Mario Bros. Set to Jump to Big Screen in Movie Deal with Universal’s Illumination - Paging Movie Bob, Paging Movie Bob...

He really needs to get Anthony Hopkins to play The King.
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'I wonder what's for dinner?'
 
Fuck it I'm sold, this film looks amazing, the animation is appropriately colourful and beautiful and lacks the cheapness of so many other illumination films. The voices are pretty good and they are really paying tribute to so many Mario IP's including Galaxy and of course its kart games and possibly many others. The plot is fairly simple I imagine but I don't think it needs to be complex considering its main demographic is children and not Moviebob tier manchildren and redditors. Although a lot of the audience will no doubt be that. Either way I'm glad Illumination actually gave a fuck about making a decent product and I hope it turns out great.
 
It's most likely because Nintendo is calling all the shots.
Perhaps, Illumination have always been a studio that prioritise profit in making films cheaply and efficiently as possible and this time because Nintendo have been working so close to make sure their precious IP isn't bastardised by Illumination they'd obviously go the extra mile to make this as good as possible. Honestly it looks like a fun film for kids and older fans and ill genuinely go and see it when it comes out.
 
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Rainbow Road is making me fantasize about what a Mario Kart movie would look like in the near future
...literally like this? Because it's already a Mario Kart segment? What would the point be (besides money) in making a Mario Kart movie when it's just going to be this scene stretched out to an entire movie?

I guess I could see a Wacky Races-style thing working but that seems better suited to a more concise format.

The movie looks pretty decent, but I'm somehow not all that excited about it. I'll probably wait until VOD.

I think I'm too old and too cynical.
Yeah, I keep waffling back and forth between "wow I'm excited" and "I'll watch it when I watch it" but I think I'm finally settling on the latter. Not to mention it's not like I'm about to haul my old ass to a movie theater alone to watch a children's film alone. That seems more like a Sonic movie's territory.
 
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