Super Mario Bros animated movie from Illumination

[TigerClaw]

New clip from the movie featuring Princess Peach.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

New clip from the movie featuring Princess Peach.

Honestly, this would make sense in the terms of showing a first-timer Mario how the weirdness works in their world. Kinda wish we didn't have all the woke buzz terms and feminist stuff to taint this scene because it's plenty enjoyable without the behind-the-scenes nagging.

Apparently the VA for Peach is going on feminist tirades about her role. Hopefully her nonsense gets ignored and people can just go see the movie.

[CyberCubed]

I'm probably actually going to pay real money to see this in theaters. I don't think I've paid real money to watch a movie since last year with The Batman. But this looks good, and at worse, will be fun to look at.

But the first Mario movie in 25 years and true to the games with Miyamoto consulted on it and with good production values? This would have been my dream movie as a kid. If you showed anyone this movie in 1990 they would have been in heaven.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Honestly, this would make sense in the terms of showing a first-timer Mario how the weirdness works in their world. Kinda wish we didn't have all the woke buzz terms and feminist stuff to taint this scene because it's plenty enjoyable without the behind-the-scenes nagging.

Apparently the VA for Peach is going on feminist tirades about her role. Hopefully her nonsense gets ignored and people can just go see the movie.

According to some sources (unnamed, of course, haha) Nintendo pushed back against a hyper-feminist take on Peach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FlDy0f1Asg

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

But the first Mario movie in 25 years and true to the games with Miyamoto consulted on it and with good production values? This would have been my dream movie as a kid. If you showed anyone this movie in 1990 they would have been in heaven.

Big N was on board with changes which were made for the original movie, so it is not sign of quality.

[AquaParade]

I'm really looking forward to checking this out at home.

I don't think I've been to the theater since The Batman either, Cubed. Wild. Probably the longest I've gone without going to a theater.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

According to some sources (unnamed, of course, haha) Nintendo pushed back against a hyper-feminist take on Peach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FlDy0f1Asg

ehhhhh I wouldn't put it past modern Hollywood to try it. And Nintendo does seem like the type to stomp their foot down and say NO.

[oldmanwinters]

The RT critics are hating on it already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4eqtWgN1Y8

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

According to some sources (unnamed, of course, haha) Nintendo pushed back against a hyper-feminist take on Peach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FlDy0f1Asg

Good on them, if that's true.

[IMJ]

The Japanese make this look so easy - and it should be. "No. It's our intellectual property and we are not doing an 'adaptation' or an 'interpretation'. We are putting our I.P. on screen, as-is. Thank you." And then you do that.

And if more companies and people kept doing that you'd find out quickly how relatively small this vocal and screaming group of manipulators really is.

[TurtleManiac]

In all fairness, Peach was the best player in SMB2, being able to fly and all, so while I’d prefer her as the damsel, it will probably be fine. It could have been much, much worse had the woke mob got their hands on it.

I know it’s a long shot, but that would be cool if they brought back Wart for this movie and have Peach fly around and throw vegetables at him.

Good on Japan for saying no to the woke mob. Who knows what kind of race swaps and gender swaps would have been done. I do wonder how Chris Pratt and Seth Rogen get along behind the scenes. Seth is hardcore liberal, and Chris I believe is conservative.

[oldmanwinters]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1643450909316243456

Originally Posted by TurtleManiac

In all fairness, Peach was the best player in SMB2, being able to fly and all, so while I’d prefer her as the damsel, it will probably be fine. It could have been much, much worse had the woke mob got their hands on it.

I know it’s a long shot, but that would be cool if they brought back Wart for this movie and have Peach fly around and throw vegetables at him.

Good on Japan for saying no to the woke mob. Who knows what kind of race swaps and gender swaps would have been done. I do wonder how Chris Pratt and Seth Rogen get along behind the scenes. Seth is hardcore liberal, and Chris I believe is conservative.

Yesterday, I received in the mail my much-sought after copy of the manga adaptation of "Super Mario Bros USA" (which is our SMB2), and it is some WILD stuff! Peach has a huge role in the book too, using full use of her femininity to help save the Subcon kingdom (assuming it wasn't all just a dream).

Spoiler:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32y2jyLaPLY
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hF0...iY7tQn55R/view

[neatoman]

Alright, I've seen it. Without spoiling anything, the plot is essentially just what you see in the trailers, there really isn't much to it. It really is as simple as "Mario ends up in the Mushroom Kingdom and must help Peach recruit Donkey Kong to defeat Bowser, because he is holding Luigi prisoner and has a Star". Overall, the movie feels really half-baked and is operating on video game logic to an absurd degree.

It's kind of hard to spoil this movie because the plot just isn't interesting, it's mostly just references that falls into spoiler territory, and even then much of that are things you just assume would be in this movie anyway. Here's what little there is to "spoil":

Spoiler:

The only thing in this entire movie that I would consider relevant as an actual spoiler is the fact it establishes that Peach is alien to the world of the Mushroom Kingdom. She arrived there as a baby and Mario speculates that she might be from his world but this is not confirmed, so assume this might be set up for a sequel and that she may actually be from some other world entirely.

Bower wants to marry Peach because he has a crush on her and is even composing a love song dedicated to her. He barely interacts with Mario and the only reason he has a problem with him is because he's afraid Peach might be romantically involved with him, seemingly just on the basis that he's another human.

Mario's own world has a bunch of references to the less wacky or fantastical Nintendo games. Based on the first scene we see him in, I would assume he's intended to be from the world of Punch-Out, as he's a pizzeria with celebrity photos of Punch-Out characters.

What sets the movie off is that Mario and Luigi has recently left their jobs as demolition workers for Spike to become plumbers, which their parents and siblings(?) think was a bad idea because they had a stable job. So in order to prove themselves, they decide to fix some flooding problem that leads to them discover a pipe system to the Mushroom Kingdom. By the end it's revealed this problem was caused by a Yoshi egg which is treated like a set-up for a sequel, but we saw Yoshis in the movie so I don't really understand what makes that important.

Donkey Kong is effectively treated like Mario's shonen manga rival. You know, Mario being an unexpected victor over him, so as a result he feels the need to prove himself superior at all times. The Kong army team up doesn't really amount to much because the Koopas prevent them reaching the Mushroom Kingdom by destroying the rainbow bridge and end up holding Cranky prisoner. The Kongs are mostly just generic primates, the only ones I recognised aside from DK and Cranky were Diddy, Dixie and Chunky.

The climax of the movie has Mario and Luigi use the Star Bowser took to gain invincibility and defeat him by punching him, then making him eat a mini mushroom they can keep him small and imprisoned.

Beyond that, it really is just references like Mario playing Kid Icarus.

If my spoilers felt like they were disjointed and like it was just a bunch of random details, that's because I'm really not joking when I say there isn't much to spoil. The trailers really do give away like 90% of the actual plot.

[drgon78]

I saw the movie this morning, enjoyed it, hope it gets sequels. In another week or so I will see it again in theaters.

[Coola Yagami]

Either way I'm sure it's gonna a cool and fun movie. Gonna take my bro and the potential love interest to go see it in a few weeks.

[Barkworm]

I was thinking about going to the cinema since it looks so colourful and fun but the reviews I've read sound like there's just nothing really creative about it. The film simply uses the source material for a 90 minute streak of fan-service. Which is fine if you're into that kind of thing but I'd rather watch something original.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

I was thinking about going to the cinema since it looks so colourful and fun but the reviews I've read sound like there's just nothing really creative about it. The film simply uses the source material for a 90 minute streak of fan-service. Which is fine if you're into that kind of thing but I'd rather watch something original.

I can confirm that this is correct.

[Barkworm]

Thanks for the confirmation. We'll rather watch "My neighbor Totoro" for the billionth time, lol.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

I was thinking about going to the cinema since it looks so colourful and fun but the reviews I've read sound like there's just nothing really creative about it. The film simply uses the source material for a 90 minute streak of fan-service. Which is fine if you're into that kind of thing but I'd rather watch something original.

To be honest though.... 'something original' would be the original 1993 Mario movie. Actually sticking to the source material is something original.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Either way I'm sure it's gonna a cool and fun movie. Gonna take my bro and the potential love interest to go see it in a few weeks.

I’m looking forward to it. Shall we hold hands during?