{"id":3601,"date":"2023-09-26T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2023-09-15T21:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T03:16:39","slug":"movie-the-super-mario-bros-movie-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/26\/movie-the-super-mario-bros-movie-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Super Mario Bros. Movie
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2023
\nRating: PG
\nLength: 92 minutes \/ 1.53 hours<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit that I was skeptical about this movie going in. Some of the casting decisions were questionable, but I also knew Nintendo would have a much tighter hold on their intellectual property after Super Mario Bros.<\/em> (1993). An animated take on a simple video game concept was the better way to go, but I also know Illumination has a reputation for somewhat \u201ccheap\u201d CGI movies. All this being said\u2014nostalgia is a heck of a drug. The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/em> (2023) is bright, colorful, and a lot of fun to watch.<\/p>\n

I felt like the character designs were definitely on-point\u2014which wasn\u2019t hard to do when Nintendo already has 3D models of almost every character that appeared in this movie (something the previous attempt at this movie did not have). While the plot was simple, it\u2019s not like a game from 1985 really had that much plot to go off, anyway. If anything, they had to add a lot (like the Mario Kart<\/em> segment) to pad out the runtime to be long enough. I also felt the choice of songs not from the video games ruined the feel of the movie for the portions where they were included. Either the songs clashed tonally with what was going on or were so clich\u00e9 as to be groan-worthy.<\/p>\n

Still, as a long-time fan of Nintendo, I appreciated all the little details that the team added. Whether you\u2019ve played the old stuff or the newer games, there were probably quite a few references that you\u2019d get. And while I had my doubts about some voices, a few\u2014like Jack Black as Bowser\u2014really nailed the feel of the characters. They played the nostalgia factor up quite a bit, but overall it was a fun popcorn flick.<\/p>\n

A fairly good adaptation of a fairly simple game, I give The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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