A month ago, if you mentioned “A Minecraft Movie” in a public place, an exasperated groan could be heard from every movie fan in a two-mile radius. However, despite audiences’ increasing impatience with half-baked IP vehicles (see “Snow White” and “Captain America: Brave New World”),

In short, what I liked about Minecraft was the solitude. I never got good enough to build portals to other dimensions, fight demons, or construct the kinds of complex structures that many of the millions of dedicated players do.