Tell me you don’t know how to have fun without telling me you don’t know how to have fun.
The reviewer is clearly expecting a masterpiece along the lines of a Godfather or Goodfellas, instead of reviewing it for what it actually is.
@violentsneeze I can't tell if you're actually being ironic, playing into the "some people/critics don't know how to have fun" response. But I wouldn't be surprised if you aren't, since there really is no way to defend this movie without saying "well, i-it's supposed to be this bland! can't you have fun?!"
By the way, I hope you know that you can enjoy the movie perfectly fine, while still admitting to it being cookie cutter dog shit.
@kastell I was being snarky in my original response. It’s totally cool if someone doesn’t enjoy it. For me, I had a blast with it and didn’t find it to be dog shit at all.
Watching a movie that has SUPER MARIO BROS written in the title in huge vibrant letters and than hating on the movie, using a disparaging statement saying this movie is for „adults who are looking for validation of their childhood obsession“ and then rating it a 3/10 when clearly the material was not his thing to begin with he should’ve known better and just not watch the movie. The entire review reeks of prejudices. Maybe he never got to play Mario Bros as a child … :type_3:♂
I don't know about anything else but the story seems to have been written by a 7 year old.
Dude. Relax, you are not alone in the world.
Review by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2023-04-06T14:29:06Z— updated 2023-04-10T20:16:43Z
If last year's Top Gun Maverick gave everyone the slightest bit of hope in regards to films that click with the general audience and blow up at the box office, this is the kind of film that'll make any self-respecting film fan lose all hope. Here's the deal: kids will pretty much like this by default, adults who are looking for validation of their childhood obsession will like it, and people who show up to see an actual movie won't. It's pretty much the blandest, calculated, do-nothing film they could've made out of this material. The animation is devoid of style and looks like it was originally rendered for a Dreamworks project back in 2008, the voice acting is mostly ass, it triggers the nostalgia & reference button way too often, the story & characters are watered down to a point where they're almost non-existent, it's not funny and its boomer rock soundtrack choices make absolutely no sense. It's irredeemable trash, like every product that rolls of the Illumination Entertainment conveyor belt. Nevertheless, I'm willing to bet that due to the large fanbase of the IP, this will be one of those films where in the short term some of the discourse will insist that "some people/critics don't know how to have fun" or "it's made for the fans" (only for those same people to deny ever liking it in the long haul, of course). Here’s hoping Illumination doesn’t listen to those voices in the same way that DC did after the release of Suicide Squad. This is not a foundation to build a franchise on.
2.5/10