At last the Mario movie is now playing in theaters! I’ve already gone to see it and it was SO FUN! I LOVED IT! I don’t typically like showing pictures of myself simply because I don’t really like my picture being taken, but this was an exception, lol. So now you know what I look like. I’m a huge Luigi fan, as you can see! Loved him ever since I was a little kid and would make my brothers let me be player 2 when playing those old Mario games so I could play Luigi. He is still one of my absolute favorites!
But going back to the movie, here’s my full review. But I should mention that I was already a fan of Illumination movies such as Sing and The Secret Life of Pets, so I may be kinda biased. Anyway, I don’t agree with those I’ve seen saying that there wasn’t much plot. I thought there was enough, and Mario isn’t known for deep plots anyway. It was simple, yet effective and true to the Mario series! I also disagree with the complaints about Peach, I like that she is more of a girl boss here than she usually is. Her being kidnapped so much has gotten stale, and I was never a fan of her. This was the first time I actually legit loved her. Luigi’s portrayal was near perfect imo, I loved him just as much as I always have! If I had to make a change to anything here, it would be to let Luigi get some power-up usage. He didn’t really get any. But hopefully he will in a sequel! Overall, I thought the characters and acting were great, the music and animation were great, and I was pleasantly surprised to see how relatable the brothers are here and that we got some actual backstories on some characters! And while Chris Pratt was never my first choice for a voice of Mario, I don’t think he was terrible. Everybody else’s voices were amazing anyway! And also, the REFERENCES AND EASTER EGGS. Yes to all of them.
Overall, this is now one of my favorite movies ever, I really want a sequel, and I will surely buy it or stream it when it becomes available to do so! I will give the movie a very high score of 9.5/10! Simply because nothing is perfect and I don’t ever expect it to be. It is very hard for me to give anything a perfect score. I hope the sequel adds Princess Daisy and Rosalina, when/if we get it. Daisy is another one of my favorite characters.
