Critics need to chill on the Super Mario Bros Movie 

Props to Illumination for not having a single poop or fart joke! That must’ve taken some serious restraint.

I don’t know if this is why but I heard the reason Luigi is a 1 is kidnapped instead of peach is cause they thought it would be more realistic for mario to want to save his brother rather then saving a complete stranger.

The best scene IMO was Luigi getting captured. I loved how creepy and horror like it was

No matter what I think we can all agree that casting Jack Black as Bowser is a stroke of pure genius.

I remember see a news site call this movie “totally inaccessible for non-Mario fans” and “the only bad movie Illumination’s ever made”. Which is really funny because in my opinion, it’s actually one of the only two good films from this studio lol.

Never trust critics. It’s your opinion that matters

Here is a bit of a Theory: if they are planning to do a sequel where Princess Daisy is in, then Luigi might be able to get more of a character arc. but that is my guess

Fun Fact: The voice actress of the woman in the Super Mario Brothers plumbers commercial is actually Jeannie Elias, who if you don't know, is actually the same actress who did the voice of Peach back then know as Princess Toadstool in the Super Mario Bros Super Show back in 1989.

Can we appreciate how when Mario rescues Luigi he gets so emotional his accent comes out like. whoever thought of that deserves a raise that was so wholesome

I think the idea that Mario is saving his little brother is way more compelling than him just being along for the ride.

About the Peach passing the course easily, they do mention that she has lived in the kingdom since she was a baby, meaning she got familiarised about the platforming as a daily routine.

That audience reaction to the minion made me feel warm and fuzzy inside

I think Mario struggling with the game level-style obstacle course was a good decision. Mario was able to parkour througb Brooklyn because he grew up there. He's familiar with the layout, and he knows how things work. The game level-style obstacle course has a bunch of stuff that's not only new to him, but also doesn't really fit into his view of how things should work; like the donut blocks. Yeah, he watches Peach do it, but using the donut block example again, he didn't know the donut block would fall before he stepped off of it until he experienced it himself. Well, that and I think he was more mesmerized with Peach's performance on the course, rather than the peculiarities of the course itself.

Reminder: Rotten Tomatoes gave Sausage Party a 80% fresh rating. Seriously, why.

Mario was clearly the brother that had the lack of confidence, not Luigi. Luigi was somewhat confident, just sometimes scared. Mario had a whole growth arc that spanned the movie, which included the training course. Mario was always more capable, he just didn’t believe in himself and more put up a front to be a role model for Luigi. I would have liked more Luigi action. He is a favorite. But I understand why they pulled a 3D World and held him captive until late in the game- I mean, movie. They needed a motivation for Mario. The movie did have a good story. It was standard fare, but good, which is fine by me. The draw was more everything else and that did not disappoint. All in all I had a great time. I’m more confused by critics saying it was like a game like it was a bad thing especially when that’s how it was advertised. What else were they expecting.

I'm actually glad that they decided to give Luigi the "damsel in distress" role instead of Peach. I feel like this gave Mario and Peach more time to bond and form a relationship. Peach being the damsel in distress works just fine for the games since the stories are simple, and it's usually implied they already know each other, but it wouldn't work here unless they'd met before or spent the first half of the movie together. It was a good call to make!

Fun fact: Because of how bad the original Super Mario Bros Movie was (live action one), Nintendo was really hesitant to give any rights for a film adaption.

Honestly, I don't mind that Peach was made more capable, because...she actually has been capable the whole time. Even when she's captured, she can do wonders with her umbrella.

Luigi getting captured makes sense because it is the only reason why Mario decides to help the mushroom kingdom at first, if they both ended up in the same place they could have both gone back to Brooklyn together, that said I wish Luigi had tried to escape at least once in the movie

The Luma MADE this movie for me. The recurring appearances and even a final cameo at the end really had me dying of laughter. Only adults could understand the existential angst of simply existing.

Wait, the whole theater groaned at the minion? Now that is funny.

My favorite one so far is a local news outlet saying the movie "has all the charm of an unplugged Game Boy" 🤣

Luigi does come into its own when he saves Mario from Bowser's fire at the end. There is a thin connection to family and brotherhood weaved in the story.

*There are 2 types of people* *1. People who see movies they want to and judge it for themselves* *2. People who see/don't see a movie based on critic reviews*

It makes sense why peach is so independent in this movie. She's been trained to defend herself, but she also knows that she is no match for bowser, which is why she basically immediately surrendered after being surrounded and evacuating her people. She's better than Mario purely on experience, and she uses that to fight back. Bowser could have easily just abducted her and locked her away in a tower, but that wasn't his goal. Everything Bower did was to impress her, not imprison her. They hint at Luigis mansion with Luigis flashback as a kid, which will probably be explored more in the sequel. Even with peach standing up to bowser, she used a sneak attack to catch him off guard and only momentarily stopped him. Mario and Luigi were the real powerhouses in the movie, it felt realistic in a sense that she wouldn't go without a fight but be basically helpless, peach knows this which is why she went to the Kang family for help in the first place. It felt like a blend of her game self and the original 1993 Mario movie, all the way down to how they handled certain events and elaborated on some things. I also like how they did donkey Kong it didn't feel like he was just a jerk with no redeeming qualities. He just felt like he was giving Mario a hard time because he was butthurt about the L he took but didn't really hate him. It felt really organic how they played off each other.

Why would it make sense for Mario to complete a training obstacle course at peach’s castle on the first try with ease if he’s never been to a world with floating platforms hundreds feet in the air before???

I think a lot of people have forgotten what a "popcorn movie" is. You go in, sit in the dark for 90 minutes, and shovel popcorn into your maw while you turn off the outside world and become absorbed in a light, fun piece of entertainment. And I haven't seen it yet, but that's what it looks like the Mario movie is, and we need more of it. If I wanted a dark and gritty Mario movie, I'd just watch the 93 one.

Just a reminder, the critics on rotten tomatoes gave this a low review, but gave Cuties a high score Never forget that

It's heard that in an earlier script that Peach was more of a girlboss, so much so that she was basically the main character. And when Miyamoto saw the script he said to tone it down to at least 50%

Saving your brother being the driving motivation instead of saving some broad you just met makes for a WAY better story IMO.

I saw this with my grandma. She loved it and so did I. I'm slowly becoming a Mario fan but with Sonic being reinvigorated, I'm just happy both franchises are still going strong. 9/10

How did Velma(50% score)get almost the same rating as this amazing movie

I think it makes sense that Luigi was capetured. It gives Mario a strong motivation to fight Bowser. Maybe if Luigi was't capetured Mario wouldn't have a good reason to stay and fight for the mushroom kingdom. Yeah it is a shame Luigi did not get more screentime. Maybe if they made the prison scenario different, in a way the prisoners could interact more with eachother and they have more space to do stuff, it would be possible to give Luigi more developement. However I feel like it was enough for him to feel like he is always burden and he should stand up for himself and for others like his brother does for him. But yeah it is true we did not see mutch of him. Maybe the movie was too short for everything.

The movie may not have been amazing, but we got to hear Jack Black singing and that scene was a cinematic masterpiece

This movie is literally the most harmless family movie I've seen this year. It's pretty much a direct translation of the games and a pretty good one at that. Sure the plot is simple, but so are most Mario games. I didn't go into a Super Mario Brothers movie expecting them to reinvent the wheel. I just wanted a video games movie that didn't waste its potential and that's exactly what I got. Had a great time watching the movie.

I grew up on the mario games, and this was an amazing adaptation. I hope to see them do more

I feel like this movie will be like the sonic movies, first one sets everything up and the sequel will go more in depth and be even better

I mean most of the critics are older farts compared to the critics who review TV adaptations of games. Look at the professional reviews of Castlevania 2017

I do wish that Luigi did have a bit more screen time like maybe he could’ve had lines saying that while his is scared that they will all die, he is sure that Mario will save him or maybe having the luma question why Luigi hasn’t given up all his hope and have Luigi say something that while he is separated from his brother, their bond is something that cannot be broken and in his heart knows they will be together again. I’m also glad that they didn’t make peach the unlikable confident hero as the film does make a great job showing her compassion and love to her people and other kingdoms.

I LOVED this movie, I felt like I was growing up all over again, and to have seen it with my Fiancé and double it down with the DND movie afterward was just incredible. The critics are FAR too harsh, in my opinion.

If you were expecting anything more than a fun, creative time from a Mario movie, then you need a reality check (which is par for the course for "critics")

Peach was always capable, its sad that people don't remember that. She's a playable character in multiple games and even has her own games where she has to rescue Mario. :'''D

Ngl, I was actually praying to god that this would be a great movie. I was very nervous of how they’ll handle this movie. Especially Chris Pratt’s performance as Mario. But after watching the movie, I was blown away. Pratt does a decent performance as Mario. Jack Black absolutely killed his performance as Bowser. And this is a hot take, but I actually do think that it was a good choice to make Peach strong independent woman. That way it won’t make the plot a predictable save the princess plot. But nonetheless, the story was simple and straightforward.

This was such a delightful film that knew EXACTLY what it was and took the time to develop characters within the context rather than trying to have to characters overpower the context.

The collective groan that the audience let out once seeing a minion gave me faith in humanity.

Honestly the only issue I had was the random choice of songs.

This is why i almost never go off critics reviews. It seems quite often they rate artsy-fartsy movies highly even if audiences think the movie is OK at best, and they often rate popular movies significantly lower than audiences. Critics also often have a strong bias against comedies, animated movies, and especially horror movies so they'll rate even the good ones fairly low. I've seen some great movies with critics scores of 30-50%.

I think for the sake of the plot get going, Luigi being captured made more sence to convice Mario to go rescuing him, rater than a Princess he didn't know so well. But i agree that Luigi was missing in a good part of the plot.

Mario competency in his norm does not instantly translate to peach's norm. And frankly that is a fantastic point to make, that even if you are good at something if the environment is not what you know that means you have to learn to adapt.

The movie was all-ages friendly, but the story felt distinctly adult. Think about it: Mario is a middle-aged man with a dead-end construction job, he quits and dumps his life savings into the hopes of making it as a freelance plumber, and his career ends as soon as it begins when the dog interferes and makes them destroy his first client's bathroom; Mario is at rock bottom, and feels shame he let down his brother and family. Mario is a very adult protagonist with very adult problems. His conflict is about finally getting the chance to be the hero. It felt very weird to see this in a kids' movie, and noticing the lack of response from the kids in the audience really cemented the fact kids don't relate to mario the way adults do. Mario is a Midlife Crisis Gamer, just like us.

My biggest issue with video games turned into movies is that it’s hard to replicate that feeling of adrenaline as you’re making your way through an intense and difficult section of the game. That’s why I think Detective Pikachu worked so well. The game play into itself was much more lax compared to say Pokemon Ranger where you’re constantly moving with the game. I think that it was smart of this movie to incorporate a lot of references to the game so that even if you’re not interacting with the movie as you would in a game, you’re still able to go “Hey! I recognize that!” Overall, I think a lot of people were overly critical of it from the first trailer. It’s not going to go down in history as some legendary film. But it was decent. Also, the minions need to be retired lol

Just saw it today and lemme tell ya, I had the biggest stupid grin on my face for the whole 90 minutes in spite of its problems

Those are not "Critics". They are "Hypocrites".

I feel like mario could be for video game films what spiderverse is to comic book adaptations. Spiderverse uses animation to embrace the essence and feel of what it's like to read a comic, and mario feels to watch how the game feels to play, which is amazing!

I really enjoyed this movie! I’ve always loved the super mario games. I am sad Lugigi didn´t get very much to do in it though, he was always my favorite. Bowser was definently my favorite part lol Jack Black did an amazing job!

Also I guess Pratt gave Mario a slight Brooklyn accent, which was what Mario was originally supposed to have

I don’t know why everyone forgets Peach is playable as the EASY MODE option in games like Mario 2 and Super Mario 3D World. She’s not weak or incapable; Bowser’s just incredibly strong and dangerous.

honestly, it was a good movie. it had good humor, good writing, absolutely beautiful animation, great soundtrack, good voice acting (we all thought chris pratt was gonna be bad but he honestly did a pretty good job) a good storyline, and it didn’t feel like they crammed everything into one film just for the sake of it. i’m someone who isn’t really a fan of sequels but i can definitely say that i look forward to one for the Super Mario Bros movie, and based off the box office and audience feedback i can definitely see illumination and nintendo getting together again to make one.

The movie was a nice little homage to the Mario series.

Honestly this is a major step for mario/video game media. I'd love for a Luigi's mansion movie since it would let Charlie Day just go all out. I'm excited to see what other properties Nintendo tries to set up as well as other companies.

I do like peach in this film, but there are moments where she lost her girlish attitude like the Rabbid Mario games I always adore! She’s cool and strong without losing what makes her… well, “Peach”! The movie kinda did that, and I’m glad it’s not the annoying “girlboss” trope where they make the dudes look like chumps, and Peach is cute, but lacks that “Peachyness” from the games where she feels like Peach… then she feels like a generic girl boss Bopeep number 29.

I'm glad to see that in movies like The Last Wish and the Mario Movie, displays of affection between men are normalized. When Mario and Luigi reunite and they're so happy to see each other I actually teared up

Also, jumpman in the movie is voiced by Charles Martinet. The guy who's been the voice of Mario since Super Mario 64.

The critics loved John wick 4 and dungeons and dragons though lol.

Mario is a well established iconic character, it's very obvious that the fans of said character will have a very biased opinion about the movie, wich is very mediocre, if the same movie was made with original characters, using the same plot and writing no one would praise it. Change Bowser for a generic dark lord, Peach for a random princess and Mario as the typical bland unlikely hero and see if it will make up for it's praises

Don’t know why Critics didn’t like the movie ,to me it’s something fans are gonna enjoy just not a masterpiece film

Personally, I think they hit a good sweet-spot with Peach, portraying her as someone who knows her way around, but can still end up in over her head. She knows what she's doing, but she's also just one person, and not "every Jedi." They made her skilled, with her abilities coming from a mix of talent and experience, rather than go to the extreme of either annoyingly useless, or annoyingly OP. Regarding the obstacle courses, I see your point, but in fairness, they were very different courses. Jumping over a trash can in the sidewalk and darting up a flight of stairs isn't exactly the same as running across falling blocks and triangle-jumping from one projectile to another. He went into it thinking his urban experience would help him, but ultimately, all that really helped him through it was his most important trait: his perseverance. No matter how many times he got knocked down, he kept getting back up, each time getting just a little bit further than the last. And thematically, I think that suits him perfectly. As for the critics score, let's not forget: these are the same people who gave "Cuties" an 87%. I wouldn't put any stock in their opinions on ANYTHING, never mind film.

1:00 I and other people in the theater groaned too. I never liked the minions. Not when I was a kid and not now as an adult. They’re a joke that are as dried out as a cash cow.

Unprofessional or not, the film doesn't deserve that love; nobody asked for a celebrified Mario movie they came to enjoy a reboot resurface after 30 years in hopes it does some justice. Even though this film did its homework, it misses the charm and aspect brought forth in the games and no one was happy about Chris Pratt stealing Martinet's role from him. It wasn't earned.

Like another person said in another comment I’ve read If a movie has a low critic score the film will definitely be loved by the audience

I assume critics wanted the story to be deep

It was dumb. It was stupid. It was pure nostalgia, synthesized down into a liquid form and injected into my eyeballs. It didn't take itself seriously at all. I loved every second of it.

Luigi and peach switching roles kinda makes sense from a plot standpoint since mario would likely have more motivation in saving his brother rather than some random princess he hasnt even met. Plus, that koopa general is probably the darkest character illumination has ever made: he straight up kamikazes mario and dk with that fucking blue shell from the mario kart games, pretty much killing himself since he was never seen again after that scene

It’s kinda like what my father told me before he showed me Smokey and The Bandit… The films not trying to be deep it knows what it’s audience is gonna be whether it’s good ol boys or ol Nostalgic Nintendo players It’s just trying to give you a fun ride and hopes you enjoy it. If you don’t it really doesn’t care.

As a full on fan (not die hard per say) I saw tons and tpns of references that I can pick out. Everything from the small little details from the leitmotifs in the music was just incredible for me. And there are even references to other game franchises as well and it really comes together as it's like a scavanger hunt for fans of Mario.

I gotta disagree with you Steve, it feels like 15 minutes of this movie was missing. This was mid at best, below average at its worst.

I think you're right, nobody needed to be captured for the film to work. Without catching Peach, Bowser can still be a tremendous threat. In Galaxy, he stole Power Stars, in Sunshine he stole Shine Sprites, so there's still things that Mario can go after even if peach wasn't in the equation. As for her being a power house... well... I go back to Mario 2, some of the more modern multiplayers and the party games/Mario Kart, so I'm cool with her being competent. The old 80s cartoon tended to toggle between Peach being helpless and "needing" Mario to save the day, but often times she would be part of the solution. Ah well, I just want a good fun movie so I think I will not be disappointed.

0:56 I felt disappointment seeing a minion in this logo, I would’ve perfered the plain one in the trailers, or a logo with one of those promotional animations released before the movie

I generally differentiate between a Good Movie and a Fun Movie A movie can be both, one or the other, or neither I think critics generally look if its a Good movie. Like, well-made, good cinematography, acting, story, things like that. But even a badly made movie can be fun to watch, like The Room. Edit: So I watched it a month later. It was a pretty sub-par movie. There was some fun stuff, but generally it was a chore. Did enjoy Lumalee and, of course, Jack Black always kills it. Additionally, as soon as you consider the implications made in the movie, it turns out a hell of a lot darker and funnier. Like Bowser commiting genocide, Koopa General doing a suicide bombing, Bowser going with the nuclear option, etc.

"It was... -good-" is probably the best way to describe this movie.

There’s a lot to love in this movie. I was frustrated at the end with the pacing because yeah, Luigi needed more screentime instead of the Kart scene. I legit hussled to the bathroom midway through the rainbow road when I realized it wasn’t adding much but advertising the game. 🎉

While I agree with most of your points, I think Luigi being captured was necessary to give Mario a reason to even want to do all the crazy things in the movie. That's why their relationship was set up like that in the beginning, so we understand why Mario would go on and put himself in danger. You know... because he loves his brother. If instead Peach or no one was captured, there would be no real connection or reason to want to fight Bowser as someone, who just randomly came to the Mushroom Kingdom for the first time ever, knowing nothing about the world. Other than maybe basic sympathy there would be not drive for the characters to want to put themselves in danger. Also, I think seeing Luigi fail at the things that Peach and Mario could do with ease, would make him kind of a caricature for easy jokes and I think it would undermine his character. I think it was great they didn't resort to that.

I'm glad that he talked about his flimsy history with Mario games because the things he complained about are things that are 100% consistent with Mario games. Bowser wanting to marry Peach is pretty consistent and was pretty much the main plot for Mario Odyssey. He even lied to his child about Peach being his mother. Peach didn't "get the Bo-Peep treatment," Bo-Peep got the Peach treatment. Peach has been a badass who can hold her own most of the time for a *long* time now. And when she can't she still does whatever she possibly can in the background. SMB3 has been confirmed to be a stage-play and they play tennis and board games with Bowser, but never any of the other main antagonists. (Possibly because those characters aren't owned by Nintendo.) The only thing that might not be consistent (I haven't seen the movie) was Luigi being kind of useless without Mario. Luigi has a lot of courage who can fight on his own. ("Courage" doesn't mean that you're not scared. It means that you push through despite being scared.) There was an entire game where he has to face his fear of ghosts to save his brother. (Only one game where he does that. There was definitely not a game where Mario went Missing or anything like that. Nope.)

i traveled the high seas last night to see it and it was so good that i'm gonna go to the theater to see it tonight w/my daughter. and i haven't been to the movies since the RZ Halloween reboot in '07.

I think the 80s music was a nice touch, after all Mario was made in the 80s.

Critics just don’t like fun. Enough said.

I think the main reason for this whole controversy, is that the general audiences doesn't understand that when critics gives a movie 5 or 6/10, that doesn't mean it's bad. It's only mean that the movie is average at best. It's inherently the same as common people who's arguing that the movie it's 7/10, calling it: "fun but not great". Because the differences here, critics has watch a sh*t tons of movies that their 7/10 spots is reserved for something more prevalent. I mean, if you only had watch 50-100 movies top, that consists of Disney's animation, Netflix romances and MCU, of course your 7/10 spots would be more available. But for a critics that has watch 1000+ movies in their life, 5/10 is an honor really!

5:17 NERD ALERT WARNING 🤓🚨 Mario was made in the '80s, it would be weird to bring 8-bit music into film or find the right fit to make an original soundtrack. I want to share that I love Donkey Kong's facial expression. I want to see concept art and models 😤❤️

I don't know what people expected from a Mario movie of all things. This is the problem with hype and fan expectations it ends up letting people down after they don't get what they want it's better to keep your expectations low from the start so you're not disappointed from the finished result. Hype ruins things and is a constant reminder that people need to settle down when it comes to movies like these.

Never expected you of all people to comment on this

I might be in the minority here, but i honestly thing a 54% or 5/10 is fair score for this movie. I still enjoyed the Mario movie but its pacing felt really fast and while the references and easter eggs were great they don't automatically make it a better movie. And i know a lot of people are saying " Well, what did you expect from a mario movie" or "It's just a kids movie" First of all, that's a terrible argument, because it's an instult to the medium of animation with and just because something is aimed at a younger demographic doesn't mean it should be shallow or an excuse for poor quality (not saying the mario movie is poor quality). Look at Puss in Boots the Last Wish, people were just expecting just a silly cat movie you know, "a movie for kids" but no it blew everyone away not only with it's breathtaking art style and animation but interesting characters and it's great message on the value of life. The film wanted to be somthing more and IT DID IT, which is why people love it, same with the Lego Movie, a movie that took a huge brand and could've just been a simple movie about legos but turned out to be suprisingly deep movie about imagination, creativity, growing up, which in turn all tied back to the brand of Legos. In short, Mario's movie is fine, had fun, wish it was more, 5/10. Rant over.

Peach in the games has been shown that she is capable when she needs to, and it shows in the film with her being a leader in the mushroom kingdom. Luigi in the early games was a scaredy cat, but as he came out in more games, he started to become more brave and confident. I feel if Nintendo decides to make a sequel, it will focus more on Luigi's arc and introduce more characters like Yoshi, Daisy, Waluigi, and Wario. Chris Pratt was actually pretty good as Mario. The trailers had me doubting, but the actual movie voice was good. I was also happy to see they gave Charles Martinet (original voice of Mario) a speaking cameo role in the film. Such a fun movie

I actually believe Luigi being separated from Mario actually helps with their relationship as brothers. It shows the lengths Mario will go to get to Luigi no matter what. And personally, I feel that's the whole point the movie's trying to make. No matter what, Mario would do anything to make sure those he cares about are alive and safe. You don't see that a whole lot in the games, mostly because Peach gets kidnapped a lot, but here we actually see Mario truly be fully established as a selfless and kind individual. He doesn't know when to quit, which can be a good thing when you have an insane evil king bearing down on you whom said blatantly that'd he'd make you watch as he kills your brother. Although, I'd love to see Nintendo put more focus on Luigi in a sequel and give him similar treatment as Mario. Maybe give the two the same motivation like for example Peach is gravely injured and they need to find a way to help her recover quickly and effectively whilst also working together not just as plumbers, but as heroes fighting evil like we saw in the final battle.

It's so refreshing to see a review that isn't just this movie is such a train wreck. It's not a masterpiece but I didn't expect it to be. All I wanted was a fun Mario movie that was faithful to the video games and that's what I got.

I think Luigi's going to get his own movie where he actually gets proper development, a Luigi's mansion movie.

I just saw it today, and I fell in love with it! I really love how the movie makes little Easter eggs to not just Mario games, but to Nintendo games in general.

I think one scene really made up for Luigi’s abrupt character develop with Mario. For anyone who hasn’t seen it don’t scroll down The flashback where Baby Luigi is being picked on but Baby Mario comes in and stands up for him just made my heart melt and in my opinion made their dynamic better in the movie. Also that last fight was also amazing with them actually including Luigi in the final fight. I found that absolutely epic

I think they should've had a running gag of Luigi trying to escape and failing over and over

Just saw the movie myself at the theatre today and yeah its decent. I'd say its biggest problem is the breakneck speed of the pacing, like my god, ever since entering the Mushroom kingdom the pacing goes into overdrive, and that some potential hints of story elements seem to get lost. I know nobody comes to the Mario movie for story, but still it would've been nice if the movie was say 15-20 minutes longer with the scenes extended a bit to give more of an opportunity to develop both the characters to have stronger and quieter moments, as well the world and its elements for newcomers (like those of us who played Mario Kart 8 love to see anti gravity in the movie, but those who haven't will just be confused. Like maybe just some background details with the characters looking around while making their karts to see what they can do or asking the kongs about it). As for stuff like Mario suddenly being the doofus once in the mushroom kingdom, I definitely still think Mario is built up to be a doofus in Brooklyn too. Like lets not forget the first scene of them in the Pizzeria, they literally get scolded by their old boss, and later on by their family. Plus even then the parqour Mario did near the beginning was comparatively basic to what Peach threw at him on the training course. And for Luigi, I do also think its a little weird how experienced he is by the climax but I think it comes down to what they said to eachother in the beginning and when being reuinted. When they're together nothing can get in their way. Like when Luigi knows Mario is there for him, it opens the world up for him, making him believe he can do as much as he can. Just what I observed myself.

4:36 Charles Martinet (Mario's original VA) has a broad vocal range and would've been more than capable of toning down the over-the-top italian accent for a movie actually