The Director of ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is OK with Chaos During Screenings: ‘People Are Making Memories’

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• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  He doesn’t have to clean the theaters afterwards, so of course it doesn’t bother him.

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  • oce@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And it’s free advertisment.

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  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This Minecraft business is fine. It’s no different than any afternoon kids movie matinee (ie: Paw Patrol; something that only kids are interested in). The mess that ends up on the floor is sold at a 99% profit margin and anyone who understands the finances of running a theater gives zero fucks about that product getting wasted. I can’t imagine any upset patron getting stiffed on a free screening to compensate for it, either.

    At this stage, theater owners are hungry for literally anything that sells tickets and puts butts in seats. Fuck it; let the kids have fun at the movies.

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    • stray@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m sure the understaffed folks making minimum wage really appreciate all the extra income this film is bringing their overlords.

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    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The theater owners also do not have to clean up after.

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  • Emmie@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Who cares about it in this context? Is film maker supposed to think about some random Joe cleaning the popcorn after screening and optimise his movie for least popcorn spillage??

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    • TORFdot0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My local theatre had a group of teenagers throw popcorn and drinks at the meme’d scenes and basically destroyed the theatre for a TikTok moment.

      They are ruining the experience for the kids that actually want to watch the movie. If all this stupid viral moment was people shouting “chicken jockey” I’d be indifferent but it’s way beyond this

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    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m going to guess, in this context, you’re one of the kids that gave into the hype and made a mess and is now trying to validate your actions.

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• edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That doesn’t mean that’s the memory everyone wants to have when they go to the movies

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• Zaraki42@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This brings me joy.

  It reminds me of The Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings we used to go to back in the day.

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• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Also they don’t have to watch the film, so it’s win-win.

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• Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Can someone explain the Chicken Jockey joke. I’ve been into Minecraft since i was little but somehow never came across this.

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  • stray@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s from the movie. At one point Jack Black says “chicken jockey” in a very loud and serious tone, and it’s exactly the sort of line a Twitch chat would latch onto.

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  • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you are unfamiliar with it in-game, it’s that mini-zombies have a chance to spawn riding a chicken.

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    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They’re infamously difficult to fight.

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  • XiaCobolt@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Baby Zombies will jump onto chickens and ride them, it’s pretty rare.

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  • sawne128@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think the ‘joke’ is just that it’s a reference to the game. Also that Jack Black says it funny.

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• stray@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I was suspicious about the idea that cops were getting called over popcorn, and wouldn’t you know it, there’s more context:

  In another video with police involvement, embedded below, an officer says that a group “body slammed” a theater employee. (Theater employees are understandably not loving the situation.)

  pcgamer.com/…/cops-called-as-a-minecraft-movie-se…

  At least one person has even brandished a live chicken in a theater at that moment.

  kotaku.com/minecraft-movie-director-chicken-jocke…

  Also the idea that large teenagers intentionally dumping whole buckets of popcorn is the same as what a six-year-old spills accidentally is just stupid on its face. If you think you’re old enough to vape, you’re old enough to not be an asshole.

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• Doom@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  oh my god everyone crying about this are the most socially inept fucks.

  people go outside please

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