I Watched “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a fun, family-friendly movie. Highly recommended.

I am most impressed with Taylor-Joy's performance. Having previously watched The Northman, I had expected Princess Peach voiced by her to have a deep, croaky voice, but Peach sounded just fine, likeable, dignified, and Peach-like.

The rest of the cast did a phenomenal job too, but it wasn't surprising. Pratt did a good job as Mario, and considering how goofy Pratt is, he was probably having a blast. Before the movie's release, there has a widespread concern about how Pratt did not sound like Mario at all in the early trailers, but it ended up a nonissue. (i.e. Mario did sound like Mario and not Pratt cosplaying). Jack Black as Bowser is an absolute no-brainer. The man was born to play Bowser.

Just like any other video-game adaptation, the bigger a fan of the game, the more you would enjoy this movie. The game is filled with homages to many titles of the Mario franchise, including Mario Cart and Luigi's Haunted Mansion, to name a few. But the movie is still watch-worthy for people who are not familiar with the franchise. (I myself only played the original Super Mario Bros. growing up and did not keep up with any other Mario games throughout the years). In the movie, Mario himself is also not familiar with this "Mario world" and has to explore this world's features himself.

You should go watch it. You'll probably enjoy it, like my toddler son and the middle-aged me.

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