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The Super Mario Bros. Movie |OT| Having a rough Day, Luigi?

You've seen the movie. What will you do next? You may choose up to two choices.

  • Watch it three times for all three Marios: Mario Mario, and Luigi Mario.

    Votes: 120 22.8%

  • Follow the box office threads with great interest.

    Votes: 172 32.6%

  • Begin constructing the [INSERT MISSING CHARACTER HERE] summoning circle for the sequel.

    Votes: 109 20.7%

  • Prepare to eat and/or serve crow for various reasons.

    Votes: 18 3.4%

  • Return to the bunker to avoid the months of Nintendo Cinematic Universe think pieces.

    Votes: 99 18.8%

  • "I'm going to Super Nintendo World!"

    Votes: 161 30.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 52 9.9%
  • Total voters
    527
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Scrappy-Fan92

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Release dates: April 1st, 2023 (USA, Los Angeles premiere); April 5th, 2023 (USA, wide release); April 28th, 2023 (Japan)
Studio: Illumination
Distributor: Universal Studios
Directed by: Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic
Screenplay by: Matthew Fogel
Composed by: Brian Tyler (with score consultation by Koji Kondo)
Executive produced by: Chris Meledandri and Shigeru Miyamoto
Runtime: 1 hour, 32 minutes

Friends, it's time to get hooked on the brothers. This is the official thread for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Illumination's 13th feature-length film and the first feature-length Mario film since the live-action adaptation from 1993. I will request that we keep spoilers tagged until at least a week after the U.S. wide release (so, April 12th). Before we properly settle ourselves, let's look at a sample of the cast.

Mario
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Voiced by: Chris Pratt
First game appearance - Donkey Kong (1981)

Our everyman hero returns to the big screen, once again cast as a plumber from Brooklyn.

Luigi
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Voiced by: Charlie Day
First game appearance - Mario Bros. (Game & Watch version, 1983)

After arriving in the Mushroom Kingdom, Luigi is taken captive by Bowser. Mario is out to save his bacon.

Princess Peach
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Voiced by: Anya Taylor-Joy
First game appearance - Super Mario Bros. (1985)

The beleaguered monarch of the Mushroom Kingdom takes charge of Mario's training, likely in the hopes of finding an ally to stop Bowser's reign of terror once and for all.

Toad
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Voiced by: Keegan-Michael Key
First game appearance - Super Mario Bros. (1985)

Toad is among the first friendly faces whom Mario meets when he gets isekai'd. As usual, he is one of a legion of near-identical fungus-themed critters designed to sell plush toys.

Bowser
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Voiced by: Jack Black
First game appearance - Super Mario Bros. (1985)

The Koopa King has been conquering kingdoms and collecting Stars with reckless abandon. Only one pair of siblings can stop him.

Kamek
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Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson
First game appearance - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)

Probably one of the only post-1989 canon characters to have any semi-significant role in this film, Kamek once again serves as Bowser's loyal advisor and magic caster.

Donkey Kong
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Voiced by: Seth Rogen
First game appearance - Donkey Kong (1981) or Donkey Kong Country (1994)

Mario's travels presumably take him to the country of Donkey Kong...a Donkey Kong Country if you will. As in the games, the great ape oscillates between friend and foe to the red-clad hero. His father(?) Cranky Kong -- voiced by Fred Armisen -- also appears in this film.

Lumalee
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Voiced by: Juliet Jelenic
First game appearance: Super Mario Galaxy (2007)

Otherwise known as a Salesman Luma, the Lumalees are Mushroom vendors in the Galaxy titles, offering Mario or Luigi power-ups in exchange for tasty Star Bits. This Lumalee is one of Bowser's captives and an absolute nihilist to boot.

Promotional Material:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KydqdKKyGEk

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnGl01FkMMo

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzuUOqABGf0

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjNcTBXTk4I

Reviews?:
Check this thread if you dare.

I hope you all enjoy the film. I'm going to be watching it with my younger brother on Wednesday. Oh, and just one more 1-up heads-up: feel free to poke your head into my Mario vs. Little Mermaid betting thread if you like chaos. OT name provided by entut1.
 
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New Donker

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So pumped for this.

I have two hopes

A teaser at the end for a sequel featuring Wario

New Donk City as a setting and the movie uses the term New Donker. Maybe Mario himself is a New Donker. Then my username will be a lot more obvious to people.
 
Mandos

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I'm bummed I can't go till next week. On the flip side 5 family members wanna go with and the one paying wants to do RPX, so it should be a blast

Also if there's a DK sequel tease in the post credits it'd Better have K Rool!
 
KtotheRoc

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My brother is so excited for this film. It's pretty infectious, actually. Should be seeing it on Thursday.

Ironically the last movie I saw in theaters was the original Sonic the Hedgehog just before the pandemic hit.
 

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It's truly bizarre that we're all excited for a Illumination movie. Hopefully they can keep this up going foward
 
BasilZero

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Will watch it about 2-3 weeks after release.

This will be my first theatrical movie since Captain Marvel in 2019.
 
Zan

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we need a bonk movie somewhere down the line. 16 bit wars never die.
 

SasaBassa

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Oct 25, 2017
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Here for Kirby post credit scene to talk about the smash bros initiative

That final trailer was fucking fantastic
 
Simba

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i will see this movie with two of my nephews. not expecting a lot but hoping its success leads to a donkey kong country and star fox movie.
 
boxter432

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Crashman said:
Who is this mysterious spiked paratroopa who gets to be on the poster?
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Is a spiked paratroopa even a thing that existed before this?

SasaBassa said:
Here for Kirby post credit scene to talk about the smash bros initiative

That final trailer was fucking fantastic
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The main crew is sitting in the castle eating some cake.
There's a pounding st the door, it opens, a giant circular shadow envelops the room. We never see the character…we just hear….
"HiiiiIiiiiiIIIII"
end scene.
 
Jason Frost

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The princess Luigi has been kidnapped by koopas. Are you a super enough brothers to rescue the princess Luigi?
 
Dice

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Pics from the premier (I love everyone's kinda dressing it up)
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Jack's custom suit is on another level. 🔥
Tragically DK Rogen didn't make too much an attempt.
 
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RUFF BEEST

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Scrappy-Fan92 said:
Kamek
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Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson
First game appearance - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)

Probably the only post-1989 canon character to have any semi-significant role in this film, Kamek once again serves as Bowser's loyal advisor and magic caster.
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Isn't this just a Koopa Wizard from Super Mario World that got a name? Who is saying we never saw this character until 1995?
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weekev

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Great OT Scrappy. Got my tickets for 10am tomorrow. Super excited.
 
weekev

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boxter432 said:
Is a spiked paratroopa even a thing that existed before this?


The main crew is sitting in the castle eating some cake.
There's a pounding st the door, it opens, a giant circular shadow envelops the room. We never see the character…we just hear….
"HiiiiIiiiiiIIIII"
end scene.
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Oh man a mario characters universe, or MCU if you will, would be amazing.
 
Anustart

Anustart

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Going to a movie party at the Alamo on Saturday. Can't wait. Then as it turns out, heading to California and hitting up super Nintendo world, but that wasn't planned to coincide lol.
 
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Scrappy-Fan92

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Thank you all for the kind words.

Mariolee said:
Scrappy-Fan92 Wouldn't the Luma we've seen in the trailer and has a Happy Meal toy be another post-1989 canon character in the film?
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I should clarify that I meant "canon" as in these were individual (as "individual" as characters belonging to select Mario species can be, see below) characters of nominal importance in the games. I'm sure the Luma will be a scene-stealer, but as far as we know that is just a new Luma created for the film, unlike Polari or Lubba or the cream-colored Baby Luma from the Galaxy titles.

EDIT: It's come to my attention that the Luma whom Luigi converses with in the final trailer might be Lumalee from Mario Galaxy. They've been added to the OP.

RUFF BEEST said:
Isn't this just a Koopa Wizard from Super Mario World that got a name? Who is saying we never saw this character until 1995?
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Nintendo never confirmed it one way or another. "Kamek" being the catch-all name for both the individual character and all Magikoopas in Japan further muddles the issue. Since the Kamek was never called attention to and given special connections to Bowser until Yoshi's Island, I assume that's his debut. Of course, that raises the question of whether the Toad was one of the Mushroom Retainers in the first Super Mario Bros. or someone who didn't properly debut until the international Super Mario Bros. 2. Even Nintendo probably doesn't know.
 
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Vampirolol

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I'm obsessed with the Mario franchise and I think the visuals are great here, but I'm very uninterested in the movie. If it's not boring it's already a success.
Will watch it tomorrow anyway.
 
CloudWolf

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Every single trailer of this movie makes it feel like it's a series of Mario vignettes rather than a coherent movie.

"Here's the Mario Kart part"
"Here's the part that's like Super Mario Bros"
"This is the part of the movie that's like Super Mario Galaxy"
etc.

Anyway, expectations are very low. If this manages somehow to be good, I'll be surprised.
 
B. Spaceman

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So, at first everyone thought the movie was going yo be absolutely terrible, that it would look nothing like the games, be full of pop culture music and everything was going to be bad and corny. But now, since all of those things didn't happen, the bar has risen a lot, and now because It doesn't have a dep plot, it's going to be bad. The fact that the movie seems to be decent, fun and faithful to the games should be good news, but this is resetera...
 
eZn

eZn

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Could you imagine if we had the Super Mario Movie when we were 12?

Even Better we have it when we're 40!
 
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