Just got back from the Super Mario movie. It was EXCELLENT.

This is what you get when you remove Hollywood from the equation. It

wasn't woke, it wasn't stupid, it was just lots and lots of fun. First

time I've seen the inside of a theater in years. Worth every penny.

It honored the video games without being corny or stupid. The score
brought in elements from the video games in a classy way. The
character origin stories were believable (as much as can be for the
genre anyway). They even made Princess Peach a strong female with
"girl power" without making her a feminist nazi.

They are using the Mario movie as a symbol of the anti-woke struggle around here, which obviously means I am already bugging my friends to go watch it.

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Nope! We've been a Nintendo family for many years. Also I am Italian and know how to repair plumbing.

The movie was THAT good. The news that there is absolutely NO Hollywoke crap in it got my butt into the seat; the excellent animation, storyline, music, and nods to the video games kept it there to the very last frame.

This does not come lightly! The last time I was in a theater was Kung Fu Panda (2008) -- ironically, another animated film featuring the voice talents of Jack Black.

Just got back from the Super Mario movie. It was EXCELLENT.

I finally got to watch it. It was certainly worth the ticket price.

Bowser's kingdom looked like a great place to live in if you are a Metal or Rock guy.

Also, my friends pointed out that Lumalee was the movie's version of myself when playing RPGs or cooperative games, because I have a bad tendency to laught my ass off when plans go wrong and sprout lines such as "OK, we fucked up, but we may still die quickly so the suffering is over soon." I actually struggled not to fall on the floor laughting.