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Super Mario Bros. — The Movie!

Here's my extremely scatterbrained review of Super Mario Bros., the 1993 film that took more than a few liberties with its video game subject matter. Here's a surprise: I absolutely did not hate this movie. It's ridiculous and stupid, but it's got a lot going on, and some of it really works. Maybe it's just that it's so unbelievably different from any other movie I've seen. Maybe it's just the Bob-ombs. The review is more an exercise in throwing a bunch of random shit at the html wall to try to convey the broad, silly themes of the film. In other words, it's all over the place. Still, if you've never seen the Bob Hoskins version of Mario, I'd recommend a viewing.

Posted by Matt on 06/23/2004. E-mail me!

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Garbage!
Stupid Movie
Bad Idea
Horrible
Now I have nightmares

Chestnuts roasted by That Guy @ 06/23/2004 6:47 PM

First Comment!!!…and stuff….

Chestnuts roasted by The Incredible Edible Egg @ 06/23/2004 6:48 PM

Curse his fast little fingers…
Second and Third comment!!!!….and stuff

Chestnuts roasted by The Incredible Edible Egg @ 06/23/2004 6:49 PM

Why the hell did this movie have to be made? And what the f*ck was Dennis Hopper smoking to agree to do this?! Oh, yeah… it’s Dennis Hopper… as far as he knows, he’s still cruising down the highway on a chopper…

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 06/23/2004 6:53 PM

WOO HOO MARIO BROS MOVIE! Such a great movie, even though it kinda sucked. I’ve seen it numerous times, and I’d say you did a good job describing it! I never did understand why they included the fungus thing character. Goombas are my favorites in this movie though And of course the bobombs!

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 06/23/2004 7:02 PM

This is one of my "guilty pleasure" movies. It’s so bad, rediculous, and stupid I enjoy it.

Chestnuts roasted by Tim-E @ 06/23/2004 7:17 PM

ive never seen it all the way through ,but now its a must,its just that bad.

Chestnuts roasted by meef @ 06/23/2004 7:21 PM

Notice how the small headed goombas and the small headed guy in Beetlejuice are similar?

Chestnuts roasted by Casino Royale @ 06/23/2004 7:25 PM

You know the "Large Mystery Women"? Well, I remember that her name is metioned in the flick. She’s Big Burtha…you know, that giant fish that tried to eat Mario in SMB3? I guess the makers of the movie thought a big black women would represent a giant fish well…

Chestnuts roasted by Walks @ 06/23/2004 7:32 PM

Walks, you beat me to it. I wanted to say that she was Big Bertha but you beat me by 2 minutes.

One thing I want to point out, the "Evolution Guns" or whatever they were called are redressed Super Scope’s, the light gun for the SNES.

Chestnuts roasted by Ace @ 06/23/2004 7:36 PM

The large woman in the red is Big Bertha…she’s representing that huge red pirahna that follows and tries to eat mario in a few of the games…they obviously took huge liberties with that…large pirahna…7 foot 300 pound hawaiian woman that has a thing for short, fat, hairy super plumbers

Chestnuts roasted by Ant @ 06/23/2004 7:39 PM

Hey of course someone else already said exactly the same thing i did….maybe I should actually read the comments before I post =P

Chestnuts roasted by Ant @ 06/23/2004 7:41 PM

Ha Ha! This is A Film I’ve been waiting to see reviewed on this site! I’m going to admit, that when I was younger I loved the movie..actually I still enjoy watching it! I’m one of those people who actually LIKE the video game films (Super Mario, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Resident Evil…and even…The Wizard!) Guess I’m just geeky in that way…what? Wanna fight about it?! So again, I thank you for reviewing this movie for those who’ve never seen it! (I’m as suprised as anyone commenting on this site, that there are people that HAVEN’T seen the movie…SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!)

Chestnuts roasted by Jabo @ 06/23/2004 7:42 PM

This ranks up there with Double Dragon as one of the most despicable nintendo-related movies.

Chestnuts roasted by Pygmalien @ 06/23/2004 7:45 PM

At one point in time, I liked this movie. A very stupid point.

Off topic: In 1992(?) video tapes of Ninja Turtles were given away with packs of Hi-C juice boxes. I recently found my tape. The episode is "Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo". Anyone remember this/have the other tapes?

Chestnuts roasted by Jimmy Putty @ 06/23/2004 7:59 PM

I can’t read it because the background is blinding me and getting my head confused

Chestnuts roasted by Emily @ 06/23/2004 8:12 PM

Dude, Super Mario Brothers was a hilarious movie, in the fact that it was just bad.

Hey…remember the magic mushroom that the giant pile of snot gave Mario to protect himself from the evolution gun?

Chestnuts roasted by Corey @ 06/23/2004 8:28 PM

Jimmy Putty. I don’t remember the HI-C giveaway. However, I do recall Burger King or Hardees giving away (or possibly selling)TMNT tapes. These were rare episodes that may not have been released on tv. One tape I have featured Rat King and a hack magician/con artist. I think it was called "The Great Boldini".

Chestnuts roasted by Pygmalien @ 06/23/2004 8:30 PM

i love this movie! it was so bad it was good. the name of the cabs in the mushroom kingdom were wigglers, the big yellow catapilars in supe mario world!
its the lttle things that matter.

Chestnuts roasted by afroken @ 06/23/2004 8:35 PM

Hah, I saw that film in theaters. I hated it, because IT DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MARIO BROS. I mean, jesus.
All I really remembered was the opening cartoon, Yoshi, the goomba faces, and the scene where they jump around on stupid rocketboots.

Oh well, it was better than Street Fighter.

BTW, Bob Hoskins rocks the house, watch him try to force an abortion on a girl he’s planning on killing in Felicity’s Journey. Its crazy as hell.

Chestnuts roasted by Piscez @ 06/23/2004 8:37 PM

The big chick was meant to be the big fish? That makes her 100x better.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/23/2004 8:45 PM

I like the Super Mario Bros. movie.

Personally, I think the screenwriters were listening to a bit too much Devo when they wrote it, but I like it.

It’s fun, it’s silly, and it’s really good as long as you’re not expecting anything like the video game.

Chestnuts roasted by Rich @ 06/23/2004 8:47 PM

I sorta feel guilty now that I’ve never seen the movie. I avoided it at all costs with every trip to the video store for the past decade because of what I’d seen in the films trailor. The more I think about it though, I would be more disappointed now if they HAD stuck to the plot 100%. Could you imagine paying $7.50 to watch Bob Hoskins punch bricks for two hours?

Even weirder than that would be if a sequel was based on Super Mario Bros. 2. The screenwriter wouldn’t be able to explain half of the convoluted crap in that game without involving Mario’s quest to raid Wart’s meth lab.

Chestnuts roasted by pulseczar @ 06/23/2004 8:49 PM

time for a useless fact! johnny L had to eat maggots off a pizza in spawn, heres the thing they were, real(posted just about diner time)
any possibility of reviewing some francis colman movies (red zone cuba comes to mind)

Chestnuts roasted by bogeyb @ 06/23/2004 8:56 PM

I just have one question that doesn’t involve lizard-archeologists or obese women portraying fish. Do you people camp out at X-E’s blog, refreshing the page every 30 seconds trying to get the first post?
I’m not trying to be dick, I just want to know why nothing constructive is said in the first five posts of any given entry on this site.

Chestnuts roasted by IncogNegro @ 06/23/2004 9:01 PM

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