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

I thought this movie was brilliant, not because it has any special message or story. It’s a simple fairy tale. But because it so respectfully kept to its source material (consider other video game adaptations). It was also packed with references to Nintendo’s history, without making it feel like stuff was getting put in just for the sake of it, which (as someone in the emulation and preservation scene) was a treat for me.

I’m not going to lie that getting a very straightforward boy-meets-girl hero movie felt like a breath of fresh air. Disney Wars couldn’t even do that.

Journalists are just sneeding because Peach didn’t tell Mario about his white privilege.
 
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SteelPlatedHeart said:
Having now seen the movie, the Peach in the trailers is very different from the Peach in the movie, and I can’t help but think Miyomoto specifically stopped them from making her “girlboss”.

Movie was good, but it felt like I was watching it at 1.5x speed, the plot moves so quickly. Another 30 mins would have helped.
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Rumors were that Illumination originally wanted to make Peach a girlboss and write Mario as an incompetent doofus but Nintendo specifically stepped in to make Mario the main character and have him be heroic.
 
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I just realized how ironic it is that Universal tried to shut Nintendo down for Donkey Kong being too much like King Kong, getting bitchslapped in court over it, and then end up making Nintendo’s movie and making an insane amount of money for both of them.

Time (and money) heals all wounds.
 
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I thought it was just okay. I really didn't care for Peach getting fashioned into an action girl and agree with a remark I saw before about how that would've been a demeanor better for Daisy. Would've much rather had Luigi be more involved than Peach and DK. In fact I could've gone without the whole Kongs part in preference for more Mushroom Kingdom and other classic Mario environments. The Kongs could've been the premise of a whole sequel. Also could've used earlier encounters between Mario and Bowser rather than just meeting for the first time at the end.

Funny how much shit Chris Pratt got over his voice in the first trailer when I think Seth Rogan and Jack Black are much more blatant about sounding like themselves.
 
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George Lucas said:
I thought this movie was brilliant, not because it has any special message or story. It’s a simple fairy tale. But because it so respectfully kept to its source material (consider other video game adaptations). It was also packed with references to Nintendo’s history, without making it feel like stuff was getting put in just for the sake of it, which (as someone in the emulation and preservation scene) was a treat for me.

I’m not going to lie that getting a very straightforward boy-meets-girl hero movie felt like a breath of fresh air. Disney Wars couldn’t even do that.

Journalists are just sneeding because Peach didn’t tell Mario about his white privilege.
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I've seen people complaining that the movie is nothing but fanservice, that only the people who played the games will enjoy it, and you know what? they're right, and i like it more because of it, fuck general audiences, most videogames adaptations always shit on the source material and seem to hate the fans with a passion, remember this shit?

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Always making stupid changes, either to stir up controversy or to chase the "wider audience", so having a movie that is pretty much a love-letter to the fans feels like a breath of fresh air, especially in this day and age. The Mario movie fully embraces the games, it fully embraces being a videogame adaptation, it is a celebration of both Mario and DK's legacy, to me this movie is just about as perfect as a Mario movie could be.

xXx: State of the Union said:
I keep seeing some people saying the Sonic movies are better.

I might be biased because the only scene I ever saw from the films was some black womans wedding from the second one that didn't even feature Sonic for a solid 5-10 minutes, but go fuck yourselves.
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Yeah, that's the main reason why i didn't watch both Sonic movies, this whole "What if... what if Sonic was in the real world!" always rubbed me in the wrong way.
 
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xXx: State of the Union said:
I keep seeing some people saying the Sonic movies are better.

I might be biased because the only scene I ever saw from the films was some black womans wedding from the second one that didn't even feature Sonic for a solid 5-10 minutes, but go fuck yourselves.
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The Sonic movies had way too much padding and asides that had little to do with the plot. For some reason people were really forgiving of those scenes, probably because the secret levels in the Sonic games are about as equally pointless.
 
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Funny how much shit Chris Pratt got over his voice in the first trailer when I think Seth Rogan and Jack Black are much more blatant about sounding like themselves.
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I thought Jack Black was fine except for when he started singing. Then he just sounded like Jack Black.

BTW this was the Sonic 2 scene I watched with my friends kids while he looked for his keys. I kept asking them "where the heck is Sonic?" and they just kept going "oh he's on an island somewhere" and kept coloring in their books not paying attention.


To further the point, I didn't even start watching because I thought it was Sonic. I was watching cause I thought it was Criminal Minds and the kids had to tell me it was Sonic 2.
 
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xXx: State of the Union said:
I keep seeing some people saying the Sonic movies are better.

I might be biased because the only scene I ever saw from the films was some black womans wedding from the second one that didn't even feature Sonic for a solid 5-10 minutes, but go fuck yourselves.
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The Sonic Movies are good. Though I do admit the human stuff is incredibly weak, and the second lessened their screen time except for that wedding sequence. There's also the weird relationship Sonic has with that cop.

I haven't seen the Mario movie yet, so I won't say too much on its quality, but Sonic movies are decent adaptations and when they focus on the Sonic characters they're actually great.

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Funny how much shit Chris Pratt got over his voice in the first trailer when I think Seth Rogan and Jack Black are much more blatant about sounding like themselves.
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I think its because Chris Pratt had bigger expectations as the lead role and Mario's voice is extremely iconic. Jack Black had a lot of charisma, and with Seth Rogen he was clowned on and had the lowest expectations given this was the only other time DK had a speaking voice in an animated project made in America

 
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Saw it today. It's a fun light hearted kids movie with some nice fan service for the parents who grew up playing vidya. And it was a kids movie. There's no fat, black, opinionated woman who don't need no man. First movie I've seen in ages without one. It's not a morality tale where the message is to accept diversity. That came from the preview before the movie for the rat's latest propaganda piece where they literally have a water and a fire elemental date, with all the racial stereotypes checked off. You can see Illumination fighting Nintendo to humiliate Mario and make Peach a #girlboss but I'm pretty sure Miyamoto saved us from the worst of it. Donkey Kong was the worst part of the movie, but I think that was more Seth Rogan's fault than anything else. That and the luma that got way too dark and edgy. That fucker needs to be made into a meme.
 
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That and the luma that got way too dark and edgy. That fucker needs to be made into a meme.
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That's the hungry luma that turns into a fucking mushroom from mario galaxy. The hungry lumas' whole fucking thing is they get fucking stuffed full of the fucking starbits till they explode into something inanimate like an item or a planet. I'm pretty sure there used to be dark memes about that shit around over 10 years ago when the game first was out.
 
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Damocles_Sword said:
Saw it today. It's a fun light hearted kids movie with some nice fan service for the parents who grew up playing vidya. And it was a kids movie. There's no fat, black, opinionated woman who don't need no man. First movie I've seen in ages without one. It's not a morality tale where the message is to accept diversity. That came from the preview before the movie for the rat's latest propaganda piece where they literally have a water and a fire elemental date, with all the racial stereotypes checked off. You can see Illumination fighting Nintendo to humiliate Mario and make Peach a #girlboss but I'm pretty sure Miyamoto saved us from the worst of it. Donkey Kong was the worst part of the movie, but I think that was more Seth Rogan's fault than anything else. That and the luma that got way too dark and edgy. That fucker needs to be made into a meme.
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That luma was too much. One scene would have been enough. I liked that Mario and DK have a sort of rivalry. That dynamic has been neglected in the games for so long that I’m sure there are kids scratching their heads about why they were written that way.

Thinking more about this I think I’ll push against people saying Peach is more like Daisy. Peach isn’t completely un-athletic. She was in SMB2, plays lots of sports, and races cars. She has an active role in the RPGs. The rumors about Nintendo dialing down the girl boss stuff may be true, but I think looking at the active parts of her role in the movie as out-of-character is unfair. She reminded me of Princess Leia: she holds her own but at the end of the day lets the hero swing her across the gap. The femininity is there.

There was also a very brief scene with cross-dressing played for laughs. Based and I hope Lucas is seething over it.
 
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George Lucas said:
That luma was too much. One scene would have been enough. I liked that Mario and DK have a sort of rivalry. That dynamic has been neglected in the games for so long that I’m sure there are kids scratching their heads about why they were written that way.

Thinking more about this I think I’ll push against people saying Peach is more like Daisy. Peach isn’t completely un-athletic. She was in SMB2, plays lots of sports, and races cars. She has an active role in the RPGs. The rumors about Nintendo dialing down the girl boss stuff may be true, but I think looking at the active parts of her role in the movie as out-of-character is unfair. She reminded me of Princess Leia: she holds her own but at the end of the day lets the hero swing her across the gap. The femininity is there.

There was also a very brief scene with cross-dressing played for laughs. Based and I hope Lucas is seething over it.
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I didn't even think Peach was out of character, honestly. I saw where Illumination tried to push it, but also where Nintendo pushed it back into place. Peach has been an active character in a lot of games as you have pointed out, and her and Bowser are pretty much their RPG selves. Mario and DK's rivalry was pretty fun, loved the smash bros. level fight. Hated that DK was pretty much just Seth Rogan otherwise. And the crossdressing joke was a classic one pre-clown world. I'm honestly surprised that the scene hasn't provoked another trans day of rage.
 
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