#the movie was a visual feast and the action scenes were. fucking excellent. so clever.

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Out of all the things that threw me through a loop in the mario movie, the bros taking their gloves off was the most oddly jarring. I said out loud “they have flesh hAnds!-”

#y'know among other things #beating an absolute decomposed horse here but. Chris Pratt's voice acting was somehow. worse. than I was expecting. #the um. the random real songs? Mr. Blue Sky and Thunderstruck? that was weird #the other music was WONDERFUL #I know Mario has been canonically like 25 for a while but it's still weird seeing him with his young parents and being fussy about food #and playing video games in his lil teenager bedroom #speaking of- the Mario-hates-mushrooms thing? what? #and his personality in general was just fucking weird but it would have been less jarring without the. lazy shit voice. sorry. dead horse ik #thought there'd be more luigi tbh #kamek and bowser absolutely stole the show they were fucking great #peach was generic... I didn't dislike her but. myeh. another Illumination quirky girlboss go off I guess #Donkey kong was fun actually I rly liked him #his beef with Mario was entertaining #anyway ok enough about characters #the movie was a visual feast and the action scenes were. fucking excellent. so clever. #which. says. a. LOT. given how much I normally hate illumination movies visually #oh yeah toad. he was there. same way I feel about him in the games so #dude I kept my eyes PEELED for Funky Kong. he should've absolutely been the mechanic or SOMETHINg. so sad. #it's funny the longer the movie went on the more and more and more I realized. oh. this is an illumination movie alright #take that as you will #anyway I sound like I hated it I didn't I fucking loved every second of it #when you go into a movie with the mindset of ''I'm going to tear this to shreds as light-heartedly as possible'' you have a great time #and you get pleasantly surprised along the way! #like I said! visual feast! clever fights! some fun characters! music! background gags and easter eggs! #bowser!