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Rating:  -
Just stick with the video games, whether they are old or new. This film has absolutely nothing going for it. Not even Dennis Hooper can save it. Heck, this doesn't even look like an actual Mario Brothers adaptation (King Koopa isn't supposed to be human!)! It looks like a completely different fantasy film with just a few elements of the classic video games added in. What the **** made the director and screenwriter change a great deal of things in this film? Well, it's too late now. The entire movie is flat, dull, and very uninteresting. Let's just stick with the games, shall we?
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Hello I'm an autistic adult...
I didn't even know they made this movie intil a few week's ago when I was browsing my local library website and just stumbled upon it and decided to rent it. It's pretty good Super Mario Movie I think it's alright. Pretty decent. Are they going to make a sequel?
Good movie. If your local library has this movie rent it. Or you could buy it either way.
Happy movie hunting!
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If you were to ask me about some of the most DISSAPOINTING movie experiences I've ever had, this movie would probably come up pretty quickly. What a SHAM (for lack of a more innapropriate/foul word) this movie was.
Who were the executives who came up with this one? Not only did they get the story all wrong, but they also changed names, certain characters, other characters roles. And then worst of all, they made whatever characters they decided to keep completely lame. Dennis Hopper is a cool actor, but he had no business being King Koopa. King Koopa should have been a giant nasty looking muppet or something. Toad was a PERSON! The f'in Goombas had bodies... whats going on here?
Everybody knows that when it comes to Super Mario Brothers, it's all about the MUSHROOMS? They were no where... oh wait, yeah, they were some disgusting fungus that was eating up the village. But there were no mushroom people! And the princess wasn't even cute? What the EFFFFFFF?
This could have been a terrific low budget gem, had they kept it campy as hell, with muppets and sock puppets, and Captain Lou as Mario. Bob Hoskins was no Mario in my world. Even more so for John Leguizamo as Luigi... where's your mustache jerk? Since when is Luigi Latino?, and HEY, fix your hat. Plus the whole explanation on how Mario was in fact their last name... Mario Mario?... Go back to How-Not-To-Make -A-Retarded-movie 101, gang. You blew it.
Rating:  -
I do wish that the movie had been closer to the game in plot and setting - Dennis Hopper did a nice job playing Koopa, but I missed the big green, redheaded monster that he was in the games. But set aside the expectations that this movie will be just like the games, and you will be satisfied by it. This movie certainly isn't the best of all times, but I liked the acting.
Many elements of the game have been retained, like Bob-Ombs, or Goombahs (although they have a considerably different look in the movie) and Yoshi even made an appearance (though like the Goombahs, he looked very different) Seeing Big Bertha as a buxom black woman with red clothing and spikes was funny, though the character of Lena was unnecessary (nothing personal against the actress herself)
The plot itself - entirely different from the games (aside the whole Princess-kidnapping scheme) was believable when set in this world, with Koopa's desire to take over our own world. Mario and Luigi deliver a solid and humorous performance, and this movie is good for a rainy day or a casual viewing with friends (perhaps along with a game of Mario Party, eh?) at night with snacks. 4 out of 5 stars for a fun film.
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This ill-fated movie based on one of the world's most popular video games, Super Mario Brothers, is an enjoyable movie that often gets a bad rap, especially from video gamers.
The plot of the movie itself doesn't bear much resemblence the storylines of the games. It seems that millions of years ago in prehistoric times, a meteor came crashing down to earth. However instead of wiping out the dinosaurs as it is commonly believed, it simply split the world into two separate dimensions. In one dimension apes evolved into the human beings we are today, in the other dimension the dinosaurs evolved into what appears to be humans as well. Now King Koopa, the ruler of the dinosaur dimension, has captured an earthly princess in possession of a meteorite piece that can merge the two dimensions together as one, and he plans to become the ruler. Luckily her newfound friends, the Mario brothers, have followed her kidnappers into the dinosaur dimension an attempt to save her and the world.
The number one complaint about the Super Mario Brothers movie is that it doesn't follow the game closely enough. Had this been an animated feature, it probably would have been much easier to create a movie about plumbers that jump on turtles heads, eat giant mushrooms, and fly through the air with raccoon tails. But seeing as they opted to make it a live action movie, ideas as outlandish as these just aren't feasible. Instead we are presented with a by-the-numbers comedy/adventure story where the good guys win and everyone lives happily ever after.
Nontheless, Super Mario Brothers immerses you in an imaginative landscape with a plethora of likable characters, which despite its inconsistencies with the source material makes it a decent movie. The humor is extremely corny as the movie is clearly geared towards kids, but this is a movie that can be enjoyed by all ages. Plus it stars Dennis Hopper as King Koopa, which is reason enough to check it out. Super Mario Brothers is harmless fun, give it a chance.
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