I love this movie. Perfect Mario movie. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo are amazing. The music is great. It’s funny and weird and wonderful.
Merickson- on
A batshit crazy masterpiece.
mikeyfreshh on
This doesn’t always work (obviously) but its really cool to see someone take a big swing with an adaptation like this. It could never happen today
dakotanorth8 on
Bob Hoskins is a character legend. Smee in hook. Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Mario.
Dude rocks
Jolly-Virus-9126 on
The production history of this movie is kind of insane. The first draft of this film is basically a westernization of the old Mario OVA. Then it became a Blade Runner nightmare. Love the practical effects and set design. Easily in my top 5 favorite movies to watch, not necessarily favorite movies by quality.
prodigalAvian on
Trust the fungus.
introoutro on
I have seen this movie a billion times, I cannot possibly love it more. Its an incredible piece of art that takes its source material and twists and perverts it in such an insane way, I sincerely have never seen anything like it. Like some adaptations go their own way with the source material, or try to be authentic but just miss the mark. And then *there’s this.*
Its also like– an incredibly entertaining movie with kind of really legit production design? Like some of those sets are absolutely bananas.
Because of this film, I’ll sometimes say “Monkey!” with the same inflection when I see a monkey.
yandere_lily on
Honestly this movie gets more hate than it deserves. It’s weird, yeah, but kinda fun if you don’t take it too seriously.
Main-Waltz-4976 on
That movie feels like someone described Mario to a cyberpunk set designer over a bad phone line and they just ran with it.
It’s objectively a mess… but somehow still iconic for how unapologetically weird it is.
VeryPteri on
If people are allowed to like Mario Galaxy for being dumb fun, I’m allowed to like this
WillDesperate8027 on
Is it a good Mario movie? No. Is it a weird cyberpunk disaster that’s a good time? Hell yeah. I love that Mario and Luigi are wearing the wrong colors liked 80% of the movie
SparxPrime on
Was obsessed with this movie as a kid
alblaster on
I remember being so annoyed and confused when I saw this as a kid. What does this have to do with Super Mario World? But it grew on me. It’s a fun very 90s crazy time.
SparxPrime on
From what I heard the directors just wanted to make a movie about a post apocalyptic cyber punk world, but they only got approved to make a Mario movie, so they went fuck it and just made the movie they wanted to make anyway
bsEEmsCE on
I still quote it more than the recent Mario movie.
“Glug glug glug” “how peculiar” “is she corpulent, very corpulent?” “no, shes just really round” “big bertha!” “name? Mario Mario. And him? Luigi Mario” “B-bomb!!” cmon. Dumb, but memorable insanity.
Over_Importance1882 on
Haven’t seen it in years and yet still remember more scenes and lines than the first Mario animated movie I just saw a few months ago.
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I love this movie. Perfect Mario movie. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo are amazing. The music is great. It’s funny and weird and wonderful.
A batshit crazy masterpiece.
This doesn’t always work (obviously) but its really cool to see someone take a big swing with an adaptation like this. It could never happen today
Bob Hoskins is a character legend. Smee in hook. Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Mario.
Dude rocks
The production history of this movie is kind of insane. The first draft of this film is basically a westernization of the old Mario OVA. Then it became a Blade Runner nightmare. Love the practical effects and set design. Easily in my top 5 favorite movies to watch, not necessarily favorite movies by quality.
Trust the fungus.
I have seen this movie a billion times, I cannot possibly love it more. Its an incredible piece of art that takes its source material and twists and perverts it in such an insane way, I sincerely have never seen anything like it. Like some adaptations go their own way with the source material, or try to be authentic but just miss the mark. And then *there’s this.*
Its also like– an incredibly entertaining movie with kind of really legit production design? Like some of those sets are absolutely bananas.
Also the [Mario Mario](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MNEF7kjf9s) joke is probably my favorite goof in all of 90’s cinema.
It’s a wonderful unhinged acid trip of a movie.
Because of this film, I’ll sometimes say “Monkey!” with the same inflection when I see a monkey.
Honestly this movie gets more hate than it deserves. It’s weird, yeah, but kinda fun if you don’t take it too seriously.
That movie feels like someone described Mario to a cyberpunk set designer over a bad phone line and they just ran with it.
It’s objectively a mess… but somehow still iconic for how unapologetically weird it is.
If people are allowed to like Mario Galaxy for being dumb fun, I’m allowed to like this
Is it a good Mario movie? No. Is it a weird cyberpunk disaster that’s a good time? Hell yeah. I love that Mario and Luigi are wearing the wrong colors liked 80% of the movie
Was obsessed with this movie as a kid
I remember being so annoyed and confused when I saw this as a kid. What does this have to do with Super Mario World? But it grew on me. It’s a fun very 90s crazy time.
From what I heard the directors just wanted to make a movie about a post apocalyptic cyber punk world, but they only got approved to make a Mario movie, so they went fuck it and just made the movie they wanted to make anyway
I still quote it more than the recent Mario movie.
“Glug glug glug” “how peculiar” “is she corpulent, very corpulent?” “no, shes just really round” “big bertha!” “name? Mario Mario. And him? Luigi Mario” “B-bomb!!” cmon. Dumb, but memorable insanity.
Haven’t seen it in years and yet still remember more scenes and lines than the first Mario animated movie I just saw a few months ago.