12-06-2023, 12:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2023, 05:38 AM by Drunk Monk.)
(03-10-2023, 08:28 AM)Greg Wrote: Super Mario Bros Movie Final Trailer
Movie Release April 7
This did really well at the box office this year. Record breaking. Figured I'd give it a glance.
I've never played the game so it doesn't make a lot of sense. Neither did I understand the Hoskins version, just that he was in it.
It has a fantastic voice cast. Anya could play Princess Peach in live action (not the same kind of peach as in Blue Eye Samurai...or maybe?)
It was plenty visual. At a certain point, the psychedelic analogy seemed to transparent - the mushrooms are obvs. Lumalee is LSD. Ok, no, that's not true but it could be. Lumalee is played by Juliet Jelenic, daughter of co-director Michael Jelenic, and that wouldn't be the appropriate metaphor. I've never understood the whole mushroom bit, but I've never played the game. Lumalee was the best character - happy magic star that spouts gloomy existential observations. It was my fav part of thr film.
In all honesty, I was only half watching it. The ubiquitous old pop rock citations were bugging me. Besides, it's Tuesday night with my folks' old wood cabinet Magnavox and the Reggae Express playing. I turned down the movie soundtrack, turned up the express, and read the subs. It kinda worked.
Not D00M recommended unless you've played the game. I'm told that those that have have a completely different take on this.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse