My child won't stop singing the "Lava Chicken" song from the Minecraft movie. How do I go on living? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Cocodapuf@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Ok Lemmings look, I love life and I love my family, so I'd hate to have to blow my fucking brains out. So what's another strategy for tuning out this incessant lava chicken?

Alternatively, does anyone have a time machine and enough money to convince Jack Black to not do the Minecraft movie?

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[-] Idontevenknowanymore@mander.xyz 16 points 5 months ago

I don't wanna sound old here, but I finally watched that thing a couple days ago and boy did I feel my age there. Clearly I've lived long enough that a whole movie failed to connect with me on any level. I mean it has Jack Black in it and I adore him. I guess what I'm saying is I have no idea how to fix your kid because they're a different people now.

However , the classic old group defense against young slang is taking it up and enthusiastically using it wrong. So enjoy your hot poultry song.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

It is not a good movie, but my kids enjoyed it, so I got some vicarious pleasure out of the experience. I wouldn't watch it on my own.

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

I don't know why people dislike it so much other than the girl and her brother doing a terrible job at being relatable or authentic. I thought Jack Black and Jason Momoa did a great job and I'm not even a fan of Momoa.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Agreed. It was a fine example of a kid movie with kid actors. If you go in with low expectations, you probably won't be disappointed.

[-] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah same. It was our first theater experience together and we had a blast. The movie is aggressively mediocre although it does have a few moments.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Do you play Minecraft?

I have yet to watch it but i assume there is very little to connect with if you don't?

Depending on how old your kids are and if you are not already playing, playing on a local server together is great family time and can provide situations for real bonding aswell as real world educational discussions.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

It has very little to connect with even if you do play minecraft. If you watch youtubers play minecraft, on the other hand, it's probably perfect.

It's basically a gen Alpha (maybe Z at a stretch) cringe comedy movie more than a minecraft movie. That's mostly just the setting.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

His uncle took him to see the movie (a real bullet dodged for me).

I saw the honest trailer for it and decided it was exactly as much of the movie as I needed to see.

https://youtu.be/Rg_jppK1I2Q

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I don't wanna sound old here...

I got bad news for you, that's basically all we're doing right now.

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