Super Mario Bros. Movie review

Joseph Lewin ’25

Contributor

Finally, after months of anticipation, the Super Mario Bros. Movie is finally in theatres. After writing my article about the controversy surrounding this film, I was excited but still a little nervous about the finished product. In the end, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and I like how it turned out, albeit with a few flaws. I thought that, while Chris Pratt’s “accent” wasn’t great, he still helped make the movie enjoyable.

An issue I had was that the plot felt a little simple and predictable. You could always tell what was going to happen next. The plot was enjoyable and entertaining with lots of action and pretty good jokes. However, the one thing that the plot lacked was depth. The challenging thing about a movie adaptation like this is that it’s hard to write one based on a game that has perhaps one of the simplest premises ever: bad guy kidnaps princess, and hero rescues her.

Last of Us is the Cordyceps and the horror of these creatures. The series outdoes itself in depicting these petrifying creatures. They are not on screen every time the writers have a chance, building suspense and fear. However,

The acting choices for this show were superb. There is a variety of well-known actors and unknown actors. Pedro Pascal and Nick Offerman offered the much-needed star-power for the release of this show, while Lamar Johnson and Anna Torv are not as well-known but are still breathtaking in their performance.

The show finds a good balance, keeping a lower budget by not using as many big-name actors and it still has recognizable names to draw viewers in.

I personally greatly enjoy The Last of Us and am excited for the second season.

9.5/10 jokes. The characters, however, I felt were somewhat simple.

For example, there was hardly any actual mention of Princess run by the two brothers shortly after resigning from their former job.

I also appreciated easter eggs that were sprinkled throughout the film, including renditions of music from past games, hidden details, and characters, especially in a film like this. Unfortunately, easter eggs and hidden details cannot completely save a movie from its flaws and shortcomings.

There is a huge gap that you have to fill in order to produce a full feature-length movie, which ends up creating a lot of weird, stale, and slightly unenjoyable moments. But you need to hand it to the writers as they took such a seemingly simple plot and expanded it.

For the most part, the plot was enjoyable and entertaining, with lots of action and pretty good

Peach’s origins, with only one scene in the entire movie mentioning it, barely exploring her origin at all.

Even so, I thought it refreshing to see Peach in more of a leading role, rather than simply being a simple “damsel-in-distress.”

I liked the backstory of Mario and Luigi as it explored the possibility of a plumbing company

One of the several redeeming qualities of this film was the fact that it was way better than 1993’s Super Mario Bros. Movie, a video-game adaptation disaster. And as a result, that film became an example of what not to do when adapting a video game into a movie.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. While it isn’t perfect or “amazing” by most people’s standards or the standards of the critics, it’s still pretty good, nonetheless. While no film is flawless, I felt that this was worthy of a decent score.