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The old one is undoubtedly a better movie, but the new one is undoubtedly a much better mario movie
I did not watch either. I might watch the old one though.
I liked it as a kid. I still like it as an adult. It’s a complete mess though. They changed dialogues on the fly, people were often drunk as fuck while filming, it’s hardly even a mario movie. Maybe that’s what makes it great, idk.
people were often drunk as fuck while filming
The Do the Mario dance lives in my head rent-free.
That’s from a different thing iirc (the super mario bros super show)
The new one works great for a wider audience. The OG is pretty funny and I definitely enjoy a lot of the dialogue.
The OG was fantastic! Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, and Dennis Hopper! The Goombas! The elevator scene!
Everyone was drunk or on something during the filming!
John leguizamo has openly shared how awful the film shooting was and wanted it over.
Goomba! :O :D
The old one had references as well. And it was nice that it was different. It made it fun to think about what all the things were meant to represent. And also, it was a bit like the games were just an abstraction of reality, with things made easy to understand and kid-friendly.
I always said the Mario movie I got as an adult was the one I wanted as a kid, and the one I got as a kid was the one I wanted as an adult
I actually didn’t mind the OG Mario Bros movie because I don’t look at it through the lens of the Mario games. It’s just campy and crazy.
I agree with that. The OG is a great scifi cyberpunk B movie that gets weird, but it is not a good Mario Bros movie.
I think it’s better that way
There’s a deleted scene at the end where some game designers from Nintendo show up and ask Mario and Luigi permission to turn their story into a game. The joke is that the movie isn’t a bad Mario adaptation, the game is.
Oh that’s funny. I bought it on dvd a few months ago, I’ll have to check out the special features to see if it’s there.
Exactly how I see it.
see also, the hbomberguy read of the first sonic game
Haven’t watched the “new” one. Having said that, it’s an unfair comparison even if it seems like an obvious comparison to pretty much everybody 5 and older who is aware of “Mario Brothers”.
To be fair the majority of modern movies are just cameos and references. So while it might have sucked (don’t know haven’t seen it and don’t intend to) it’s probably on par with the modern craptacular that is cinema.
That said I have always loved the OG Mario movie because its just Fun. Outside of that one movie I never cared for anything related to Nintendo, thats how great I think that one stupid movie is.
Because all the good shit has already been written!
More that capitalism doesn’t have a single original thought unless it’s a new way to enshittify something.
Sure, plenty of new things that are great are being made, but the good stuff is nigh always without marketability or projected income in mind.
It sure seems that way but I would argue that A24 films is doing a pretty good job of making original entertaining media.
Well, one was based off the video game, one loosely referenced.
Niether was a great movie, but kid me enjoyed the John Legluigi performance alot. Guess it depends on what ya like.
I loved is as a kid and still thoroughly appreciate it as an adult. Not sure the new one will stand the test of time. Though maybe one day when people are simply amazed that computers were ubiquitous and powerful enough to do such things, it will gain its own unique novelty…
It warms my heart to see cyberpunk film get some love. It’s an entertaining film. I even have the book version of that one!
oof, that’s rough. i take it this is found footage of removed cuts that have been spliced back in? the jumps in quality are real jarring.
Actually they were red and green collared…
Only because they didn’t use their classic colors.
One of these films has ‘Walk the dinosaur’, The other does not.
One of these films has the 2 towers get destroyed, and the other did not
