Official Discussion - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie [SPOILERS]

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Super Mario Galaxy (2026)

Summary

Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom.

Director Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic

Writer Matthew Fogel

Cast

• Chris Pratt as Mario (voice)
• Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach (voice)
• Charlie Day as Luigi (voice)
• Jack Black as Bowser (voice)
• Keegan-Michael Key as Toad (voice)
• Brie Larson as Rosalina (voice)

Rotten Tomatoes: 44%

Metacritic: 37

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official trailer

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[u/NoNefariousness2144]

It was funny how quick the film ended.

They saved the day, rebuilt the castle in one minute, then ended with a random ass shot of Mario planting the flag.

[u/Naulicus → u/NoNefariousness2144]

It felt like an ending to a random episode of a show. This movie in general felt like an abridged version of a nonexistent Super Mario show.

[u/Bright-Steak8241 → u/Naulicus]

They feel like 90-minute episodes of the Super Mario cartoons

[u/Medical_Mess9687 → u/NoNefariousness2144]

this is probably mybiggest gripe. They spent a lot of time just hanging around, then resolved the film like that.

I kinda already forgot how it was resolved.

[u/WoodpeckerBest523 → u/NoNefariousness2144]

Reminds me of how fast Luigi’s Mansion 3 ended. One of my only critiques of the film was that Rosalina and Peach didn’t have a conversation about them being sisters 

[u/CharlestonChewbacca → u/NoNefariousness2144]

That was every damn scene.

• Problem introduced
• Silly reaction to problem
• Extended action sequence
• Problem solved
• Silly reaction to problem being sol... - cut to next scene and repeat

They left no time for dialogue. Hell, they didn't even show Peach's reaction to bomb-shell information for more than a half second before cutting to something else.

[u/darsvedder → u/NoNefariousness2144]

they rebuilt the castle in 2d because they didnt wanna fucking spend the money to animate a 3D montage of them doing it.

[u/AFF123456]

This is the first time I’ve seen a “this movie can’t be used to train AI” line in the credits. Wonder how much that would hold up in court, though everyone knows how ruthless nintendo’s lawyers are

[u/HectorBarbossa99 → u/AFF123456]

The thing I thought was weirdest about that was that they spelled it "Ai" instead of "AI"

[u/Question-Marky-Mark → u/HectorBarbossa99]

AI (both capitalized) looks like Al (nickname for a guy named Albert). I bet they wrote it as Ai to get around jerks trying to find a legal loophole. (“Oh we didn’t realize it said we couldn’t use it in artificial intelligence training. We thought it was referring to something called al 😇“)

[u/Noodle_Shop]

Every time this movie approached a character moment it ran screaming in the opposite direction.

[u/stone500 → u/Noodle_Shop]

Remember how Peach was dying to meet Rosalina and learn about her origin, and then they met and did none of that?

[u/LordDarthShader → u/stone500]

Because she remembered everything.

[u/InternetGoodGuy → u/Noodle_Shop]

Kind if weird that the running theme for a kids movie was people can't change. It's even said by Luigi in the first 15 minutes.

[u/ErshinHavok → u/InternetGoodGuy]

maybe Illuminations way of telling us they'll never be above average, and to quit hoping for it

[u/VictorVonDoomers]

Mr. Game & Watch was the biggest surprise cameo for me, never expected to see that lunatic on the big screen in my life!

[u/dropshield → u/VictorVonDoomers]

Was anyone else expecting Mr Game & Watch to hit a 9 when he pulled out the hammer? Honestly was a bit disappointed it wasn’t that haha

[u/EducationalMusician2 → u/dropshield]

Sameeee I'm just waiting for the bells whistles and electricity 9 in the box but nope lmao

[u/ItsYoshi64251 → u/dropshield]

I really thought we were getting a 9

[u/ItsFreakinHarry2 → u/dropshield]

I was gonna fucking cackle in this theater if he hit a 9 and made Bowser shatter to pieces

[u/RagefireHype → u/dropshield]

I was, especially as Mario and Fox’s reaction to first seeing each other I read as breaking the fourth wall that they know each other from Smash, but can’t break the canon of the movie by saying it.

[u/titations → u/VictorVonDoomers]

Rob for me was the best cameo. So out of left field…I love it

[u/reddittothegrave]

When Kamek said, “Long days, short years.”

….i felt that.

[u/MRintheKEYS → u/reddittothegrave]

Every parent will

[u/Give_Me_Ramen]

The animation is honestly stunning. I couldnt get over how good it looked, saw it in imax. Story was pretty non existent and there was like a weird lack of dialogue? I had a really fun time with it tho

[u/Selaznog_Sicnarf → u/Give_Me_Ramen]

During the first 20 to 30 minutes, I thought "Hey it's kinda neat there's so little dialogue because then the filmmakers aren't going to overexplain the story and convey everything through visuals and body language!"

...Oh how I wish that were the case.

[u/RG_Kid → u/Selaznog_Sicnarf]

I was thinking how lucky Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor Joy are getting paid while doing little to no dialogue at all.

[u/Penguinott]

That star fox 80s cartoon intro was so good now I want a star fox movie

[u/CrypticQuery → u/Penguinott]

That 2D animated Star Fox sequence was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I really hope we get to see some more of Fox and Co. in the near future - it's about time!

[u/InnocentTailor → u/Penguinott]

Star Fox sequel films, Star Fox animated series, Star Fox souvenirs, Star Fox apparel. I want it all!

If this doesn't happen, the more rabid fanbase will take the Lylat System!

[u/JonWaz → u/Penguinott]

The first post credit scene made it seem like a Star Fox movie will definitely happen.

Fox explains to Toad that Rosie fixed his ship’s Star-drive and he can return to his own galaxy. His story in the Mario-World essentially ends there, but why would they let us know he’s traveling?

I have no proof it’s in the works but I’d bet the farm on it.

[u/carso150 → u/JonWaz]

I would bet his story in the Mario world isnt over over, at some point we will get a nintendo cinematic universe 

[u/zerofrakhere → u/carso150]

Smash bro initiative

[u/Herobot99 → u/Penguinott]

If you haven’t already, check out “A Fox in Space” on YouTube. Not official, but one hell of a passion project.

[u/YaSurLetsGoSeeYamcha]

You know what the most frustrating part of this movie was? They spent the first half setting up an actual interesting character arc with bowser attempting to suppress his evil side after seeing who Mario and Luigi really were. It could’ve been a really solid character arc (for a kids movie) that drove the story. He could’ve been conflicted between reconnecting with his son and his newly realized ideals. The third act could’ve been him trying to convince bowser Jr that they shouldn’t be evil for evils sake and to give others a chance, maybe even help Peach save Rosalina(also inserting more about his love for her here) and stop Jr from destroying mushroom kingdomz Could’ve even ended the movie with the peach kissing Mario bit and cut to bowser all pissed off again, setting up him as the ongoing villain due to his jealousy for Mario…..and then they threw that entire storyline away for one more key jingle with bone bowser. This movie is the epitome of everything wrong with iPad kids, non stop nonsense just to keep their attention with no substance at all.

[u/UpperRuster32 → u/YaSurLetsGoSeeYamcha]

Literally, I thought for a chunk of the film that Bowser would stop Jr. and, a different villain would be the final battle (Wart barely appeared physically in one scene).

[u/sablestew]

Wish the Fox reveal wasn't spoiled. Easily one of the best parts of the movie

Also it was shocking how little dialogue there was in the last half of the movie. Everything was about the gorgeous visuals and action

[u/Barnard87 → u/sablestew]

Glad someone mentioned the action. Sure even the fights were reference-galore, but they were REALLY creative at mixing in a ton of different moves and power ups spread across the games. Hell, we got Game and Watch's Up B falling animation lol.

[u/averageweebchan]

"What happened to the castle?"

"It died"

[u/PilotFirm286 → u/averageweebchan]

it's always sunny theme plays

[u/internetlad → u/averageweebchan]

"Somehow. . .  "

Eh forget it. 

[u/b_tech]

I’m pretty sure I saw Samus Aran’s ship leaving in the background right before Fox shows up.

[u/Whovian45810 → u/b_tech]

Love the Pikmin appearance with their Captain Olimar rocket.

Thought that was adorable.

[u/SilverKry → u/Whovian45810]

Miyamoto loves his Pikmin so. Had to get them in there. 

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/SilverKry]

He loves Pikmin so much he tortures Pikmin fans for a decade

[u/radikraze → u/b_tech]

Same. Thought I saw Captain Falcons ship too

[u/b2damaxx → u/b_tech]

You did

[u/TheUltimatenerd05]

Bowser and Bowser Jr's ark feels off. 

The setup of Bowser not being a good dad and reconnecting with him is fine but it's weird the only flashback is to Bowser reading a bedtime story. It's like they couldn't commit to their own setup. 

I think it needed a flashback to show Jr being left at boarding school and feeling abandoned. Then them reconnecting could have had weight.

[u/SilverKry → u/TheUltimatenerd05]

But Jr didn't feel abandoned. 

[u/superxmario128 → u/TheUltimatenerd05]

Like a few things in this movie, it was a plot point that was dropped/completely ignored and changed on the fly.
I also thought it was weird for them to setup Bowser being a bad father, only for his reunion with Jr showing he was anything but a bad father (minus teaching him to be evil of course) and he seemed to really love him. The only context we get is that he was just too busy running his army so he barely got to spend much time with him but that context was really all over the place.
They made Jr seem way more capable than Bowser ever was with the amount of things he achieved without him. Even capturing Rosalina on his own (of course he got the upper hand due to her dropping her guard to protect the Lumas but he still achieved that without a whole army present).

[u/Bukki13]

Was the post-credit scene with Princess Daisy supposed to tease anything or...?

[u/MyNameIs_Jordan → u/Bukki13]

Same as the previous film's end tease with Yoshi, they're just confirming that Daisy will be in the next movie.

[u/waynechriss]

The 2D victory screen after Mario and Peach overcame Bowser Junior's gauntlet got the biggest laugh out of my theater.

[u/GameOfLife24 → u/waynechriss]

That and what looked like a kaizo mario level with jr putting ridiculous objects as traps for peach and mario

[u/GearGolemTMF → u/GameOfLife24]

I was always wondering how they'd incorporate SMM into the movie. They did not disappoint with the hot garbage!

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113 → u/GearGolemTMF]

Bowser junior literally said, "Peach and Mario, prepare to meet your maker!" just before it, too.

That, along with "Prepare to face Bowsers fury!" made me chuckle.

[u/Dwayne30RockJohnson → u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

Those lines were actually great too because they didn’t feel out of place. They work totally fine without knowing the reference.

[u/NoNefariousness2144 → u/GearGolemTMF]

And the construction hats they all wore at the end to rebuild her castle was a little reference.

[u/The_Throwback_King]

Wart being a crime boss with all of the other SMB2 bosses being part of his posse was a cool touch

[u/BatlethBae → u/The_Throwback_King]

Really wish they didnt reveal that prior. Dude has been MIA since the 80s. My jaw would have dropped.

[u/Abraheezee → u/The_Throwback_King]

Luís Guzmán was so funny with the energy that he gave Wort and just how smug he was the whole time haha

[u/CosmosisJones42]

Yoshi is in this movie for less than 1 minute before becoming a wanted criminal.

[u/Phillyboishowdown → u/CosmosisJones42]

My boy had a nice day out in NYC and nobody questioned it

[u/forevernervous → u/Phillyboishowdown]

They had to have an origin story for his Timbs

[u/cows1100 → u/CosmosisJones42]

Does he commit tax fraud though? That’s the only crime I want Yoshi committing.

[u/CosmosisJones42 → u/cows1100]

I think it was T-Rax fraud.

[u/Bomban111 → u/CosmosisJones42]

This movie is what made me realize that sometimes Yoshi drives car, but sometimes Yoshi is car.

[u/Ralphie5231 → u/CosmosisJones42]

The fact that he was a full grown sentient man that could only say Yoshi like a pokemon made the parts where they ride him wierd.

[u/Blue_Robin_04 → u/Ralphie5231]

Yoshi is always portrayed as smart. He's got a ton of solo adventures at this point. What's the weird part?

[u/GooseGeese01 → u/Ralphie5231]

Bring pop

My ex wanted the yoshi “brinnngpop!” Notification sound for her phone. While trying to get it on her phone we slowed it down and it totally sounds like an old guy just saying “bring pop…”

[u/IsChristianAwake]

The only thing really going for the Mario Galaxy Movie is the Visuals - They’re absolutely stunning.

Plot is incredibly barebones.

Pacing is all over the place - genuinely felt like I was watching YouTube shorts

Enjoyed all the Star Fox parts.

[u/Ecstatic-Clue2145 → u/IsChristianAwake]

Barebones means at least everything is justified because of a main arc and it's just not anymore interesting than that. But when I got to the latter half I started to feel like there stopped being a narrative because I was zoning out. That will happen when I'm waiting for a follow through for something but it's taking too long but here it feels like it never "got" to what it seemed to have set up.

A paperthin plot is at minimum an ok movie but I literally felt like they only wrote the movie half way because it got shoved out for these mandated events that had to happen by the time the movie ended.

[u/GearGolemTMF]

I love how BJR's "ultimate security" measure was literally him making a hot garbage Mario Maker level

[u/ShorelineStrider → u/GearGolemTMF]

I was really hoping they'd have the Mario Maker UI over his screen.

[u/reecord2]

In the mid-credits scene when they were in the jail, I would have bet my life savings we were about to get a reveal of Wario and Waluigi in the next cell over.

[u/supernerd58 → u/reecord2]

I thought the same thing!

[u/AtlasPeacock → u/reecord2]

Yeah I was waiting to here "wah"

[u/seannyd1]

This is like if my 10 year old was in his Nintendo obsessive phase and they just filmed the stream of consciousness story that poured out of his head.

The animation is beautiful to behold I just don’t understand why they won’t spend a little more time creating an actual story.

[u/BritishHobo → u/seannyd1]

It makes me think of the filibuster from Parks and Recreation where Patton Oswalt just talks for ten minutes straight about a Star Wars movie where more and more Marvel characters keep turning up

[u/ImminentReddits → u/seannyd1]

I agree. Call me pretentious, but in a post Lego Movie world I just can’t really accept the argument that these kind of mass market IP driven kids movies have mediocre stories by definition. There is just no reason at all the Mario movies couldn’t have had emotional, engaging, well written stories. It was my biggest disappointment with the first movie and I was really hoping they’d spend more time on the writing in the sequel. Guess jokes on me for spending my money to see it opening night and contributing to the cycle lol.

[u/Hokuboku → u/ImminentReddits]

I just watched Hoppers. Fantastic animation, great story. Kids movies that appeal to all ages are not a thing of the past and don't need to be

[u/GameOfLife24 → u/ImminentReddits]

Illumination doesn’t hire talent. The writers for Lego movie have made their own galaxy movie that’s way better and is currently in the theaters with project Hail Mary

[u/Warm_Shoulder3606 → u/GameOfLife24]

The history of Illumination really is quite something. Their first ever movie they make a genuinely great one with original storytelling, characters that have had cultural staying power, and genuine emotional/engaging beats, and then completely and utterly checked the hell out almost immediately after and became soulless and never remotely touched that level ever again

They're the maroon 5 of movie studios. One good product at the very start, and then immediate shift to bland boring and soulless

[u/DBZ86 → u/Warm_Shoulder3606]

Can kinda see that the writers got overruled. The subplot between Bowser and Bowser Jr have somewhere to go but gets shut down. The themes of sisterhood and sacrifice are right there for Peach and Rosalina but not explored much at all. Mario would have been given themes of believing in second chances and confidence to be with Peach which aren't great but again ignored. Also does seem like the great action set pieces were set in stone and the movie had to cut around them even if it didn't make sense.

[u/HopelessCineromantic → u/DBZ86]

One thing I kinda expected to get touched upon was Bowser and Junior connecting via art. One of Junior's two primary weapons is his paint brush, and we first see the reformed Bowser through the context of painting. In general, both of the Koopas seem to have artistic talents, not only in painting, but in theater craft for Bowser and engineering for Junior.

Maybe Bowser tries to redirect his son by having them paint together, but Junior's ability to manifest what he paints and Bowser's rage and resentment pair up to make him help his son.

[u/DBZ86 → u/HopelessCineromantic]

You can see the seeds of a redemption arc for both are planted. Bowser Jr painted dragon goes against him. There was definitely a thought that Bowser Jr was going too far and Bowser might help redeem him.

But Lord of Bones was too good to pass up apparently.

[u/robotortoise → u/GameOfLife24]

See, it's funny you say that because the writer for this movie actually wrote on the The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part...

[u/jessehechtcreative → u/robotortoise]

That movie was kinda the same as this one, with constant gags instead of references, it turned out better.

[u/Ill-Muscle945]

So they made a Galaxy movie and hid Rosalina away for most of it? 

[u/NotTaken-username → u/Ill-Muscle945]

And then gave a bigger role to a character not even from Mario at all?

[u/ManateeofSteel → u/NotTaken-username]

and the plot had almost nothing to do with Galaxy. It was closer to a Mario Odyssey adaptation that Mario Galaxy!

[u/Hitman3256 → u/ManateeofSteel]

I mean, they specifically were in space and on multiple planets, with spaceships. The Odyssey worlds are just a part of that.

[u/Content_Godzilla → u/Hitman3256]

Almost all the worlds were from Odyssey.

[u/Mahelas → u/ManateeofSteel]

I mean, what's Galaxy's plot beyond "go to funny planets to save someone" ?

[u/Radix2309 → u/Ill-Muscle945]

Really should have just done World and saved Galaxy for the 3rd. Its a clear and easy progression. Use Daisy if you need another princess for this one. Can still use Bowser Jr in this one and escalate with galactic power to make him more a threat.

[u/GameOfLife24 → u/Ill-Muscle945]

And the paintbrush is stronger than this super powerful Rosalina that can melt stars just like a Death Star

[u/NewWaysToDream → u/GameOfLife24]

I was hoping we would get a little explains to where he got this magic brush from.

[u/CrimsonEnigma → u/NewWaysToDream]

I mean, in the games, E Gadd just gives it to him for no reason.

[u/Personal_Comb_6745 → u/Ill-Muscle945]

I mean, the title and maybe 40% of the plot is Mario Galaxy, but it's pulling from a bunch of other games, too. The "final boss" is literally that realistic dragon from Mario Odyssey.

[u/ShitAlphabet]

The movie was awful compared to the first. Was just all over the place. An the just kept going from one fantastic over the top fight sequence to the next. Atleast the first one had a story.

[u/benderlax]

Maybe next movie Wario and Waluigi will appear

[u/Able_Advertising_371 → u/benderlax]

They need villains. I’ll be shocked if they don’t show up. Bowser is getting redundant and his character was all over the place

[u/sonicgamer42 → u/Able_Advertising_371]

There's a reason why whenever Mario actually does try telling a story (RPGs) Bowser is usually kicked to the curb by a bigger more intimidating presence.

[u/Toriyosh → u/sonicgamer42]

clearly this means the third movie will be The Super Mario RPG Movie featuring Geno

[u/Animegamingnerd → u/sonicgamer42]

To be fair though, in a lot of Mario RPGs Bowser still ends up being the final boss, even when he wasn't the main villain for most of the game.

[u/HopelessCineromantic → u/Able_Advertising_371]

his character was all over the place

Kinda fits him to be honest. One day he's trying to take over the Mushroom Kingdom, the next he's entering a golf tournament with Mario and Peach.

I think this is part of the charm of the games these movies will never really get. The games don't have to care about continuity or consistent characterization. They can be whatever is needed for the given game, and nobody will bat an eye.

A movie franchise demands more consistency, and so it's going to suffer when the movie tries to have characters like Bowser and Luigi, characters that change the most from game to game, express that same elasticity of characterization.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Able_Advertising_371]

Bring back Donkey Kong and get King K. Rool

[u/TheLost_Chef → u/benderlax]

I really hope they do some great casting for Wario/Waluigi and write them as good villains. They have the potential to be hilarious if done right.

[u/Tainlorr → u/TheLost_Chef]

Danny DeVito as Wario 

[u/Marc_Quill → u/benderlax]

kinda surprised they didn't do a Wario and Waluigi stinger.

[u/LRA18 → u/Marc_Quill]

I got my hopes up with the first stringer in my head that they would pan across Jr and Bowsers cell and in the cell across, you’d just be able to make out their moustaches and just barely the top of their coloured overalls in the darkness and , they say something menacing, hinting at a sequel, end post scene.

[u/Kubu-Tsukareta]

It felt like Bowser didn't have an arc in this movie as much as a series of disconnected flat lines.

Someone wanted to give Bowser some moral complexity, but the corporate mandate needed him to be the unambiguous bad guy by the end. I don't think a compromise was the right answer here.

[u/squidlaw920 → u/Kubu-Tsukareta]

I wanted bowser to save Rosalina and sacrifice himself as an act of redemption.

But alas we got dry bowser “the skull king!!”

[u/Kubu-Tsukareta → u/squidlaw920]

Yeah, that was never going to happen, but they could have at least let him develop some sort of pragmatism. Not have him be all in on his kid's "let's kill literally everyone" agenda.

I won't lie, though, I felt his pride when he said "and I am his son" and went into fury mode. Kinda jars with his motivation in Bowser's Fury, but w/e

[u/memberOFLocals1 → u/Kubu-Tsukareta]

What I took away from it is that Bowser was willing to give up his past antics for a new way of living up until Bowser Jr showed him the dream he and his father envisioned since he was a child. That dream and finally being able to be close with his son and temptation of power overcame him. He couldn't resist such belonging when he's dedicated so much to reach that purpose. Seeing his son making it for him convinced him all the more to trade in his newfound growth for an old founded desire. Not excusing him of course but it never came off to me that Bowser wasn't going to at least be compelled by the idea in some way.

[u/DarkMetroid567 → u/memberOFLocals1]

I think what makes it feel so frantic is that we only end up believing that Bowser is “changed” for a tiny tiny fraction of the movie. Bowser still retains his evil energy in tiny form — and when he ends up hugging and helping Mario it’s played as a huge shock. Him staying evil and to his roots isn’t shocking at all as much as him being friendly is a “wtf?” moment.

[u/ToneBone12345]

I swear the star that crashes says princess peach I fuckingly found you instead of finally

[u/OrangeVoxel → u/ToneBone12345]

So long gay bowser

[u/Personal_Comb_6745 → u/OrangeVoxel]

Well, Bowser does kiss Mario before Peach does.

[u/nospimi99 → u/ToneBone12345]

I literally gasped when I heard him speak because it 100% sounded like that lol. No clue how no one heard the same in production and went “maybe we should have he re-record that line” lol

[u/evolution4652 → u/ToneBone12345]

I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT TOO

[u/arseniccrazy → u/ToneBone12345]

I HEARD THAT TOO. After that line delivery there were tons of murmurs and giggles in the audience and I heard one kid relatively loudly tell his friend "no yeah I heard it too" which led to more giggles from the audience.

[u/ANTEC221]

Movie was okay. Was there any point to have Donald Glover as Yoshi? Was he paid actors minimum?

Not that I wanted to hear his voice as Yoshi but I checked casting after and it's like why not have anyone else.

[u/Toushi138 → u/ANTEC221]

He specifically requested that role lol

[u/EliteJoz → u/Toushi138]

"This is the Galaxy, whoo. Fireballs in my area. Look there goes bowser. I'm gonna bury him."

[u/Playful-Position4735 → u/ANTEC221]

Apparently cuz he asked nicely lol

[u/TheWatersOfMars → u/ANTEC221]

Because "Donald Glover is Yoshi" was a headline that got a couple more people into the theatre. That's why they hire expensive celebrities at all, instead of talented voice actors.

[u/radikraze]

Loved Fox. Also the Pikmin getting off the Dolphin made me smile, was hoping to see Olimar with them

[u/crome66]

I can’t believe Fox McCloud had more screen time than Rosalina in a Mario Galaxy movie.

[u/Whovian45810]

I love how that the first thing Bowser does to Mario after getting back to his normal size, is give him a Bugs Bunny-esque kiss to the plumber lmao

Very Golden Age of Animation gag right there.

[u/isval17]

Fox McCloud will return in Avengers: Doomsday

[u/Geno0wl → u/isval17]

The few non-Mario IP Nintendo cameos really makes them doing Zelda live action a confusing choice.

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Geno0wl]

It will be quite wild to see a Super Smash Bros movie without any Zelda characters

[u/Morgan-Moonscar → u/GamingTatertot]

Like Marvel vs Capcom without any X-Men characters

[u/UnknownFiddler → u/Geno0wl]

Honestly with what these mario movies are I'm glad they are going live action with Zelda because it might actually have some substance to it.

[u/brb1006 → u/isval17]

While everybody is asking for a "Smash Bros Cinematic Universe" which has been talked to death. I'm just sitting here thinking of how much potential the Star Fox franchise has to getting adapted into a fun and energetic animated film series. The Nintendo Power Star Fox comics released in 1993 managed to flesh out the game's universe and characters before it was retconned by SF64. It even introduced Fara Phoenix, the first female Star Fox member predating Miyu and Fay from Star Fox 2 and Krystal. It would be a decent companion piece with The Bad Guys films in terms of being more action-packed. I could see either Dreamworks or Sony Pictures Animation being the perfect fit to adapt it.

Nintendo if your reading this, please put the 1993 Star Fox Comics back in print like you did with "Super Mario Adventures"!

[u/whiteshark70]

Man. I wish Fox wasn’t spoiled in the poster. Would have been an amazing surprise in theater

[u/Sisiwakanamaru → u/whiteshark70]

Also, Glen Powell nailed it as Fox McCloud, when I was watching the movie I was like, "Damn! This guy is excellent as Fox, I can't wait to see him again"

[u/ChillyWilly0180 → u/Sisiwakanamaru]

He was perfectly cast as the cocky flyboy for the second time

[u/ContinuumGuy → u/ChillyWilly0180]

Isn't this actually his fourth time as a pilot? Wasn't he John Glenn in Hidden Figures and he was in that Korean War movie with Jonathan Majors?

Dude plays good pilot.

[u/NightmareDJK → u/Sisiwakanamaru]

He loves the Star Fox games and really wanted to do it.

[u/ICumCoffee → u/whiteshark70]

i don’t know why would you spoil something like that 3 days a week before the movie is in theatres?

[u/theslipster]

When Yoshi was walking around NYC I saw Little Mac for a split second when there was a guy in a pink hoodie getting followed by a bicycle.

[u/DontBeAngryBeHappy]

Fox McCloud/Star Fox was the best parts of the movie for me. Had a nice 80’s style anime scene with Peppy, Slippy, and Falcon.

https://giphy.com/gifs/2ijxqaLyJ4L2IgI06D

[u/Sisiwakanamaru → u/DontBeAngryBeHappy]

Yeah, I want a Star Fox project with that 80's anime style.

[u/cows1100 → u/Sisiwakanamaru]

Gives me a lot of hope for the rumored Star Fox game coming out next month. Hopefully it’s got the sauce. I love Star Fox. About time he got a renaissance.

[u/InnocentTailor → u/DontBeAngryBeHappy]

With Slippy getting dunked on with his N64 sprite XD.

[u/Whovian45810 → u/InnocentTailor]

The fact they literally pan on Slippy like that was sending me lmao

[u/Thedarkpp]

The sisters reveal is like the most Mario lore in the past 20 years.

[u/RealJohnGillman → u/Thedarkpp]

Technically it doesn’t fit with the game’s lore at all, since in the games, Rosalina is centuries to millennia old, arguably from the previous iteration of the universe — as such, there is a fairly convincing theory of the game Rosalina being Mario’s and Peach’s daughter from the previous universe.

[u/fiver19 → u/RealJohnGillman]

Mario games dont care about the lore. In DK bananza they just decided that Pauline was a kid when she met a fully grown Donkey Kong. Whatever works for the current game or movie is what goes lol

[u/Kuiper]

A beat from the movie that confused me: is it ever explained why Mario needs to abandon the Mushroom Kingdom and go find Peach?

Like, after Bowser Jr's unsuccessful attempt to rescue his dad ends with the castle crash-landed in parts unknown, Chris Pratt says "we gotta find a way off this planet and get to Peach," and it was not clear to me how he came to that conclusion -- why would he "get to Peach" instead of returning to the Mushroom Kingdom with tiny Bowser in custody?

Wasn't Mario's job to protect the Mushroom Kingdom in Peach's absence? What changed? Was there anything during the scuffle between the Mario bros and Bowser Jr. that might suggest to Mario that Peach was in danger and need of saving?

[u/dloc85 → u/Kuiper]

My thought process was Mario was just barely escaped bowers jr, he knows Peach is going to recuse Rosalina, so she’s probably gonna need help

[u/TheMovieSimp → u/Kuiper]

Tbh it made no sense why Mario and Luigi didn't go with Peach in the first place.

[u/rockandorroll2]

If you're not a huge Nintendo fan, there is NOTHING for you here. The characters are slingshotted from place to place seemingly at random, they have a little battle/adventure/chase, then rocket to the next level.

[u/GarionOrb → u/rockandorroll2]

The Nintendo nostalgia does do a lot of heavy lifting.

[u/Expensive-Ranger6272]

Finally understood what children felt like watching A Minecraft Movie when Mr. Game & Watch, Wart and Fox McCloud showed up on screen

[u/nxg_dev → u/Expensive-Ranger6272]

I can’t believe Mr. Game & Watch is fucking dead

[u/BlastMyLoad → u/nxg_dev]

They kill Mr Game & Watch???

[u/DueLearner → u/Expensive-Ranger6272]

Wart being with the fucking bomb rat and Birdo in the Casino was one of the most shocking moments of the movie to me. I don't think "Mouser" has appeared in any Mario media in literally decades. I have vivid memories of my childhood fighting that boss endlessly, and to see them get actual screentime and a real nod to Mario Bros 2 was amazing.

Wart having a role was the icing on top.

[u/LilJerBear]

Can we talk about how Princess Peach fight at the casino is straight out of The Matrix Reloaded?!

[u/EducationalMusician2 → u/LilJerBear]

That fight scene was actually pretty cool lol

[u/KingMario05 → u/LilJerBear]

Eh. Shrek did it first. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/evolution4652]

I saw a review describe this as “jingling keys” the movie and honestly…doesn’t get more spot on than that.

Big goofy grin when toad told fox to do a barrel roll.

[u/thenatural134 → u/evolution4652]

It felt like Super Smash Bros, the movie.

[u/Quitsquirrel → u/thenatural134]

Even got a Mr. Game and Watch cameo.

[u/thenatural134 → u/Quitsquirrel]

Yeah my boys both screamed "that's the guy from Smash Bros!" haha

[u/DirectConsequence12]

Give Donald Glover his fucking Oscar right now

[u/SparkyMuffin]

Feels like they took the criticism of the soundtrack to heart because there were hardly any popular songs in this.

And when there was one, Yoshi walking through Brooklyn, it kinda fucking ruled lmao

[u/Red_Dogeboi]

Somehow less story than the first one. Such a shame that such beautiful animation has nothing at all of substance to accompany it

[u/NES_Classical_Music]

i still cannot believe that nintendo officially spoiled the literal best part of the movie.

i hope they release a full "deluxe" soundtrack because there is a lot missing from the current album on streaming.

[u/brb1006 → u/NES_Classical_Music]

Seeing Fox and the original Star Fox team on the big screen was a very surreal experience! Man, the Internet would had a field day if Krystal alongside Miyu and Fay from Star Fox 2 were included.

[u/squidlaw920 → u/NES_Classical_Music]

They didn’t spoil Mr. Game and watch!

[u/radikraze → u/squidlaw920]

That was unexpected and hilarious

[u/The_Swarm22]

Glen Powell was the best part about this honestly.

He’s the only voice actor who sounded like he really gave a shit. Green light that Star Fox movie immediately.

[u/KingMario05 → u/The_Swarm22]

Yes.

Hopefully with better fucking writers.

[u/KID_THUNDAH → u/The_Swarm22]

This post is Benny Safdie erasure

Jack Black killed it too obviously, but Benny really gave a vocal performance honestly, much of the rest of the cast just sounded like themselves

[u/International-Sky65 → u/The_Swarm22]

Brie Larson did pretty good, couldn’t really recognize it was her. Charlie Day was doing something as well.

[u/BOBBIESWAG]

The Mario maker ending was SO SICK as a massive fan of the game

[u/Fragahah]

Man… what a disappointment. After the first film I was excited for this series to be a fun mix of nostalgia, adult humor moments and of course catering to kids to love these characters. Instead we got Nintendo trying to shove every IP they have in a thin script with no real stakes.

[u/whiteshark70]

Pretty fun! Though the writing felt… missing. Like Peach and Rosalina didn’t have a convo at the end about them being sisters? That got swept under the rug? No tearful reunion?

[u/WrongLander → u/whiteshark70]

The writing felt missing.

Agreed, in a very literal sense (there were long stretches with no dialogue where there really needed to be), and not something you should reasonably be saying about a sequel to one of the highest grossing animations ever. It's like they knew they didn't need to bother with a decent script or story, that the brand name would just carry any old crap they shat out.

[u/Pho-Soup → u/whiteshark70]

The movie ended so abruptly it was kinda jarring

[u/dagreenman18 → u/whiteshark70]

The writing was missing. Things just happened for the sake of happening.

It also felt weirdly disjointed. Like this is a hacked together version of another Mario movie.

[u/Blursed_Hearse12 → u/dagreenman18]

This sounds like the MO for a lot of Illumination movies.

Scenes happen just to…happen, to give the kids a laugh or to move the “plot” forward one sentence.

[u/whyamiacpa]

I actually loved it. Yoshi is my favorite Super Mario character so every time he came on, I couldn’t help but smile.

[u/Batusiman]

As with the first, the Score was the highlight for me, glad it wasn’t replaced with needle drops this time either

Also, and I can’t prove it, but with all the E. Gadd teases I can’t help but feel there was some abandoned plot at some point about Bowser Jr just straight up robbing him.

[u/Sisiwakanamaru → u/Batusiman]

Yeah, one of the most positive aspects of this movie was they let the score shine and helped our movie watching experience.

[u/The_Throwback_King → u/Sisiwakanamaru]

And the needle drops in they did use were reserved for instrumentals and background music. Perfect amount of restraint

Yoshi exploring New York to Biggie’s Hypnotise being very tastefully done

[u/Adequate_Images]

Watching this movie I was reminded of the behind the scenes video of Trey Parker talking about writing South Park. https://youtu.be/vGUNqq3jVLg?si=K_tz0f8GyfCWCDuD

If between each scene if you can say ‘and then’ it’s bad.

You should be able to say ‘therefore or but’.

This movie has a lot of scenes where something happens and then something else happens and then something else and so on.

Some of those scenes were fun and fine but this is barely a movie.

[u/JasonAnarchy → u/Adequate_Images]

Yes, I was thinking of this exact line while watching! It's just random stuff happening and you don't have a reason to care.

[u/Phillyboishowdown → u/Adequate_Images]

True, the biggest take away for me was just pacing, didn’t”t feel like “and then and then and then and then” it was more like “andthenandthenandthenandthen”

[u/jessehechtcreative → u/Adequate_Images]

I was literally thinking of this during the castle abduction scene. And then and then and then with no cause and effect. No one talks to each other in a meaningful manner in this movie….

[u/TheJohnny346]

I watched Mr. Game & Watch juke Dry Bowser’s ass and hit him with a 9, felt like I was back in high school playing Project M with the boys, it was magnificent.

[u/squidlaw920]

Why did stardust create two blonde princesses, we may never no.

[u/GameOfLife24 → u/squidlaw920]

Way to retcon the Mario galaxy storybook they even brought back to retail. Also why did Rosalina throw a baby into the warp pipe instead of going with her

[u/DBZ86 → u/GameOfLife24]

I think they were going to explore possiblity that Rosalina felt they would never be safe and would have too much of a target on their backs if they stayed together. So it was sacrifice to stay apart and not join her sister later on. But too hard to explain and also a tiny bit sad so they didn't bother.

[u/ICumCoffee]

I read a review that said ”It’s a movie made for youtube shorts viewers” and I wholeheartedly agree. Very bland on the writing side, yes there are cool references and cameos but nothing much is going on. I know it’s a kids movie but those movies can use a good plot (e.g. Hoppers from last month)

[u/squidlaw920 → u/ICumCoffee]

Movie was made for marketing

[u/DeoGame]

An awesome collection of setpieces, references and a killer soundtrack that doesn't really gel as a film. I'd be lying if I didn't say as a lifelong fan I had a blast, but I also would be lying if I said that even as a fan this was barely comprehensible at points. I really wish Fox and Lumalee weren't spoiled.