The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Universal/Illumination | April 5, 2023 | Chris Pratt is Mario, Charlie Day is Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy is Peach | The most profitable movie of 2023

[JWR]

6 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

This is where I miss the Ebert style of critic review of “does exactly what a movie based on Mario games should do.” 

 

I miss Ebert in general. He knew when to be a serious minded film critic, but also knew when to have fun watching a dumb popcorn movie.

[TMP]

Only review that matters 🔥 

Got a 9/10 from the 🐐 himself

[ThomasNicole]

17 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Ehh, the box office correlation to RT says otherwise. This is very much an exception not the rule situation, bc again I don’t think most of these critics realize the movie feeling like the games is exactly what everyone wants from this. 

 

15 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

This is where I miss the Ebert style of critic review of “does exactly what a movie based on Mario games should do.” 

If you dismiss critics jobs so much and thinks all the writing about this movie is dumb why you´re putting so much energy into reading and discussing their opinions?

 

Just ignore it, this will hardly make people excited about the movie give up on buying a ticket

[WittyUsername]

If any movie in today’s age should be critic proof, I would think it would be this. 

[ThomasNicole]

1 minute ago, WittyUsername said:

If any movie in today’s age should be critic proof, I would think it would be this. 

Jurassic World movies is another strong case, 2 billionaire movies despite awful reviews 

[Reddroast]

4 minutes ago, TMP said:

Only review that matters 🔥 

Got a 9/10 from the 🐐 himself

Of course he's gonna give it a high score. He's forced himself to love the 93 film because and I quote from his book on super Mario 3: "Mario was my friend." 

 

 

[TMP]

Just now, Reddroast said:

Of course he's gonna give it a high score. He's forced himself to love the 93 film because and I quote from his book on super Mario 3: "Mario was my friend." 

 

 

if he didn't cream himself over this, we'd be entering code red status

[Reddroast]

2 minutes ago, TMP said:

if he didn't cream himself over this, we'd be entering code red status

Truly a sign that hell had frozen over. 

 

[thajdikt]

Do we know the budget for this?

[grey ghost]

Can someone explain what a Mario move that is targeted at adults (beyond easter eggs) like Zootopia or Incredibles 2 would look like?

[superduperm]

I’m disappointed to not see a 60-70 on MC or RT too, but I do think people are overreacting a bit. It’s not like these are sub-30%, below Hop (Illumination’s worst film) or below the 1993 film.

 

The unsatisfying 50/50 of MC/RT mediocrity isn’t going to be enough to kill this movie.

 

On an optimistic note: this is currently at 56% after 80 reviews on RT. Fresh is still technically in play. Would be hilarious if it got there after the meltdown everyone is having.

Edited April 4, 2023 by superduperm

[grey ghost]

Just now, superduperm said:

I’m disappointed to not see a 60-70 on MC or RT too, but I do think people are overreacting a bit. It’s not like these are sub-30%, below Hop (Illumination’s worst film) or below the 1993 film.

 

The unsatisfying 50/50 of MC/RT mediocrity isn’t going to be enough to kill this movie.

 

It won't kill it but will it slow it down any?

[TheDude391]

25 minutes ago, TMP said:

Only review that matters 🔥 

Got a 9/10 from the 🐐 himself

It's got the Cinema Robert seal of approval??? Booking my tickets now!

[Cappoedameron]

35 minutes ago, Reddroast said:

 

Grace... WTF

 

She's truly embarrassing herself.

[Eric the Marxist]

38 minutes ago, TMP said:

Only review that matters 🔥 

Got a 9/10 from the 🐐 himself

Dude's still making YouTube videos? Huh. Good for him I guess?

[ThomasNicole]

22 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

Can someone explain what a Mario move that is targeted at adults (beyond easter eggs) like Zootopia or Incredibles 2 would look like?

Dream scenario?

 

Edgy like Shrek and [slightly] PIB2, fun to watch, lot of references, visually engaging and creative but with a clever script that works in 2 levels for both kids and their parents 

[DisposedData]

People are acting like it has a sub 40 RT lol. It is barely rotten and has actually been going up not down. 

[PrinceRico]

7 minutes ago, DisposedData said:

People are acting like it has a sub 40 RT lol. It is barely rotten and has actually been going up not down. 

What did you expect. It’s getting reviews on the level of Shazam 2. 

[superduperm]

11 minutes ago, PrinceRico said:

What did you expect. It’s getting reviews on the level of Shazam 2. 

Maybe a 65? A 55 isn’t enough to kill my interest.

 

Also, Shazam 2 got 50%.

[Mulder]

15 minutes ago, PrinceRico said:

What did you expect. It’s getting reviews on the level of Shazam 2. 

Shazam had so many issues that its RT score was like the least of them.