[NON-Spoiler 'Super Mario Bros Movie' Review]

[NON-Spoiler 'Super Mario Bros Movie' Review]

Like many others in this fandom I have dreamed of a proper Mario movie or cartoon since forever (Super Show is bad, I'm not sorry, and well, we all know the live action) and today.. I can say I have it.

Let's be honest, It's not perfect, there's some things here and there in this film that needed to be reworked! (For starters Mario's large @ss face design, I adapted to it but what was wrong with the og shape?)

Sad truth is: It had to be mid in something; it's still Illumination.

This product infact suffers a very simple storytelling, not helped by a very fast-paced rythim. Sometimes you may want to take a breather and enjoy slower moments, and more exposition, but nope, gotta go fast, Sonic style. Dang it. I mean c'mon we needed to see at least 5 minutes of the heroes' travel towards the Kong Kingdom, plus the lack of such scenes resulted in a lack of Toad scenes!! SHAME!

Minor bad thing: The power-ups are used so much, to the point they make it look like Mario's got no chances without 'em and it's not right, he's supposed to be strong in regular form. Oh, they are not even 'explained', and hey, before you tell me "It's Mario, you have to turn your brain off" i call BS, Mario with actual lore is\would be the best Mario, and it's totally possible, it's not that hard to make up something like 'they're ancient relycs our ancestors placed around the kingdoms for us to survive this wacky world'. (And, this is more of a personal thought i guess; some animal power-ups should have not been a thing here, i know they're iconic and i love them in the games but in a movie they're just ridiculous on Mario)

That said, "The Super Mario Bros Movie" is a BLAST anyway! Yeah I think the best way to describe it is 'A simple and sweet blast', it took me a while but I'd give it a 7 out of 10 because the main key element this blockbuster needed at all costs (aka what the games miss) is there and it's good: characters' interactions.

Mario and Luigi's bond here is explored so well it can get you teary in few moments. It's the heart of the whole thing. They're THE bros!

And Mario and Peach? Finally with them we get something more than those crumbs the source material had used us to. It's no revolutionary approach; we could, and should, have had more of these two, to be fair, but considering Miyamoto is involved (he is always been scared to touch the love topic since he basically considers it mature stuff) what's in the final cut is already a lot.

DK and Mario's rivarly is spot on, legit funny to witness.

Bowser and Mario scenes are very limited, strange yeah, but I love the basic reason of his hatred for the man. Btw this Koopa King is hilarious yet more villanous than ever before, someone will tell you he's an antagonist with no motivation but it's clearly untrue.

The action is on point, the animation is incredible. (I just wish they didn't spoil most of those goodies with tv spots)

In the end this really is a love letter to almost the entire mario history, it's crazy to think how much of many many games, they incorporated in a single film, and in a way that feels right: from musics to characters and locations, it's phenomenal.

Do you think we will finally have Mario and Peach become official in the movies?

They're on a VERY good road, she was instantly physically attracted and as they travelled together she got to know and like him for his persona too, logically by the next film they should, but in the end it's up to illumination to convince Miyamoto out of his silly comfort zone.

(Btw you may not know but, the original characters; the game versions, are already official in some games, as those games' instructions\guides do refer to Peach as 'Mario's girlfriend')

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And I'm on their team.

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