Super Mario Bros. (1993) - MOVIE REACTION!!

[@BlindWave]

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[@manusm2137]

Guys could you pls watch Indian movies again?

[@davidcase8635]

@BlindWave Every time I watch you guys, it's like watching Mystery Science Theater 3000 again.

[@Jesup1204]

I feel like they were setting up Scapelli to become Donkey Kong in the sequel we never got.

[@matthewpaul6904]

I do love the conceit of a villain frustrated with how stupid his minions are so he makes them smarter. But now they're so intelligent that they realize he is the problem and they join the heroes. I love it.

[@shelbyherring92]

Yeah, it's like... imagine if Shredder or Krang made Bebop and Rocksteady smarter. It'd be kind of hilarious.

[@franklynpimentel6897]

In a 2007 interview, Hoskins said, "The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Bros. It was a fuckin' 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." He and Leguizamo got drunk before each day of filming and continued to drink between takes. In a 2011 interview, he was asked, "What is the worst job you've done?", "What has been your biggest disappointment?", and "If you could edit your past, what would you change?" His answer to all three was Super Mario Bros. His son, Jack Hoskins, is a fan of the film and praised his performance. Dennis Hopper disparaged the production, recounting in 2008: "It was a nightmare, very honestly, that movie. It was a husband-and-wife directing team who were both control freaks and wouldn't talk before they made decisions. Anyway, I was supposed to go down there for five weeks, and I was there for 17. It was so over budget." He added, "I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time - he's now 18 - he said, 'Dad I think you're probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros.?' And I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don't need shoes that badly.'" Mathis said in 2018 for the film's 25th anniversary: "There are a lot of people who are really excited to meet me because I was Princess Daisy. That's all you can ask for as an actor-that your work, and something you were part of, left an impression on people and makes them feel good." Co-director Morton reflected on the film in 2016 as a "harrowing" experience. Morton felt "very uneasy" being put in the position of having to defend the new script. In addition, working with Dennis Hopper was "really, really hard. Really hard. I don't think [Hopper] had a clue what was going on". He described the experience as humiliating, but was proud of the film's originality. For the film's 20th anniversary, Morton said: "I wanted parents to really get into it. At that time, there was a very hardcore movement against video games, and a lot of anti-video games sentiment. I wanted to make a film that would open it up and get parents interested in video games." Co-director Jankel said, "I do feel in my heart, it was a hell of an achievement to have made it, under those circumstances, and it has in time, happily, achieved cult status I am often hearing how many people loved it growing up, watched it repeatedly, and are genuine fans." Producer Joffé remains proud: "It's not that I defend the movie, it's just that, in its own extraordinary way, it was an interesting and rich artefact and has earned its place. It has strange cult status."He never heard what Yamauchi or Nintendo thought of the finished product. He said, "They never phoned up to complain They were very polite," though Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé said in 2017 that the film "left a really bad taste in the mouth of our developers" and that he had heard "horror stories" about its production from Nintendo employees. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said: "[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. video games were. And in that sense, it became a movie that was about a video game, rather than being an entertaining movie in and of itself.

[@Vonias]

"I don't need shoes that badly" HOLY CRAP LMAO

[@peterwilliams2887]

@@Vonias that got me too 😂😂😂

[@kereminde]

"that the movie may have tried to get a little too close to what the Mario Bros. video games were" ... seems a polite way of saying "they should have made a different movie".

[@OshawottLuke]

Ultimate roasting compilation

[@Scrumshiz]

In the directors' defense, it sounds like they made it with good intentions rather than another money-grab exploiting a successful franchise. While it won't win any praise from seasoned critics, it'll remain in my childhood memories: a basic-cable flick playing in the background as I fiddled with LEGOs.

[@MellyMelon1331]

The most shocking thing to come out of this reaction for me, is that Eric apparently didn't know Daisy was an actual character, and seems like he believed she was just from this movie to replace the name Peach?

[@Rocket1377]

To be fair, when this movie came out Peach wasn't called Peach in the US, she was simply Princess Toadstool. A lot of fans assumed that the movie character's full name was Daisy Toadstool.

[@Gamesforus1]

​@@Rocket1377 also, Super Mario Land probably added to that confusion. The production of this movie was insane

[@hidoradaikaiju4205]

I thought the same thing as a kid and was confused by her being Luigi’s love interest.

[@galonski64]

​@Rocket1377 which is odd. I knew when the movie came out, Peach was her name. Funny enough, from the mario super show, cause she called her self Princess P one time, and I read it was cause in Japan her name was Peach, lol

[@thbemky827]

ill be honest i didnt know this til i was pretty old.. never followed the story at all in the game

[@horokai]

And to think John and Bob were totally drunk on a lot of the scenes makes this even funnier.

[@vanshgarg5514]

The best part about this movie is that the Mario and Luigi's full legal names are Mario Mario and Luigi Mario

[@Rocket1377]

Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that this is also canon for the games as well.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Well that's what it has to be.

[@fabianrocha9924]

The Mario Bros

[@BatsofPrey]

It was that way in the super Mario super show

[@reapersoul8506]

I mean they're called the Mario bros

[@maniac086]

Bob Hoskins' Brooklyn accent for Mario "works" for us older millennials because the high-pitched Italian accent from Charles Martinet was still a few years away when we saw this, and Mario from the Super Mario Bros. Supershow was likewise treated with a gruff, Brooklyn accent by Lou Albano. Plus, for me at least, I think it was also the fact that Hoskins used pretty much the same accent for Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, so it was already a familiar, welcome voice to expect when seeing him onscreen. Threw me for a loop years later when I found out he was British! haha

[@akakay0131]

Martinet has actually said he knew nothing about Mario when he auditioned for the part, so it’s possible that because he wasn’t aware of what Mario originally sounded like (i.e the gruff Brooklyn accent), he was able to stand out by doing something entirely different.

[@foursidekm]

​@@akakay0131 martinet was actually told to do a brooklyn accent when he auditioned and when talking about it in an interview he did the more traditional brooklyn accent he was thinking (sounds similar to wario's voice). He decided to go with the cartoonish italian accent because it was more friendly and welcoming. Especially for children

[@ATSaale]

The first time I heard Bob hoskins almost perfect British voice my world almost crashed down around me.

[@kyletonarella4353]

Fun Fact Yoshi & The Goombas are voiced by Frank Welker A.K.A. The King of Voice-Actors and best known as Scooby Doo & Megatron among thousands of other roles!

[@Citizen88020120820]

As a kid, I thought this was wild. I liked it for its absurdity, not for being "Mario". I also crushed on Princess Daisy

[@persnickityb1417]

The purity of Rick's laugh 😂😂😂

[@youraveragejoessportsnetwo553]

13:21

[@ruule]

"The Academy hyped up Tombstone....the Academy wasn't touching this." 😂😂😂😂

[@SuperShadowsGirl]

So, you were wondering about the green goo on the floor when they put Koopa into the chair for the de-evolution machine. That is actually from a deleted scene (that is hereon KZbin) where one of the workers was de-evolved into primordial slime. There are other deleted scenes too, a prominent one being Iggy and Spike rapping in the club about Koopa's downfall. I would recommend checking them out. They're pretty cool/fun scenes.

[@Ghost8386]

During the time that Super Mario Bros. (1993) came out, I was nine years old. RIP Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper.

[@TheBS1000]

The image of those Goombas dancing in the elevator plagues my brain every time I see a couple slow dancing together. I'm not exaggerating.

[@KobyW]

Idk if it's just me but I found this movie unironically really enjoyable. The constant car crashes and explosions, the random fights breaking out everywhere, and the insane world design of the Mushroom kingdom were all really fun to watch. The comedy was honestly really funny too, most of the jokes landed in my opinion. It may not be a "great" movie but it's certainly not anywhere near as bad as some people claim. If you want a truly awful movie, go watch The Room, because this doesn't even come close to that movie's surreal viewing experience.

[@pablolacalle6098]

Yk what, it's certainly creative and original when it comes to adapting the source material 💀 I will give it that.

[@LordHeadAss002]

or Freddy got Fingered

[@jasonmarbach]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Rick laugh this much 😂🤣

[@kronikfam]

The room reaction 😂

[@NPJuve16]

Brooklyn 99

[@ladyHoshi21]

Rick’s joy is awesome to watch

[@joelpabalinas7457]

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

[@laylamorrison9596]

The Star Wars Holiday Special

[@liluziintrovert]

Out of all of the things wrong in this movie, I think the weirdest was combining Peach and Daisy into one person

[@SirBelmerD]

Really? Calling it fungus instead of mushrooms, having lizard people instead of koopas, having king Koopa turn into a weird T-Rex, having a fungus be the father of the princess, who btw is born from an egg, the many romances of Mario, Luigi's lack of a mustache, the age gape between the brothers, the entire set of Mushroom Kingdom as a dystopian Brooklyn?? And the weirdest and most wrong thing in the movie for you was conceptually merging Peach's and Daisy's character?? What are you smoking? Hahahahaha

[@scotthewitt258]

Did they, though? Peach is Mario's girl. Daisy is Luigi's.

[@main202]

I remember watching this on TV as a kid. I thougt it was all just a weird fever dream.

[@anielheera9053]

Same.

[@A-Dubs398]

I don't remember if I'm remembering this correct, but they used to play this movie on Disney Channel a lot, that's when I first seen it as a kid. If I'm remembering right. It just seems like a weird movie for Disney channel to play, so Im unsure if I'm remembering this right or not.

[@NovusIgnis]

​​@@A-Dubs398 I remember it was son Disney Channel back in the day too. I'm pretty sure they had distribution rights at the time.

[@Rsobregon52]

YES Finally they make it to this movie, this is the reason why I have a patreon so I wont miss out on these early movie reactions. awesome choice guys still waiting for overlord just saying

[@averyaustin1]

I know, right? To see them witness the rise of the sorcerer kingdom would be wonderful!

[@briantology_reacts]

Overlord is hard-core.

[@brysonclark6530]

it's so funny knowing that the actors behind Mario and Luigi were drunk on set for all of this

[@LocksAndChains]

This movie is one of my guilty pleasures. Still sits on my shelf and dates judge me for it. Back when I had dates.

[@bobertgallardo2029]

Perhaps if the movie was removed from the shelf, the dates would continue? 😅 There might be a correlation there.

[@Haiirofox]

This is the first reaction I've actually willed into existence.

[@bazanime]

It certainly is an acquired taste and a total brain-off popcorn movie. Nice reaction. 👍🏾

[@captin3149]

I actually enjoyed it as a kid, and even now it's a sort of guilty pleasure.

[@Matt-Culture]

Guy in the Passengers seat was Fisher Stevens. Who in Short Circuit, Built Johnny 5

[@funfunfun3624]

As a kid, the koopas gave me insane nightmares

[@williamhiers1280]

The stuff Simon (the cop) slipped in in the devo chamber is from a deleted scene. One of the technicians sneezed, annoying Koopa, so he had the guy devolved into primordial ooze.

[@cazper420]

I wonder if they've seen the Pedro SNL Mario Bros skit 😅😅😅

[@heikira438]

Been waiting for this since they brought it up on the Mortal Kombat reaction

[@thiagoteixeira6537]

Tbf Bob Hoskins as Mario is pretty spot on casting!

[@SuperShadowsGirl]

Also, some fans have started a comic that continues where the movie left off at the end. It's nowhere near completion, but it is worth checking out!

[@multiverse_media2023]

I can’t believe they finally reacted to this. And I watched the time they reacted to the Honest Trailer for this movie. 😂

[@kevinmegannety1163]

Lena in this film is also Maarva Andor in Andor.

[@scotthewitt258]

"F@CK THE EMPIRE!"

[@EScoglio]

42:30 regarding the Wrestlmania stuff, the movie came out in May 1993 so that years Mania had already come out by then. The 94 event would actualy take place in NYC though!

[@jeremysmith5579]

That music that sounds familiar that he mentioned is also in Honey I Shrunk The Kids

[@christphern]

Daisy's actress was also Frank Castle's wife in The Punisher with Thomas Jane and John Travolta. Having seen the new movie, I was honestly shocked that with as much as people disparage this film, the new one is so similar to it. It's so similar, it's basically a 3d remake. I love this movie. It may not be the best video game movie, but I enjoy it for what it is. I like it more than the new one.

[@isupergirl]

The music they were trying to hunt down, reminded me a lot of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids soundtrack so maybe that's what Eric was trying to remember? Another possibility is the Beethoven movies. Also YES please watch the Super Mario Bros Super Show! Do the Mario!

[@monogoat2011]

Back to the Future

[@ShaneSpear02]

Mrs. Doubtfire vibes

[@jeremysmith5579]

That music was in about 90% of kid movies in the late 80’s early 90’s 😂

[@michaelklaus]

I also think it's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

[@A-Dubs398]

@@jeremysmith5579 Most those movie scores have that cheesy upbeat Randy Edelman feel.

[@nucularmechanic9623]

I loved this as a kid. I still enjoy it, though I do resent it for the experience the actors had. Love all the main cast, so i feel bad enjoying it knowing the actors hated it.

[@SirBelmerD]

Don't ever feel guilty for enjoying something intended to be entertaining. You do you, boo 👍

[@SuperChase64]

Okay so in my opinion, I don’t find this movie bad. But the new movie is much more awesome then this! But the one thing I mostly love about this movie, is that the one and only Frank Welker voices Yoshi, Goomba’s and the other creatures in this film!❤

[@amandaf6101]

I loved this movie growing up 😂🙈 No regrets.

[@gonzo6489]

Same. I unironically, unapologetically have always loved this movie since seeing it as a kid in the 90s.

[@Otisboy121]

Same but in the early 2010s

[@littlekawaiidragon]

i know other people hate this but i watched it for the first time last year and i genuinely really loved it lmao

[@dancer004]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard Rick laugh so much

[@edenmariepabalinas5192]

Watch they're movie reaction on Tucker and Dale VS Evil. Rick just cried laughing.

[@michellebeaulieu8118]

This used to be my favorite movie as a kid! I actually didn't know at the time it was supposed to be about Mario from the video games lol

[@warre1]

Roxette had great music video for their song Almost Unreal from this soundtrack.

[@Jaketherobonrd]

I knew this reaction was going to be worth it because of the thumbnail 😂

[@TheUndeadFish]

Like Eric, I guess I haven't seen this since well before the year 2000. Maybe I only saw it once or twice at most right when it came out. So having this excuse to see it again... is a heck of a thing.

[@Jeffersonia120]

A lot of peoples' headcanon is that Scappelli is the last name of Wario and Waluigi

[@Mikerille]

I have so many fond memories watching this as a kid with my older brother, this is actually a good movie

[@Kamenari37]

The stories about the making of this movie are probably greater than the movie itself. Everything from Bob Hoskin's hand getting smashed by the van door, to copious amounts of alcohol and John being drunk while filming on set along with Bob just to make it through the day. Re-writes upon re-writes, and two directors that everyone hated. It's amazing we ever got another Mario Movie at all.

[@davidofthedead]

I fucking love Rick's laugh so much.

[@LukeAImp]

Luckily, I still have this on VHS! Full length, here we go!

[@WildWeavile]

I love Eric's shirt so much lmao

[@crowtsoff]

Everything good in this movie can be summed up in two words: terrified "Bob-omb" and excited "Monkey!"

[@R.J.Godzilla81]

Oh wow “The Room” of video game adaptations SUPER MARIO BROS. (1993)

[@ras_alhim]

In Germany we have a show called The Worst Movies of all Time. Every episode they show a bad movie and add funny commentary and discussions and stuff, it's very fun. Maybe it's because I saw this movie in that context for the first time, but I had a lot if fun with it😅

[@dresdenwarlock7978]

Look, I grew up in the 90s, it was the Mario Bros. film and I loved it so much that I even made a full length fan script for a sequel when I was 11. It's terrible, it isn't good. I love every piece of it.

[@unforeseenidiot2254]

As a Mario movie this sucks, but as a stupid campy 90s movie it is a masterpiece.

[@tif8266]

I have this on DVD lol I forgot how good the casting was. John Leguizamo was/is so cute! He was perfect for a teen/youth movie. Bob Hoskins was hilarious. Loved him in Hook and Who Framed Roger Robbit as well. Dennis Hopper as the villain. The music is goofy, the storyline is silly, but the casting was great. 😂

[@Domura]

I'm fucking dying, by happenstance I started doing the "EVERYONE!!" bit myself half a second before Calvin did too. I'm starting to have terminal movie meme brain rot.

[@JenABlue-ed1bw]

I haven't watched this movie, but you know what it reminded me of? Not in terms of quality at all or story or anything, but just in terms of how chaotic it was and how crowded the shots are? Everything Everywhere All at Once. They called mammals "egg-suckers" because that's what they were in the time of dinosaurs--little proto-rodents that lived on seeds and bugs and tried to steal and eat eggs from larger animals like dinosaurs.

[@TheeKorovaMilkBar]

"Think they're gonna bone?" Bone? Bone?! *BONE!!!!"* "Mario talking about killing people?" Do you not remember this gem? "And if you do drugs, you go to hell before you die."

[@shadowphoenix2328]

I remember waking up to this movie one morning and still have no idea what I watched.

[@scotthewitt258]

Dennis Hopper said in an interview one time his son asked him why he played King Koopa and he told him he did it so he could have shoes. His son replied "I'd rather be barefoot, Dad."

[@pandacuddles512]

So cool you guys reacted to this! Awesome movie! A gem from my childhood! 😊📼

[@DerangedCoconut808]

Just watched Corridor Digital's breakdown on what this movie has done to the industry which surprised me. Watch it on the side even, its just great insight.

[@Charles12]

yea this movie basically pioneered modern vfx systems, so who knows where independent vfx companies would be without this movie

[@givemeoats]

This movie was a masterpiece!

[@chris1995-l8w]

Hahaha yeah, that’s rich

[@Jackie-McCann]

I grew up watching this movie. It is easily one of my biggest guilty pleasures. 😂

[@stringfellowhawke1159]

The song is Drive To Work On Instinct by Alan Silvestri, it does sound a bit like To Court and Pulled Over by John Debney from the Liar Liar Score. Though i too feel like i have heard this on something else.

[@JosephSciola]

I love this movie. I always have. When it came out, I took my dad to see this movie for his birthday. He paid for everything because I was eight years old

[@tatitorodriguez376]

Fun fact,John liguzamo (Luigi) and Samantha Mathis (peach) were actually a couple in real life.

[@GuardianOwl]

The directors of this had a part in developing and directing the pilot TV movie for Max Headroom. Once you watch that, the choices in this make much more sense.

[@WDFilms25]

It’s hilarious how half this movie Mario is in green and Luigi in red

[@TheRManProds]

YES DAISY IS ACTUAL CHARACTER FROM THE MARIO GAMES! SHE FIRST APPEARED IN SUPER MARIO LAND!

[@briantology_reacts]

Where did you guys find this movie? Been trying to track it down on blu for years?

[@Depth217]

Nothing to bring you into the colorful fun world of Mario like the Law & Order font. - Rifftrax

[@Ronka79]

I am so happy. 🤣😂 I still have this on VHS. The nostalgia hits hard and i wouldn't have it any other way. Hahahahaha. and @BlindWave ...the soundtrack reminds me of HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS maybe?

[@jjc5871]

Still a masterpiece.

[@Midnight7970]

Funny thing about this movie even though it's so different from the game that I actually grew up playing I loved this movie and I still do. I don't understand why they made it so different from the game but I didn't care I liked it still do.

[@kalen1702]

It's crazy how this movie premiered two of the most integral VFX technologies that would shape the future of film lol

[@toppermusic]

Cocaine Bear just hit streaming. Hopefully they do that movie soon

[@MikeHesk742]

Maybe it's cos I grew up with 90s movies, but I really enjoy this. The humour's charming, Mario and Luigi have great wholesome chemistry, and the tone is all over the place like in all the classics. Also, I've always preferred Mario being a new yorker like he always used to be in the cartoon etc, rather than a stereotypical fake italian accent. Gimme Danny Devito as Mario, it's what the people want

[@ej191]

That was actually just a fun movie the reputation was so much worse, it was self aware that makes it great

[@FlexyCrash]

The amount of times they said plumbers,I was surprised no one from the crew referenced Ben 10

[@R.J.Godzilla81]

This was before the Gameboy games Super Mario Land 2: The Six Golden Coins and Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land. If this movie was made after them you know the Scapelli’s would have been named Wario Scapelli & Waluigi Scapelli.

[@staticmonkey8436]

Oh my god, I have NEVER clicked on a video so fast. I cannot wait to watch this with y’all!

[@NovusIgnis]

I still unironically think this is a good movie, and damn what other people think. I think it even works as a Mario movie, albeit in an alternate universe, not the one we see in the games. Kind of like how D&D has normal Fantasy Realms stuff, and then it's also got gritty and realistic Dark Sun.

[@ryuhitsuya21]

I don't remember a lot of this movie. I wish I remembered less. But Bob Hoskins and big bertha... smash

[@tjcoley1310]

I remember being a kid over a friends house who had bunch of the dvds of the sonic cartoons and Mario and he also had this gem that we watched wayy too many times

[@iamcool8088]

Born in 86. This was my shit as a kid. Loved hoskins and leguizamo. Just loved it, I mean fucking loveddd it. Haven’t seen it in so long. People need to react to who framed roger rabbit.

[@MickTheMage]

The first TMNT movie is the best of them all, so I am looking forward for you to watching it! :)

[@codered47819]

I’m like how they didn’t even wanna MENTION what happened to the twin towers in that one scene…. This movie truly is something 😅

[@paulschmitt8666]

Samantha Mathis’ mom is the actress who played Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan.

[@stewarthainey3751]

The comments you guys said in this vid are so good, funny quotes great reaction as always

[@sambridgett]

"You can still buy this movie on DVD, right?" Me, looking at my steelbook Blu-ray: sure, DVD😅

[@primepm8861]

43:18 Wrestlemania 9 was supposed to be in Caesar's Palace. Instead, they wound up holding the whole event in a Goddamn parking lot!

[@shoxxxz5658]

hes a germ a phobe cause he hates fungus...he hates mushrooms. This movie is so underated.

[@ArlanKels]

Calvin play Super Mario World? Heck yeah. Great platformer that's a big more forgiving than some of the earlier SMB games.

[@xxrazoromancexx]

The song is called "drive to work on instinct" sounds very similar to a few 90s films, reminded me of "Babies day out"

[@scotthewitt258]

There are maybe "weak points" where the dimensions overlap a little? Which would also possibly explain why there is a "Plumber Alert". If the transit points are in the sewers, then who would be most likely to cross over into the other dimension most often?

[@oddrdt]

....damn it and damn you, Calvin. I immediately followed up your impression with my own of "HERBIE DOESN'T LIKE TO MAKE TOYS"

[@tyshco2969]

*WHY WEREN'T YOU AT ELF PRACTICE???????*

[@SayGahTaah]

Yes! This is the very first movie I've ever seen in a movie theater

[@marquis911]

I am truly sorry for you.

[@SayGahTaah]

​@@marquis911 why? It's a kids movie I saw and enjoyed it as a kid I've shown it to my kids as well and they like it. If your too ignorant and unable to see the basic intentions of a movie that's your problem.