The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review: A Harmless, Generic Blur Of Kids 'content'
Video game adaptations are having a moment. Over the past few years, we've seen beloved franchises in Detective Pikachu and Sonic hit the big screen. Showtime's Halo series brought action-packed sci-fi worlds to the small screen on a monstrous scale. It should be noted that earlier this year, HBO's The Last of Us gave us the first high-profile television series adapted from a popular game. Not to mention some decent and forgettable performance cars on the road (no pun intended). Now there's even a Tetris movie. (Yeah, well, that's drama in the making of the game, but I wanted to include it, okay?)
SUPER MARIO BROS. Enter the movie. Based on Nintendo's hit game franchise, the 3D animated adventure brings to life our favorite plumbers who collect gold coins by jumping into floating boxes. Directed by Aaron Horvat and Michael Zelenik, the film tells the fantastic origins of brothers Mario (Chris Pratt, whose voices are indistinguishable) and Luigi (Charlie Day, an even more talented voice actor). to be). Main in this picture, but more on that later).
We open in Brooklyn, New York, where Mario and Luigi are real plumbers who call themselves the Super Mario Bros. After opening their own plumbing business, the two struggle to make a name for themselves. Set in New York, this film threatens to be more interesting and exciting than magical fantasy elements. Adventures of two crazy, honest and serious plumbers in the big city? Give me that movie.
While trying to repair a burst pipe under the streets of Brooklyn, for the authenticity of the game, two Italian plumbers must defeat the evil turtle-villain-boss Bowser (Jack Black), who will open a secret door to the magical world. He threatened to seize power. (Really, who invented this thing, what did they draw, and where can I find it? But he gets separated from Luigi, gets lost on the road, and ends up in Bowser's kingdom. To save his brother, Mario must find Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) helps him save Luigi and defeat the evil Bowser.
Super Mario Bros. doesn't lack for visual talent. A classic horror world full of bright colors, floating blocks, power-ups and hidden caves. It also has just the right amount of kinetic energy to keep things moving from jam to jam and/or action sequences. But on paper it is very implausible and uninspiring.
From the initial set-up and the (mostly) fun ending (which takes us from a Mario Kart race to a climactic New York street fight), everything goes with a bit of personality. Mario and Princess Peach embark on an "adventure" through various landscapes of poor world-building; They are inexplicable and very magical.
© Hindustan Times A Steel from Super Mario Bros.While a rabid 30-year-old film critic has no qualms about writing a harmless, easy-going children's film, we live in a golden age of children's films that appeal to adults as well. Of course, a Super Mario Bros. movie will never have the heartbreaking sincerity and emotional ambition of a Pixar movie. But what's missing is the wry, self-aware humor that has made the kid-friendly genre so enjoyable in recent years. We live in a post Shrek world. In the twenty years since our beloved Ogre, DreamWorks Animation has given us Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, The Croods, the sweet and completely underrated gem Monsters vs. Aliens, and more. gave a taste.
Even Illumination Entertainment, the studio behind the Mario movies, has embraced fun, dark and feel-good movies with Despicable Me and Minions. But we don't see that here. SUPER MARIO BROS. The film is a deadpan laugh at its steadfast refusal to poke fun at its essentially ridiculous world. Writer Matthew Fogel's script emphasizes what Hollywood calls a punch line—comedy writers to make the debate interesting. And there's so much untapped comedic potential that many originally funny ideas are lightly danced around but rarely explored. Fred Armisen as a monkey-loving theater director. Seth Rogan as the arrogant, yachtsman Kong. Keegan-Michael Key as Todd, wonderfully eccentric and desperate for his wife. Or what Bowser really wants is to have a "fairy tale" wedding with Princess Peach.
For what it's worth, I appreciate the movie's attempt to make the princess a badass warrior with lots of kicks rather than trying to save another woman. Instead, the ladies here are given to Luigi. He has a more interesting and compelling character arc - stumbling, constantly nervous, scared and always relying on his brother for support. Until he gets the courage to go to the party. But here he is dismissed by his meek and disinterested brother. (I can't believe I saw a hot scene in Super Mario Bros. Help).
A simple, harmless blurb of children's "content" (I hate that term, but it's painfully obvious here) in Super Mario Bros. The movie isn't about having fun with your kids as much as it is about making you sit with them. Don't kids deserve better than 90 minutes of cotton candy motion blur? I am sure this movie will earn billion dollars at the box office.
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