You Guys Think the Mario Movie's Gonna Be Any Good?

[TroyVSTheWorld]

I was THERE, man. I was there when the first Mario movie happened, man, I was just a kid, and do you know how much I wanted to watch that movie? Even if this movie is just GOOD, it's such an important vindication to the Mario series' Hollywood history.
With the Sonic movies as well, it's so refreshing to us lifelong gamers to see video game movies in the recent years being handled so much less half-assed and more...normal. I mean, they're never great movies, but gamers got an absolutely embarrassing reputation in Hollywood for the longest time. I think both Sonic and Mario are gonna be excellent trailblazers for video game movie adaptations in the future, which is why it's so significant.

[esquarecomics]

The real question we should ask is, can it be any worse than the 1993 live-action adaptation?

[NickRowler]

It weird that people are comparing it to the 90s film. Because when I was a kid in the 90s and watched it, I loved it. Yes, rewatching it as an adult, I can see it was bad. Tho as a kid, I liked how batshit insane it was. The people who created the movie were these first time directors who knew nothing about Mario and were just using production to make their grungy scifi film.

I wonder if we might get another Grinch situation, which also had an awful live action and a Illumination adaptation. Yet people tend to prefer the live action version.

[IndigoShirtProd]

I hope it is. I'm watching it theis weekend with my brother and we've been fans of Mario since we were kids. And sure in the mainline games there isn't much to say about Mario's character, but there's enough periphery content that you can make assumptions. The party games, some of the Gameboy games, and so on.

[Katzalcoatl]

Be careful what you wish for.

[simplykit]

i hope so

maybe if they add a few pokemon cameos it would help

i liked the mario bros (1993) one too because i just enjoyed it as a kid and didn't criticize every little inconsistent thing from the video game

[GumshoeComix]

I hope so but it certainly doesn't seem that way
I see it doing numbers in the box office but not quite being actually good, just okay

[ButterflyEmpress]

I think it'll do well enough to get a sequel if Nintendo allows it, but I have low expectations. Illumination can just bank on the familiar property and the celebrity voice cast to get butts in seats so they really don't have to put that much effort in the story and characters. I wouldn't be surprised if it was filled with obnoxious meta humor, especially since Peach isn't kidnapped so they'll definitely call attention to that.

But I think younger kids will like it the most. I work at a bakery and ever since the Sonic movie came out, we've had customers requesting Sonic themed cakes, so we'll definitely have to prepare for the flood of customers wanting Mario cakes.

Also I think its weird that they decided to cram in Mario Kart. I'm guessing they take rainbow road to Bowser's castle? A racing movie could make for a cute dumb sequel.

[powerplantanimations]

I actually thought it was brilliant cramming in Mario Kart since I think out of all of the spin-offs, that's the closest on expanding on lore? Aside from Donkey Kong Country and Yoshi.

I will say this though. People are talking about a post-credit scene... I wouldn't be surprised if it's the Donkey Kong Rap. Seth Rogen pushed for it apparently.

The only good thing that'll come out with these films is the fact that we're most likely going to get a new Donkey Kong game out of it.

[aqua03]

I joked with my friend that if they do adapt the plot of DKC for the Donkey Kong Spin off, it's gonna be a stoner comedy about Diddy and DK trying to get the bananas back from the kremlings for their munchies.

[powerplantanimations]

I hate Seth Rogen's writing with every ounce of my body and I think he's going to sneak in a weed joke. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Seth Rogen pushes himself to write it or produce it. The TMNT movie trailer was just bad. He didn't write it, but it has his dialogue in the trailer. "AHHHHH I GOT STABBED IN MY LEG! YOU GUYS SEE THAT? I GOT STABBED IN MY LEG! IT'S LITERALLY IN MY LEG! OH... OH WOW... OH YEP! IT'S IN THERE! YOU KIDS LAUGHING YET? THE MUTATED TOAD KID GOT STABBED IN THE LEG. THAT'S RIGHT! I AM ALSO A KID!".

I thought your comment was a joke, but no, Seth Rogen WOULD make it like a Stoner comedy wouldn't he?

[aqua03]

"Hehehe! Wanna smoke a banna with me Diddy?"

ALso fun fact, I'm gonna see the Mario Movie tommorow with my friend so I'll report back to you afterwards.

[powerplantanimations]

Aight. So far it has a 46% on Rotten Tomatoes. I usually don't pay attention to the site because it has been wrong before. (Black Panther STILL has a 96%... lmao no...).

But like... as I said in the original post... easter eggs.

[AmazementComics]

It went up a little.

Also does anyone watch Grace Randolph? I trust her opinion on movies.

[powerplantanimations]

I stopped listening to her a while back. She's... something... I'll say that.

I think if I'm going to listen to anyone it's most likely going to be someone like Arlo (despite me not liking him that much either) or LSMark (again, despite me not liking him that much other... there's only seven critics I like on YouTube lmao).

I wanna see Arlo because like... he's the Nintendo guy. He's going to be brutally honest just like with Sonic. He's been a tad bit cynical about it leading up to the film's release, calling out Miyamoto and all that. LSMark I just want to see what'll happen when he calls out people obsessing over Easter Eggs. Twitter always gets on his back whenever he says the truth about films (like with the Sonic movies). He has a platform and I want him to use it.

ONEYPLAYS tho. They hit it on the head whenever they give their takes on films... especially video game movies. I can't wait for Chris and Zach to talk about it. Their Sonic review was funny af.

[Katzalcoatl]

You should probably just go watch it with medium expecations. If the movie is great then you will be super happy but if the movie is decent then having medium expectations won't dissapoint you in any way and you will be able to enjoy the movie.

Setting super high expectations is what causes most fans to hate a movie. Like the Resident Evil movies. You can't really compare the movies to the videogames. But if you go with an open mindset you will probably enjoy the movies.

[aqua03]

Just hit back from it. It was a good movie. Nothing amazing, but it’s what you probably would want out of a Mario movie more or less.

[abigaillmartin]

I just saw it and I personally really enjoyed it. It was really good!

I just went in with no high expectations and I had a good time. Definitely watching it again! ️

[cherrystark]

I still might go see it with my niece and nephew but the trailer looks... stupid? Like worse than the Trolls movies for more obscure concept.The only characters who sounded roughly how I imagined them were Princess Peach and Bowser. The only reason I think Bowser works is because Jack Black is a brilliant character actor. Chris Pratt and Seth Rogan really can only do one character

[powerplantanimations]

@Katzalcoatl I think I'm going to crank my expectations ULTRA high (despite me hearing reviews already). Like... it's Mario. He's the golden child of the industry and takes things to another level when his name is on something. I feel as though it's a little weird to keep them down when it happens to be something like film? A huge part of my writing philosophy comes from game design where I play back with the audience. It's possible to turn the movie into a game. I dunno. I feel like this was Illumination's opportunity to rival Disney. Sure they got da money, but I worry about films like Zelda or Metroid or DK. I just don't get why film is the one we have to keep our expectations lowered for, y'know?

@aqua03 Also what I want in this movie is what I wouldn't get in a Mario game. I really want them to innovate SO hard here. Nintendo has that mountain of money. If they do stuff we haven't seen in video games before, then I think that philosophy should apply to film. :T