In the wake of the film’s release, cinemagoers have been sharing footage of crowds watching the film, with certain moments prompting loud, vocal responses from the people in attendance.
One moment, which features prominently in the film’s trailer, sees Black and Momoa confronted in a boxing ring by a cuboid Minecraft chicken, who is ridden around the ring by another character. “Chicken jockey,” exclaims Black’s character, a reference to the video game that seems to be sending audiences wild.
Several videos captured by cinemagoers show audiences chanting the line along with Black, before whooping and clapping loudly. On social media, many people attested that they had witnessed, or participated in, similar outbursts.
“My theater clapped every time Jack Black name dropped a Minecraft item that was in the trailers, and when he said Chicken Jockey I s*** you not the entire row in front of me gave a standing ovation,” one person shared.
“Just got back from watching the movie myself, can confirm everyone in the theater collectively yelled ‘CHICKEN JOCKEY’ during that moment and it was glorious ngl,” wrote another.
“This is what made me love my experience more, bc even though the movie wasn’t as bad as i thought it was going to be, the packed cinema with everyone shouting, clapping and cheering whenever jack black name dropped something genuinely gave me so much joy,” commented someone else.
However, the phenomenon has drawn staunch criticism from others, with some claiming that audience participation had “ruined” the theatrical experience for them.
I don’t think the people who are shitting on the trailer online are in the target demographic…
I mean, I’ve been playing Minecraft for longer than I can remember and I definitely only said bad things when the trailer came out. I guess I’m just out of touch or something.
I feel the same way, I would lose self respect purchasing a ticket… idk it feels like someone took an important part of my childhood and decided to ruin it.
It’s better than the trailers made it look. It’s not a master piece, but I went in expecting to be disappointed and was surprised. It was decent. On par with the Mario movie overall.
No it absolutely is not. The Mario movie was done with love for the game. This was written buy a guy who’s only understanding of the game is a 30 minute conversation with his enthusiastic nephew. I have never once left a theater feeling more “meh” in my life.
You’re entitled to your opinion. As someone that is a fan of both and played both extensively my opinion is they’re about on par with each other, which is “decent but not amazing”, “I wouldn’t actively tell anyone to avoid it, but I’m not hassling people to go see it either”, and, “I didn’t feel I’d wasted my money entirely, but I’d have been just as happy to see it at home later on”.