The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Are the Critics Right?
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The Mario Movie is a film that pays homage to the Mario games while not paying any to film!
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What elevates these videos to perfection is that you’ve somehow found a way to sneak in DK’s GBA death wail in every video since this new upload schedule began. Never change, Alax.
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I actually loved Bowser’s incel arc in this movie. Felt very reminiscent of his character in the older Paper Mario games, something I thought Nintendo wouldn’t want to touch with a 10ft pole, so a pleasant surprise lol
Ya same! He’s genuinely the best and most entertaining part of the movie
Yeah and it's like Bowser has kinda always been that when he isn't threatning.
Like, was Alax expecting him to just be like this movie's answer to Jim Cummings's performance as Dr.Robotnik?
@@anthonydeadman It seemed like it, and it's ridiculous. Like, of course he would have a thing for her, that's why he keeps kidnaping her. At the end of Sunshine, he said to Bowser Jr that he really wanted Peach to be his mother. That instantly tells you he has feelings for her.
Wasn't an incel, more of a simp.
I also thought of that term - even though I don't use it often - to describe Bowser's final arc in the movie. As soon as he figured out that Peach would never marry him, he straight up breathes fire at her, breaking up their "relationship" in the progress. The Bowser I know wouldn't do that, even if she rejected him.
I'm not saying this is a bad way to portray Bowser, in fact, I'd say that in the movie this take works really well, but if you were to ask my personal preference, then I would prefer if he acted more like Bowser in most of the Mario games.
They certainly nailed his character with that musical number, I won't lie.
It was great to see Mr. Ganondorf back again. I look forward to the story arc where he grows his legs back.
Nah. The storyline where he screams is better.
I find it hilarious that today was the return of Ganondorf not just for RelaxAlax, but also for the Zelda games in general.
(For context today we got a Tears of the Kingdom trailer revealing Ganondorf in all of his DILF-y glory)
all praise Ganondorf
Then he became hot today
Gives me hope to see Monika return someday........yes I'm aware DDLC grows more and more irrelevant each year but I still love her VA from Alax's old skits shut up.
The Mario movie was simple but it was a lot of fun. So many neat references and it was made with a lot of love. The only real gripe I had with it was the pacing
I agree really wish we got more character interactions, and more WEEGEE
The critics were right. The movie is mediocre at best. References don't make a movie good, story and animation does.
@@jayandjlps8022 cope
@@jayandjlps8022 cope
@@jayandjlps8022 And yet it was exactly the kind of story you'd expect from a MARIO movie because that's pretty much the story from the games.
Critics were wrong because they don't know jack shit about Mario, they aren't fans. This movie was made for hardcore Mario fans, not critics.
This movie was all worth it for the appearance of King Bob-Omb alone! As someone with the absurd hope for him to appear in the movie at all, seeing him front and center instead of just a background cameo like King Boo made the movie an absolute treat for me.
Every Mario 64 reference made me point at the screen like a madman, it was truly euphoric, and King Bob-Omb is basically a walking-talking SM64 reference.
The story was my main concern, especially since the movie moved at a natrual pace when the bros were in Brooklyn. Mario wants to prove his dad wrong, Luigi tags along because he looks up to him, they go to save Brooklyn from a flood, and then all of a sudden it's just "by by mushroom time let's-ago". The rest of the movie speedruns to the next plotpoint and a lot of the characters go underdeveloped. But overall it was still an entertaining movie.
I mean I agree that the story kind of speed runs a lot of the plot but I think there are some glimmers of intrigue in this story, Mario's narrative is that of self worth, always getting back up when he is pushed down and his father berates him for this ideals because it drags not only him but his brother down, and that kind of what happened when he got him and his brother into the mushroom kingdom, and to this is a strong story here, it just needed another hour to let things breathe
I excepted a fun fan service mario movie with illumination character writing and animation and I got exactly that. I think the best parts of this movie were the really deep cut easter eggs with the references and soundtrack.
Movies shouldn't strive to be what you expect (unless you expect a masterpiece) they should strive to blow you away with quality even if the concept is ridiculous.
Look at Kung Fu Panda for example. A movie about a fat panda voiced by Jack Black who learns Kung Fu didn't need to be good, but it was anyways.
illumination has good and appealing animation but this movie is very different from their previous works. their writing has been infamous but no one inside of illumination contributed to this film's writing.
The animation is way better than frankly anything I've seen from Illumination. They're usually very cheap but this goes way better quality, if still in the general field of Illumination's design.
I do agree with him on writing though, it doesn't seem to be Illumination's writing team but it's still... ya know.
Still, visually, really appealing and the references are great.
Gotta love how Alax questions why they always "sanitize" Mario... when he reviewed the original Mario movie a few weeks ago, which answers his question. It's not like they just made NSMB the movie, they did their homework, there's no way in hell we coul've seen Mario's family in modern Mario games.
but the thing is they were working with NINTENDO. they didnt have to research anything. the folks from nintendo who were on this movies staff know mario like the back of their hand, so this was almost second nature to them. the fanservice is everywhere yes, but aside from seeing luigi get kidnapped and peach getting some surprisingly interesting backstory, theres pretty much no new unique story concepts here that cant already be found in a mario game.
@SlimGrim360 {SEMI-DEAD} I just hoped we had a better writer and maybe less focus to moments and more to arcs...I think Nintendo made a great job seeing how fleshed out the WORLD is but IMO the writers and directors only care about plain fun, which I hope there's more than that as Mario games already deliver that plain fun.
@@slimgrim3607 That's debatable. Considering the lore proposed by the Donkey Kong games and Yoshi's Island, and Nintendo's general refusal to change some of their methods, I'd say the entire Brooklyn part was never intended to be part of the games. The Super Mario Bros Super Show theme is there... a song that influenced mostly American audiences when it came to the views on Mario. I'd say there were some strong bits of Illumination's influence in the final product. They probably listed the things they needed to make a somewhat consistent story (We know there's much of one, but at least the movie tries to make sense compared to the actual games) and Nintendo had to approve their needs (In fact there's the news that Nintendo had some early sketches for Mario's family and they were used for the final product).
I’ve never been happier to watch a movie. Greatest thing I’ve ever watched. My only complaint is that I wish there was more movie to watch
I agree, maybe an extra 15-20 minutes at least to establish everyone's relationships and flesh out character arcs more.
Yea I kinda wish that the Mario movie would a little bit longer so that way we can get more character development but other than that I still thought it was a great movie to watch.
The bits in Brooklyn at the beginning and end are the core of the story, imo, not the Mushroom Kingdom.
That was just to give Mario an adventure to test his tenacity and love for his brother.
The whole movie is about “Never Giving Up” no matter how many times you get beat down and ridiculed, you get back up and never stop fighting, whether it be clearing an obstacle course, fighting a giant monkey, racing on a rainbow, or confronting a monster turtle, Mario did this every time.
Even at the end when’s he’s bruised, beaten down and could barely move, being inspired by his own commercial and the sight of him and his brother together, he got back up and took on Bowser head on.
It’s a simple message, but one that’s quintessentially Mario. They said they wanted it to be like a Mario game, where no matter how many times you lose in a level, as long as you don’t give up and keep practicing, you can eventually succeed and beat it. It’s all about Tenacity. That theme is brought up multiple throughout the movie from beginning to end, as well as the theme of Bravery. I thought it was a nice first movie message.
I personally am glad we didn’t get some forced romantic subplot between Mario and Peach, let that grow in future sequels.
The movie, imo, was a fine first movie. Like some first animated movies that just establish the world and characters with a more simple story. (Kung Fu Panda, How To Train Your Dragon to name examples) Just get the ball rolling. The sequel is where you really get more creative.
This film had things that weren’t answered, but you can tell they’re more like breadcrumbs that could be explored further in the future. (Like I see Peach’s true origins as something like Po’s adoption in Kung Fu Panda. It was only hinted at, but wasn’t given much in the first film, it was even kinda treated as a subversive joke, but his adoption is actually what the sequel is all about.
Something established, but expounded upon later, cause that’s not what the first film’s focus is.)
Overall, there are parts that could’ve been improved, but I think it’s a real good start to get the foot in the door.
The moment you pulled up Puss In Boots. The court was immediately in your favor XD
Honestly, what this movie lacks, I see as a window of possibility for their next movie(s) and this was just to establish the basics of how things in this universe works. It works as a prologue to bigger things to come, and I'm especially glad they didn't go the usual Hollywood/Disney route of killing off the villain (Bowser) and instead kept him alive for future movies.
Also, that Yoshi in Brooklyn tease at the end!
Exactly. This was a pretty safe film, because it needed to be. Look at the first Sonic Movie. Their only risk was having Sonic share screentime with James Marsden. Other than that, it's still a pretty decent/safe film. It paved the way for a much better sequel. It's the same principle with this. I have no doubt that the next movie will take more risks and execute storylines in a better way.
@@martinaguiluz4063 Wouldn't have said it better. It's kinda like the opposite of what was done with Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit.
And it's clear that Nintendo is trying to get over their trauma caused by THAT disastrous movie from 1993... *shivers*
We'll just have to wait and see where it takes us.
Godzilla 1998 but it's Yoshi
@@PingerSurprise The problem with the 1993 film is that green lite it, but they weren't involved in the production.
Seeing Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to me was just a confirmation that this is first and foremost a love letter to the mario game fans.
I asked for Ganondorf Amiibo to come back in your last community post and he immediately returns in the next video 👏👏👏
My day has been made
Also I love this movie, it is in fact a movie for the fans and I wouldn’t have it any other way! I do wish it was longer tho
From what I'm getting from all the reviews I've watched is that it is precisely what should be expected from a Mario movie made by illumination studios.
Except they kept out fart jokes which is a genuine miracle for an Illumination movie
In that case it makes it sound like the movie was bad.. But it surprisingly wasn’t and was actually quite fun. The movie has a sense of love and celebration of the Mario cartoons and games. It really seemed like Nintendo was watching this movie carefully to make sure Illumination didn’t screw anything up.
Finally someone else agrees. I came out of the movie sort of dissapointed at the lack of any character arcs or motivations and everyones arguement has just been "well its a mario movie and its for kids what did you expect?" Like theres not hundreds of other kids movies that are just as entertaining and actually have stakes and emotional moments.
I honestly had a blast watching the movie. I had a smile on my face nearly the whole time. One thing that caught me off guard was the pacing though. It felt a bit too fast and how they were like “yeah sure you can come with, anyways let’s go to this town now”. Sure it was pretty fast and was overloaded with nostalgic bits, but it was still a lot of fun and beautifully animated. I’d gladly watch it again!
The highest compliment I can give this movie is that it is definitely the first good Illumination movie since Despicable Me 2
That was 10 years ago
*Earthbound Death sound*
Your right, but I think it’s better than Despicable Me 2 but not as well put together as 1
I appreciate so much you gave an honest opinion, because this is the first review I feel like someone has given proper and valid criticism to the movie without ending it with "but I like mario and it was so much fun that I didn't care"
In my opinion this movie felt more like ideas being thrown around to loosely construct a movie
This movie really could’ve benefited with like 15-20 minutes of extra time to flesh out some more things because the movie just abruptly jumps so often it became exhausting for me, I think the Mario and DK being eaten by the eel part really demonstrates that best
I love the animation, i love the score, i love all the little references and deep cuts but that doesn’t make it up for me as a film, I just hope the inevitable sequel really does a better job with its pacing and story
With the success of the movie hopefully there will be room for improvement in sequels or other adaptations.
This is the first time I’m going to watch a movie 3 times in the theatre. I literally can’t wait till i have it at my home. Love this movie :)
I'm going on 4 this weekend!
@@bioraptor5478 shiii I might consider watching it a 4th😂
@@beanbean9364 man I might be biased as a longtime fan of Mario, but I LOVED every second of it, even the infamous Seth Rogen lol. I thought Donkey Kong was great
Why do y'all watch movies more than once? There's no point,you already know what's gonna happen,it's not gonna be interesting
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I already have a whole plot for the Mario Movie 2. It would be Mario Galaxy inspired, Wario and Waluigi would be the villains, and Bowser would get a semi redemption arc as he works with Mario and the gang. The movie would also be way more emotional and epic, think something along the lines of Kung Fu Panda 2.
The basic plot is that Bowser hires Wario and Waluigi to steal a mysterious star that grants ultimate power to whoever owns it. This star is located deep with space. Wario and Waluigi agree to work with Bowser, however they have a trick up their sleeve. They don't want to share the power of the star with Bowser, so they form a plan where Bowser ''accidentally'' flies off his Space airship? leaving him to unfortunately work with Mario and the gang to get back to his army.
Wario and Waluigi ngl aren’t really bad guys they’re more like guys who like mischief. I think the sequel should be about Yoshi because he was in the post credit scene but the sequel should also be galaxy inspired and should have some sort of good story and character arcs
@@sahaprocks7751 right, people are so stupid. Wario can only be a villain if there’s money involved, otherwise he doesn’t care and lays on his sofa touching his nose. Waluigi has nothing really, hes just a character created a by another company, Camelot, with no thoughts behind except a partner for Wario and more human character.
@@lAlwaysHopel if they do put them in the eventual sequel, they should either be a cameo or if they want them to have a larger role, make them rivals not actual main bad guys
Can we please not with the whole “Bowser redemption arc” thing. The guy is not deserving of it.
Good for you for being honest and expressing your thoughts even though there's this internet desire to protect the movie from criticism.
I mean we can all agree on most of its flaws and still enjoy it. Doesn't mean we can't talk about it
I'd give the movie a 7/10 for 3 reasons:
1) The pop culture music tracks that should've been remixed tracks from the games.
2) Not enough Luigi time
3) Pacing was a good bit too quick
@@megaman37456 I legit think that if they gave a couple of emotional scenes more minutes, the quality would have been greatly increased
I really hate when people go "well it's a kids movie so it doesn't really matter that the story is bad" like did you even hear yourself just now
Definitely felt like a movie produced by the man who took the story out of Paper Mario
"Tastes like plastic"
It's an Illumination movie, what did you expect
I guess with Nintendo's assistance it's the hope that it's somehow less than that, hehe.
More fart joke. I guess that's where Nintendo step in.
Luigi had as much screen time as Mr. Cat has in this new RelaxAlax arc
Well they aren’t gamers…so no
"ITS A KIDS MOVIE" i hate that excuse.
So by that logic we can not ever criticise mario games neither because they are "kids games"
also the whole "video game logic" thing is what i hated the most in this movie :p
it felt like Wreck It Ralph except they weren't in a video game.
Nice to see Ganondorf is back in both Zelda and the Alax Cinematic Universe
And rehydrated in both, too!
My only complaints were the movie being too THIN and HYPERACTIVE. Hopefully the sequel isn’t afraid to slow down a little bit and give us some more meaningful story and character moments.
I’m not expecting Shakespeare btw I know it’s supposed to be a fun and light kids movie, but they already had glimpses of the kind of stuff I want more of like Luigi’s flashback, Peach and Mario’s fire flower lit heart-to-heart, DK and Mario commiserating in the eel’s stomach. I just wish they would have held on those moments just a little bit longer.
Alax should review the Donkey Kong cartoon. It'll be a riot.
The movie is meant to be fun. And I think it succeeds
Ya Mario is made to be fun and so is the movie. Which is something I cannot say about the old movie
It’s one of those movies immediately right after watching it you come out of it with a big dumb smile on your face and then you think about it for a couple minutes and it becomes mid which honestly I don’t think is a bad thing. It’s a fun movie, it did its job, I might’ve wanted more out of it but funny man wahoo so that’s alright
I think this movie does just fine at being what it wants to be. This movie also feels like a setup, establishing the rivalry between Mario and Bowser. It’s definitely lacking in the character and story department, but it was just fun. I like lookin at the funny wahoo super man and had a smile on my face almost the whole time. And with it potentially setting up a sequel I can see Nintendo and Illumination taking the criticism and building more on the characters and world in a better way. For illumination standards it’s great, for other studio standards it’s alright. Definitely a step in the right direction.
But the thing is I kinda like judge things for what they are and what this is is really fun and that was the point. Here's hoping for better directors next time so we could actually have character moments.
I will accept this review because it isnt just saying “THEY MADE PEACH A GIRLBOSS GO WOKE GO BROKE WAHHH WAHH”
"That is not a commercial, that is cinema"
-Luigi Mario 2023
This overachiever really added a progress bar to the ad section. What a grinder, thanks for the awesome production
I was worried for a second there Alax wouldn't come zipping through the door
Wow, the Ganondorf amiibo is back! I missed the boy!
Now all we need is a Monika cameo and it'll be *peak*
“T-WHAT ARE YOU TOIIIIING!?” Was my fav line.
dude usually I despise the monotone and safe delivery of sponsorships but you brought so much personality to it that it felt like part of the video oh my god
there is one thing we can all agree on,
its at least better than the live action one
this was a fun movie with a not so interesting story, like how the games are fun games with a not so interesting story, I know they may not have done it on purpose but I would like to imagine they did
The mario movie was a solid 8/10. Also nice to see ganon back.(PLEASE LET ME GO)
6:58 while the clip itself isnt used, the audio is still here so im counting it
I honestly think, the critics are right on this one. The movie is carried by the Mario franchise but without it, it wouldn't stand on it's feet. Why is it, that we put so much value on franchises and not the actual produkt? As a fan, there is nothing wrong enjoying it, but critics do not and should not write reviews based on personal attachments to a franchise. And people need to be more open minded to that way of thinking, because they should not see "bad reviews" as criticism to them self rather than, this movie is especially made for them as fans.
When those critics give movies like Cuties an 87% score. Of course, I am going to question their reasoning specially considering they say things like, "the only bad illumination Movie" which is objectively and evidently not true. No one is right. The only one who is right is you with your own criteria. This is entertainment, objectivity does not exist. "Why is it that we put so much value on franchises than the actual product?" Geez wonder why this is not a difficult question buddy. The very same way Puss in Boots has the Shrek franchise attached to it and if it wasn't for that you wouldn't even know that movie exists despite how good it actually is.
@@arminarlert7273 Yes, compared to other illumination Movies these reviews do not seem fair. But to other animation movies it is. That's kinda why you have to look at reviews in a vacuum. Just because (and I totally agree with you here) there are incredible bad reviews out there and comparing everything to each other makes no sense, does not mean, they have to be wrong all the time.
Objectivity does exist, it's just not obtanable by one person, that's why we gather large amounts of reviews and opinions on the internet. Because we care, what other people think, about our favorite media. I can however agree on one thing. Giving "objective reviews" is impossible, because when people do this, they project, what other people might think about it, without knowing for certain.
There are many successfull movies without a strong franchsie behind them. I just think it's harmfull to creative and dedicated studios, when consumers just buy every new product regardless of content. Look what happened to the Pokemon games.
@@Gliscormolt Yes, I see what happened to the Pokemon games and as a result the president of the Pokemon Company has stepped down. Objectivity does exist yeah that's true but it exist within science. If something can be proven by the scientific method then yeah it is objective. But you can't do that with entertainment the scientific method does not work here. Because what is entertaining for you might not be entertainming for me there is no objectivity. And if we where to recollect reviews, then we would have to rely on numbers and the audience score has 10,000 + reviews compared to the 219 ish critic review. So by numbers alone the audience score would be more accurate. And again this is going by your logic and what you just said about recollecting reviews. Here is a tip forget about reviews and what some random on the internet says form your own opinion from your own criteria and just enjoy what you like it will make your life easier.
@@arminarlert7273 I wish it was as simple as that. Sadly, I am not able to do that. As part of the video game industrie, I have to look and care about what other people think about our products. Even tough I do not make large contribution or decissions, even in the small field I operate in, I want to make other people happy. I think, you can understand this.
@@Gliscormolt If you are a game developer than that's another whole story.
I'd say that your opinions are valid, Alax. I mean, don't get me wrong, I adore this movie for the visuals, Jack Black as Bowser, Score, and how faithful to the source material alone. But I can understand why some people might not like it. It's not as good as Puss in Boots The Last Wish, but it's sorta up there.
Man I wish this advertisement was longer. 😢
This video should be called a grown man overthinking a Mario movie for ten minutes.
3:19 there’s our Ganon cameo of the year
I have a feeling he will return more thanks to Tears of the Kingdom.
I like how everyone is essentially coming out of the Mario movie like "that was a fun ride, but I wish it wasn't so shallow, so we could actually do something with the IP."
But but but think of the sequel!
The sequel will make it better!!
Also mario doesnt need to have a good story its for kids and it never had story!!!
I personally thought it was fine and it had references so that means its a 10/10 clearly and the critics are wrong!!!!
Uh. Something something about comparisons to better movies being unfair because double standards are always a good thing!!!!!
It shows that they wanted this movie to succeed. It didn't take any particular risks, but it doesn't mean it's bad. I really don't understand how people wanted The Godfather level-writing in the first movie of an obvious on going franchise.
@@martinaguiluz4063 what's worse is the idea people suggesting it should become a "NCU" leading to a smash bros crossover movie. And I'm like "guys, illumination does simple movies, not grand adventures." If Nintendo wanted a series they'd have gone to someone else
@@martinaguiluz4063 I don’t think people were going in expecting an Oscar level script. I think they went in hoping for decent writing at least. I don’t think that’s too much to hope for. To keep it in the same studio, something like Despicable Me 1 level writing is what we probably hoped for.
@@Croutonking65 Well, the writing isn't that bad. Yes, Despicable Me 1 has the best writing in this studio, but that was still a pretty normal movie in terms of writing. I won't criticize a movie's writing when it delivers on its intentions. It was obvious from the start that this movie was to reintroduce the franchise to the big screen, without major risks.
this movie had me on the edge of my seat freaking out at some parts , which is rare for any media to do that to me now days....
This movie reminds me a lot of Paper Mario Color Splash in the way it doesn't really have a story, and is moreso "stuff happening in the Mushroom Kingdom today".
Miyamoto made a movie without a story, basically.
They say the story is simple, but isn't that the point? After all, Mario games aren't known for their stories.
(And I don't mean the Paper Mario games pre-Sticker Star and the Mario and Luigi stories. Just the mainline Mario games.)
paper mario? mario and luigi? thats a real dismissive point coming from a mario fan
@@citrusblast4372I wasn't referring to those games. Perhaps I wasn't saying this correctly: MAINLINE Mario games aren't known for their stories. I'll make sure to edit my past comment.
It works for the mainline Mario games as they are games, but as pointed out here, like how RPGs do need solid story for its gameplay compliment, the elements for a movie had to fit for its media...I'm pretty sure we don't need to be faithful on the mainline games, like make it a hybrid of mainline worldbuilding, but have RPG character building.
Part of me views this movie as a proof of concept. I think that they made a basic and decent enough movie to see how people liked it or disliked it, and if people liked it enough, they might end up making movies for other nintendo franchises or more mario movies. The mario was a simple yet fun movie that pretty much did what it needed to for a first mario movie(not including you know what). It showed mario and luigi's origin story, introduced the characters and world, and that's what it went out to do. Now they have opportunities to expand on and branch out the characters of the mario series and the mushroom kingdom itself.
2:11 “what was I talking about again? Oh yeah” ad plays
That is a very interesting topic
That’s Miyamoto supervising for ya!
Never forget what he did to the Paper Mario series, for example.
Ain't no way people seriously still believe Miyamoto ruined the Paper Mario series 💀
People keep forgetting that Intelligent Systems were the ones who developed the games, most of all Kensuke Tanabe, who produced Sticker Star; this, despite the fact that he was the one who ignored the game's existing fanbase to among other things, simplify the combat and make all the NPCs generic Toads. Heck, Tanabe himself has stated in an interview that since Color Splash, his team had complete creative control, and that at this point, Miyamoto barely had a role behind the development of the games by now, just coming a couple of times to check the builds and approve them
The fact that I got two Mario movies now that I love with my entire heart and soul really is the most validating thing. I'm 24 and this is the coolest thing that's ever happened to me... And I've done lots of cool shit.
SMB 1993 was my favorite childhood movie and truthfully I still love it to this day as much as I did. Even without the nostalgia goggles.
And the new one? I love it equally as much.
6/10
“Mario and Donkey Kong don’t FUCK.”
Don’t get wrong I love Puss in Boots the last wish it’s a 10/10 for me but honestly I feel like the Mario movie deserves to be talked about not in comparison to it cause I feel like the film captures the experience of playing the games into film form which obvs means a bit light on story and character but I didn’t really going in expecting that for me I don’t think they coulda done a Mario movie better
I think something like adapting Paper Mario 64 could've been done - same plot but with the spice of powerful McGuffin that affects all, some side characters that do get some devlopment, and B-Plots (Peach to PM and Luigi to the movie) that show the other layers of the "damsel", I mean before knowing the plot I did hope Mario and Luigi are in a journey and maybe there's personality conflict as sibling that they need to grow out of (like a Frozen lite I guess) while maybe Peach being captured tries to find courage she didn't think she had.
Is is weird that I really wanted to hear him talk about the design of the movie? Like, this has to be one of my favorite Mario Models ever.
Bro gave Mario the 50% on rotton tomatoes 💀
I honestly loved that this movie was simple in terms of story and I don't think that's necessarily a negative thing. It feels like it was made for Mario fans and it was fun to see the characters on the big screen even if it wasn't as deep as other movies. Honestly I don't think every movie has to be deep to be good entertainment. It wasn't particularly relatable or a tear-jerker like some of the other movies I love, but sometimes I just want a fun silly movie about characters I like. I wouldn't compare the Mario movie to something like Puss in Boots or Encanto, because they fill different roles and are just different types of entertainment in my opinion. Similar to how I found the low stakes plot of Luca to be refreshing after seeing so many movies with huge conflicts, the simple and fun plot of the Mario movie was refreshing after seeing so many deep and emotional movies. I don't think an adult who is unfamiliar with Mario would enjoy this one, but I don't think they need to. It was amazing for the people it was made for, it was faithful to the source material, included elements from a range of Mario media instead of just the well-known stuff like I expected, and I enjoyed it so much I saw it twice lol. Would love to see a sequel. :)
People barley have any standars for things. They just want the bare minimum that conforms to their boring outlook on life and they get that with these movies. God willing they want something unexpected to actually wow and intrigue them away from the normal formula.
This movie could’ve used a longer runtime for sure to help flesh things out more, but it also needed to set the groundwork for the series and so whatever sequel we get can truly be a well made, story driven experience. Either way, at least this movie was a better adaptation than Sonic’s first movie and just look how well it’s sequel did!
Seems like people think animated features cant be good unless they have deep convoluted plots.
Hell, its the same for cartoon shows. If you're cartoon is episodic fun and it doesn't have a multi season long narrative. It's bad. We can't have a girl having fun in a frog world, no, there needs to be a frog war invading the human world.
Miyamoto hates stories. That’s why there hasn’t been a really good paper Mario after thousand year door because he doesn’t want it to have a story. He shouldn’t hate stories he should hate bad stories.
Illumination and Nintendo both always play it safe so I knew the movie wasn't going to have any emotional depth or deeper messages. I hate it when people say kid's movies don't need plots. They don't need to be philosophical masterpieces yeah, but they need a little substance. As a gamer I loved it as 10/10 but as a movie I felt like it was a 3/10 and left something to be desired. That scene where Mario and DK are going to bond after the Eel swallowed them gets undercut with a joke because the movie seemed afraid to get emotional. I'm not saying it needed to bring me to tears but man I wanted a little more. At least it was funny and Peaches was a banger.
I 100% agree with you and your rating. The movie was perfect aesthetically and had great comedy. The characters and world were perfect. But story wise it was Meh. It felt very methodical, the story was very simple and it either should’ve been longer or they shouldn’t have included that many things in order to flesh out the scenes properly
@@lauramenendez3212 Definitely should've been longer. Give Mario and Toad some scenes that actually flesh out Toad's motivations for helping Peach and explain why he suddenly just calls Mario his best friend. Give Luigi some scenes before the finale where he actually tries to face his fears. Maybe him and the Penguin King try to break out of captivity. I hated that the movie acted like Luigi had a character arc where he became brave because it never happened. Give Mario and DK a real bonding scene about of how their dads view them as disappointments and maybe have them decide that they're going to prove them wrong and show that they're competent. And lastly give Mario's dad and Mario a real resolution where he acknowledges his son isn't a loser and even compliments of how he never gives up.
These aren't perfect but I think these suggestions would've helped slow down the way too fast pacing, give the characters a little more emotional depth, and make the movie feel like it had a little more heart.
Thank you for bringing up the scene where DK and Mario got it on! I’ve been feeling like a crazy person for days!
The thumbnail looked like it was Hotel Mario
5:29 u guys asked for a faithful one to one translation
They could have changed everything for the sake of a deep story but then y’all would have complained that it wasn’t faithful so blame urselves
Im shocked Alax didn’t like Bowser because he’s LITERALLY the same character in every single Paper Mario game! (And he’s the best character in the entire movie)
Also Peaches is way better than any song in Encanto fight me!
From what I heard isn't Bowser kinda more threatening like the mainline games, I mean I guess it's closer to PM 64 Bowser but a bit less funny, hehe.
@@zjzr08 I thought he was very funny I’m the movie
Honeslty I imagine Miyamoto in each Illumination meeting, going 'y'all better have not made a story' lol. I also hate how they actually created original tracks for the training montage and intro to kong land, and then just replaced them with 80s tracks.
8:49 made me belly laugh at how sincere alax sounded.
I would agree with you....to a fault givin how successful Puss n Boots was,but the thing is it's not a video game movie. And even if it did(which weirdly enough there is actually) could you make that same compelling story from the movie transfer to that game vice versa!?
And look at the recent Sonic movie, it follows the same source material from the game but the story is somewhat all over the place with the side plot being the wedding. would you want that be the case for this movie where Mario & Luigi are in the Mushroom kingdom and we switched back to their family perspective!? Yeah I don't think so.
I'm a weird one that didn't mind the wedding plot in the 2nd movie, but my issue is not its inclusion, but rather not adding more scenes for Sonic's A-Side...the human characters are still characters and I think the GUN side of the story was still pretty funny to me.
That fucking D.K. Scream ALAX I CAN'T -
It at the very least was pretty good at letting you feel immersed in the environments. There's so much happening in every shot that it's hard to not wonder what lies beyond the frame, until you hear the 3rd boomer jam in a row and are suddenly reminded oops I'm sitting in a movie theater after all
while this is a fun animated flick, there needs to be more than putting "reference reminders" before coherent storytelling.
Mario didn't need a establishing narrative in the games, but it seems excusable in this movie (even the infamous 1993 Mario film has a flat, but structuring narrative)
Thank you Alax for making these videos, you're one of the most underrated youtubers I've seen
I love that Ganondorf is the Twilight Princess amiibo, mine is my buddy but he unfortunately has a disease where he always learns to up-tilt and nothing else in neutral on Smash Ultimate, even from a factory reset.
To be honest yeah, the movie itself isnt great in terms of story because it barely has one but its a love letter to the fans and it was really fun to watch.
Great video!
that ad was actually great lol
Thanks for pumping out awesome videos, we appreciate all your hard work
I think the rewatch-ability of this movie will be more telling of its overall quality than its impact in theaters
This could have been a short.
You said 1 point. Didnt expend on it at all and made a 2 minute ad to barely reach that 10 minute mark.
I guess if you already agree with your point of view it's a good confirmation bias video, but I think Mario moving into the mushroom kingdom where he's appreciated instead of mocked for his ambitions is a good enough arc.
I sincerly hope this is a small spurt of the moment video while you're working on something big that you actually have stuff to say about.
Amongst all the movies that require a deep philosophical commentary about LGBLT sandwiches and the meaning of life in order to be considered "good movies" the Mario Movie just being fun is a breath of fresh air.
6:31 it’s called setting up for the sequel
Eyyyy! There's Ganondorf! Thanks for adding him back in. He's my favorite recurring joke by FAR.
What speakers do you have for your pc
I agree with most of this. As a straight up movie it is basically storyless and just an hour and a half of jingling colorful Mario keys for Nintendo nerds like myself. It was fun! But I'm pretty sure I am not going to remember basically anything from it in a few months.
I also feel like the main culprit (other than Nintindo's advertising team) for the story being as deep as the mainline games than say, the Mario and Luigi RPG series, is Miyamoto. He was very involved in the making this movie and I am pretty sure that he stripped the storyline from this like he has in the games.
New relax alax. after school. letsa fucking go
I was reminded of your Bowser's identity crisis sometime after viewing this movie and thought both sides of him were captured quite well here, which I appreciate
Shoutouts to DK falling off the tracks in Mine Cart Carnage becoming the best running gag in Alax history LOL
It's every video and it hits every time
...also director's cut when
Lesson: The Critics aren’t always Right
More Movie reviews. Please.
This is the animated version.
Well the story for mario movie is already DEEP!