The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Directed by Michael Jelenic
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.
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Unlike, say, the much revered 1993 “Super Mario Bros.” live action adaptation where Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo gallivanted their way through a cyberpunk rendition of Nintendo’s priceless intellectual property.
Let me paint you a picture: It’s May 1993 and Walt Disney, via distributor Buena Vista Pictures, is about to release a film co-written by Ed Solomon ( Men in Black / Bill & Ted franchise), starring Bob Hoskins ( Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ), John Leguizamo ( Violent Night ), Dennis Hopper ( Blue Velvet ), Samantha Mathis ( Broken Arrow ), and Fiona Shaw ( Andor ), based on the best-selling video game by Nintendo Co., Ltd., Super Mario Bros. .
Y además creo que la escena post créditos (¡quédense hasta el final!) no solo alude a una secuela, sino que hace referencia a “Godzilla” de 1997.
The result was a nightmarish, snot-covered Blade Runner riff starring Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper – yet in hindsight, the movie feels closer to a fascinating folly than an outright failure, a demented sci-fi yarn that is baffling but not entirely without merit.
Además, los escenarios los diseñó el mismo que hizo el arte en “Blade Runner” (1982).
Nothing about “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is game-changing, but it’ll be difficult for fans to ignore the entertainment value – in the same way that “The Lego Movie” or “Tomb Raider” or “Mortal Kombat” (and countless more) presented and visualized iconic imagery during introductions to famous worlds, missions, personas, and interactions.
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Let me paint you a picture: It’s May 1993 and Walt Disney, via distributor Buena Vista Pictures, is about to release a film co-written by Ed Solomon ( Men in Black / Bill & Ted franchise), starring Bob Hoskins ( Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ), John Leguizamo ( Violent Night ), Dennis Hopper ( Blue Velvet ), Samantha Mathis ( Broken Arrow ), and Fiona Shaw ( Andor ), based on the best-selling video game by Nintendo Co., Ltd., Super Mario Bros. .
Composer Brian Tyler (Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Scream VI, Iron Man 3) along with the original Nintendo themes by Koji Kondo, does a great job handling the film’s music and will put a smile on your face for those growing up with Mario.
That’s why the Resident Evil movie franchise never seems to die, why HBO thought The Last of Us could make for must-see television, and why two actors at the peak of their creative power believed in last year’s Uncharted .
That’s a lesson learned again and again and again, with movies like Street Fighter , Hitman , and Max Payne consistently drawing the lowest of critical approval ratings and the steepest of box office drop-offs.
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“Mamma mia!” Non è solo l’italianissima esclamazione tipica di Super Mario, ma anche ciò che lo spettatore è portato a gridare quando, guardando il nuovo film animato dedicato all’iconico personaggio della Nintendo, si accorge che tutti i propri eventuali pregiudizi (derivati principalmente sulla base di quei flop che sono stati i film del 1986 e del 1993) erano infondati.
It would seem the good folks over at Illumination Entertainment (the braintrust behind “Minions,” and “The Secret Life of Pets” and who are slowly edging out Pixar in terms of cartoon dominance) have learned from past mistakes, carefully curating a breezy family-friendly adventure that’ll make you want to run home and power up the old ‘64 console or GameCube.
On February 1, 2018, Nintendo and Universal Studios’s animation department, Illumination (Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets), reached a deal to develop an animated film of Super Mario Bros. Initially to release during the holidays of 2022, the film was pushed back to spring 2023 for additional time for the film’s development.