ITT: A bunch of 30+ year olds complaining that movie made for target demographics of 5-12 year olds looks dumb and for children
At least the mobs are somewhat good, I mean they’re not perfect but they’re not ugly either. PERSONAL OPINION
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This looks bad, but the last time Jared Hess and Jack Black teamed up we got Nacho Libre, which was good.
I’m weirdly on board with this and I think my kids will love it.
I have the same feeling after watching this, as I did the Mario movie and the Angry Birds before that…
I’m going to remain skeptical, but somewhat optimistic that this will be relatively watchable and hopefully not a complete dumpster fire like Borderlands…
Is it really THAT bad Borderlands? I didn’t watch it yet, but looks somewhat good… characters aside, they’re BAD
It really depends on where you draw the line e in the sand, I suppose?
If you’re not too heavily invested in the game series (so you’re willing to accept retcons/story divergence), and are able to switch your brain off for ~100 minutes you’ve got a decent enough chance that you probably won’t hate it.
More than anything, it just has a lot more in common with the ‘bad old days’ of video game adaptations (live action Mario Bros., anything Uwe Boll touched), than the newer crop of more faithful/reverent adaptations (Sonic, animated Mario etc.).
…bad old days’ of video game adaptations (live action Mario Bros.,
The live action Super Mario Bros. was great, this is a hill I will die on.
