Movie Details
| Title: | Minecraft: The Story of Mojang | |
| Director: | Paul Owens | |
| Year: | 2012 | |
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| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 08.31.13 |
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| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 08.31.13 | I finally sat down and watched the Minecraft doc! It was great, but I'm probably biased because I'm a fan of the game, the company/guy who made it, and the people who made this movie. The stuff 2 Player Productions have gone on to do with Double Fine Productions is stellar in my view. They're really driving hard to capture the creativity and fun around video games while also portraying the long hours of hard work and constant compromise that goes along with it. Plus the films are photographed well, put together concisely and really look like more than 3-5 people are responsible for the whole thing. This movie was very much like that. Lots of good interviews intercut with follow-alongs for Mojang's coming out party and a year of their incredible growth and core interviews with the team that make up a portrait of the company and creator Notch. Really the only thing missing is an interview with C418 who did the music. I'm not sure if he wasn't included because he did the score for the doc as well as the game or what but I missed seeing him here since he's also very much an independent artist and fits the Mojang mold well. I liked that Junk Boy maintained his anonymity throughout even though he immediately drew my eye whenever he was in frame. I also like that so many people have screwed up teeth. I feel like these days at a glance you can immediately tell if a movie is a doc or fiction narrative just by the teeth. Perfect and whiter than the sun = Hollywood movie, fucked up = doc. So yeah... just a solid doc that really portrays the wonder and magic and incredible success of Minecraft really well. |
