Super Mario Bros: The Awfully Good 1993 Movie Unpacked

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Жыл бұрын

Hey Paisanos! It’s almost time for Mario and Luigi to finally hit the big screen in THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, so Awfully Good Movies is finally blowing into the cartridge after 30 years and discussing Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as the original live action SUPER MARIO BROS!
In 1993, Nintendo licensed their iconic mascots out to Oscar-nominated director Roland Joffe so he could produce what would be the very first American movie to be based off a video game, only for the film’s subsequent failure to set the mood for the STREET FIGHTERs, MAX PAYNEs and several Uwe Boll movies to later come down the (green) pipe. How could they have gone wrong with Oscar nominated acting legend Bob Hoskins and rising comedian John Leguizamo as our titular plumbers who attempt to rescue Luigi’s lady love Daisy from the slimy cornrows of Dennis Hopper as our King Koopa?
Well, thanks to the married directing duo that created the cyberpunk dystopia of MAX HEADROOM, what should have been a bright and cheerful adventure became a weird and gross hybrid of MAD MAX, BLADE RUNNER, Joel Schumacher’s BATMAN movies, and maybe just the slightest hint of anything from the actual Mario games. And thanks to the constant rewrites ordered from the distributors at Disney and the egomaniacal abuse of the directors, what we get instead of a real MARIO BROS. movie is one of the most uniquely beautiful failures of 90s cinema.
From Hopper’s hammy acting as a T-rex turned tyrannical dictator of “Dino-hattan”, to Hoskins and Leguizamo sharing some genuine chemistry (and plenty of alcohol on set) with each other, it’s a movie that’s designed to be more divisive with the young Mario fanbase than the release of MARIO’S TIME MACHINE on the SNES that same year. In fact, the film’s ardent fanbase at the SMB Archive have even put together a two-hour “Morton-Jankel Cut” that will provide viewers with a little more info about what the hell is even going on, so put on your overalls and trust the fungus to talk about one of the best bad movies in Awfully Good history. HERE WE GOOOOOOO!!!
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@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

RIP Bob Hopkins. He was one of a kind.

@chasehedges6775 Жыл бұрын

He was great in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Such a wonderful movie and wonder actor

@mikeyfn-a6684 Жыл бұрын

🙌🙌🙌 We were a fortunate bunch. Do kids even appreciate actors anymore? And I mean actual actors..not just the people who play actors on social media.

@rigelb9025 Жыл бұрын

I'd say, he was kind of the one.

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

Also incredible in Unleashed, The Long Good Friday, Balto, Pennies from Heaven... too many to list.

@CornishCreamtea07 Жыл бұрын

@@mikeyfn-a6684 They don't actors, just the IPs they play.

@bradley163 Жыл бұрын

I love the story Leguizamo tells about he and Bob Hoskins during the filming of this fever dream of a film. Particularly, the fact that they both would get a little drunk before shooting a number of scenes, just so they both could get through the dialog and insanity that followed.

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

To be fair, I think that helps contribute to their chemistry on screen. Though I'm sure Bob didn't appreciate having Leguizamo drunkenly crushing his hand in a car door.

@grandmufftwerkin9037 Жыл бұрын

I was there, 3000 years ago..... watching this movie in theaters, with my dad. 😂

@Vaporvice84 Жыл бұрын

I saw this flick in theaters at 9 years old and was a huge Mario fan. And ya know what? I still loved it. Watched it dozens of times as a kid. Rewatched it for the first time in 20 years fairly recently. I figured I'd finally understand why everyone hates it (after hearing nothing but negative opinions all these decades). I still love it and I still don't care how it's not true to the source material. It's still a fun ride.

@grapeshot Жыл бұрын

Dennis Hooper chewing up the scenery like he's chewing gum.

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

I'LL KILL THAT PLUMBEEEEEEEEER

@Zeithri Жыл бұрын

Saw this as a kid. I legit think it's a fun movie ^^ As for the outfits making it into a pg movi- YES. That's such an American thing to throw a hissy fit over. Those outfits were not that bad. And holy shit I had no idea it had a 2 hour cut, haha!

@Serpsss Жыл бұрын

I was a sega kid growing up but I loved the Mario Bros movie because it felt like a sega product. It had all that attitude & grittiness that sega was pushing hard at the time.

@tytar1037 Жыл бұрын

It’s so bad that it’s good. Definitely hilarious.

@Jaysin412 Жыл бұрын

I will always love this movie! I still remember how excited I was to see this in the theater when I was 9 years old! It was amazing for kids back then. Super weird character designs, but it was still awesome to see our favorite video game characters in a live action movie. You should do one on the live action street fighter movie with Jean Claude van Damme. I saw that in theater when I was a kid too! Such a great time. Edit: I made this comment before the street fighter joke. Lol

@crankypantsmcduff Жыл бұрын

I fell in love with John Leguizamo when this came out, I was 11/12 years old and I still remember every word. I'm sad 🤷

@t.c.v.t. Жыл бұрын

It's just not what people expected from the source material but is a kick ass movie. The set, the costumes / makeup and practical effects with very few digital effects make it a movie made durn the principle of filmmaking before digital effects took everything over and lowered the quality and lessened the magic of films. That set is amazing.

@ChakasCave Жыл бұрын

I knew eventually this movie would get the love it deserves. Only took 20 years.

@TheRealSephiroth Жыл бұрын

30 years

@Casey3-P-O Жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite movies to watch as a kid. This one, the matrix, Demolition Man, Judge Dredd, and Last Action Hero were some of my favorites. My dad introduced all of them to me.

@10rose5red98 Жыл бұрын

I always loved this movie. Was excited when it came out. This movie got me loving John Leguizamo ❤

@johnnyd3158 Жыл бұрын

This film is up there with other film adaptations based on animated media like Popeye (1980), Masters of the Universe (1987), The Flintstones (1994), and Mortal Kombat (1995) consisting of unique film adaptations that, while not spot on adaptations, are still enjoyable films that stays true to the spirit of their source material.

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Street Fighter, Dungeons and Dragons and practically everything Uwe Boll has put out.

@johnnyd3158 Жыл бұрын

@@barbiquearea Well, Street Fighter (1994) and Dungeons & Dragons (2000) could at least be considered as being 'so bad it's good' type of films, while Uwe Boll's films are more 'so bad it's cringe' kind of films.

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

@JohnnyD31 Yeah and the 80s and 90s were the era of camp. So at least those other examples were more understandable. Uwe Boll however just is a just a really awful filmmaker who got to work with some popular IPs and good actors. The quality of his films have always been horrendous.

@rigelb9025 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but I have to disagree about the Mortal Kombat movie. For example, I find that ''Quest for the Golden Dragon'' with Van Damme is truer to the spirit of Mortal Kombat than the titular film.

@johnnyd3158 Жыл бұрын

@@rigelb9025 Well, while the film was limited in terms of being a PG-13 version of the source material, it was still an enjoyable film that at least remained true to the spirit of the games despite it’s flaws while delivering on the action and fighting that the game series was known for, something that couldn’t be replicated in its sequel, or even the 2021 film adaptation.

@wstine79 Жыл бұрын

I assume that Land of the Dead was the Super Mario Brothers sequel. Where King Koopa operates a Fortress in the zombie infested Mushroom Kingdom while Luigi is trying to buy his way in with his souped-up Mario Kart.

@xgray2012 Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, Bob Hoskins (Mario Mario) and Dennis Hopper (King Koopa).🙏🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐💐

@jamesbounds Жыл бұрын

Hard to believe this movie is 30 years old now.

@DOOMESDAYS Жыл бұрын

30 years latter they remake a better one i saw this movie 6 years ago i was like what the fuck is this shit but at the same time i like how they had the 1993 movie set up but it was trash and wired an kind of funny at the same time back then i was 2 years old when that movie came out i would've got my 2.00 dollars back at the movies 30 years ago

@michaelaurban4120 Жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid too, I though Lance Henriksen was George Carlin LOOOOOOOOL! But you know, it happened so fast back then, and if you weren’t paying attention . . . it’s not like you could just easily rewatch it, or go online and look it up! Ahhhhhh the 90’s, glad I got to live it!!!

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

Glad I got to be alive thru some of it. I honestly think that I thought it to be George Carlin at first too.

@markbasilejr9808 Жыл бұрын

I am and will always be Mario Bros. (1993)'s friend.

@NottyGurlStyle Жыл бұрын

As bad as some will say the Mario Movie of the 90s was… I wholeheartedly enjoyed it with a smile on my face. It wasn’t perfect by any means but I loved it. I love Bob Hopkins❤ he was a joy to watch here and in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The lost levels is pure hell😂 I always rage quit. I use to watch Captain Lou as Mario back in the day. Then and now I will always be a fan.

@DrewTrox Жыл бұрын

Nice shoutout to Rifftrax. The reason I own so many bad movies.

@UnrelatedAntonym Жыл бұрын

Going with a dino dystopia parallel dimension, dropping the Mario Bros element, not be family and kids aimed, I imagine it could have been a greater cult classic. Its weird, what we got, but still kinda like it.

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

It's so far apart from SUPER MARIO BROS as a game that you can't even connect the two in the first place. It's like if Matt Reeves were to make a Mario movie.

@jerkychew899 Жыл бұрын

An "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" reference... Impressive.

@evanscott9473 Жыл бұрын

This was filmed here in Wilmington, NC. A neighborhood friend of mine as a child's mother worked on the set. TMNT was also filmed here, among other films.

@zipzeolocke2 Жыл бұрын

I don't care what the critics say, original super Mario brothers live action movie was a great fun adventure and I loved it and still do!

@JerkVegas86 Жыл бұрын

I loved it!!

@wstine79 Жыл бұрын

I'm actually seen some and locations that were used in the Super Mario Brothers movie in Wilmington, North Carolina. I find the movie more entertaining for its sheer weirdness

@brandonspain12345 Жыл бұрын

11:05 - 11:31 is hands down the best part of the video

@GR1MRACER Жыл бұрын

You could say that Dinohattan's automobiles are electric because there is no oil but Oil was there even during the Dinosaurs.

@LiminalMan777 Жыл бұрын

A true classic

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

Classically awful.

@chasehedges6775 Жыл бұрын

@@barbiquearea👍👍👍

@patfer1189 Жыл бұрын

And don't forget this "kid's" movie had a soundtrack that included Megadeth and Divinyls, of "I touch myself" fame.

@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore Жыл бұрын

The look of the Goombas, at least there heads.. sort of makes sense when you think of how the Goombas look in the (at the time) newly released Super Mario World. They were probably trying to…. Nah honestly it’s probably just a weird coincidence haha.

@grapeshot Жыл бұрын

I can see the inspiration for that reality was Blade Runner

@andrewblanchard2398 Жыл бұрын

I saw this and TMNT 3 in theaters

@UziMusic Жыл бұрын

Koopas reaction to the rap song is LOL

@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94 Жыл бұрын

You finally did it! Fantastic! ❤

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@jessetorres8738 Жыл бұрын

"How is Mario my father & also my brother?"

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

Mario and his mother are from Alabama 😂

@johnnyd3158 Жыл бұрын

It seemed pretty clear in the film that Mario took over in taking care of Luigi at some point after their parents died, likely when they were younger, kinda like with Nani and Lilo from Lilo and Stitch. In addition, the film seemed to possibly imply that Luigi was adopted by Mario's family since it would probably explain why Luigi looks latino while Mario looks italian.

@comedian416 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS MOVIE! I don't care what anyone says. Went to see it in theaters when it originally came out.

@TheeBeardedNoob Жыл бұрын

Love the review but more importantly love the Street Fighter reference and Meme.....

@Wickedweeknd21 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are amazing Jesse

@abdelali9279 Жыл бұрын

21:13 this is peak cinematography 21:13 just look at those abs ohmigosh I need that in my life, but seriously how come no one has already noticed this, I bet artists will have a field day with all the attention from this character

@2shoes2socks82 Жыл бұрын

I ❤ this movie really wish it was more obtainable on streaming platforms

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

I mean, if RiffTrax was able to license it as a VOD, I imagine it wouldn't be impossible to hit Disney+, especially if they see how big the new MARIO will do at the box office. I honestly doubt they even own the direct rights to the movie anymore, but Lord knows.

@j.j.q1379 Жыл бұрын

i honestly loved this movie, im always willing to sit down and watch for what it was. not what it tired to be.

@ryanjavierortega8513 Жыл бұрын

Never knew this existed, this channel has nostalgia…this was a video game

@garinhash Жыл бұрын

i loved this movie and still do, i know that actors had a rough time making this movie which saddens me, but i still want a set of Thwomp Stomper boots.

@JdeeGeekyGao Жыл бұрын

John Leguizamo in this movie was my first actor crush as a kid XDDD My bro played it for my nieces before he showed them the OG mario games. They were confused by the game and loved the movie ahh those Gen Alpha kids. The AtLAirbender live-action is played at least once every two months and I just can't...

@juleslund1515 Жыл бұрын

every scene brings me right back to 6 year old me in front of the TV, cheering Squeeze-Its with my little sister

@patfer1189 Жыл бұрын

Criticize the digital effects all you want, but the practical puppet for Yoshi was great.

@sirboxalot6654 Жыл бұрын

Loved this movie

@ladiorange Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. I actually enjoyed this movie. It wasn't made for critics, it was made for me, I was born early 80s and almost spit out my drink when you said colour me bad

@Morgil27 Жыл бұрын

In the case of Iggy and Spike, I always felt the writers just pulled two random names from the games. Same with all the signs with enemy names on them.

@classic.cameras Жыл бұрын

Saw this movie in the Theater. Good lord I am old.

@susangurnoe9611 9 ай бұрын

I liked this movie, saw it in s theater and had copy on vhs from my dad. He worked in a big hotel that had ppv for movies that were in the theater. He took his vcr to work with a splicer and coaxle Cable and hit record whenever he noticed someone ordered a movie.

@mysteriousstars122 Жыл бұрын

*Oh I liked John Leguizamo so much when I watched this movie 10 years ago* 😄🥰

@ultraslang Жыл бұрын

There used to be a fan made upload of the film on KZfaq, with added videogame sound effects and a few other changes, wish it was still up or I could find it.

@Makman1994 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for making this video. This movie is one of my favourite guilty pleasures and childhood films. If you're interested, could you make a video like this for TMNT 3 (1993), another "awfully" good movie?

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

I actually did that one in 2016

@79jask Жыл бұрын

I absolutely LOVE this movie!!

@SuperFlashDriver Жыл бұрын

This is why I do think that live action can be done again, but not just stay true to the source, but make it unique. However, my interpretation would have been more closer towards the 1986 adaptation that was ONLY released in Japan and never saw worldwide release. And remember, that film was before this 1993 and 2023 film combined. Keep in mind, a ton of 80s 90s films did predict 9/11, and that terrorist attack was planned as far back as the 1970s. And yeah, you'll never see the World Trade Center ever destroyed again after 9/11.

@pablum90x511 Жыл бұрын

The official, unofficial, sequel comic is pretty cool and does wrap up some things. Too bad it never got finished.

@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын

Aww, I was wondering why there wasn't more info available on that comic. But hey, better to have tried than not try at all.

@Rorginator Жыл бұрын

I saw this when I was 8 with my brother and neighbor friend on his birthday and we were all supremely disappointed. Over the years though, this movie has kinda grown on me.

@notvenom1152 Жыл бұрын

4:03 😂 deek move

@alienboy1322 Жыл бұрын

I never knew they made a super Mario bros film in the 90s. I'm glad I didn't know.

@TheProtagonistDies Жыл бұрын

Disney put "ORGY" in Thor love and thunder and to think they had morales in the 90s psshh

@notamoonraker Жыл бұрын

Ahh. Walk down the memory lane.. I still remember that 1990s Mario Bros live action kid shows.

@ilhamsyahmetharani3506 Жыл бұрын

Really love the soundtrack, Roxette's Almost Unreal.

@Axel.the.penguin 6 ай бұрын

“From dinosaur to Diarrhea does king koopa go bye bye”

@JeonardShadby505 23 күн бұрын

One of my favorite sentences I've ever written for a review!

@elmo2639 5 ай бұрын

I'm a gen z teen and I watched the movie when I was 7 or 9, I loved the movie and still do, despite it being bad it was still very funny.

@jasontheauralnaut7268 Жыл бұрын

Same comment as I made to the Brandon Tenold video 'this movie needs no fixin, cause Toad is Mojo Nixon!'

@AK33M Жыл бұрын

I just looked at the movie as if Mario and Luigi were in our world. In more than just appearance.

@rick9977015 Жыл бұрын

Hey hey, I love the Pest movie! Lol, that's awesome that it has a cult thing going. Hilarious

@Chicoescobar Жыл бұрын

Me n my homeboy use to trip acid n watch this movie nd Stephen king on tape back in 2011 now everybody claim to love it!!

@ryanmarkley1979 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this in a packed theater, way before assigned seating as well, such a sad day...

@kamdan2011 Жыл бұрын

My mom, brother and I had the whole theater to ourselves. They almost didn’t play it but my mom made them so that we wouldn’t be disappointed. We had a ball!

@lonedesertfox Жыл бұрын

Dudes…. I as a kid…. Had a thing about that big Bertha lady! Lmao! I never wanted a yellow suit so much in my life!

@ProxxRoxx Жыл бұрын

A Fever Dream that somehow transformed into a Movie.

@jaredphillips129 Жыл бұрын

😂 my old boss from Blockbuster is an Extra in this movie. He’s got a liberty-spike mow-hawk somewhere in the background in Koopa City

@GarethAlan81 Жыл бұрын

This guy should narrate all the JoBlo videos.

@NoiseFetish Жыл бұрын

I disagree on pretty much everything with my brother (who is 13 years older than me). Music, movies, worldview, food, etc. etc. but one of the very few things we agree on? This movie is entertaining as hell.

@Woozlewuzzleable Жыл бұрын

John Leguizamo is as Italian as they come.

@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын

I always pegged him as Latino.

@cu_ri_o Жыл бұрын

man, super mario bros. and nothing but trouble were childhood favorites of mine. my brother and I watched them way too many times, and we didn't care that the movie had almost nothing in common with the game 😅

@brooklynswaterboy5329 Жыл бұрын

I love this guy

@xedalpha1 Жыл бұрын

I'm just waiting on the UHD blu ray now.

@HolyDemonSnap 8 ай бұрын

The 1993 Mario Bros movie was genuinely a sci-fi movie of its time. Like it's fascinating. The entire thing deals with parallel timelines before that really started becoming a big thing in pop culture, while also being probably the first video game movie made when all we had at the time were instruction manuals and four mainline Mario titles. Also the person who plays Iggy Koopa is the same guy who played Fish in Early Edition. It's also so wild how they snuck blatant communist references into the movie through Iggy and and Spike's dialogue when they've been "evolved to be more intelligent," and the reason not many people really noticed it I think or even talked about it is because of how fucking wild everything else is on top of it. Also the two main villains in the movie are capitalist dictators, even though the one in the human world is less a dictator and more-so just a regular oligarch. The entire thing is such a fever dream trip as much as its making was, yet it was also such a product of its time while also being more than its time. The Cold War had only ended two years prior so seeing Communist overtones in a movie like this is so fascinating. Also I always forget about the rainbow belt used in the movie to bind Iggy and Spike. Genuinely based they hired real strippers to be part of the movie tbh. True worker class solidarity.

@jasongallagher5464 Жыл бұрын

In their defense, they did the whole fungus thing a long time before The Last of Us did so 🤷‍♂️

@angelmax404 Жыл бұрын

I saw this in theaters and I remember they gave us 3D glasses (those old red and blue paper ones) to watch some scenes in the movie.

@beans301 Жыл бұрын

the biggest complaint of movies like this is folks have a hard time suspending belief and just enjoying the moment. i dont watch all of my movies for them to make sense. it's for relief from the daily bullshit.

@richardtscott7489 Жыл бұрын

The poor South American kid wishes he was Italian or Puerto Rican

@thundertits Жыл бұрын

so is there a more finished version of the directors cut? you see the directors cut is a workprint version of the film so a lot of the effects weren't finished yet. If there's an edit that includes the deleted scenes but has the final films effects let me know

@BNTmodels Жыл бұрын

4:05 you got the two mixed up; John HAS aged, but Bob has NOT... because dead men don't age... (too soon?)

@AllRound_GG Жыл бұрын

Truly an awesome film.

@KadeemG61 Жыл бұрын

Man, it’s been 30 years since I originally hated the Super Mario Bros. release to theaters, but I turned things around flipped the script years later since buying the film on DVD, I loved the movie. Whether you love and hate video game movies (even though the fact that the bologna film critics haven’t even played the Mario games) over the last 30 years, some made lots of money (Resident Evil 1-6, Uncharted, Mortal Kombat) others sucked balls (MK: Annihilation, Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li, Hitman: Agent 47) and some were guilty pleasures (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Street Fighter 1994, Warcraft), while others like Uwe Boil have been in directors jail ever since. Right now, video game documentaries are also a thing. Go to any streaming service and find what documentary is your favorite. My favorite happens to be Atari: Game Over considering its been 40 years of hell since the gaming industry was sunk into the video game market crash after Atari’s “E.T.” named it as the worst video game ever.

@abdelali9279 Жыл бұрын

Í really like this movie, is like one of those fever dreams because not many people knew about this, I saw a rerun at a local TV channel that didn't care what they show at what time so that's so I first watched the uncut version of Robocop on a saturday afternot at just 10, but yeah it was until KZfaq became more popular that some people came out talking about the movie that some of my friends finally got to watch for the first time, but it seems this movie still flew under many others radar, for example when I showed my sister clips of this movie days before the new animated movie came out she told she's never heard of this live action movie and so many others, no wonder this movie is now a succes in Amazon as many either want to relieve or just show others what happens when you mix Super Mario Bros. with Cyberpunk 2077, I mean not only the cyberpunk setting, but also both the Mario movie and CP77 were known for their production hell as well.

@rig-zag Жыл бұрын

NOW is the time for a Mario Bros. / Sonic the Hedgehog crossover movie!! After we get a live action Zelda movie of course!

@TheArtistV1 Жыл бұрын

I always gave this movie slack because it was the first video game movie ever! It had room for error, I like it for what it is! I have seen the directors cut and that is better!

@leecroft7311 Жыл бұрын

I freaking love this movie.

@jarg8 Жыл бұрын

Love this movie to pieces. While it is terrible from a certain angle, time has been kind to it due to its absurdity. There's nothing quite like it and I never expected to enjoy it so much upon rewatch but it's truly one of a kind. PS if you're going to edit in so much footage, maybe don't make it twice as loud as your voice...

@meekermoo752 Жыл бұрын

got a quick question some of your awfully good movies like lady terminator and tarzan are missing . i was trying to show it to some friends but their not there. help?

@youtuber9626 4 ай бұрын

RIP Dennis hopper.

@thecunninlynguist Жыл бұрын

It's not that bad of a movie and I was kinda hoping we'd get a sequel with the teaser they had at the end. Plus the BYS antics was crazy

@mikesilva3868 Жыл бұрын

Yes it is 😂

@allnamesaretakenful Жыл бұрын

It really is awful. My dad took me and my little sister to see it. We left the theater and looked at each other like wtf was that garbage.

@1991punkrocker Жыл бұрын

I kind of like the movie I watched it when I was little around the 2000s it’s kind of cheesy, but I found it entertaining going to watch new one with my daughter