After three long decades, a new Super Mario Bros movie has arrived–and it’s pretty great!
It’s a good movie, full stop.
But it’s also a goodMario movie.
As such:there are major spoilers ahead for The Super Mario Bros Movie.You have been warned.
It sets the epic stakes of the story and is full of faux-gritty seriousness.
With Jack Black playing Bowser, it only makes sense that he’d have a musical number.
It also more or less sounds like it could plausibly be a Tenacious D song.
But it’s not just okay–it’s hilarious.
While Luigi may still be new here, others have apparently been stuck in there for a long time.
Cranky Kong
When it comes to the Kong family, everybody’s always focused on Donkey Kong.
No big deal, right?
This is, after all, Mario’s origin in the old Donkey Kong arcade game.
But the secret to Mario’s survival is, as always, power-ups.
And so they take a shortcut: the Rainbow Road.
Has there ever been a truly great car chase in a big-budget animated movie?
One that was truly in the same category as the best live-action car movie car chases?
Not until now, I don’t think.
And it’s beautiful, too.
before springing into action that had me rolling.
I don’t know if the “Let’s-a-go!”
actually fits with the movie better than the instances of “Mamma Mia!”
But I’m pretty sure it’s a funnier joke, at least.
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