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I'll go first. Mine is that I can't stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It's like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds

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[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

The Mario movie was incredibly mediocre, despite its high production value. I'm talking MCU-levels of truckloads of money spent with shockingly little to show for it.

[-] Norodix@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

You mean the 93 movie? I loved that!

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

This is the only Mario film

[-] Godort@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

When I first read this comment, I thought you were talking about Super Mario Bros (1993) and was about to throw hands. Because that movie is actually good, if deeply flawed. Its flaws make for a more entertaining movie altogether.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

John Leguizamo is a hidden gem of cinema so the OG Mario punches way above its weight class.

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

If you like the YouTube channel "Some More News", you should check out their "movie". Yes, they made a movie and yes, it's out there at times, but the way it ties real world to the 1990s Mario Bros movie is so fragmented that when they finally connect all the dots, it's a mind blow!

[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 9 points 1 year ago

Huge Mario fan here, I unironically think the 90s movie is better.

I wasn’t even born when that movie came out so don’t “hur durr nostalgia” me

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Mediocre is too kind. The Mario movie was bad.

I took my kids. They kind of enjoyed it, but forgot about it almost immediately.

[-] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I finally watched it after hearing good things and wow, yep. Incredibly mediocre, cashing in on nostalgia.

I did enjoy the music, though, but probably mostly because of nostalgia and my love for NES/SNES Mario games.

[-] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Funny you mention the MCU because the audience for those movies is practically the same. For everything I've read and seen it basically sounds like a animated MCU movie

[-] finthechat@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I made it through 5 minutes before I stopped and deleted it. Most of the time I just close the player and plan on coming back to it when my mood is different, but with Mario I felt this visceral sensation of "nope."

No regrets.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What expectations did you have going in?

[-] finthechat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't follow advertising hype for anything because I generally despise advertising of all types, so I had no expectations for this movie. The only information I had about it beforehand was that Chris Pratt would be the voice of Mario instead of the longtime English voice actor.

One day not long ago, it was a trending torrent so I picked it up.

I guess I am very far from the target audience. Immediately the tone, pace of the editing, and the dialogue did not sit right with me. It felt like a worse version of Detective Pikachu, which I thought was average at best.

[-] coffinwood@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The story feels rushed and incoherent. Characters without character and chemistry. It's a film in which every aspect of its production was solely determined by the amount of money that was put into it. If Jack Black can't save a mediocre film...

[-] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

I'm still mad it basically kicked the DnD movie out of theaters. If it wasn't for all the hype for Mario, I think the DnD movie would have done a lot better, but that's partly their fault for choosing a terrible time to release a movie - a week or two before the biggest video game franchise of all time releases their movie.

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