So About That Super Mario Bros Movie... 

What were your thoughts on the Mario movie?

I love this movie but the pacing was my biggest issue. I felt the writers were trying to rush through the scenes so I think the movie could've benefited with a longer runtime.

It’s a movie about the Mario bros, and it’s super. What more do you want?

I absolutely loved the Mario Movie! The animation, the characters, the plot it was all so good. I love everything about it especially the Mario and Luigi commercial

After watching LS Mark's video, him comparing Bowser to Lord Hater from Wander over Yonder was spot on. Loved this movie!

Your experience heavily boils down to "if you like mario, you'll probably enjoy it. if not, not as much" And I think that's the reason it's a really mixed movie

I liked that Peach's first reaction to Mario was cautious respect; she acknowledged that he wanted to help, if only to save his brother, but she also wanted him to prove himself. Along those lines, it was great to see her not as the damsel in distress but as a capable ruler who gets things done. Toad was so much better than I expected, and I can see him promoted to Captain Toad in the sequel that they're totally not already working on

They should let Jack Black voice Bowser in the games.

I think Chris Pratt was amazing as Mario. I like how they just did the voice in the commercials and he had a new York accent in the rest of the movie. I disagree about Peach her actress was really good. I feel like her actress made her sound confident when she needed to be.

I thought Luigi was okay in this movie. I would've liked it if he did more, but I'm excited to see if there will be a place for him in the future. Maybe in a Luigi's Mansion movie.

Been a mega fan of Mario since I played my first game nearly twenty years ago. I personally REALLY loved it. It's funny, the animation is phenomenal, has lots of Nintendo references which I understood, and I love that it's mostly accurate to the games and they didn't change too much for the story. In terms of animated movies it's definitely one of my favorites now. I just wish we got more Yoshi since he's my all time favorite character.

This is my favorite videogame adaptation, simply for a fact that it's...Well, a videogame adaptation, and it doesn't try to shy away from that like some adaptations tend to do... It has gameplay elements from the games, it has game's sound effects, and most of all - it uses game's soundtrack on it's full potential... It's no longer a "Oh look! A Green Hill Zone theme at the end of the Sonic movie!"...It literally plays Mario 64 castle team when we see Peach's castle for the first time, it has Bowser playing the dungeon tune on his piano, it has Super Show theme song as a commercial jingle....

Toad in that monster truck made me laugh. LOL

Not gonna lie, Chris Pratt's voice for Mario was pretty good. It legit sounded like Mario pretty quickly. I was more concerned with Seth Rogen's DK voice. That is really what "only talking" felt like for me in this movie. I did get kinds used to it but I would've preferred many other voices for him.

Mario Movie 2 should be Mario Galaxy inspired. Bowser should get a Zuko style redemption arc, where he realizes he isn't actually all too evil after working with Mario and the gang. They should also lean more into the emotion with a sequel, to capture that classic Pixar heartwarming feel.

The super mario bros movie was an epic experience i have ever seen and watched.

I watched and loved it. I wasn't expecting much from it but I was surprised. 10/10 would watch it again

There's plenty of deeper Easter Eggs too, like having Pauline as mayor(?) show up on TV.

Screw the freaking critics, They don't know anything what's bad, The movie is freaking awesome.

I give it an 8/10. The only serious issue I had was the pacing felt rushed. The movie could've benefited from an extra 10 to 20 mins. Other than that, it was a Mario movie from Illumination, of course it was gonna be simple, colorful fun, but honestly that's all we needed as well ensuring the essence of the Super Mario franchise was there which it certainly did even with the changes made for their story. I enjoyed the two Sonic films even with their many flaws and I choose Sonic any day over Mario, but I can easily say the the Super Mario Bros. Movie was much better than both of the Sonic films. Heck, while I'm at it, I'll also own up and admit I was wrong about Pratt's Mario. Yes it's nothing spectacular, but hearing his interpretation in the span of a whole feature film was certainly tolerable and worked for the world they had in mind for movie. They depicted this Mario as at least a 3rd generation Italian American and it worked. I mean I'm 3rd gen and I don't sound like Speedy Gonzalez. Also extra points for Illumination giving my boy Donkey Kong more love than what Nintendo has given him in the last several years. Rogen's voice wasn't the most ideal for DK, but he certainly matched the silly and brash energy they gave the character in the movie. I think he did fine and hope they make a DK spin-off movie.

If we’re talking about how good it was as an adaptation of the games it’s pretty much perfect. I will also say that I really loved this movie, possibly because I’ve been a Mario fan all through my life.

I think that Illumination crew had a fun time making it, a lot of their other projects you don’t seem to think that when watching. Not much more I can ask for than a good time especially with this studio.

I’d honestly say my only big problem with the movie was it’s pacing. Like, it felt like we moved from point A to point B away too fast at times, especially at the Mario and Peach introduction. But other than that, still a solidly good film that I enjoyed. Peach was my absolute favorite character, which is something I never thought I’d say about anything in the Mario franchise.

1:41 trivia, Mario movie was directed by the same people who directed TTG movie.

WAIT THE MEGA MAN MOVIE WAS CANCELLED?!

I really liked the movie, I thought it was adorable. The best way for me to describe it... It was very very cute. Very innocent, very childlike, adorable... like it SHOULD be. Mario has an innocence to it, and they maintained that. Also it went out of its way to pay so much respect to the entire franchise while having a very simple solid plot. I was so afraid I wouldn't like Peach, now they wanted to make her strong and independent and all of that. But she was great. She was a LEADER! And it makes sense in the context of the movie, she's the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, like she has been for decades, and she acts like it. Taking that leadership position, without every being angry nor condescending like so many other female leads these days, instead she maintains her grace, her femininity, and her curiosity, she seems honestly concerned about Mario and encourages him on his way as well as showing worry when he's hurt, she is kind and helps him. She was VERY likeable and just... Great... i would love to play a game controlling THIS Peach. Also all the kids are going to eat this movie up..... The kids will love it and beg their parents for merch. This movie wasn't aiming itself at activists, it was aiming itself at Mario fans and families with small kids. And it is a family movie the entire family can enjoy together, like it should be.... disney. So yeah. It was exactly what it needed to be. It was nice.

One more comment, Jack Black as Bowser... Best part in the film A+.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie just delivered on what a Mario Movie could be and that’s what matters in the end.

It's interesting that Illumination movies is very popular in Japan. Overall it's a dang fun film to enjoy, I recommend it.

Anybody wanna know what happened to the koopa general (blue shell)

My only complaints are that the movie is very fast paced and didn't allow most of the characters to get much development. It did get a lot of laughs out of me. Loved the references and I feel like it mostly made for the fans.

One thing to keep in mind is that we saw Luma or whatever their name is, (The blue obnoxious star) and they were kinda tossed aside but a question that stands out to me is that why are they in the cage to begin with, that means something happened with Rosalina, So even though the end credits scene teased yoshi, I think we will eventually see something mario galaxy related Also, a STARFOX ship is in the super mario bros bedroom! It might just be a cool easter egg but maybe it means more nintendo movies?

This movie, the Sonic movies, Arcane and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners are the best video game adaptations to date. I think we’re entering to a video game adaptations renaissance phase. I hope we get more Nintendo and Illumination collaborations in the future. I want my Zelda movie 🍿

Fun fact, none of the licensed music is in the official soundtrack.

I just...wanted Charles Martinet to voice Mario and Luigi in the movie. These characters are way more than normal, they're SUPER! The characters aren't only supposed to be fun, they're supposed to SOUND fun. Chris Pratt and Charlie Day just sound normal, it's not bad, but it's just not as fun to me. Jack Black as Bowser was fun! But Peach was just...ok. That's one of my biggest problems here, the movie was already cool, but giving the movie a fun sounding voice would've made it even greater in my opinion. When Charles Martinet's cameo came up, I both smiled and sighed because he was perfect, he even said so himself in the movie. It's just frustrating to me because the movie itself was pretty cool! But the voices never really elevated the experience for me except for Bowser's voice. I just don't know why people always think Charles' Mario voice would've been annoying for the movie when ILLUMINATION itself has one of the most annoying sounding characters ever created.....It just so frustrating to me.

The plot being the way it is makes sense for now. It's introducing a bunch of characters and giving the original story. If it revolved around something else, like the Dark Star or the 7 Star Children I have a feeling it will go into more lore heavy stories. They stuck with the basic story cause they needed a starting point.

This is good

JB recently released a MV from the movie. Also growing as a gamer, I’m looking forward to this movie! It’s gonna be super, for sure

The lack of storytelling is the issue for me, but the movie is good ngl

Just turn your brain off, and don't think about the plot too much because IT'S A MARIO MOVIE! Critics are thinking too much about the plot, finding clichés, and politics! WHY! I found this to be so much fun!

If you want the TRUE faithful story of the original, then my I still recommend the original Nintendo Power version It was based on. I know It may not be perfect either but the artwork Is beautiful, the story may be simple but still gets the job done, and even Peach herself was already her own harsh girl-boss without this movie trying to treat Mario like human sewer sludge and still a a determinated sweetheart.

I think a sequel would likely be a damsel in distress kind of ordeal for peach as in this timeline, as seen Bowser has already developed his crush on her and he's trying to impress her by conquering kingdoms and stealing power stars. Basically, he thinks he can win her over by displaying power and dominance. Once this inevitably fails, then he resorts to just straight-up kidnapping her which could be a starting point for a sequel. And furthermore meaning we could see some iconic characters and story; like the koopalings and Yoshi whom was teased in post-credits. If a sequel was to happen and I fully believe it will, it needs to be longer, needs to slow down as there were scenes going mach 10 at points in the movie. Overall a fun film, with the critics being too harsh and having too high of an expectation i'd say a 7/10

It would be nice if we could get a video game movie that's striving to be more than just a fun time. If Superhero movies can get films that are critically acclaimed like the Sam Rami Spider-Man movies or The Dark Knight (Which I personally don't like) why can't we get a video game movie like that. With Detective Pikachu getting a sequel and The Mario Movie reportedly doing really well in theatres which practically garuntees a sequel and spinoffs hopefully they can strive to be more than just "good but nothing special".

On the issue of voice acting. I watched this movie dubbed in Spanish (LA) and it makes a huge difference with real voice actors.

0:01 DISNEY TRIED TO MAKE A MEGAMAN MOVIE!?

Omg I'm so happy you actually look at your comments your such an amazing cool person

They should make a God Of War movie. I don't care if they keep it live action or animated

Good thing nintendo kept a good eye on illumination

I have a feeling they made Peach more prominent and Daisy-like to capitalize on consumers for girls. Which is fine but eh, I would have preferred then actually bring in Daisy.

As a Nintendo fan I like it but the story and characters to me felt underdeveloped it was entertaining though I'd personally give it a C-

I was looking forward to that Mega Man movie, now I'm hearing that Disney cancelled it

Pancham actually had hope in an Illumination animated movie?

They really put pop songs in the film? That's kind of disappointing. Mario games always have fantastic compositions, and it would have been nice if those scenes used original compositions that fit in the Mario universe, rather than going with an option that feels uncreative.

Maybe Luigi could be more explored in a spinoff? His archenemy already made a cameo in the film.

I thought take on me worked well tbh.

Personally I didn’t really even think about the voice acting while watching the movie and it didn’t really bother me

I love every bit of this movie it's awesome. I love all the call backs to the games. I was able to catch most of them. It was a fun mix of the classic games and the more recent ones. Browser singing that love song about Peach had me crying. That was so funny. Mario being overprotective of Luigi reminded me of Cuphead and Mugman. Only Mario isn't mischievous like Cuphead. No hate on Cuphead his mischief makes him funny.

I loved it, all of the voice actors that I honestly loved, and I liked the combination of all the Mario media

My fiance and I watched this yesterday and loved it. I don't argue that this is a masterpiece or anything but it's a fun movie you can tell everyone involved had fun making. And sometimes that's all a film needs.

My main problem with the movie was the pacing. I feel like it was fast in the beginning but I’m glad they slowed down for the fight and the ending, otherwise I really liked the movie :)

Next we need the smash bros movie

8/10 for sure. Great movie to watch for enjoyment. But isn’t that great as a stand alone film. An example I’m using. Imagine watching this movie and this is your FIRST experience of Mario. How would you understand the onslaught of references being thrown at you, let alone character motivations, world building, etc. the movie explains NOTHING. And characters don’t grow, they just change abruptly.

Super Mario bros movie review Personally I really like the movie sure it has a predictable story and isn’t the greatest movie of all time but it’s definitely the best video game adaptation & illumination movie ever plus the animation was a nice mix of realism & cartoony and the cast while at first a bit questionable did a really good job plus the movie is really funny Overall 9/10 really good movie definitely better then turning red,Lightyear & Strange world that’s for sure

I DO NOT HAVE THE HATE IN MY HEART TO HATE ON THIS FILM SOOOOO I THANK IT WAS PERFECT!

Im not gonna be civilized jay, you simply cant stop me. Fu-

pacing? pretty bad, it was WAY! too fast. everything else? yeah, pretty good! I liked the references, liked the characters, the visuals were really good and LOVED how well tye power ups were done

I personally liked Peach’s voice, gives more personality

The movie was great idk why so many people hate it tho :(

2:55 The Sly Cooper movie honestly looked like it was gonna suck anyway, just like the R&C Movie, so I'm glad it's canceled.

1:41 I never ever liked TTG to the Movies, Even when I first saw it, And the Mario film is directed by the same two guys who did TTG which if you ask me anything from those two guys is always a big improvement over the lame ass series and film.

I think I can sum up the movie in one sentence. It’s a Mario game in movie form. But seriously I think that accurately describes a lot of the apparently strange choices the producers made, like how little of the world is explained and why the movie jumps from one set piece, or should I say, “level” super fast. You’re already supposed to know who Mario is, that Bowser has literally always been a peach simp and that rainbows can in fact be driven on. There’s no need to flesh out who these characters are because you know them by heart from years of experience. Nintendo and Illumination were banking on the idea that you the viewer were a mario fan, and while that really didn’t work for a lot of people, it certainly DID work for the majority of viewers. If you’ve been playing the games, you wouldn’t be surprised that peach was already pretty competent, or that the very first toad that accompanies the gang was actually implied to be Captain Toad twice in the movie. In fact, you would be ecstatic over how many references they put in the thing (basically every scene and soundbyte has at least one) The movie plays safe because it has to by design, and I LOVE the movie for doing so. That’s why the reviews have been shockingly divisive. 😅

I enjoyed it! I thought it was super fun. I can't wait til it comes on streaming, and I can watch it again.

Better than placing a video game/cartoon character into the real world scenario that drives me crazy because this movie was just that a movie about Mario and other video game characters! Would I love for some of the OG voice actors from games and TV shows to voice their characters on the big screen? OF COURSE! However, that's not the game Hollywood plays with these movies...

I thought it was a really fun movie. Good action scenes, a fine plot, it did good.

So hyped to see it

Nintendo now has their own movie studios and they’re not going to use illumination for the sequel. So I think we’ll have more free range and creative control for the next one.

Mario fans are hella common… I live in a small dead end town and there were a group of people COSPLAYING! So chances are most of the adults there who aren’t parents are fans!

I think it's a perfectly decent movie thats really brought up by an amount of cool references and some really fun scenes around them.

Mario + Movie + Animated = Good Mario + Movie + Live-action = Bad

When I found out Mario was going to talk. I wasn't excited

If anything, I thought Anya Taylor-Joy's performance as Peach sounded more like Leslie Swan's voice in the N64 Era, than what she sounds like today.

Does Mario say "No" at all? If so, how does he say it?

You love everything in the almost exact opposite direction everyone else does when it comes to characters. Personally I’m a bit split.

Did anybody notice the Splatoon reference in the Mario movie? 👁👄👁

Considering the Sly Cooper movie was gonna recast Sly I don't really have lot of confidence it would've cared about the series as much as we hoped. The animation looked really good though and I liked Sly and Bentley's designs.

Thank you. That's how I felt about the cats minus bowser

Honestly. My only chance complaint with the movie was as pacing. It felt like the characters didn't get any real development due to lack of time to build it up.

I was surprised (plesantly so) at how much I liked the movie. It's nothing amazing, but it's arguably still pretty great, a solid good at worst. That said, it could have used a few more minutes to let some of the more heartfelt scenes live a little (like the scene with Mario and DK in the eel going from the start of a heart-to-heart that kind of just ends to an actual heart-to-heart, that would have made the change from rivals to friendly rivals feel less abrupt imo) and the whole jukebox aspect felt weird. Even more so since they *made* original arangements and orchestral remixes of a lot of the music, they just didn't use it. Like, the whole initial kart scene when they go to meet Cranky is to the tune of Take On Me by Aha, but it had a super sweet Jungle Japes/DKC Main Theme remix lined up for it (It's even called Drivin' Me Bananas, couldn't be a more perfect name for that scene)! You can find many of the original arrangements on youtube and I wouldn't be surprised if some more are in the OST that they released. It's such a difference and it makes it only stranger that they didn't go with the original arrangements.

I really liked the movie. My only complaints are that yes we could have seen deeper lore and story, it would be great to see more luigi and I wish princess peach could be more feminine, because in the games she is very feminine. She can still be a strong hero and not a damsel in distress whilst being feminine.

In my opinion the super mario bris movie was really good, it explains why peach/mario/luigi dont look like everyone else (toad) how powerups work and it was packed with references, my only issue with it was im not sure if jack black was the best VA for bowser

They said that there’s gonna be a fnaf movie my friends said that might break a record like the Mario movie but hey the Mario Movie is already breaking tons of records and heck it might win an Oscar

Nah I want that lumalee Luigi movie that had to be my favorite dynamic about this movie. What I really like about this animated movie is everyone walked away with a different opinion on it and everyone took away something different. Like Seth Rogans voice took me right out of the movie and, everytime he's was on screen I felt like he dragged down what was otherwise mostly stellar voice work. While I never felt like I was out right watching my versions of Mario, Peach and, Luigi I liked the take they took with the characters voice Mario has a real New York accent not heavy or, thick but, just your average New Yorker. Luigi felt perfect to me and, choosing to remove him from most of the film felt like the right choice for me since it allows Mario to build chemistry with the other three heroes and, serves as a stellar plot device to get two people who would have no obvious reason to ever interact with each other a solid reason to go on an adventure together. I loved that they got the brotherly love between them out of the way in the beginning and, even showcased Mario's insane platforming skills once he knows the terrain (as in the early sequence when he rushes to make it to the first plumbing job) and, then when we see he's insecure he can hardly platform at all (as in the peach training montage). I agree with Doug from nostalgia critic when he said he felt the movie could have an additional few minutes added on to each scene to let it breathe more but, I felt that was more than made up for by the living world they created pushing the boundaries for what a video game movie should do when creating the world we are living in for an hour and, a half. As for the licenced songs I like their inclusion as it ties together the two seperate world's with real life music only being used when it's a scene including Mario or, Luigi who might actually have those songs running through there head and, traditional Mario music was on used when in the mushroom kingdoms and, surrounding lands. Heck they even used donkey Kong songs when in the donkey Kong country (sorry couldn't help myself with the play on words). Then we get to what we're hands down the best things in the movie which was the parts that Bowser was involved in. The opening scene with the penguins with that trite call to action song they used had me literally bursting out laughing. Bowsers prison had me in stitches. And, Bowser himself pining for Peach was hilarious. Also really loved the deep cuts to Nintendo and, specifically Mario lore and, history for me I really loved the scene when Mario was playing Kid Icarus on NES. Then you had the layout of the arena which resembled a 3-D recreation of the original donkey Kong games. Then we had Pauline being the mayor of New York. And, even the short little scene of the Yoshi' expanded the world immensely.

Haven't seen it yet but I know it's goid

Loved this movie & would like to see a sequel

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I like Luigi and Bowser dynamic better than Donkey and Mario. And despite taking the place of Princess Peach as the D.I.D. still was able to add lore through the other side characters who were captured; like the Goth Star. Why's a Star got to be so Nihilistic, but it's a great part of the movie.

I loved the movie, but I feel like the ending could’ve used some work. It would’ve been better if the star ran out just as they were getting to bowser. Then the brothers had to beat bowser without any power up, which would’ve been just so much better.

I think it looks really fun. I can't wait to see it.

But also it i don’t like the aspect of Mario, Andrew Luigi’s family being disproving of the job both work as Miyu in Luigi are in trades witch means that actually making lots of money of what they both do as plumbers but also some thing else I’m really interested me is possibly of them doing a super Mario galaxy movie as I think that would be pretty cool.

It was good. Not great, but good. If you don't expect a cinematic masterpiece, but a child-friendly, fun comedy with tons of fanservice, you will enjoy your time. 8/10.