Super Mario Galaxy is arguably one of the best games in the Mario franchise ever made. Releasing in November 2007, the game was a huge hit with old and new fans alike. Sometime last year ( I forgot exactly when and I don't feel like looking it up), it was announced that the follow up to the first illumination Super Mario Bros movie would be based on Super Mario Galaxy, even going so far as to share its name. And at the time of me writing this, its opening night of the Galaxy movie, and so I figured I'd give my quick, spoiler free thoughts on the movie. And....well....what did I think?
Well, before I get into my thoughts on the movie, I wanted to talk about the reviews from critics. Apparently they really hated this movie, calling a boring mess of a movie, and some even going so far as to claim this movie somehow caused them physical pain just to sit through. And, I mean yeah, I get it if this movie simply isn't for them. Afterall, this movie was clearly made with with kids and diehard Nintendo fans in mind, and I pretty sure the critics don't fall into either of those categories. Now this isn't me saying that the movie is a masterpiece, because no matter how you look at it, it isn't. Not even close.
Now to actually talk about the movie itself, I thought it was fine overall. not perfect by any means, but not bad either. Visually speaking, this is a very gorgeous movie, very pretty to look at. Plot wise, this somehow feels more video gamey than the first movie, with everything being very fast paced and focusing more on action than the actual story at times. Character wise, there were certain choices made for certain characters that felt kind of weird, such as the relationship between two specific characters, as well as the tease of a certain character arc, that they then backtrack on pretty hard. One character than I would say they handled perfectly however is Fox. Its no secret he's in the movie, and well, he's easily the best part of the movie, stealing the show in pretty much every scene he's in.
Without going into spoiler territory, The Super Mario Galaxy movie isn't bad. Its pretty okay movie that if I had to give a rating for, I guess I'd give it at 6 or 7 out of 10. If you're looking for a deep story, look elsewhere. But if you just want a stupid fun movie packed with references, than I think you'll have a good time.
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