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Visually, The Minecraft Movie is praised for its "spot-on" fidelity to the game's blocky design, but this is largely overshadowed by "dull, flat cinematography" and "CGI that looks painfully obvious." The film's storyline is described as "deliberately shallow" and "predictable," resembling a rehash of familiar adventure tropes that lack originality or depth.
The screenplay suffers from "clumsy dialogue" and an over-inflated script with "six credited writers," which critics argue is evidence of a lack of cohesion and vision. The film doesn't seem to understand that open-world games like Minecraft don't naturally lend themselves to traditional narrative arcs, resulting in a "plot that feels forced, overcomplicated, and underdeveloped."