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Hey everyone soā¦.iām back from watching the Mario movie. I have a lot of thought and feelings about this, and Iām gonna write a review of my impressionsā¦
(.because why not, whoās gonna stop me?)
First of all Iād like to compliment the people who made this. In my humble ā¦opinionā¦the Super Mario movies made so far have been really good pieces of creative work. The storytelling is thought out, both borrowing aspects from the video games and adding their own unique elements to the āsupper mario soupā.
The animation is beautiful and the characters designs are respectful to their original,all while being very nice looking and adding depth to the characters themselves.
The visual world building is beautiful and i especially loved the way they integrated the gravity thing into peachās fight scene.
ā¦.especially I love the whole sequence where Mario and peach are running through the Fire thing and we get parts with them on the screen in original pixel Mario style. The transitions are just so smooth in that section and I think the integration of it was brilliant.
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I really really love the frog mode Luigi. Idk why, I just love it. I find it absolutely adorable, and I love the callback to the old āThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show!ā
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Now ā¦.all that considered:
I have some ā¦issues (not really issues but critical comments)ā¦.with this movie.
I know a lot of people were saying that the first Mario Bros movie was better.
That this second one just ādoesnāt carry the same magic the first movie didā. Or that, āit doesnāt add anything new in value to the Mario franchise.ā
But I actually disagree with that. I think this movie was greatā¦ and in fact it does add some interesting thoughts to the Nintendo franchise.(and Mario franchise by extent.)
My problem was that ā¦ this movie seemed like it was gonna go to a big scale and it didā¦ at least it tried to. And this might be a hot take for some, but I actually think the movie was too short.
Way too short. And I know this is a problem with a lot of movies nowadays, not just this one. But 98 minutes is simply not enough for all of the different plot elements they put in there.
By the end of the movie I had more questions than I had before I started watching the movie.(Wich can be good for marketing since Iāve heard that a third Mario movie is already being rumored) But in this case they added a bunch of plot points that kinda just ā¦. weāre left hanging by the end of the movie and it didnāt seemā¦ very intentional.
ā¦..For example, the plot point that I found most frustrating: whatever the hell happened with Bowser.
I thought that by the end of the movie they would do something and like he wouldnāt just stay bones and stuff.. but no.. even the little segment during the end credits shows us that he is sitting in jail with his son and he is still bones.
This is frustrating to me ā¦ both because I have a bias towards Bowser and because I personally think it isnāt the best decision. I think they were trying to recreate that situation with how they turned bowser small in first movie to make people wonder how thatās gonna affect him in the next movie. But personally I only found it disappointing.
I loved the whole character development and buildup we got with bowser, showing us that he can change as a character and showing his softer side in his interactions with bowser junior.(and dare I say Luigi in some moments)
it was so beautifulā¦.only for it to be all ripped away from me when bowser went back to being āevil king or whateverā(and I get it heās a major villain in the games so you canāt just ..give him a way out of it like that but come on-š)
Other than that they introduced a lot of ideas to the super Mario world that werenāt explored upon what so ever.(I get it third movie..whatever)
Iām talking the concept of the Nintendo franchise all being instigated into eachother ā¦like a sort of spider verse multiverse of games type of thing. (As we saw with star fox and the bowser junior brush drawing Mr. Game & Watch)
The whole idea behind Rosalina and Peach being sisters and having this magical all powerful bond between them.
Mario and Peach tension that I think they could have handled better.(And Iām not saying cringe wiseā¦i think a world without cringe would be boring we absolutely need a bit of cheesiness here and there. I think that the whole progression with the Mario x Peach ship was handled poorly and one sided with this movie. The end scene where she pecks him on the cheek feels extremely out of the blue and undeserved andā¦also idk..I feel like I wouldāve like that movie more without it, just because it feels like it was just thrown in there to get the shipperās eyeing.)
These and a few other little details that felt like they had huge potential, were kinda just out in there with no further development. And I felt like that was such a bummer.
Also I had expectations that Daisy would show up in this movieā¦it doesnāt disappoint me too much that she doesnāt but still.
Alsoā¦.the shipper bait. We need to talk about the shipper bate. I know there was a person on the team who at least knew of the whole Bowser x Luigi conundrum and decided to throw in a little queerbaiting in there for good measure. Because you aināt telling me you look at this and tell me it aināt ship bait.
Iām sorry but that look is the same look Nala gave to Sima in lion king and people were jokingly saying it shouldāve made the movie Pg13.
Just look at the comparison :š(not one for on but cāmon)
We did indeed get fed Iām just sayingš„²
ummā¦.i think this post has gotten way to long, I might need to yap later but for now I think Iām done.
In all this movie was a great experience , 7.5/8 out of ten would recommend especially if youāre a Bowigi fan.
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