Super Mario Bros. (film)

Popularity

The film is widely considered an enormous flop. Although it boasted several big stars, the film was denounced by critics as "cheesy" and lacking any sort of coherent plot. The film was reasonably popular with pre-teens, though many fans of the Super Mario Bros. series were upset at the movie's more "serious" tone, and found its live action cast to be too drastic a departure from the colorful, cartoony world of the games. Fans denounced the movie for having very little to do with the video game series and distorting many known facts about the fictional game world, for instance, in the movie King Koopa is a humanoid descendant of a dinosaur, whereas he is no such thing in the games. The movie's PG rating probably hurt the film's potential, as the movie's dark atmosphere, realistic-looking monsters, and numerous action sequences scared off many parents from bringing their young Mario fans to the theater, effectively eliminating a key demographic.

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Live action - PG

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While the movie is generally considered to be a disaster by fans of the games and nonfans alike, some consider it to be a priceless cult classic. The movie's ugly and ruthless characters make the movie "too real" to a child fantasy game, making it more of a hero's adventure in a gothic world. Although the movie is not included in the Mario canon, many fans of the series have adopted "Mario" as the true surnames of Mario and Luigi, a fact established in this movie.

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Cult - Gothic - Canon

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