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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Nintendo
EAN: 0786936209389
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 03, 2003
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 2256
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 28, 1993
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Description:
Buckle up and hang on tight -- the discovery of a parallel universe launches you into the adventure of a lifetime! Mario and Luigi, two wacky plumbers, undertake a daring quest to save a princess in 'Dinohattan' -- a hidden world where the inhabitants evolved from dinosaurs! Mario (Bob Hoskins -- WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT) and Luigi (John Leguizamo -- REGARDING HENRY) face deadly challenges from a diaboloical lizard king (Dennis Hopper -- HOOSIERS) and must battle giant reptilian goombas, outwit misfit thugs, and undermine a sinister scheme to take over the world! Blast off for nonstop excitement with SUPER MARIO BROS., the live-action thrill ride that dazzled moviegoers everywhere!
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Rating:  - Mario Mario, His Brother Luigi and the Parallel World
I saw this when I was a kid, and though I wasn't exactly a huge fan of it, I did collect quite a few of the trading cards. Saw it again just recently. Though it augments a couple of the ideas from the Super Mario series (Thwomp Stompers, Goombas, etc), Super Mario Bros is nothing like those early Nintendo games. Rather than being a colourful, cute and varied fantasy, the world of the "Mushroom Kingdom" is trashy and dirty, full of crime, cars, cages and sci-fi explanations. Still, I found it entertaining enough, I loved Bob Hoskins as Mario, particularly his scenes in New York as a plumber and his banter with Luigi. Plus, the film captures a style and an era that is thoroughly interesting.
Mario and his kid brother Luigi are plumbers, and after finishing a job run into Daisy, a student archaeologist who is digging up a site in Brooklyn which may be where the meteor that wiped the dinosaurs out is buried. Luigi falls for Daisy, and takes her on a double date with Mario and his own girlfriend. But things go wrong that night when Mario's date is kidnapped and the site where Daisy and her team are digging is sabotaged. While fixing up the damage with Mario and Luigi, Daisy is also kidnapped. Mario and Luigi follow the echoes of her screams down a tunnel and find a gateway into a parallel dimension, where dinosaurs evolved into human beings, and live on a world short of resources and all desert, save for a city run by a man named Koopa...
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Rating: - A Twist to the Classic Video Game!!!
When I was a kid, I liked this movie. Now that I'm older, I still like it! The movie is very different from the game! It was cool that they played the Mario music at the beginning of the movie! Bob Hoskins made an awesome Mario, but I'm not sure John Legiuzamo was right for Luigi. Mario and Luigi meet a girl named Daisy (Princess Toadstool) Luigi starts to fall in love with her. Later two guys take Daisy back to another dimension. Mario and Luigi follow and come to a world where dinosaurs look like real people and live in a world where King Koopa rules. Mario and Luigi try to save Princess Daisy from Koopa's castle! If you love the game, you might like the film version of SUPER MARIO BROTHERS!!!
Rating:  - Thank You, But Our Brains Are In Another Castle...
The Good Things
*Some very slick special effects.
*Some fun actions scenes (the police car chase was cool).
*Some funny moments too (although much of it is quite corny. I still think the elevator scene was great, though).
*Pretty good production design. Lots of scummy futuristic settings, props, and costumes (although nothing really resembles the original computer game).
*The story idea is not bad (especially since the computer game was so surreal to begin with). They did a good job incorporating modern ideas about alternate universes, explaining what may have happened to dinosaurs, and describing the evolution of life. Well, much of this is BS, but it's good enough.
*Good soundtrack (I still like the "Walk the Dinosaur" song).
The Bad Things
*The production design resembles something out of "Blade Runner," so it lacks the bright and fantastic settings and atmosphere of the original computer games. I think it would have worked better as a "Narnia" sort of thing instead of this far-out sci-fi. All around, it resembles surprisingly little of the original game, except for all of the names.
*Also missing out on a whole bunch of the creatures from the original games (I guess they didn't have the time or money).
*Wow, the opening is pretty dumb.
*Some parts are just plain weird. Mario and Bowser appear in the middle of a huge crowd and throw some magic around, and nobody seems concerned. They even laugh when the mobster is turned ... Read More
Rating:  - The worst console to cinema venture in history
I guess I was like 13 when I first saw this movie. Even then I was smart enough to watch this tanked piece of garbage, and say to myself, "What the hell is going on here?" Bob Hoskins was okay, as Mario, but John Lequizzano as Luigi? Tear out my eyes, would you please? I'm so glad this film bombed. It would have been excruciatingly painful to watch a sequel. It was a disaster and it looked nothing like the game.
Rating: - It ain't no game, it's a horrific mess of a movie...
I can't believe there are actually people who liked this nightmare of a movie! Super Mario Bros The Movie is hailed by all gamers as the prime example of just how bad a movie adaption of a popular video game can be!
Many make the excuse that the only reason why no one likes this movie is because it was made for kids. How exactly does that make sense??? There are plenty of kids movies that adults can watch and enjoy. The Iron Giant was a kid's movie, and I consider it to be one of the best animated movies I've ever seen! The same can be said for Disney movies like Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins. And what about other great kids movies like Sandlot, The Mouse on the Motorcycle, and The Princess Bride? All of those were kids movies, yet they're still highly entertaining to adult audiences as well.
I didn't even like Super Mario Bros The Movie when I first saw it as a kid... Why? Because I watched it expecting to see Mario & Luigi running around the Mushroom Kingdom trying to save Pricess Toadstool from King Koopa, instead I saw Bob Hoskins & John Leguizamo running around an underground city in another dimension trying to save a red-haired woman from Dennis Hopper, the hippie in Easy Rider!
It was totally unfaitful to the games... Princess Toadstool's name is Peace, Daisy is the Princess of another kingdom, Yoshi isn't a Raptor, Koopa is a giant fire-breathing dragon, not an overly smug business man, and Goombas are tiny little fanged-mushrooms with little black shoes, ... Read More
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