Yes! I've been making this exact comparison between these two films for a year now. Finally, someone understands. What it comes down to is that Super Mario Bros. (2023) is an 80min commercial for a video game and Super Mario Bros. (1993) is an actual movie.
I watched this with my friends during Bad Movie Night. We were saying "trust the fungus" and "glug glug glug" the whole night. John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins' chemistry was amazing and the effects, sets, and costumes were great! As soon as Fisher Stevens came on screen, I squealed in joy. I love him!
Honestly, I think a similarly good reference point for this is the Robert Altman Popeye musical movie. It was a film made for genuinely capitalistic reasons due to Paramount not netting the Annie rights, with a director who was not skilled in this area, a musician who's often ponderous songs doesn't work for the source material, and nearly killed the career of its star, Robin Williams due to a similarly turbulent production mixed with a ton of drugs on an island far, far away from any union reps. But it also leaves an impact on you, regardless of the reviews, solely due to.... just everything. They tried to make a live action Fleischer cartoon with the best cast possible, and it weirdly succeeds in that regard in spite of everything else.
It aimed for the moon and missed. One must respect it on the strength of its ambition....and that bringing a video game concept to life was uncharted territory. Had it stuck to the premise of "this is the real story behind the game," audiences would have gone "Oh, I get it!"
The problem is that the original movie caters to a non-existent audience. Too dark and dilatory for kids, while too disjointed and inane for adults. I'd still watch it again over the new movie, but would rather read a book on Mario over either.
Great review, but just wanna clarify that Yoshi is supposed to be a baby T-Rex in the movie, not a Velociraptor. Why would a fascist dictator business man evolved from a T-Rex not have a T-Rex as a royal family pet?
Yes! I've been making this exact comparison between these two films for a year now. Finally, someone understands. What it comes down to is that Super Mario Bros. (2023) is an 80min commercial for a video game and Super Mario Bros. (1993) is an actual movie.
I watched this with my friends during Bad Movie Night. We were saying "trust the fungus" and "glug glug glug" the whole night. John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins' chemistry was amazing and the effects, sets, and costumes were great! As soon as Fisher Stevens came on screen, I squealed in joy. I love him!
Honestly, I think a similarly good reference point for this is the Robert Altman Popeye musical movie. It was a film made for genuinely capitalistic reasons due to Paramount not netting the Annie rights, with a director who was not skilled in this area, a musician who's often ponderous songs doesn't work for the source material, and nearly killed the career of its star, Robin Williams due to a similarly turbulent production mixed with a ton of drugs on an island far, far away from any union reps. But it also leaves an impact on you, regardless of the reviews, solely due to.... just everything. They tried to make a live action Fleischer cartoon with the best cast possible, and it weirdly succeeds in that regard in spite of everything else.
It aimed for the moon and missed. One must respect it on the strength of its ambition....and that bringing a video game concept to life was uncharted territory. Had it stuck to the premise of "this is the real story behind the game," audiences would have gone "Oh, I get it!"
I grew up on this movie. Definitely love it.
total gem!
I love 90s Mario
I like Super Mario Bros.
The problem is that the original movie caters to a non-existent audience. Too dark and dilatory for kids, while too disjointed and inane for adults. I'd still watch it again over the new movie, but would rather read a book on Mario over either.
Trust the Fungus
Great review, but just wanna clarify that Yoshi is supposed to be a baby T-Rex in the movie, not a Velociraptor. Why would a fascist dictator business man evolved from a T-Rex not have a T-Rex as a royal family pet?