I've played majority of main Mario games so I'm well versed in the mario universe. I've a Nintendo game player since I was 5 years old up until this day.
So I went into this movie with the mindset - it's a kid's movie just try to enjoy it and enjoy seeing all the Mario references and don't think to much.
And the movie doesn't ask you to think to much. The plot is so flat which I guess I should have expected since the games have no plot besides from Princess Peach being kidnapped. What this movie does well though is that Princess Peach isn't a damsell in distress and is more of a character in the movie which I liked.
What the movie however gets wrong is that the assumption that by adding all these Mario references like Mario Kart and Smash Brothers, this will make the fans go ' Oooh wow that's so cool!'. Yes it's a nice thing to have , but what the movie doesn't really get into the lore of the Mario world and assumes everyone knows it. But by not building up this world, it kind of feels like Mario just jumps into this world, meets Princess Peach who pretty much teams up with him straight away and off they go to save the kingdom! I think the film could have done a better job of trying to invest the audience into this w1orld. I'm not saying that they have to spend ten minutes explaining every item, but I think they could have like gone through several worlds to get to Bowser, and talk about say the underwater level and the creatures that dwell in it.
I can see the little kidsaying this is an amazing movie and people will say oh it's a fun movie and it's a Mario movie for kids - of course there's no plot. Well I guess I'm just a bit older now and even though I like Mario games, this movie is really just a Mario movie with references and Easter Eggs.
So I went into this movie with the mindset - it's a kid's movie just try to enjoy it and enjoy seeing all the Mario references and don't think to much.
And the movie doesn't ask you to think to much. The plot is so flat which I guess I should have expected since the games have no plot besides from Princess Peach being kidnapped. What this movie does well though is that Princess Peach isn't a damsell in distress and is more of a character in the movie which I liked.
What the movie however gets wrong is that the assumption that by adding all these Mario references like Mario Kart and Smash Brothers, this will make the fans go ' Oooh wow that's so cool!'. Yes it's a nice thing to have , but what the movie doesn't really get into the lore of the Mario world and assumes everyone knows it. But by not building up this world, it kind of feels like Mario just jumps into this world, meets Princess Peach who pretty much teams up with him straight away and off they go to save the kingdom! I think the film could have done a better job of trying to invest the audience into this w1orld. I'm not saying that they have to spend ten minutes explaining every item, but I think they could have like gone through several worlds to get to Bowser, and talk about say the underwater level and the creatures that dwell in it.
I can see the little kidsaying this is an amazing movie and people will say oh it's a fun movie and it's a Mario movie for kids - of course there's no plot. Well I guess I'm just a bit older now and even though I like Mario games, this movie is really just a Mario movie with references and Easter Eggs.