I saw the Super Mario Galaxy movie a while back on my birthday and I finally have all my (mostly positive) Thoughts together. These Thoughts will have spoilers. They aren't fake this time either. So don't click further if you don't want to see those.
First off, I just want to set the record straight: I had a great time. It's far from a perfect movie, I had a non-zero amount of problems, some of them actually kinda disappointing, but overall I had a lot of fun and there were plenty of other moments that induced a HYPE OVERLOAD. I saw it with my family and my IRL best friend and they had a lot of fun too despite most of them not being big Mario/Nintendo fans.
-Yoshi is the best part of the movie. I adore Yoshi. He is so cute. I loved the backstory sequence where he was terrorizing Brooklyn.
-Yeah I felt there could have been more Rosalina but at least she did have some good moments. Also holy shit she and Peach are sisters that's a lore bomb right there. Relatedly I appreciate that Peach is the one to save Rosalina.
-Fox! Fox was so cool. That anime-esqe bit with his backstory was insane. Also him piloting the Comet Observatory holy shit.
-Bowser Jr. was great too. I know he doesn't really sound like a kid kid but he has a ton of little shit energy and that's what matters.
-Wart was really good too. I loved how he was constantly spitting out bubbles. He hd the perfect energy for his role in the movie too.
-I know everyone looked at ROB and said "they stole the Zootopia sloth joke" but that's just how ROBs are! They actually ove that slow! This predates Zootopia by decades! Also I am just glad ROB is in the movie. He is an important part of Nintendo history and also my son.
-The MUSIC oh my god. I'm so glad they've toned down the licensed music.The remixes are so good. There was this remix of Jump Up Super Star in the casino scene that had me going nuts.
-I audibly squealed at the Pikmin in the SS Dolphin. It was so cute.
-Mr. Game And Watch oh my god. I was v i b r a t i n g in my seat. My IRL best friend was next to me in the theater and he was like "oh they're really going Smash now"
-Also the fucking. Odyssey dragon as the final fight. Mario has to save Bowser Jr. from being eaten by it, with the Flying Mario powerup at that. Exquisite.
-Also I loved Bowser Jr's stupid Mario Maker level. That whole sequence was fun.
-DRY BOWSER. Oh my god how have I gone on this long without mentioning Dry Bowser. That was such a cool reveal.
-I do wish we got more of the Honey Queen. She was there for like. One scene.
-I love Bowser Jr's stupid Bowser themed theme park planet. And the puppet show that inspired it. Oh and the use of the name Boomsday Device from the game was funny too.
-The first post credits scene... Fox goes back to his home universe... setting up a Star Fox movie hopefully?
-And the second... OMG Daisy. Daisy is here. I screamed. What does this meaaaaaaaaaaaan for the next movie. I wanna find out.
But that's it for my screaming for now mostly. Again, fun movie! Definitely not a perfect movie, not necessarily even a GOOD movie when it comes to the bones of it, but it was a blast to watch as a big fan of Mario and these other Nintendo games.
Now what the heck are they going to do for the Zelda movie. That'll be something.