capturing the excitement around the Minecraft Movie and its fan reception.

A Minecraft Movie was announced in 2016, though it didn’t debut on the big screen until April 4, 2025. The movie took the internet by storm, and as scenes were shown prior to the release, they were turned into memes in true social media fashion.

The hopes for this movie were low, and many people expected a horrible quality movie that would be easy to hate. However, upon its release, this opinion significantly changed. I was one of the people who had assumed it wouldn’t be a very good movie, though the day I saw it in theaters, I was giggling almost the entire time. I am happy to admit that I was sorely mistaken. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Minecraft Movie and would happily do so again. It was hilarious, the jokes were well done and overall just…funny. It did feel like the angst of some characters was a bit out of place when it was brought up, but other than that, it was a great movie.

I interviewed three people to see what they thought of the movie, and here is what they had to say. A Quartz Hill High School student, Lily Rosenblatt, responded, “I really liked it [A Minecraft Movie] for what it was, I thought that it was entertaining and it was what I expected.” I then asked another student, Kalea Johnson, and got a different opinion. “I thought it was good, it was kind of funny. The colors were nice and the actors were funny.” When asked if she disliked anything about the movie, Kalea responded, “They overdid the jokes a little bit throughout the entire thing, it was a bit dry.” The last person I interviewed was a student from Highland High School, Matthew Ramos. He had a very different opinion from the other interviewees, and quite a lot to say. “The movie was honestly not very well put together because of pacing issues and major inconsistencies with the source material [the Minecraft video game]. Overall I would give it a 9/10.”

The varying responses to the Minecraft movie are only symbolic of one thing: everyone has different opinions, that doesn’t make it a good or bad movie…just a movie.

My personal favorite part of the movie would have to be the ending credit scene with Jennifer Coolidge and her villager…now fiance, apparently. The reveal of who her ex-husband is (I will refrain from spoiling this because it is so funny to see for the first time and I would hate to ruin that experience for anyone) made my entire theater erupt in laughter. That, and also Nitwit speaking English with a British accent.

If you like movies that make you cry laughing, then I’m sure you will enjoy the Minecraft Movie. It was hilarious and absolutely worth every second I spent watching it. If you liked my review, then you will absolutely like the movie too.

About the Contributors

Blaise Toledo, Print Editor

What’s up Royals!! I’m Blaise, the brand new Print Editor for The Ubiquity! That means that the physical copy of the newspaper that gets passed out each quarter is made by yours truly. I’m also on the marketing team once again, so I make most of our instagram posts! I’m very excited to be back on the Ubiquity team for a second year, and I can’t wait to create more articles for you all! Other than Honors Journalism, I’m also involved in a variety of other activities in school. I’m on the Division Leadership Team of our schools Key Club as one of our Social Media Coordinators! This means that I make a few of the social media posts for the divisions instagram account! I am also on our schools Folklorico dance team this year! Outside of school, I love to write books! I’m currently writing around ten, and (shameless plug incoming) I have an instagram account dedicated to my writing! (@blaise_books) I also enjoy baking in my free time, as well as read books. My current favorite thing to read is the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series by Holly Jackson (my favorite author)! (2/21 Update) While most people say their junior year was the worst, I honestly think this has been my favorite year of school yet. I may bite my words once SATs and AP exams come, but for now I’m living in ignorant bliss. I joined Folklorico at the beginning of this year, and I’m still on the team and I love it. I’ve performed a few times this year and each time it gets more exciting than the last. I think my favorite parts of this year are Folklorico and my ceramics class, they have risen quickly in terms of which hobbies I enjoy the most (though they will never overtake my love of reading and writing). At the time I’m writing this, I just registered for senior year classes last week. People may call me crazy for my plan, and I probably am, but…I’m going to try taking 5 AP classes next year. If we ignore that fact though, my other 4 classes are very fun and (hopefully) relaxing and easy. It seems stressful but I’m weirdly excited for next year. Maybe it’s because I’ll be a senior, maybe it’s because I love my classes already…I don’t know the exact reason, all I know is that I’m already prepping what supplies I want for next year.

Addison Nicoll, Copy Editor

Hello there! I’m Addison/Addi/Hey-You! I’m currently a Junior here at QHHS and this is my second year in Journalism. I am a Copy Editor in this class. I enjoy drawing, constructing robot figurines known as Gundam, and reading. Speaking of robots, I’m the lead programmer on QHHS’ very own FRC (First Robotics Competition) team. GO 5869 AQUEDUCKS!! I’m also part of the Key Club Division Leadership Team of Division 16 Oasis. When I am not doing my usual hobbies, I can be found watching various shows and movies that include action such as The Mandalorian or the Spider Verse movies. I currently have three very silly dogs, two cats, many goats and chickens, a few hives of bees, and one gecko that I do not have yet as I am still convincing my parents that I am indeed old enough to take care of it myself. Most importantly, I really like dragons. Dragons are cool.