The Super Mario Bros. Movie

This movie dropped like a bombshell when it first came out, and the feeling of being alive when an actual Mario movie released felt special. Going back, I feel little of the same emotion. I'm glad this movie exists, and Peaches is a hood classic. But for the most part, it's just corporate slop with no soul. The only good time to watch this movie was when it first released and everyone (including myself) was going nuts over it. Still one of the best video game adaptations out there, though.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie has the unique ability to give me chills and keep me smiling this big throughout the whole movie every time I watch it. Yes, it’s not perfect, but the amount of love and care poured into this movie really shows. Being a Mario fan, pointing out so many references sprinkled throughout is so fun. Elements are taken from almost all if not every Mario game. Another highlight of the movie is the relationships between the main characters. They’re genuine and sweet. For these reasons and more, I regard this movie as the best video game movie of all time.

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The best part about this movie was the hype surrounding it. The casting sucked. The only two good casting choices were Jack Black and Charlie Day; both of them did a pretty good job. Other than that, it sucked. Chris Pratt had an inconsistent accent and he poorly delivered many lines. Anna Taylor Joy didn't bring any kind of character to her peformance. Keegan Michael Key was annoying. Seth Rogen was Seth Rogen. The soundtrack sucked. The score was okay, but they just included random songs throughout the movie that had nothing to do with Mario. They played Take On Me for no reason. They played Thunderstruck unironically. They played Mr. Blue Sky for no reason. They played No Sleep Till Brooklyn because they were in Brooklyn (very clever). The story was incredibly basic and boring. There was no sense of urgency. Peach talks about how Bowser is arriving with an army and they need to quickly prepare, but for some reason she has time to watch some random person she's never met try to complete an obstacle course for hours. This movie doesn't have any kind of theme or message. It is saying nothing. This movie does a horrible job at introducing characters and world building. Imagine watching this movie without any knowledge of Mario; it would be some of the most confusing crap ever. A movie should be able to exist on its own. 'But Shane, this movie isn't for people who don't know about Mario, it's for the fans!' A movie should never be 'just for the fans.' A movie should be able to appeal to anyone, and if not, then that's just lazy filmmaking. The animation is good and the set pieces the characters navigate are cool (if you have knowledge of the games). Other than that, this movie is pointless and lazy. It's okay to like this movie, but if you like it just because you are attached to the Mario franchise, then I will not take your opinion seriously and you should probably not consider your own opinion critically valid.

Fantastic move overall. I love that they took a franchise that has been around for decades with so many fantastic game remakes, and immortalized it in cinematography perfection. All of the subtle references and throwbacks had me smiling the whole way through, the characters were funny and relatable, and the soundtrack slapped. Highly recommended for boomers and gamers alike. 10/10.

Honestly, was a great movie to be made from a video game, which are usually not very good. It is funny and the action in it is not bad at all. Jack black does a amazing performance as Bowser and is both hilarious, and yet intimidating. The only complaint I have is that its pacing was a little too fast for me, but that is nothing compared to how much they fit into this movie in such a short time.

Let's-a-go

This was very well done for being one of the first Mario movies, it was so good; honestly top tier movie.

This movie was very good. The graphics were insane and I had a lot of fun noticing all the references and the end-credits Yoshi scene. Solid 100/100 for sure!

The references were epic and I want to eat mushrooms with bodily effects rn.