The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review Take A Bowser
© Provided by TheGamerand breathe. The Mario movie is good. Maybe it's better. While we're talking big drama about the damn Castlevania video game adaptation (or Detective Pikachu? or Sonic the Hedgehog? treatment Hollywood, we're holding our breath a bit. But Super Mario Bros. The Movie offers a comfortable, flexible Mushroom Kingdom adventure that knows when to fall asleep audience with big and small references, and when to let the characters speak for themselves.
The biggest strength of this film does not come from Mario, but from Lighting, the studio that created the film. Illumination is best known for Despicable Me and the Minions, as well as The Secret Life of Pets and Sing. Many of the cartoonish antics and controlled silliness that made these films popular are here. In an early scene, the brothers are fixing a leaking faucet, but are interrupted by an angry dog, and we see the classic "hat on hat on hat on hat" studio farce. It will be removed once we get to the Mushroom Kingdom, but the spirit is still there.
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The lighting also bears an uncanny resemblance to pindrops. I'm not sure if A-Ha's Take On Me fits the Mario Kart montage, but it's weird to watch Mario and Luigi transition from the impromptu New York platform environment to No Sleep before the Beastie Boys' Brooklyn left.
Speaking of Mario Kart, from the trailer we saw, I was worried that it would be made into a Mario Kart movie and I'm not sure what to do about it. However, there are some great sets built around it, so the movie knows when to put aside the gimmicks and move on to new things. Similarly, Charlie Day reportedly wanted a spin-off of Luigi's Mansion, but his own stage on the channel is already airing the image. There's a clear liking for the Mario series as a whole, with all of its weird and wonderful connections, and I think everyone is asking for that kind of adaptation in the end.
It is difficult to argue about its duration. In just 90 minutes, no unnecessary extras or excuses. It includes references without feeling too stretched, from the banal "your daughter is in another castle" to deep cuts of Mario and Nintendo. With the characters spending so much time apart, the pace can get a bit disjointed when they're all together, but overall it's a little fun set.
Now we come to the big topic of conversation - the voice of Mario. I loved it, loved it from the first show, loved it in later trailers, and still love it. Pratt has a natural charisma befitting a leading man, and the Brooklyn accent is evident throughout. This is Mario's voice , even if it's not your Mario voice. I think the trailer tends to include Mario's signature line ("Let's A-Go" doesn't appear in the Donkey Kong scene like it did in the trailer) and therefore tries too hard to make Pratt's version as authentic as the movie itself. . too relaxed. Donkey Kong is just Seth Rogen's voice and it works great too.
Pratt and Day (as well as Pratt and Rogen) have great dual chemistry, and while they spend parts of the film separately, the warmth they share together is key to the film's success. Oddly enough, Jack Black did not attract everyone's attention. The energetic star has set the bar high for the funniest in most of her films, but feels a little limited by the script, who doesn't know if Boza is a menacing soft-sided, a goofy clown, or a cute little prankster. heart. It also features musical numbers that feel a bit out of place, but still make good use of Black's musical talents.
The other cast member is Anya Taylor-Joy who plays Princess Peach. She's a bit stoic at first, maybe even regal, clumsy like the smaller versions of Princess Peach we've seen over the decades, but delivers a much more solid performance when we see Peach lose that pump to become a warrior. Many jumped to conclusions from the trailer, thinking Mario would be a reckless underdog and Peach a fearless warrior who couldn't be harmed, but it's much more balanced. Mario becomes a hero playing the girl Peach, but he can stand up for himself too and it's great that his character does not part with his roots. However, Daisy felt absent because she was in front of strong female characters for a while.
Where Peach shines the most as a character in the movie's platforming portion, Peach's castle has something of the Mario Maker engine that she and Mario can use to practice their evasive skills, and the animation when they double jump slide down over obstacles and break blocks. fantastic. It may not be the best video game movie of all time, but it is by far the best translation of game mechanics I have ever seen on the big screen. The platforming fluidity, technical complexity, and comedy of Mario still make the game fun to watch from the outside. This part alone is worth the entrance fee.
After all, there are two types of people who want to watch Super Mario Bros. movies. : Children and adults who still love the things they loved as children. Kids will appreciate the fun and color palette of the lighting, while adults will be impressed with Mario's overall score. This is the latest in a long line of attempts to break the curse of video game adaptation - put Daisy in a sequel.
TheGamer was present at the press screening for this review. Rating: 3.5/5
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