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**WARNING** some spoilers. This will be a surprisingly comprehensive review on the phenomena known as "The Super Mario Bros. Movie." Conditions for this review as follows: this is the first time my family has seen the movie. Ordered through Amazon. 70" Samsung TV, no sound system. Graded for Setting, plot/storyline, execution, cast, and music. There's a lot to write about, so let's start!
Preview: After hearing about this movie for countless months, I decided to take the the movie-to-own option on Amazon as it's 5 bucks more than renting it. Purchase experience? 7/10. Easy to purchase, not to savvy on the price. I had heard reviews about critics panning the movie, but audience reviews were stellar... I had to see this for myself. Video adaptations were generally weak, and I held the Silent Hill movie to high regards in setting. For me, that's the kicker. If you can't replicate the setting, how can you even hope to replicate the nature of the movie? With that said, here's my take on Mario and friends.
Setting: 10/10 - The representation of a large number of Mario games is beyond surreal. When I heard Illumination studios was doing this movie, I thought that there may or may not be some inconsistencies in the representation of the Mario games. That whole statement couldn't be further from the truth. This is the one absolute topic that should get you sucked into the movie. From the iconic Rainbow Road, to off shoot games like Donkey Kong 64, Peaches castle, the nod to SMB 3 and Bowser's floating castle, there's a plethora of familiarity to keep you in your seat. Illumination Studios definitely took to heart the shortcomings of previous video game adaptations, and worked closely with Nintendo to produce nothing short of a visual masterpiece that brings the whole of the Mushroom Kingdom to the big screen. They really didn't have to replicate the Luma in its entirety though... that's just depressing. This is something every video game fan has been screaming about, and we finally got a movie where the most important thing is right on the money.
Plot/Storyline: Critic 6/10, Audience 9/10 - Okay. This score is for the movie goers vs the video gamers. In terms of plot/storyline... it's a kids movie. By that I mean there's no sophisticated plot, there's no complicated character development, and there's no hidden twists in the storyline. It's literally a couple plumbers finding themselves in a fantasy world to rescue a princess from an unwanted wedding... as well as helping her save her kingdom. This is a very easy trope that should be easy to spot for the target audience: VIDEO GAMERS. Much of what critics want will NOT be in this movie, and Shigeru Miyamoto knew that. Even so, he advised the Illumination team to carry on with the plan of the day, and let the world of Super Mario make its own statement. To the audience, however, especially the target audience, this is simply the staple common variety of story we want in a Mario game, and we don't really care otherwise. To the gamers, including myself, who have ever picked up a Nintendo controller and fired up a Mario game, this is simply rescuing the princess and defeating Bowser all over again... and we can't wait to watch.
Execution: 8/10 - The launch was a little befuddled with many theaters overselling tickets, but for good reason. This is a movie that caters to children while hooking adults through nostalgia. As far as the Amazon experience, I'm surprised they didn't lower the price of this movie as it would've generated more views and shattered more records, but I suppose time is money. Many compared this to the older live action Mario movie back in the 90's. I'll say this. If you liked the 90's movie better, you're not a gamer. All in all, the process was easy, and acquiring/streaming this movie in cinema HD was cake. The movie bitrate may require a bit more than your basic cable plan though... fair warning.
Casting: 9/10 - I didn't mind the Chris Pratt interpretation. He actually gave quite possibly the closest form of normalcy for a video game character adapted to the big screen... although the winner there is the cast of Luigi being Charlie Day. Jack Black is absolutely impressive here, and nothing short of genius. Anya Taylor-Joy makes for a surprisingly good Princess Peach. Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong might be slightly off key, but in the end, the only other person who might be able to top it off (with lots of voice acting training) would probably be John Cena. Keegan Michael-Key as Toad made so much more sense after viewing the whole of the movie. I could go on about the cast, but with all the critics on Chris Pratt as Mario, I think what really held that together was the inclusion of Charles Martinet (the original mario) as supporting characters. Don't worry, you'll recognize his voice immediately. The actors/actresses gave their all into this movie, and not a single line felt flat.
Music: 8/10 - Okay, hear me out. The music arrangements and the inclusion of the Super Show theme and Donkey Kong 64 theme keeps you on your seat. Everything about the integrity of the music Koji Kondo put out is stellar. Not a single beat is skipped here. The only thing is that the orchestral arrangements made me cringe ever so slightly, and I still don't know the reason why. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the arrangements very much. Something is just slightly off about it though, and that might be because I'm a gamer. On the other hand, as far as critical movie goers are concerned, the music should be well within the 10/10 range as it matches the movie whole heartedly. Even "Peaches" by Jack Black is properly inserted where it needed to be.
Final Score - Out of 50 points, this movie gets a 44/50 for the gamers, and 40/50 for movie critics. Even if you're not a fan of the games, you can still find some enjoyment from the team at Illumination Studios and Nintendo. For a studio to go out of their way to produce this type of quality product is nothing short of astounding. What I mean is, these guys stuck to the source material for the most faithful reproduction of a world we all know by putting down their genius pencils, and listening to the advice from the Nintendo team. If there was anything I would want from this movie, it would be more screen time for Yoshi. In any case, I can say, with pure confidence, that anybody picking up this movie should be watching it for the fact that we have once picked up the controller, and pressed 1p start. Do it again with this movie. It's feels exactly the same.
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I’ve been trying to get the Blu-ray / DVD / digital download version in stores ever since it came out but haven’t been able to since it was always out of stock. My last resort was to get it online and I’m glad to have finally gotten it!NO SPOILERS:It’s rather easy to follow the story. It has beautiful animation and vivid colors similar to the games.If you’re familiar with the Mario games, you’ll most likely enjoy the film. It’s very faithful to the games right down to the gameplay/how characters would move. It definitely makes you wanna play the games! Overall, it’s pretty entertaining and fun. I wish they did slow down on the pacing but it didn’t take away my enjoyment.My only big complaint is the use of non-Mario music. Imo the Mario franchise has a ton of original music they could’ve used and they also could’ve just made new music or continue remixing already existing tracks—any option would’ve been ok. The franchise is popular enough to stand on its own and using non-Mario music takes you out of that universe. Putting pop culture music in films can work for specific flicks but it doesn’t work for movies like Super Mario. Hopefully future Nintendo films won’t do this.
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