Despite a slow start in Brooklyn, I absolutely loved this movie, mainly for the action scenes & the references thou.
Voice Acting: Surprisingly, I ended up enjoying Chris Pratt as Mario, & I enjoyed Charlie Day's Luigi, Seth Green's DK, Anna Taylor Joy's Peach, Keegan-Michael Key's Toad & of course, Jack Black's Bowser (although, I always love everything Jack Black is in such as School of Rock & the Kung Fu Panda movies. Fred Amisen's Cranky Kong is probably my least liked voice acting, however, it still made me chuckle at times. Other performances like Lumalee & Kamek are pretty great too. Of course, I liked Charles Martinet's cameo roles too (especially as Mario's Father).
Characters: As for the characters themselves, well, of course, I absolutely love them. Mario has funny moments & Luigi is pretty great too. However, the standout character for me, is Peach, not sure if its thanks to Anna-Taylor Joy or not, but I absolutely loved Peach in this movie. I recently watched a Paper Mario playthrough, and I loved Peach in that game for the same reasons as I loved Peach in the movie, she is badass awesome & isn't treated as a damsel in distress like in most traditional Mario games. Donkey Kong was pretty great too, and Cranky Kong was surprisingly hilarious. I also loved Lumalee aswell, while their role was rather minor, they were still a hilarious character for me, especially their voice acting from Juliet Jelenic. It was also pretty neat spotting characters in the background like Pauline, Diddy Kong & Dixie Kong. Don't know who voices Diddy Kong (it isn't listed on the Mariowiki yet), but it reminds me of Sprig from Amphibia. Bowser was a pretty great antagonist in the movie, and I absolutely loved his song.
Edit: Just saw that Eric Bauza voiced Diddy Kong
Story: The story itself is kinda generic for me, not really much to say honestly. I do hope the setting itself is incorporated into a future Mario game, although what I really want is the next Mario Kart game to have elements of the Kart Making Workshop in the movie, cause that was pretty cool to see.
Edit: Forgot to talk about some stuff
Animation: This movie looks fantastic, love the texture of the clothes, the scenery looks amazing and the animation, just fantastic.
Score: The soundtrack is amazing, all the references to the Mario games. I also love the 80s songs in the episode, despite it not fitting in.
Overall, I would probably give this movie a 9/10 - Love, so far, its my movie of the year so far, but I have a feeling that won't last long.
Voice Acting: Surprisingly, I ended up enjoying Chris Pratt as Mario, & I enjoyed Charlie Day's Luigi, Seth Green's DK, Anna Taylor Joy's Peach, Keegan-Michael Key's Toad & of course, Jack Black's Bowser (although, I always love everything Jack Black is in such as School of Rock & the Kung Fu Panda movies. Fred Amisen's Cranky Kong is probably my least liked voice acting, however, it still made me chuckle at times. Other performances like Lumalee & Kamek are pretty great too. Of course, I liked Charles Martinet's cameo roles too (especially as Mario's Father).
Characters: As for the characters themselves, well, of course, I absolutely love them. Mario has funny moments & Luigi is pretty great too. However, the standout character for me, is Peach, not sure if its thanks to Anna-Taylor Joy or not, but I absolutely loved Peach in this movie. I recently watched a Paper Mario playthrough, and I loved Peach in that game for the same reasons as I loved Peach in the movie, she is badass awesome & isn't treated as a damsel in distress like in most traditional Mario games. Donkey Kong was pretty great too, and Cranky Kong was surprisingly hilarious. I also loved Lumalee aswell, while their role was rather minor, they were still a hilarious character for me, especially their voice acting from Juliet Jelenic. It was also pretty neat spotting characters in the background like Pauline, Diddy Kong & Dixie Kong. Don't know who voices Diddy Kong (it isn't listed on the Mariowiki yet), but it reminds me of Sprig from Amphibia. Bowser was a pretty great antagonist in the movie, and I absolutely loved his song.
Edit: Just saw that Eric Bauza voiced Diddy Kong
Story: The story itself is kinda generic for me, not really much to say honestly. I do hope the setting itself is incorporated into a future Mario game, although what I really want is the next Mario Kart game to have elements of the Kart Making Workshop in the movie, cause that was pretty cool to see.
Edit: Forgot to talk about some stuff
Animation: This movie looks fantastic, love the texture of the clothes, the scenery looks amazing and the animation, just fantastic.
Score: The soundtrack is amazing, all the references to the Mario games. I also love the 80s songs in the episode, despite it not fitting in.
Overall, I would probably give this movie a 9/10 - Love, so far, its my movie of the year so far, but I have a feeling that won't last long.
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