I'm watching it on TV right now and it's such a fun 90s movie with tons of Mario Bros. nods and references. It may not be a direct adaptation of the video game but I honestly don't think a direct adaptation could have worked unless it was animated. I think the movie we got is great and I don't understand the hate, even from the late Bob Hoskins.
shareI agre. I watched it just now too, it's been years, I LOVE it! I thought the Dino town was so cool when I was a kid Jet packs, fungus, crashing cars, its great. I love the cheap set/costumes. Glad I caught it tknight!
shareHave to agree, I bought this movie, finally got around to watching it, I loved it, my mother doesn't do fantasy, doesn't do far out, doesn't do weird stuff, doesn't do video games, etc., SHE loved it, that's an amazing feat.
shareI guess if you saw it as a kid, it might have a certain nostalgia factor for you. I saw it as a 33 year old, in 1993. Before this movie came out, I had played the Donkey Kong arcade game, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2 and 3, Dr. Mario, Super Mario World, and Mario Kart with my kids and by myself. All of us expected a lot more from this movie. It's almost like somebody saw the first NES game and said, 'hey, let's make a little movie for the kiddies and we'll clean up at the box office!' They failed to realize that by 1993, playing Mario games had become a totally immersive experience. They had created an entire Mario world and legions of fans around the world. Do I dare compare the expectations of the fan base, to something as huge as those of Lord of the Rings or Star Wars or Harry Potter fans? Maybe not, but we are getting close. It should have been something epic, because there were millions of fans worldwide, expecting something better. Instead, we got something campy and cheesy. Yeah, I realize they are just video games about plumbers fighting turtles and rescuing a princess. But imagine if the movie were made today, with the same amount of attention to detail and dedication to the original themes, that they put into movies like Batman and Spider man. I think it might be possible to create an immersive, magical, 3D world and possibly make a very good movie
The stupid have one thing in common.They alter the facts to fit their views not the other way
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Because it sucks, a really big piece of sh!t of a film. A Mario Bros. movie COULD work in live action but the filmmakers didn't have the talent or vision to pull it off. It ticks me when people say a live action Mario Bros. movie couldn't work when the people who made this movie didn't even try to make something that would appeal to fans or casual audiences. I don't see how anyone could say this is a good film unless you have primordial ooze for brains.
shareYou're exactly right in that w direct adaptation would have been ridiculous. People complain it's not like the game. Who cares really, when as a movie it's a lot of fun
shareEven as just a movie it's not that good at all, it wasn't fun....it made me nauseous. This bombed for a good reason and I can't believe people are defending it......no wonder most movies are lame ass crap now, that's what people seem to want nowadays SMH.
shareI for one love that we got the real Illuminati Message behind the Mario games
shareI was raised on .Mario brothers and was in middle school when this released.
I remember seeing a commerical and saying to myself wtf....
This just looked horrible from the start