It’s a-Here, Mario!
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Official Trailer [YouTube] A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save a captured princess. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (collaborators on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies) from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel (The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Minions: The Rise of Gru), the film stars Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike.
Hard to tell from those clips, but is Pratt really going to play Mario without any trace of an Italian(-American) accent?
posted by caviar2d2 at 9:14 AM on November 30, 2022
posted by caviar2d2 at 9:14 AM on November 30, 2022
‘Super Mario’ Movie Trailer Sparks Mass Mockery Of Chris Pratt
Voice actors aside this trailer looks amazing to me. It looks exactly like the 40 years of Mario video game history turned into a movie.
posted by Nelson at 9:15 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
Voice actors aside this trailer looks amazing to me. It looks exactly like the 40 years of Mario video game history turned into a movie.
posted by Nelson at 9:15 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
Needs more Dennis Hopper being a perverted lizard.
posted by loquacious at 9:16 AM on November 30, 2022 [24 favorites]
posted by loquacious at 9:16 AM on November 30, 2022 [24 favorites]
Chris Pratt is such an annoying personality. I don't know ANYONE who wants his voice acting or his presence in this film outside of really young kids who don't know enough about him to dislike him the way gaming does. But, good on his agent for getting him into this thing. I'm watching but its going to be a grit my teeth and bear it while I focus on Peach and Bowser and Toad and Kong.
posted by Fizz at 9:20 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Fizz at 9:20 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
> Needs more Dennis Hopper being a perverted lizard.
And Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo getting drunk.
posted by The Card Cheat at 9:26 AM on November 30, 2022 [6 favorites]
And Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo getting drunk.
posted by The Card Cheat at 9:26 AM on November 30, 2022 [6 favorites]
> Needs more Dennis Hopper being a perverted lizard.
Sure, but name one thing that doesn't.
posted by voiceofreason at 9:30 AM on November 30, 2022 [23 favorites]
Sure, but name one thing that doesn't.
posted by voiceofreason at 9:30 AM on November 30, 2022 [23 favorites]
"I used to play King Lear"
posted by aesop at 9:32 AM on November 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by aesop at 9:32 AM on November 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
I don't like the thwumping beat added to the signature theme, diminishing the off-kilter sound that makes it so iconic. Nor do I like Princess Peach's vocal fry.
posted by Morpeth at 9:35 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Morpeth at 9:35 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
I'm impressed that they seem to be drawing from so many games. I would have expected them to start simple and leave plenty on the table for sequels. As far as the voice goes, the extreme caricature that we know of as Mario's voice would be both grating and disrespectful in a feature-length movie where presumably Mario does a fair amount of talking. But simply ignoring all that history and just having Pratt use his own voice seems like a bad solution to a thorny problem.
posted by rikschell at 9:38 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by rikschell at 9:38 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
Somehow I saw the first trailer in 3D and I have to say I busted out laughing when I realized that was Bowser's castle in the sky.
posted by praemunire at 9:39 AM on November 30, 2022
posted by praemunire at 9:39 AM on November 30, 2022
I hope they do the same exact sequel tease at the end that the 1993 movie did.
I spent years waiting for that sequel...
posted by RonButNotStupid at 9:42 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
I spent years waiting for that sequel...
posted by RonButNotStupid at 9:42 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
This looks ... interesting ... though I slightly fear Nintendo going further down the road of game/film tie-ins if it makes big money. Mario Kart (as featured) is so far the biggest seller on the Switch, but in 2nd place at over 40 million units is Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I could see Peter Jackson enthusiastically directing a 9.5 hour Animal Crossing trilogy where nothing much happens apart from some mild Tom Nook financial shenanigans {shudders}.
posted by Wordshore at 9:49 AM on November 30, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by Wordshore at 9:49 AM on November 30, 2022 [7 favorites]
"Werner Herzog's Animal Crossing."
posted by The Card Cheat at 9:58 AM on November 30, 2022 [37 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 9:58 AM on November 30, 2022 [37 favorites]
Your honor, I submit that any Super Mario movie that doesn't cast voice actor SungWon Cho in at least one role is guilty of criminal negligence. Exhibit A: Walugi, Mario, Wario, and Luigi in quick succession.
posted by ourobouros at 9:59 AM on November 30, 2022 [11 favorites]
posted by ourobouros at 9:59 AM on November 30, 2022 [11 favorites]
I really liked the music. Something about making it so ponderously cinematic genuinely made me laugh.
I know it’s canon and the movie probably has enough other faults that it doesn’t need me to add more, but Princess Peach is the only female character? Really? Not even one of the toadstools who were only there as a punchline?
posted by Mchelly at 9:59 AM on November 30, 2022 [7 favorites]
I know it’s canon and the movie probably has enough other faults that it doesn’t need me to add more, but Princess Peach is the only female character? Really? Not even one of the toadstools who were only there as a punchline?
posted by Mchelly at 9:59 AM on November 30, 2022 [7 favorites]
With Charlie Day as Luigi, they should have just gone with Devito for Mario.
Round it out with Glenn Howerton as Bowser, Rob McElhenney as Toad, and Kaitlin Olson as Birdo.
posted by jozxyqk at 10:00 AM on November 30, 2022 [18 favorites]
Round it out with Glenn Howerton as Bowser, Rob McElhenney as Toad, and Kaitlin Olson as Birdo.
posted by jozxyqk at 10:00 AM on November 30, 2022 [18 favorites]
I submit that any Super Mario movie that doesn't cast voice actor SungWon Cho in at least one role is guilty of criminal negligence.
I believe I've seen more than one snarky remark from him about studios' choosing to cast celebrity live-action actors instead of professional voice actors for animated movies. They really require distinct, if overlapping, skillsets.
posted by praemunire at 10:05 AM on November 30, 2022 [9 favorites]
I believe I've seen more than one snarky remark from him about studios' choosing to cast celebrity live-action actors instead of professional voice actors for animated movies. They really require distinct, if overlapping, skillsets.
posted by praemunire at 10:05 AM on November 30, 2022 [9 favorites]
this trailer looks amazing to me. It looks exactly like the 40 years of Mario video game history turned into a movie.
This trailer looks awful to me. It looks exactly like the 40 years of Mario video game history turned into a movie.
posted by The Tensor at 10:07 AM on November 30, 2022 [10 favorites]
This trailer looks awful to me. It looks exactly like the 40 years of Mario video game history turned into a movie.
posted by The Tensor at 10:07 AM on November 30, 2022 [10 favorites]
I dunno, guys, after the teaser trailer came out with its two lines of Mario dialogue, I was on board the Pratt hate train. ( Especially in comparison to Jack Black's voice work; that guy is just too talented to exist.)
There's a lot more dialogue in this one, though, and, I dunno, it's not that bad? He kind of nailed the little "wa-hoo" at the end, even. I'm starting to think that maybe 90 minutes of "It's-a thick-a stereotype-a acc-a-cent-a" might have ended up being a little bit grating?
posted by ook at 10:07 AM on November 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
There's a lot more dialogue in this one, though, and, I dunno, it's not that bad? He kind of nailed the little "wa-hoo" at the end, even. I'm starting to think that maybe 90 minutes of "It's-a thick-a stereotype-a acc-a-cent-a" might have ended up being a little bit grating?
posted by ook at 10:07 AM on November 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
Lazy Ass Chris Pratt voice go team Jack Black
posted by Going To Maine at 10:09 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Going To Maine at 10:09 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm starting to think that maybe 90 minutes of "It's-a thick-a stereotype-a acc-a-cent-a" might have ended up being a little bit grating?
I guess Jared Leto wasn't available.
posted by mykescipark at 10:10 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
I guess Jared Leto wasn't available.
posted by mykescipark at 10:10 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
If you told me we'd all end up hating Andy from Parks & Rec lo these many years later, I would have been surprised. (I was a casual viewer at best but his character was fun.)
Chris Pratt can go do one. The worst of all the Chrises.
posted by Kitteh at 10:11 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Chris Pratt can go do one. The worst of all the Chrises.
posted by Kitteh at 10:11 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
(In the Mario games, you know one character who’s never like “my reality is absurd!”? Trick question - none of them treat their reality as absurd! So I think that having the movie do Mario & Luigi as fish out of water is actually kind of untrue to the franchise.)
posted by Going To Maine at 10:12 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Going To Maine at 10:12 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
I guess Jared Leto wasn't available.
Mario voice: “IT'S-A MORBI'N TIME!”
posted by Fizz at 10:13 AM on November 30, 2022 [8 favorites]
Mario voice: “IT'S-A MORBI'N TIME!”
posted by Fizz at 10:13 AM on November 30, 2022 [8 favorites]
This looks terrible! Like, I'm not sure you could really play it straight, but the trailer seems determined to undermine itself at every step? Is it really going to be two hours of "hey, you know that aspect of the games you remember? well, here it is WITH A HEAVY IRONIC WINK!" I swear to god, if Mario Learns An Important Lesson That Lets Him Grow As A Character, I will burn my NES. Or, y'know, I'll burn someone else's, I don't see why I should suffer.
posted by mittens at 10:19 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by mittens at 10:19 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
From our adult perspectives, yeah, Chris Pratt seems like an odd choice. But he's the current A list everyman, so it makes sense from a Hollywood making money perspective.
I'm starting to think that maybe 90 minutes of "It's-a thick-a stereotype-a acc-a-cent-a" might have ended up being a little bit grating?
Yeah.
I can tell you 11-year-old Fleebnork Jr. is beyond hyped for this movie, though. You guys can just add it to the pile of kids movies you don't bother with. I've never seen any of the Frozen movies myself.
posted by Fleebnork at 10:20 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm starting to think that maybe 90 minutes of "It's-a thick-a stereotype-a acc-a-cent-a" might have ended up being a little bit grating?
Yeah.
I can tell you 11-year-old Fleebnork Jr. is beyond hyped for this movie, though. You guys can just add it to the pile of kids movies you don't bother with. I've never seen any of the Frozen movies myself.
posted by Fleebnork at 10:20 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
swear to god, if Mario Learns An Important Lesson That Lets Him Grow As A Character
I think you could ask “what’s arc of an animated character who goes on a quest?” to know the answer here.
More interestingly, I think you could ask yourself, “what’s Chris Pratt’s arc in any of his movies?” and you might get the same answer.
posted by Going To Maine at 10:33 AM on November 30, 2022
I think you could ask “what’s arc of an animated character who goes on a quest?” to know the answer here.
More interestingly, I think you could ask yourself, “what’s Chris Pratt’s arc in any of his movies?” and you might get the same answer.
posted by Going To Maine at 10:33 AM on November 30, 2022
(Looks beautiful, I’ll add. Perhaps the Japanese dub w/ English subs will be the way to go.)
posted by Going To Maine at 10:33 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Going To Maine at 10:33 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
Fingers crossed for Mojo Nixon revisiting his iconic role as toad.
posted by lkc at 10:33 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by lkc at 10:33 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
I can tell you 11-year-old Fleebnork Jr. is beyond hyped for this movie, though. You guys can just add it to the pile of kids movies you don't bother with.
Yeah, the thing is I will - I just don't need my childhood upgraded to hi-def and now rendered unplayable.
Video games surprisingly just didn't stick with me after I guess middle school. I became more of a, "wander around in the woods alone" kinda kid (still am!), rather than a "Super Smash Bros sleepover" kinda kid (which I people my age still are). That's fine - less broken bones on their side of the equation.
posted by alex_skazat at 10:39 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
Yeah, the thing is I will - I just don't need my childhood upgraded to hi-def and now rendered unplayable.
Video games surprisingly just didn't stick with me after I guess middle school. I became more of a, "wander around in the woods alone" kinda kid (still am!), rather than a "Super Smash Bros sleepover" kinda kid (which I people my age still are). That's fine - less broken bones on their side of the equation.
posted by alex_skazat at 10:39 AM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
I can tell you 11-year-old Fleebnork Jr. is beyond hyped for this movie, though. You guys can just add it to the pile of kids movies you don't bother with.
Bravo. Let the kids have their fun, please.
And also: did Pratt get this much shit for playing it straight in The LEGO Movie? How do we know the producers of Mario didn't say "yeah, we want that same positive energy you did for that movie?". How is Charlie Day voicing a neurotic character excellent acting, but Pratt doing Emmett isn't?
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:46 AM on November 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
Bravo. Let the kids have their fun, please.
And also: did Pratt get this much shit for playing it straight in The LEGO Movie? How do we know the producers of Mario didn't say "yeah, we want that same positive energy you did for that movie?". How is Charlie Day voicing a neurotic character excellent acting, but Pratt doing Emmett isn't?
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:46 AM on November 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
Jack Black's voice work
For all that I was giggling at the teaser trailer, when he said, "I do not," I thought, that's some good supervillain voicin'!
posted by praemunire at 10:46 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
For all that I was giggling at the teaser trailer, when he said, "I do not," I thought, that's some good supervillain voicin'!
posted by praemunire at 10:46 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
> This looks terrible!
It does. I would probably have more fun watching my friend's kid play Mario Maker or something and.... *takes deep breath, about to go on a rant*
> I can tell you 11-year-old Fleebnork Jr. is beyond hyped for this movie, though.
Oh right. I technically don't even play any of these games any more (unless I'm watching my friend's kid play Mario Maker or we're racing in Mario Kart) and this is made by the same animation house that brought us the Minions, ugh.
And the first time they tried to make a movie out of this franchise we ended up with something that barely even resembled the game or Mario universe, and it featured Dennis Hopper as a perverted lizard.
And by my own account it was highly traumatic if you happened to make the mistake of eating a certain kind of party favor and you went to see it in the theaters while barely a young adult.
If I put myself in my friend's kid's shoes and knowing how much he knows about the franchise he will probably really appreciate all the nods and bits of history and fan service that's apparently going to be in the movie.
Anyway, what's the under-over that there's at least one fart joke wedged in there? We are talking about Illumination, here.
posted by loquacious at 10:46 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
It does. I would probably have more fun watching my friend's kid play Mario Maker or something and.... *takes deep breath, about to go on a rant*
> I can tell you 11-year-old Fleebnork Jr. is beyond hyped for this movie, though.
Oh right. I technically don't even play any of these games any more (unless I'm watching my friend's kid play Mario Maker or we're racing in Mario Kart) and this is made by the same animation house that brought us the Minions, ugh.
And the first time they tried to make a movie out of this franchise we ended up with something that barely even resembled the game or Mario universe, and it featured Dennis Hopper as a perverted lizard.
And by my own account it was highly traumatic if you happened to make the mistake of eating a certain kind of party favor and you went to see it in the theaters while barely a young adult.
If I put myself in my friend's kid's shoes and knowing how much he knows about the franchise he will probably really appreciate all the nods and bits of history and fan service that's apparently going to be in the movie.
Anyway, what's the under-over that there's at least one fart joke wedged in there? We are talking about Illumination, here.
posted by loquacious at 10:46 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
I’ll wait for the fan dub that just replaces Mario with the original guy.
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:49 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 10:49 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Captain Lou Albano?
posted by RonButNotStupid at 10:51 AM on November 30, 2022 [11 favorites]
posted by RonButNotStupid at 10:51 AM on November 30, 2022 [11 favorites]
The original live-action movie was weirdly vindicating for 11 year old me. Having seen a bunch of animated adaptations of 'grown-up' properties (Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, Police Academy) I knew that certain liberties were always taken and that the source material usually had only a superficial resemblance at best to what we got for afternoon cartoons. That Super Mario Bros. ended up so weird despite going in the opposite adaptational direction was--at the time--proof that it should be taken seriously.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 11:13 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by RonButNotStupid at 11:13 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
A 30-second commercial dropped online (separate from the Direct and trailer release from yesterday), if you need more or want to hate-watch an additional 30-seconds of content, here you go.
posted by Fizz at 11:13 AM on November 30, 2022
posted by Fizz at 11:13 AM on November 30, 2022
I'm torn, because I want to hear it, but recognize that I can't unhear it once heard.
Probably best that I wait to hear it in the context of the inevitable docudrama Prattfall.
posted by otsebyatina at 11:14 AM on November 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
Probably best that I wait to hear it in the context of the inevitable docudrama Prattfall.
posted by otsebyatina at 11:14 AM on November 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
Considering that John Leguizamo is now an experienced voice actor, I'd like to think someone at least asked him if he'd play Luigi again, just to see the look on his face.
This doesn't look bad, exactly, but it looks pretty rote. I do know that I would have loved to see it when I was a kid. I was baffled by the one that did arrive at that time, but by then I was old enough to know that Hollywood people didn't take stories seriously and you got what you got.
posted by Countess Elena at 11:16 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
This doesn't look bad, exactly, but it looks pretty rote. I do know that I would have loved to see it when I was a kid. I was baffled by the one that did arrive at that time, but by then I was old enough to know that Hollywood people didn't take stories seriously and you got what you got.
posted by Countess Elena at 11:16 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
I couldn't tell from that first teaser but now that we have a trailer...Chris Pratt's Mario is fine? I actually like that it veers into Martinet territory occasionally and since Martinet is credited in the film I wonder if Mario's voice eventually evolves into that.
greenland jr. made us watch it over and over, spotting allll the references to the games they've played. Rainbow Road was a particularly great reveal and they really want to know more about Peach's 1.) Giant ax. 2.) Fire abilities.
As long as the humor is not too mean, I'm looking forward to a joyful Mario movie.
posted by greenland at 11:18 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
greenland jr. made us watch it over and over, spotting allll the references to the games they've played. Rainbow Road was a particularly great reveal and they really want to know more about Peach's 1.) Giant ax. 2.) Fire abilities.
As long as the humor is not too mean, I'm looking forward to a joyful Mario movie.
posted by greenland at 11:18 AM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
From our adult perspectives, yeah, Chris Pratt seems like an odd choice. But he's the current A list everyman, so it makes sense from a Hollywood making money perspective.
Who goes to see a movie because of an actor anymore?
posted by rhymedirective at 11:26 AM on November 30, 2022
Who goes to see a movie because of an actor anymore?
posted by rhymedirective at 11:26 AM on November 30, 2022
Wouldn't it be awesome if on Fridays all showings of this movie were replaced by a Legend of Zelda movie?
posted by RonButNotStupid at 11:32 AM on November 30, 2022 [16 favorites]
posted by RonButNotStupid at 11:32 AM on November 30, 2022 [16 favorites]
Chris Pratt's Mario sounds exactly like the mom from Bob's Burgers.
That said, Teen Titans Go to the Movies was very goofy and very clever and rewatchable. My 11 year old is hyped about this movie and, tbh, 11 year old me is also excited to see it. It'll be fun and silly and probably just overloaded with references that'll keep YouTubers busy for years.
My expectation is that I will enjoy my interaction with the brand.
posted by sleeping bear at 11:36 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
That said, Teen Titans Go to the Movies was very goofy and very clever and rewatchable. My 11 year old is hyped about this movie and, tbh, 11 year old me is also excited to see it. It'll be fun and silly and probably just overloaded with references that'll keep YouTubers busy for years.
My expectation is that I will enjoy my interaction with the brand.
posted by sleeping bear at 11:36 AM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
The 9-year-old Randomlet is also psyched for this, though dismissive of the voice acting of Mario, because of the missing accent.
Me, I'm looking at Peach get her save-my-kingdom on and going *yes* then watching her revert to princess gown and relying on a guy to save everything and going *le sigh, not again*
posted by Quasirandom at 12:05 PM on November 30, 2022
Me, I'm looking at Peach get her save-my-kingdom on and going *yes* then watching her revert to princess gown and relying on a guy to save everything and going *le sigh, not again*
posted by Quasirandom at 12:05 PM on November 30, 2022
Who goes to see a movie because of an actor anymore?
Many people, surely? I mean, the whole argument for hiring big name actors for animated movies is that people will be drawn in by the actor, otherwise Billy West et al. would be omnipresent.
posted by Going To Maine at 12:08 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Many people, surely? I mean, the whole argument for hiring big name actors for animated movies is that people will be drawn in by the actor, otherwise Billy West et al. would be omnipresent.
posted by Going To Maine at 12:08 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
My household wants to know if there is any info on whether Yoshi is in this.
posted by LobsterMitten at 12:08 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by LobsterMitten at 12:08 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
This doesn't look bad, exactly, but it looks pretty rote.
I'm reminded of the Bluey episode where they go see the generic family animated film.
posted by Naberius at 12:27 PM on November 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
I'm reminded of the Bluey episode where they go see the generic family animated film.
posted by Naberius at 12:27 PM on November 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
Can't say I'm a fan of a bumbling Mario. Mario has always been cool and collected in every, single, game. He's not a doofus, he's not Homer Simpson, and he sure as heck ain't Chris Pratt.
posted by furtive at 12:29 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by furtive at 12:29 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
It always makes me sad to see lush, fully-formed 3D worlds like these that we'll never be able to explore or re-use.
I mean, in The Mandalorian these things are all already in Unity. Share your worlds!
posted by mhoye at 12:46 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
I mean, in The Mandalorian these things are all already in Unity. Share your worlds!
posted by mhoye at 12:46 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
... studios' choosing to cast celebrity live-action actors instead of professional voice actors for animated movies. They really require distinct, if overlapping, skillsets.
Absolutely. There are a few well-known live-action actors who are also excellent voice actors, but there are a lot more (including quite a few I hugely respect as live actors) whose voice work is...not bad per se, but undistinguished.
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:21 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Absolutely. There are a few well-known live-action actors who are also excellent voice actors, but there are a lot more (including quite a few I hugely respect as live actors) whose voice work is...not bad per se, but undistinguished.
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:21 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
I prefer the real Super Mario Bros movie trailer.
I said, the real Super Mario Bros movie trailer.
*"I've Got the Power" by Snap! begins playing*
Perfection.
posted by AlSweigart at 1:34 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
I said, the real Super Mario Bros movie trailer.
*"I've Got the Power" by Snap! begins playing*
Perfection.
posted by AlSweigart at 1:34 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
What are you all talking about? The OG Mario is Lou Albano.
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:36 PM on November 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:36 PM on November 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
studios' choosing to cast celebrity live-action actors instead of professional voice actors for animated movies. They really require distinct, if overlapping, skillsets.
Proposed: we split the difference and get Mark Hamill to play Mario.
posted by Mayor West at 1:39 PM on November 30, 2022 [8 favorites]
Proposed: we split the difference and get Mark Hamill to play Mario.
posted by Mayor West at 1:39 PM on November 30, 2022 [8 favorites]
Needs a Mad Men-esque subplot where Mario occasionally travels to a construction site to hang out with a girl named Pauline, who knows him as Jumpman.
posted by credulous at 2:05 PM on November 30, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by credulous at 2:05 PM on November 30, 2022 [7 favorites]
I kinda don't mind the look of it, and some of how they've incorporated gameplay into the universe, but ugh, the writing is just horrible. It's all cliches. I know I'm old, but I really hate it when I hear the first part of a sentence and I know the second half that they'll play into as a pun/cliche/joke. I don't know if that's just how all kids' movies are (which is why I avoid them), or if it's just poor writing. Either way, it's annoying and lazy. /rant
posted by hydra77 at 2:56 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by hydra77 at 2:56 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
Yes the writing here seems to be a betrayal of the rich and nuanced source material.
posted by Nelson at 3:15 PM on November 30, 2022 [15 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 3:15 PM on November 30, 2022 [15 favorites]
Can’t say I’m a fan of a bumbling Mario. Mario has always been cool and collected in every, single, game. He's not a doofus, he’s not Homer Simpson, and he sure as heck ain’t Chris Pratt.
Yes the writing here seems to be a betrayal of the rich and nuanced source material.
Shades of the two old Brian David Gilbert freakouts over the unexplained power of Kirby and how to tie all the Zelda games into a single timeline.
posted by Going To Maine at 3:19 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Yes the writing here seems to be a betrayal of the rich and nuanced source material.
Shades of the two old Brian David Gilbert freakouts over the unexplained power of Kirby and how to tie all the Zelda games into a single timeline.
posted by Going To Maine at 3:19 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Has the writing ever been good? The original Super Mario Bros Super Show sort of gets a pass for the nostalgia, Captain Lou, and some truly bizarre IP crossovers (Inspector Gadget, Winston Zeddmore Ernie Hudson), but the live action segments were dumb and the Mario cartoons were pretty bland (the Zelda ones weren't much better but at least they were Zelda and on Fridays). And the less that's said about the show's retooling into Club Mario the better because it's the ur-example of how to lazily cash in on a brand you have the television rights to (and it's also peak 90s trash which is saying something because it only aired in 1990)
posted by RonButNotStupid at 3:38 PM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by RonButNotStupid at 3:38 PM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
I'm rooting for Bowser.
Jack Black as Bowser
Eh, I'm still rooting for him.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 3:46 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
Jack Black as Bowser
Eh, I'm still rooting for him.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 3:46 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
I still maintain that Jack Black was brilliant casting, because Black can't help but let a little goofiness leak through, even in his serious roles, and the thing about Bowser is that underneath the giant lava-filled castles and diabolical dark magic, and then underneath the attentive over-spoiling dad, is an absolute insecure goofball. Jack Black absolutely would spot that, not least because he has definitely played a Mario game.
Who goes to see a movie because of an actor anymore?
The Hollywood promotion machine is kind of set up for stars to promote movies, and Chris Pratt is one of those people who gets to go on talkshows and Entertainment Tonight and suchlike. Presumably that's why he was cast.
Needs a Mad Men-esque subplot where Mario occasionally travels to a construction site to hang out with a girl named Pauline, who knows him as Jumpman.
One of the characters cast was the foreman from Mario Bros., so at least that part is in there, but it looks like Mario and Donkey Kong's grudge will be a little different in the movie.
posted by Merus at 3:57 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Who goes to see a movie because of an actor anymore?
The Hollywood promotion machine is kind of set up for stars to promote movies, and Chris Pratt is one of those people who gets to go on talkshows and Entertainment Tonight and suchlike. Presumably that's why he was cast.
Needs a Mad Men-esque subplot where Mario occasionally travels to a construction site to hang out with a girl named Pauline, who knows him as Jumpman.
One of the characters cast was the foreman from Mario Bros., so at least that part is in there, but it looks like Mario and Donkey Kong's grudge will be a little different in the movie.
posted by Merus at 3:57 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
I just want a credits teaser with Jack Black's Bowser discovering the Super Crown.
posted by Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks at 4:36 PM on November 30, 2022
posted by Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks at 4:36 PM on November 30, 2022
My household wants to know if there is any info on whether Yoshi is in this
There was a momentary glimpse of a scene with what appeared to be a herd of Yoshis, around 1:31.
posted by greatgefilte at 5:08 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
There was a momentary glimpse of a scene with what appeared to be a herd of Yoshis, around 1:31.
posted by greatgefilte at 5:08 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Can’t say I’m a fan of a bumbling Mario. Mario has always been cool and collected in every, single, game.You must have played a different version of the Mario games than I did. In the ones I played, Mario bumbled constantly from place to place. He frequently missed his jumps, or jumped when he didn't need to. It would take him two or three tries jump up and hit things in the air or land at a specific point. And so much dying! Dying, dying, dying dozens or even hundreds of times before finally making it to the end and rescuing the princess.
posted by Hatashran at 7:34 PM on November 30, 2022 [6 favorites]
There's a fan theory that when Mario overthrows Bowser, conquering the Mushroom Kingdom, he grows old and greedy, and becomes Wario and that it's his son Baby Mario grown up (or maybe the actor who played Mario in Super Mario Bros 3, which is a stage play about Mario) who races cars and plays tennis against Wario. (Waluigi is just another guy who Old Mario/Wario brought in to replace Luigi. Poor Luigi.)
So if they're going with that timeline, maybe they hired Pratt so that he can become the annoying villain in the next movie.
posted by straight at 7:34 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
So if they're going with that timeline, maybe they hired Pratt so that he can become the annoying villain in the next movie.
posted by straight at 7:34 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
I just was traveling for Thanksgiving and had ads for some awful neil patrick harris Christmas movie shoved down my throat repeatedly about getting his first Nintendo. anyway, they're pushing themselves back into movies.
whatever, see it or dont, but it's extruded cheese product.
posted by lkc at 7:41 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
whatever, see it or dont, but it's extruded cheese product.
posted by lkc at 7:41 PM on November 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
Wordshore: There is an Animal Crossing movie! It's animated and in Japanese though subbed versions exist online. It's pretty cute!
posted by creatrixtiara at 9:07 PM on November 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by creatrixtiara at 9:07 PM on November 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
Having just watched and enjoyed Sing 2 with my elementary schooler, I will plan on enjoying this with my kids and my Mario loving 10-12 year old nephews
posted by CostcoCultist at 9:18 PM on November 30, 2022
posted by CostcoCultist at 9:18 PM on November 30, 2022
the thing about Bowser is that underneath the giant lava-filled castles and diabolical dark magic, and then underneath the attentive over-spoiling dad, is an absolute insecure goofball.
This was evident ever since his big reveal in Super Mario World driving a huge clown copter. Those few games where Bowser is playable he regularly steals the show.
posted by JHarris at 9:36 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
This was evident ever since his big reveal in Super Mario World driving a huge clown copter. Those few games where Bowser is playable he regularly steals the show.
posted by JHarris at 9:36 PM on November 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
what if Natasha Lyon as mario?
posted by kaibutsu at 11:01 PM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by kaibutsu at 11:01 PM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
I can confirm that Mario is fairly bumbling. My son's favorite thing in the 3D games is to deliberately step in lava so that Mario runs around clutching his smoking butt and screaming "Waaahahahahahaaaa!"
My son nearly wets himself in excitement every time a new teaser or trailer drops for this. He also disapproves of the lack of thick pseudo-Italian accent, but almost every kid in the 10-12 range is a huge stickler for "correct" versions. I think mine would most prefer if the movie were just literally a filmed version of someone playing a Mario game, including picking up hundreds of individual gold coins and putting them in his pockets.
posted by Scattercat at 11:06 PM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
My son nearly wets himself in excitement every time a new teaser or trailer drops for this. He also disapproves of the lack of thick pseudo-Italian accent, but almost every kid in the 10-12 range is a huge stickler for "correct" versions. I think mine would most prefer if the movie were just literally a filmed version of someone playing a Mario game, including picking up hundreds of individual gold coins and putting them in his pockets.
posted by Scattercat at 11:06 PM on November 30, 2022 [3 favorites]
Like all perennial villains who are repeatedly foiled, Bowser is pants.
He's not as pants as Sonic's Eggman (why is he even considered a threat?) but I would definitely classify Bowser as being susceptible to the power of kindness and capable of growing his heart by not less than 1.25 sizes, possibly more if confronted by an even greater foe.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:32 AM on December 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
He's not as pants as Sonic's Eggman (why is he even considered a threat?) but I would definitely classify Bowser as being susceptible to the power of kindness and capable of growing his heart by not less than 1.25 sizes, possibly more if confronted by an even greater foe.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:32 AM on December 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
I hate this trailer. It's almost as if this were a movie for children and not me, a man in his late thirties.
posted by AlSweigart at 6:31 AM on December 1, 2022 [10 favorites]
posted by AlSweigart at 6:31 AM on December 1, 2022 [10 favorites]
Look I've known Mario since before anyone thought he was Super, back when he was just a weirdo plumber sent into the sewers who insisted on headbutting anything that crawled out of them, and all I'm saying is that if Mario is getting another movie then there are a whole pantheon other characters from that era that deserve to have their stories told.
posted by mhoye at 9:41 AM on December 1, 2022 [4 favorites]
- Digging Ditches: Curse Of The Lode Runner
- Drol, Man In A Hoversuit.
- Code Name Arcticfox.
- Rook: The True Story Of Battle Chess.
- Gemstone, The Path From Warrior To Healer
- Rain God: The Lemonade Stand Experience
- Why Are There No Turns On This Endless Nightmare Highway, The Real Story Of Spy Patrol
posted by mhoye at 9:41 AM on December 1, 2022 [4 favorites]
It's a video game movie.
For a video game movie, it doesn't seem too bad. But... it's a video game movie.
posted by Foosnark at 12:02 PM on December 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
For a video game movie, it doesn't seem too bad. But... it's a video game movie.
posted by Foosnark at 12:02 PM on December 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
If you want to know what it would be like with the classic Mario voice, check out the Brazilian trailer.
posted by McBearclaw at 1:26 PM on December 1, 2022
posted by McBearclaw at 1:26 PM on December 1, 2022
riffing on mhoye's excellent idea above, my humble contribution
Odell Lake: Rise of Dolly Varden
posted by some loser at 1:55 PM on December 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
Odell Lake: Rise of Dolly Varden
posted by some loser at 1:55 PM on December 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
mhoye: "Rook: The True Story Of Battle Chess."
Oh man, now you've got me legit wanting to see some modern-day world-building for Archon: The Light and the Dark.
posted by team lowkey at 3:02 PM on December 1, 2022 [2 favorites]
Oh man, now you've got me legit wanting to see some modern-day world-building for Archon: The Light and the Dark.
posted by team lowkey at 3:02 PM on December 1, 2022 [2 favorites]
Oh man, now you've got me legit wanting to see some modern-day world-building for Archon: The Light and the Dark.
The Deer Hunter gets a movie, but The Duck Hunter doesn't? Somebody dropped that ball.
posted by mhoye at 7:21 AM on December 2, 2022 [1 favorite]
The Deer Hunter gets a movie, but The Duck Hunter doesn't? Somebody dropped that ball.
posted by mhoye at 7:21 AM on December 2, 2022 [1 favorite]
You can _play Excitebike in Animal Crossing_, the whole small-town-excitebiker-makes-good origin story damn near writes itself!
posted by mhoye at 7:31 AM on December 2, 2022
posted by mhoye at 7:31 AM on December 2, 2022
You can _play Excitebike in Animal Crossing_, the whole small-town-excitebiker-makes-good origin story damn near writes itself!
So hear me out guys: how about instead of making this motorcycle air cooled -we recycle the heat from the engine back into the engine to make it even hotter? I mean, getting to take some breaks on the infield in the middle of the race is our goal right?
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:43 AM on December 2, 2022
So hear me out guys: how about instead of making this motorcycle air cooled -we recycle the heat from the engine back into the engine to make it even hotter? I mean, getting to take some breaks on the infield in the middle of the race is our goal right?
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:43 AM on December 2, 2022
There's a clip of the movie available now that gives a better idea of how this will look. I remember a lot of people not happy hearing that Nintendo went with Illumination for this, but honestly they're getting the details right.
posted by NoxAeternum at 12:27 AM on December 10, 2022
posted by NoxAeternum at 12:27 AM on December 10, 2022
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