Current Events > Bob Hoskins did not hold back on how he felt about Super Mario Bros.

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Hayame_Zero
03/12/24 3:06:32 PM
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Northlane
03/12/24 3:09:13 PM
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He's not wrong

That movie was god awful and the poster child for bad video game adaptions up until Sonic the Hedgehog made everyone realize video game movies can actually be great

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03/12/24 3:09:21 PM
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masterpug53
03/12/24 3:12:04 PM
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Bob Hoskins is my spirit animal when it comes to my disdain for the original SMB Movie. It admittedly has a couple jokes that still make me chuckle (mostly from Iggy and Spike), but overall I will never accept it as having 'so-bad-it's-good' camp value.

Another funny anecdote was when Dennis Hopper's then-8-year-old son asked him why he did the SMB movie. "To buy you shoes," Hopper replied. "I didn't need shoes that badly," the kid fired back.


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EyeWontBeFooled
03/12/24 3:13:43 PM
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Hoskins and Leguizamo were basically plastered all during filming. As they should. Good lord, I can't imagine how stupid that production was for them.

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Fluttershy
03/12/24 3:15:18 PM
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they still kinda fucking nailed the casting with those two

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Hayame_Zero
03/12/24 3:18:13 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
Another funny anecdote was when Dennis Hopper's then-8-year-old son asked him why he did the SMB movie. "To buy you shoes," Hopper replied. "I didn't need shoes that badly," the kid fired back.
The LA Times interviewed the cast during the production. The interviewer said they couldn't get a word from the directors, and Hopper said "The directors won't give interviews? That's the smartest thing I've heard from them! That's the only intelligent thing I've heard from them that they've actually done."

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Aressar
03/12/24 3:20:30 PM
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Honestly, I love that movie, and not even in a 'so bad it's funny' kind of way. It definitely has its flaws, but to this day I still find it to be exciting and comedic. If anything, I kind of feel John Leguizamo (who played Luigi) shined a little more in it than Hoskins.

Then again, I never really understood the whole concept of 'so bad it's funny'. Me, I either like a movie, I don't, or I just don't care for it much.

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ai123
03/12/24 3:23:51 PM
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Watch him in The Long Good Friday instead.

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Foppe
03/12/24 3:35:08 PM
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I mean, they got rewritten scripts pretty much daily...

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DoctorPiranha3
03/12/24 3:43:57 PM
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Fluttershy posted...
they still kinda fucking nailed the casting with those two
Truth.

Those two made chicken salad out of chicken shit.
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BombermanGold
03/12/24 3:45:59 PM
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The setpieces kicked ass.

Would make for badass punk apocalypse Mario level of some sort, lol.

Too bad the flick itself was stank.

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Venixon
03/12/24 3:46:58 PM
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Yeah that movie was shit on a platter. Its not good when live action vg movies started off crummy. I've heard about the production mess and lousy incompetent directors before. Don't blame him.

Fortunately Mortal Kombat came and blew us away with how fun it was. Martial arts stuff was very popular in the 80s and 90s with stuff like Karate Kid, TMNT, Street Fighter, and Power Rangers so it was a perfect time to make the MK film.

Mario Bros could have, should have been better. With multiple games and 3 cartoons it had no excuse to turn out as awful and confusing as it did. Movie directors Take Heed, don't make a movie if you're ashamed of the source material.

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streamofthesky
03/12/24 3:48:29 PM
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"I didn't even know it was a game"

That's because this ain't no game, it's a live action thrill ride!
Sorry, had to do it. Still have the t-shirt.

Hayame_Zero posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/295ff04b.jpg

Something to remember the next time some edgelord tries to say the people making the movie and diverting completely from what the game was are some kind of misunderstood artistic geniuses that are masters of their craft, bold and daring for "subverting expectations".
Like, god damn do I hate that kind of argument in general, but the above shows they didn't even have basic competence at their fucking jobs, artistic decisions aside.
And yes, I've seen that argument made multiple times.
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GeminiDeus
03/12/24 3:50:55 PM
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It amazes me that he didn't even know that it was based off a video game. It's almost as amazing as Danny DeVito saying he didn't know what Pokemon was just a few years ago.

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mercurydude
03/12/24 4:03:37 PM
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The directors created Max Headroom and also directed the Genius of Love music video. Seems it was assumed that since they're terrific at music videos, they'd be good at movies too. I guess this situation is like how some writers can do a terrific short story but they're TERRIBLE at novels, or vice versa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWCF19nUhA

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Hayame_Zero
03/12/24 8:05:58 PM
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mercurydude posted...
The directors created Max Headroom and also directed the Genius of Love music video. Seems it was assumed that since they're terrific at music videos, they'd be good at movies too. I guess this situation is like how some writers can do a terrific short story but they're TERRIBLE at novels, or vice versa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWCF19nUhA
Annabel Jankel had a career resurgence, but it took over 10 years, and it was from directing commercials and documentaries.

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creativerealms
03/12/24 8:08:00 PM
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Northlane posted...
He's not wrong

That movie was god awful and the poster child for bad video game adaptions up until Sonic the Hedgehog made everyone realize video game movies can actually be great
No it didn't Sonic just continued the trend of crappy movies. They fixed the character design but the film was garbage.

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Shotgunnova
03/12/24 8:10:33 PM
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Molten take: that Mario Bros. movie was enjoyable and Hoskins has nothing to be ashamed of.

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HylianFox
03/12/24 8:12:26 PM
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Northlane posted...
He's not wrong


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ClayGuida
03/12/24 8:54:30 PM
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There were rumors that someone at marvel wanted him to be Wolverine.

He would have nailed it.

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mercurydude
03/12/24 11:50:22 PM
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Shotgunnova posted...
Molten take: that Mario Bros. movie was enjoyable and Hoskins has nothing to be ashamed of.

I watched it often when I was a little kid. Even though it was nothing like the games, I loved it, and I loved it even more when I found out this lady is supposed to be the giant red fish... lmao. But yeah, I can still watch it and enjoy it, but I also see why people think it's one of the worst movies.

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FortuneCookie
03/12/24 11:54:56 PM
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He didn't hold back on the co-directors.

"He's a c*** and she's a cow."

It's nice to know that Mario played King Lear. The next time I see an adaptation, I'm gonna think to myself, "This is Mario."
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Antiyonder
03/12/24 11:59:35 PM
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Ironically Miyamoto suggested it was trying too hard to be like the games: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2007/11/miyamoto-remebers-the-trouble-mario-bros-movie/

Any idea what he meant by that?

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Garabandal
03/13/24 12:02:09 AM
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Masterpiece

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FortuneCookie
03/13/24 12:05:28 AM
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Antiyonder posted...
Ironically Miyamoto suggested it was trying too hard to be like the games: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2007/11/miyamoto-remebers-the-trouble-mario-bros-movie/

Any idea what he meant by that?

It's an odd quote, but I think he meant they were trying too hard to make a movie about a video game rather than adapt a story from the elements of the video game.
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RadDude9000
03/13/24 12:13:04 AM
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Best movie in the nut house.

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solosnake
03/13/24 12:16:40 AM
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he was stabbed four times?

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Mortainous28
03/13/24 12:21:45 AM
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mercurydude posted...
I watched it often when I was a little kid. Even though it was nothing like the games, I loved it, and I loved it even more when I found out this lady is supposed to be the giant red fish... lmao.

.....I was today years old when I found out....

I cannot defend the movie against anything. But to this day if it's on and I notice, I sit down and enjoy it. Loved it then, still love it now.

...plus the Roxette song is a guilty pleasure of mine. >.>

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MorbidEngel
03/13/24 12:27:58 AM
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The movie is terrible but I'll watch it and get enjoyment out of it

but objectively it's a trainwreck. It even sets itself up for a cliffhanger that never gets followed up on, the gusto of it

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GuerrillaSoldier
03/13/24 1:44:53 AM
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i saw the morton jankel cut a couple years ago and i had a good time watching it. yeah after reading the stories of how bad the production was, it kinda all makes sense, but really not that horrible of a movie compared to some others.


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Cassie
03/13/24 1:45:43 AM
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Adult Swim was playing that this last Sunday. I was watching at work.

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SaikyoStyle
03/13/24 10:15:24 AM
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Is there a way I can see King Lear starring Bob Hoskins?

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Hikikomori
03/13/24 10:39:56 AM
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Mortal Kombat and Street fighter movie were better than Super Mario Bros

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invertedlegdrop
03/13/24 10:43:52 AM
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Hikikomori posted...
Mortal Kombat and Street fighter movie were better than Super Mario Bros

its insane that until sonic, the only really good video game movie was Mortal Kombat

street fighter was not as good but has had its reputation revived thanks to the net and Raul Julia

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Jerry_Hellyeah
03/13/24 10:45:28 AM
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The movie is supremely enjoyable. Dennis Hopper plays "Koopa". It's awesome.

It's way off and stupid as hell but it's entertaining all the way through.

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Garlands_Soul
03/13/24 10:49:24 AM
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Infinitely better than the boring garbage they put out recently. I'd take absolute nonsense over nothing any day

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spanky1
03/13/24 10:50:04 AM
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invertedlegdrop posted...


its insane that until sonic, the only really good video game movie was Mortal Kombat

street fighter was not as good but has had its reputation revived thanks to the net and Raul Julia

Silent Hill was pretty decent.

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Jupiter
03/13/24 10:53:32 AM
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Northlane posted...
He's not wrong

That movie was god awful and the poster child for bad video game adaptions up until Sonic the Hedgehog made everyone realize video game movies can actually be great
While the very first Mortal Kombat movie technically wasn't great, it was pretty damn fun. >_>

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Venixon
03/13/24 11:13:37 AM
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invertedlegdrop posted...
its insane that until sonic, the only really good video game movie was Mortal Kombat

street fighter was not as good but has had its reputation revived thanks to the net and Raul Julia
Silent Hill is pretty good. Plus, even if you don't know it was based on a videogame, its still a creepy film to watch on Halloween.

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Venixon
03/13/24 11:32:15 AM
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How was the Tomb Raider film out of curiosity?

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spikethedevil
03/13/24 11:37:14 AM
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Detective Pikachu is good.

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masterpug53
03/13/24 11:38:48 AM
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Venixon posted...
How was the Tomb Raider film out of curiosity?

If you're talking about the Angelina Jolie one, the one and only thing I remember about it was that it had a pre-fame Daniel Craig nude scene (conveniently censored of course).

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Venixon
03/13/24 11:57:09 AM
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masterpug53 posted...
If you're talking about the Angelina Jolie one, the one and only thing I remember about it was that it had a pre-fame Daniel Craig nude scene (conveniently censored of course).
Oh, so not all that memorable then?

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masterpug53
03/13/24 12:06:57 PM
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Venixon posted...
Oh, so not all that memorable then?

For my tastes, no, completely forgettable, apart from the aforementioned PG-13 nude scene that I only remembered years later when I somehow remembered the movie and thought "holy shit, that was Daniel Craig, wasn't it?" And I saw the movie when I was a horny teen who would've been hot for both Lara Croft and Angelina Jolie.

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FortuneCookie
03/13/24 12:46:12 PM
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Venixon posted...
How was the Tomb Raider film out of curiosity?

The first one is decent, nothing special. I never saw the sequel or remake. There may have been a short period of time in which it was the "best" movie based upon a video game.
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Ryven
03/13/24 12:55:42 PM
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My favorite part of the movie is when they're at the Koopa police station.

'Name.'
'Mario.'
'Last name?'
'Mario.'
'........name.'
'Luigi.'
'Luigi Luigi?'
'No, Luigi Mario.'

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BignutzisBack
03/13/24 12:56:37 PM
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Highly confused watching as a child, didn't stop me from rewatching 10 mores times

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The-Apostle
03/13/24 12:56:41 PM
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Hot Take: I enjoyed that movie.

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