The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Universal/Illumination | April 5, 2023 | Chris Pratt is Mario, Charlie Day is Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy is Peach | Reviews are in. It's-a bad!

[JWR]

10 minutes ago, Reddroast said:

The difference is sonic had a notable run of bad games and a toxic fandom long before we saw what sonic was supposed to look like. Mario games are consistently good

 

To be fair, every fan base has toxic members. But the point I'm making is that the success of the games don't directly translate to the box office. It's going to make a lot, but the ceiling isn't as high as many think.

[Galactic Specter]

3 hours ago, JWR said:

 

So is Sonic.

Sonic is closer to Alvin and the Chipmunks in format and ended up making in that range for both movies. Illumination is in a whole different ballpark. 

[WittyUsername]

4 hours ago, JWR said:

 

So is Sonic.

The Sonic movie wasn’t made by Illumination. Sonic has also been living in Mario’s shadow since the end of the Genesis era. 

[Verrows]

12 hours ago, Reddroast said:

The difference is sonic had a notable run of bad games and a toxic fandom long before we saw what sonic was supposed to look like. Mario games are consistently good

That, and Sonic and....Paramount isn't the kind of combo I was talking about.

[cannastop]

[Eric the Fall Guy]

 

[Morieris]

There's more promo for this that comes out in April than Distant that comes out next month lol The way they're integrating the iconic music is probably my favorite thing about all this after Bowser.

Edited December 9, 2022 by Morieris

[PNF2187]

As far as the movie itself goes, I don't know if it'll be all that good plot wise, but I love seeing all the callbacks and references to older games. Soundtrack so far is fantastic as well, hearing Bob-omb Battlefield was a nice treat, hoping for some pieces from Galaxy and 3D World to make it as well. Would love to listen to the rest of it as well - hopefully we'll finally get a Mario OST that's easily accessible on streaming services.

Edited December 9, 2022 by PNF2187

[JWR]

3 minutes ago, PNF2187 said:

As far as the movie itself goes, I don't know if it'll be all that good plot wise, but I love seeing all the callbacks and references to older games. Soundtrack so far is fantastic as well, hearing Bob-omb Battlefield was a nice treat, hoping for some pieces from Galaxy and 3D World to make it as well. Would love to listen to the rest of it as well - hopefully we'll finally get a Mario OST that's easily accessible on streaming services.

 

I kinda hope they save Galaxy for a sequel. But Peach's line about a "larger universe" could be hinting at some cosmic stuff...

[Eric the Fall Guy]

 

[lab276]

Finally saw this trailer in front of Avatar, and it looks great! Surprisingly epic in scale, and it looks like Peach will be pretty integral to the story.

[Eric the Fall Guy]

 

[Verrows]

Although I like that it has a section of the calendar all to itself now, I do lament this not releasing tomorrow like it was originally scheduled for. Families would have had a blast with this over Christmas!

 

I figure Universal is probably so high on it that they feel like it will reach its peak on a date that it has to itself, rather than being something that will find its success as the secondary option over the holidays. Most studios are content with the latter for their films but for Mario, being the undisputed #1 option in theatres might be more valuable than lucrative Christmas holidays.

[ZattMurdock]

This went from one of the films that I was more irrationally pissed off that even existed for one of my most anticipated for 2023. Nintendo. It’s power.

[Eric the Fall Guy]

 

[poweranimals]

13 hours ago, Eric in Boots said:

 

You know, it still hurts that they made the Koopas look just like regular humans.

[kayumanggi]

On 12/21/2022 at 9:21 AM, Verrows said:

Although I like that it has a section of the calendar all to itself now, I do lament this not releasing tomorrow like it was originally scheduled for. Families would have had a blast with this over Christmas!

 

I figure Universal is probably so high on it that they feel like it will reach its peak on a date that it has to itself, rather than being something that will find its success as the secondary option over the holidays. Most studios are content with the latter for their films but for Mario, being the undisputed #1 option in theatres might be more valuable than lucrative Christmas holidays.

 

I think Universal will be the top studio before the summer season begins, thanks mainly to this and probably M3GAN.

[cooldude97]

with M3gan it seams like universal is using tik tok like with minions to garner more interest in there films, wonder if they'll do the same with mario

[Morieris]

 

I already follow theme park pundits so I've seen the Japan version, but it is cool! I feel like this doesn't need as much advertising as other things but A) Universal won't skimp on it, and fair, and B ) there has got to me some killer tie-in merch at these parks I can pay someone to get me.

[poweranimals]

3 hours ago, Morieris said:

 

I already follow theme park pundits so I've seen the Japan version, but it is cool! I feel like this doesn't need as much advertising as other things but A) Universal won't skimp on it, and fair, and B ) there has got to me some killer tie-in merch at these parks I can pay someone to get me.

I was thinking about going to check it out this year but then I might have to wait until 2024 as I just did a California trip last year. Always fun to go but it's expensive AF to travel.