Super ice bros6/5/2023 ![]() Jack Black’s voicing of Bowser was “too good to be true,” she said.īunker has already been back to the theater for a repeat viewing of the film. “It’s very much the way to go to the movies, I’ve decided.”īunker said she enjoyed the film’s references to Nintendo games and the voice acting. She and her friends dressed up as Nintendo characters for the occasion. “I know a lot of people have said that the movie’s not very deep and is just kind of nostalgia-pandering, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that,” she said.Īdlee Bunker, a BYU sophomore from Idaho, went to watch the movie with a large group of friends several days after its theatrical release. Wii game is her favorite in Nintendo’s catalog. Movie.” Bunker said the Super Mario Bros. She did not go into the theater with high expectations.Īdlee Bunker, third from left, and friends dress up for “The Super Mario Bros. Mattingley said she thought the film was colorful and fun. “A lot of audience reviews are more based on the experience you had watching the movie.” “I feel like a lot of times when critics critique a movie, they think about how it holds up to other movies,” she said. “Critics haven’t loved it, but it’s fine, because it wasn’t ever made to satisfy critics, it was made to satisfy Mario fans,” Nielson said.īYU film student Courtney Mattingley said she gave the movie five stars on her Letterboxd account, but she understands why the critical response was not very enthusiastic. Movie” garnered a 96% in audience score, in contrast to the 59% critic score. On Rotten Tomatoes, “The Super Mario Bros. There is a significant disparity between critical and audience responses. Movie” is thirty-ninth in terms of critical rating. Of the 52 films in the Billion-Dollar Club, “The Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo and Universal Studios via AP News)ĭespite its commercial success, critics said the plot of the film fell short. The film turned the usual Mario trope on its head by writing Princess Peach as a heroine rather than a damsel in distress. Movie,” directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, and Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, are pictured in Nintendo and Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. It was all these things that normally a Hollywood type would say don’t work in a movie.” “It was Mario doing his “woohoos” and bouncing off of things and getting power-ups. “It was kind of unapologetic in what it was,” he said. Illumination Studios tried to remain faithful to Nintendo’s original creation, he said. “How do you make something feel genuine to the intellectual property? There’s a certain personality and quality that makes Mario, Mario,” he said.Īccording to Nielson, the film enjoyed high box office sales because of the Mario franchise’s popularity with audiences. Movie” was uniquely challenging because it involved tweaking already-established characters, he explained. Nielson’s professional resume includes character design and concept art for video games and a handful of movies. The film joined the ranks of review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes’ Billion-Dollar Film Club, alongside other Illumination films “Despicable Me 3” and “Minions.”īYU design professor Sam Nielson worked remotely as a character designer for the film, contributing to characters like Mario, Luigi and Peach. As of May 2023, it holds the spot as the eighth highest-grossing animated film of all time. ![]() The Illumination Studios animated feature has grossed over $1 billion in the month since its release. Movie” has powered up through the box office charts to become the highest-grossing film of the year to date. (Nintendo and Universal Studios via AP News) ![]() Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, and Luigi, voiced by Charlie Day, are pictured in Nintendo and Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. ![]()
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