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20th Anninversary Screening Of Super Mario Bros. Movie

Do you live in the Los Angeles area?  If so, you might want to check out the 20th anniversary viewing of the Super Mario Bros.  movie at the NuArt Theatre on May 24th! The time has come! As the 20th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. draws near, we are pleased to announce a special screening […]

SupermariobrosDo you live in the Los Angeles area?  If so, you might want to check out the 20th anniversary viewing of the Super Mario Bros.  movie at the NuArt Theatre on May 24th!

The time has come! As the 20th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. draws near, we are pleased to announce a special screening that will be held at the NuArt Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, May 24th at midnight!

Screenwriter Parker Bennett and production designer David L. Snyder will be sitting on a Q & A panel, answering questions from fans.

We will also have a few other anniversary surprises, so be sure to join us in the festivities!

– The Super Mario Bros. official Facebook page

Now, I remember being pretty hyped about the movie.  When it was announced, my mind was a flutter with how awesome it would be on the big screen.  Then I saw it.  It was so bad, and so “not Mario Bros.” that I just could not like it.  Now that I am older, I look back on it and still cannot sit through it without squirming in my seat.  However, i have to give them props for at least trying.

Is there anybody out there that actually likes this movie?  Would you go see it on the big screen in L.A.?

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  1. They tried and they failed. If you remove the word Mario from the movie title, this movie could make sense.I insist on the word COULD.

  2. I actually love this movie, but that's mostly because I love laughably bad movies :P. I'll likely watch this with my friends in honor of the 20th anniversary.

  3. I actually plopped down money to go and see it when it came out, It was somewhat disappointing.. They got some things right, like the goombas, the dinosaurs, and the Mario bros being plumbers. Also, having to rescue Princess Daisy from King Koopa. There were also bobombs in it as well. Yoshi is in it. 🙂
    I would not say it was a horrible movie, bad ? yes, but not horrible. They at least got some things right, at least they tried, right?

    Really, how could you make a live action Super Mario Bros movie?

    my wife and I have a dvd,/VCR combo player. I actually still have this movie on videocassette. 🙂

  4. I remember Nintendo covering this movie and reading about it on Nintendo Power. 🙂

  5. I am a captain N the game master fan. I used to watchit a ton. I would love to see the return of Captain N in some form or another, a new tv series or maybe a video game??

  6. A captain N movie, or even an animated remake would be amazing! I was a huge fan!

  7. @ Mcase
    They got the Goombas right?? I didn't know Goombas were big buff guys with tiny dinosaur heads in the games. And they almost DID make a good live action Mario Bros. movie. It was originally written to be much more faithful to the games, yet the directors had a lot of disagreements and because of that, the production of the movie (from what I've researched) was awful for everyone involved, especially the actors and writers.

  8. Even though I think the movie sucked, I'd still go see it. lol BUT I don't think I actually could.

  9. I think that Mario Warfare might be the best live action Mario interpretation I've ever seen!

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