Schmidt
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Okay. Now we see what the run looks like.
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Mario movie talk from 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom
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Schmidt
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Except this movie is far from good.
So you’ve retreated from “niche” to “not good.” Okay dude.
ahem
Sharon&Susan
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Getting WDWPro flashbacks right now.
UNCgolf
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To be fair, it has mediocre to bad reviews -- it's at 47 on Metacritic (which isn't the be all end all, but it gives you a decent snapshot of overall opinion). Even the video game websites I go to have said it's basically a collection of references/Easter eggs rather than any kind of good movie on its own.
But since people are paying to go see it, it could be the worst movie ever made and Universal/Nintendo would still be pleased. As long as they're turning a healthy profit the critical reviews are mostly irrelevant.
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Ayla
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The reviews I've read are awful.
It’s got an A on Cinemascore, so word of mouth is going to be great. Maybe it’s not for you?
Not just the critical views, but word of mouth is going to be great. It’s been building an audience over the weekend.
But surely you have to concede this property is far from “niche” at this point
BlakeW39
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I don't think the number of search results that a franchise elicits is really reflective of how well known or important it is. Moreso a reflection of relevant it is today. Superman isn't as relevant today as Batman or Spider-Man are, and Mickey's cultural importance is basically limited to being a brand mascot for Disney, which would limit its search results. However I'd definitely wager Superman and Mickey are both far more engrained in western culture than Mario is. They were as well known as Mario is today before Mario was even ever created.
That aside though, Mario is a very well known and popular character and that fact is reflected in the film's opening weekend. Anyone saying Mario is niche, lol. What decade do you think this is would be my first response.
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bcoachable
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Saw it last evening- it was fun enough. Made for the kiddos, but nostalgic enough for the boomers. The fun thing for me was - this was the first time I’d seen people not just in the movie, but in the lobby, at the counters getting stuff - the whole enchilada of movie going so to speak- in a long time… seemed like people
may be ready to go back to the movies again
may be ready to go back to the movies again
UNCgolf
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I don't think I've ever called Mario "niche", although if I did it wasn't intended in the way people probably took it. I always expected this movie to make a ton of money.
If you ever played Mario Games, then you know that there is not much to their stories. It can almost always be summed up like this: [Villain] kidnaps [important person] and [Hero] has to save them. 90% of the time the three people are Bowser, Peach and Mario. So not having much of a story fits but was mildly disappointing. It was still a great ride I throughly enjoyed but it doesn’t reach the height of the Lego Movie because it’s missing that deeper story. It still had so many references to keep adults entertained. Kids are going to eat it up though.
Now my pitchfork will come out of the Zelda Movie is as light in the story but I doubt Eiji Aonuma would allow that to happen.
Now my pitchfork will come out of the Zelda Movie is as light in the story but I doubt Eiji Aonuma would allow that to happen.
999th Happy Haunt
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I am so happy the Mario movie is doing well. Great to see Universal and Nintendo smash the box office while Disney bombs its animated films that lately seem like they to want to push an agenda or preach a “deep intellectual moral” before being a good movie. The Mario movie was simple and plain fun, that’s why it’s great.
999th Happy Haunt
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Strange World and Lightyear fan?
Super Mario Bros has a higher Cinemascore (A) than those two films (B and A-), meaning paying customers enjoyed it much more. Audience score for TSMB movie is 96% positive. It’s clearly finding more than a paying audience, making more in its first weekend than the combined lifetime box office of those two films.
Disney animated films have likely lost the company hundreds of millions of dollars over the last three years, but someone will surely pop up and say all is well because they’re better reviewed than Illumination movies or a bunch of people watched them on Disney plus over a few weeks.
BrianLo
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Point of contention, Mario is not a baby boom nostalgia franchise. They were already adults upon its conception.
It's an 80's+ kids franchise, which is later half Gen X and strongly millennial.
IE parents today, making it an easy sell to take the family to the movie.
bcoachable
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Point taken- I often am
Mistaken for a boomer as people drive past shaking their fist….
To be fair to their accusations, I did play pong way before I ever drove any of Mario’s carts…
