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WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

I don’t see how anyone could have thought this was a good idea. I first saw the movie when I was really young (five probably), and even then I knew it was horrible and had basically nothing to do with the game series. I bought it a couple of weeks ago because I thought it would be funny to own it, and I wanted to see how bad it really is as an adult. The fact that it was only $5 didn’t hurt either. After stalling because I knew it would suck so bad, I watched it earlier this morning, and WHOA, I didn’t expect it to be that terrible. What surprised me the most is that it wasn’t an absolute career killer. A quick check on IMDB showed that the main stars of the movie got plenty of work after it. Congratulations to them indeed.

It soothes me to know that it was a box office flop, but what soothes me even more so is this quote I discovered via Wikipedia from Bob Hoskins (Mario) on the project (from an interview with The Guardian):

“The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Bros. It was a nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! Fuckin’ nightmare. Fuckin’ idiots.”

Hilarious. I know that they wanted to cash-in on the Super Mario Bros. name, but they should have known better. I actually lost my appetite while watching it. A perfectly good Fettuccini Alfredo with Garlic Bread meal ruined, and you know how nasty that stuff becomes when it gets cold.

I hope that quote from The Washington Post (pictured above) stating that this movie is “A BLAST!” is taken out of context or something. Those of you who have yet to see the movie should be aware that this movie is anything but. It doesn’t matter if you enjoy watching bad movies because they’re bad, this is different. This is a brutal attempt to rape your childhood. Even Miyamoto himself knows it sucks, he just won’t put it so bluntly : P

“I think that they tried very hard and in the end it was a very fun project that they put a lot of effort into. The one thing that I still have some regrets about is that the movie may have tried to get a little too close to what the Mario Bros. videogames were. And in that sense, it became a movie that was about a videogame, rather than being an entertaining movie in and of its self.”

Don’t let his word play fool you! He knows the movie is crap, and that should be enough for you not to watch it. Wikipedia does a fine job of explaining the problems of the movie for me, so check the link below.

At least videogame movies are starting to improve, right?
 
 
Right?
 
 
 
 
Wikipedia, The Guardian, Next Generation

I just walked in from seeing this, and I loved it!

When I first saw the preview for it at a Transformers showing, I knew that my incredibly awesome idea had been done first. I always thought it would be cool if an epic movie would be shot on what seemingly is a hand camera, heightening the realism of the situation. I knew I was going to love this movie, and for those of you who remember, the name of the movie was not given in the premiere trailer.

Immediately when I arrived home, I went to Google and discovered that the movie was codenamed “Cloverfield” (although I don’t think that was surely to be the final title at the time). And that was it. I made sure not to read anything up on it as to avoid spoilers. The movie was released the day my brother and I returned from Europe, and we have been furniture shopping and just getting settled into our new home. I have been wanting to see it ever since we returned, and I can happily say that I wasn’t disappointed (I mean, I did already say I loved it…). I can also happily say that I am SO glad I do not get motion sickness from stuff like this. I’ve already read tons of comments of people saying how they had to close their eyes or use some other remedy because of the shaky camera. Not me! My eyes were plastered to the theater screen the whole time, although I was a bit concerned before the movie started after reading such comments. Now, onto the movie itself:
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