The film is just a soulless ploy to sell us merchandise and comes off like a video game we’re unable to play.
Before a recent screening of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” began, a fan sitting in front of me donned his red Mario cap and beamed with excitement.
For all its detailed worlds, like the Mushroom Kingdom and Jungle Kingdom, the Nintendo film is just another soulless ploy to sell us merchandise that doesn’t bother to disguise its creativity-starved greed. Mostly the movie comes off like a video game we’re unable to play. I’d much rather drive the race cars of Mario Kart at home than watch a dull CGI chase scene in an overlong kids flick. It’s a realistic setting. I spot mustachioed guys wearing overalls in Williamsburg all the time.
Their cringy, “It’s-a me!” Italian accents, we learn, were briefly faked for a “Ghostbusters”-style commercial to hawk their struggling business. But in reality, they talk like normal, very boring dudes. And, rising to the occasion, Pratt and Day provide their characters with very boring voices.While trying to fix a water main break downtown, the pair are sucked into a magic pipe and whisked to the world of Princess Peach , Bowser and Toad .
And the princess isn’t exactly a MENSA candidate, either. “There’s a huge universe out there,” she says. “With a lot of galaxies.” On their predictable quest, they team up with Donkey Kong , drive on the rainbow road and use power-up cubes from the video games to give ‘em a boost. If you’re looking for a clever spin on anything, stay home and make a BBQ pizza.
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