Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Seen on DVD 14th July 2008
A movie based on a GAME!
This movie is sooooo BAD, but in the best way!
It's a total flashback to my childhood.
STORY: 2/7 - (haha)
So i guess 'LAME' is the best word to describe the sad scripting choices, however the pure fun of mario and luigi travelling into an alternate dino-dimension makes up for it.
ACTING: 2/7 - (oh my)
Leguizamo is funny as always, and Bob Hoskins is SOMEHOW actually a little bit beleivable as the iconic plumber... But the best acting has to be from Yoshi - an animatronic / CG dinosaur.
CINEMATOGRAPHY / VISUAL EFFECTS: 3/7 - (goombas)
The cool shrunken-headed goombas and the cuteness of Yoshi (despite not being a little dragon thingy with a shell) make up for the terrible wormholes and the cartoon introduction.
SCORE / SOUND: 4.5/7 (weeeee)
Of course there's the classic Mario theme song to open the movie *sings to himself* ...and then we get to hear some really fun cute animated melodies to carry us through the story!
SONGS: N/A
OVERALL RATING: 5/7 (the whole is worth more than the sum of it's parts)
random facts -
- Lance Kenriksen makes a guest appearance as the king
- I LOVE Lance Henriksen
- Lance Henriksen will work for a bag of chips
- They don't even have to be GOOD chips.
- Big Bertha the bouncer at the boomer bar is HOT-AS!!
- This movie was pre-sept-11 and thus shows the twin towers, it actually shows them crumbling and dissapearing.
