The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Pitch Meeting
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2023
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It’s been 30 years since the last time we saw Mario on the big screen, and that… did not go so well. Finally, the multiple decades have seemingly allowed the Nintendo Corporation to cool off and give Mario and Luigi another shot at cashing in in Hollywood.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie definitely raises some questions. Like why was there a warp pipe under the streets of Brooklyn? Why did Princess Peach bring up her mysterious past and then not explain any further? What are these power-up boxes and how did they get there? Why didn’t Toad have to do that obstacle course, and why did Mario have to spend so much time doing it only to fail?
To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to The Super Mario Bros. Movie!
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The level of restraint needed to write an entire Pitch Meeting about this movie without even MENTIONING Chris Pratt is extremely impressive.
I feel as though I missed something.
@@nathangames1576 There was some grumpiness from the internet that Pratt was Mario. "Not Italian!" "Bad accent!" Etc
@@lisaroper421 I thought it was people mad because he doesn't line up with hollywood's politics
@@PaulDixon25nah we’re just sick of non voice actors/character actors getting voice acting roles and doing absolutely no voice acting with them. Or at least that’s where I was coming from
@StarCrysisOC let's a go and it's a me being the only two va lines requires a video game based va is your bother lol? To each his own I guess
This series has literally changed the way I watch movies. I have started seeing moments in movies and thinking “the pitch meeting for this is gonna be hilarious” thanks for the years of awesome content!
Makes bad movies bearable. Coz you know the pitch meeting is going to be fun 😂
So how long until the internet turns against this format of movie analysis/jokes like it did with cinemasins?
It's called conditioning
Seriously tho...this UA-cam channel is so much a part of my moviegoing experience that AS SOON as I finish watching a big movie blockbuster, I go on UA-cam and watch the Pitch Meeting episode on that movie!! This channel is a fkn Godsend!! 😄
I dont even watch movies anymore i just watch pitch meetings now
"Because the live action movie 30 years ago made Nintendo lose faith in the film industry." " Yeah, that's fair." Just killed me lol😂
It’s so true though! Gosh that movie was bad!!!!
It was my childhood's fever dream experience. Felt like experiencing shrooms as a kid.
@@inkheart151so incredibly bad that it was amazing.
My favorite line in the movie:
"She would if she's got good taste!"
Luigi is such a gem.
I thought he said teeth. I was so confused
@@coldchillin8382 what😂
I haven't watched the movie yet, but unless they have Princess Peach able to levitate for a small bit in her jumps and Toad be exceptionally strong, I call shenanigans!
@@That80sGuy1972 Haven't watched the movie yet but I saw a clip of Princess Peach doing the floaty skirt bit for a few seconds (apparently at the end of doing the obstacle course herself) so I'm expecting Toad to a trooper too.
@@NotAFanOfHandles Now I MUST see the movie just to see if they kept the SM2 character arcs.
I saw the movie a week ago and I never considered how surprisingly well it lines up with "anything is possible with performance enhancing drugs"
Dont forget violence! Taking drugs and beating others up!
I saw the movie after watching this and was cracking up every time he was getting destroyed and only won with a performance enhancer. LOL. It really does seem to be the moral of the story.
Weeeell... When you put it like that...
No it’s just an ad for the second amendment.
This is why Mario isn't a kids franchise 😳
To be Fair, the first human ever showing up in an uncharted place immediately making it their kingdom that they rule over *is* pretty on brand for us.
I thought the Toads made her their princess?
@@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852 They did but it's still kinda funny that they made the only human in their universe their leader despite raising her lol
"We made this!"
"You made this?"
...
"I made this."
British feelings, eh? "I see land, I plant a flag, now the land is mine" 😅
@@ravingcuriosity6345 That's literally every empire that has ever existed..
Super Mario Bros asked the question "will audiences accept video game mechanics as a way to propel the story of a movie?" and audiences answered with a resounding yes.
That’s what you got out of this movie? I think the lesson is clearly that people would watch almost anything as long as it’s from an ip they know.
I think that only works with Super Mario, because the franchise has such an insane world it makes no sense to try something serious
I took home that everything will turn out alright as long as brothers stick together.
About that video game mechanics thing though: does anyone remember Independence Day 2 with the multi-stage boss fight were they had to chew through the alien queen's HP bar? That didn't go so well for this particular franchise.
@eliasmiranda2358 It works with anything people recognize. Remember Emoji Movie? I haven't watched it, but it sure as heck wasn't a commercial flop. The *only* thing it was riding on is "those are emoji! I recognize those!"
@@NeatNit The emoji movie wasnt a flop but it wasnt a success either.
The thing with jack black is that even in the worst movies, he gives it his all and looks like he's having fun.
But this one. I genuinely feel he didn't need much direction to do bowser. The guy is having so much fun
How Ryan can make "Minimize those risks!" sound funny is a special talent
Why do I get the feeling that will become a new running gag?
Minimizing things is tight!
why would you need to take risks on a childrens film?
The tagline for this movie should have been “you’ll remember the things you remember” which would have been TIGHT
And remember them well--to the tune of over 700 billion dollars so far. Tight!
A very rememorable movie!
I think it probably should be “try and find every single reference, we dare you.”
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My favourite part was when Producer Guy Ryan said "I'll allow it" in a tone of voice that was like "you're on thin ice Counsel, but I am intrigued..."
"Not until you complete an obstacle course" reminded me of "not until you brush mother's hair, not until you've brushed it well!" 😂
"Ooh sounds like you might've had a weird childhood" 😂
"Oh yeah brother"
What pitch meeting is that from?
@@jasongrape4920 Batman Begins
"May we please have some sweet sweet condensed milk?"
Audience loves it, critics hate it. Screenwriter guy got it right.
Critics gave Cuties a 95%, so screw what they think.
Critics can suck off.
@@MegamanXfan21xx Not to mention The Last Jedi.
@@indiesigi7807 that's the opposite of being fair. Having child actors twerk for a movie isn't something that should be legal
honestly this movie sucked, brah
Producer: "You can't just use court room talk to avoid questions."
Writer: "Overruled."
Producer: "I'll allow it."
Love it when writer guy outwits producer guy 😂
That was my favourite exchange 😂 1:49
I think that was the best exchange of all in time
There should be spoilers for the comment section!
@@Attmayyou shouldn't be reading comments before watching
Fake fan. Don't you know his name is Producer Guy???
You hit the nail on the head with Bowser having a song. Jack Black is in the movie so there has to be a song for him.
Peach saying okay to the Toad actually makes a lot of sense.
She's been raised by them, so she knows first hand that a Toad that's not scared is a Toad worth bringing along on an adventure
True! Besides, it's HER army!
i understand what ur saying but she didn't know .. she was surprised he was capable, or had the ballz to go ... what she knows is its unlikely that a toad dude would go, hence the surprise
@@siferroze True but he's her servant. He fights for her! Mario is only an ally she just met, while Toad is already in the team!
Honestly, most of the stuff he's describes like it doesn't make sense makes perfect sense in context. Like the thing about having Mario go through the obstacle course; Peach said she wasn't leaving for the Jungle Kingdom until the next day, and Mario trains until the next day. So...
Isn’t the whole joke about the toads is that they’re scared of most if not everything? And that’s what sets toad aside from the other toads cause he’s afraid of some things….????
I loved that line at the end "Thats kinda all we really need, this is going to be a hit". Felt almost like a break from character but also a super honest line for the producer.
Also, not wrong. I saw myself grinning each time I recognized anything so....
Kinda sad that movies will keep going in this direction..
@leagueportrayedbyspongebob762 the difference between this movie and all other movies is that they don't go on to figure out how to push "the message" after doing the bare minimum in character development and plot.
@@Paul_Bedford It’s not about the lack of a “pushed message”. It’s about uninspired, boring stories.
If the Mario movie wouldn’t be about Mario but a new figure, nobody would watch it because the story is so lazily written.
Pixar for example manages to make GOOD MOVIES for children without the need of famous characters.
@@DLTLLYsubreddit LOL, inserting a NOT-SO-SECRET-GAY-AGENDA is anything but a GOOD MOVIES for children 🤣🤣
3:25 “why would we have Bowser sing a song?”
“Well we’re gonna have Jack Black voice him”
“Oh yeah, then we’ve gotta have Bowser sing a song.”
Yeah, that right there. Jack Black gonna Jack Black.
Don’t pretend you didn’t enjoy it.
I really enjoy Jack Black, but that song is stupid.
I mean all i know is that he wears it better than Kakyoin
That movie is the materialisation of a studio saying "the fans want it, let them have it"
nothing wrong with that
Now only if other studios would follow suit.
FINALLY
I too would love MORE movies to be extremely light on plot, reference heavy and sound like someone forgot to turn off their spotify playlist. THOSE ARE MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!!!!!@@SirJungleBunny
Hollywood isnt changing thats the stubborn influence of Miyamoto and Nintendo coming through. Honestly, i think both need to bend a little to what audiences are looking for. Lets be real, it could have been much worse, it could have been much better. The set pieces and animation were the highlight here. Illumination did a great job.
I cant begin to explain to you how angry i was when Toad didnt turn out to be a 40-year old punk rocker.
Toad was a 40-year old punk rocker 20 years ago. He ages well.
That's just being cruelly disrespectful to Mojo Nixon....... his performance in Redneck Rampage is leagues better
Jack Black did well as Meat Loaf playing Bowser.
Pity Bowser's character was written so poorly.
@@zimriel I hate meat loaf, but also your analogy is a little unclear. Did you hate Black Jack or love him?
This past week, in a casual group conversation I said, "It's going to be super easy, barely an inconvenience". To which someone replied with perfect delivery, "Oh really?!?!" We both starting laughing at the inside joke while the rest stared at us in complete confusion. It was delightful!
Inside jokes are tight!
Super tight!
Pitch Meeting speak is TIGHT! 😁
The only thing I like better than when everybody gets an inside reference or joke is when _only one_ person gets it. Slightly beating out when _nobody_ does.
@@PhilBagels I need you to get all the way off of my back about things being tight
People don’t seem to understand, contextual action applies, we don’t need to be told what something is and why it is and what it does, just show it is what it is and how it works
For some reason, your inflection alone on “I’ll allow it?” at 1:57 got me. 😆
‘Super easy barely an inconvenience’ is the words that can make my entire day
Then cheering you up is super easy, barely an inconvenience.
@@danielskrivan6921 You typing that to cheer him up was also Super Easy and Barely an Inconvenience.
man, you got one sad life then
@@michaelwesten4624 Finding that one guy in the UA-cam comments section is unfortunately ... Super Easy, barely an inconvenience.
Very much unlike escaping the apparent hellhole that is screenrant.
If I was 10 years old, this would definitely be my new favourite film of all time. The kids at my screening were having a great time.
Bro I'm 25 and it's my new favorite film 😭🙏
and thats why its doing so well. parents know they can take their kids to have a good time, and not worry about any over the top agenda pushing. And, even parents can recognize things from the games they played as kids! Even my dad, who didnt play too much Mario, knew a lot of references.
Yo I’m 28 and it is up there as my all time favorites. I don’t need cerebral thought provoking movies 24/7, this was a fun movie to relax to and just enjoy
There was this one kid at my theatre who was absolutely into it. At first I was a little annoyed, but then I realized that I would've been the same at their age and got back to having a blast too
41 here and I thought it was pretty great. Don't often buy new movies but this one will definitely join our collection.
Ryan’s ability to make up original phrases for things that happen very often is impressive. We’ve probably seen 100 pitches of movies with blatant nostalgia-baiting. Yet here comes Ryan with a brand new phrase: “I remembered the thing I remember.” 😂😂
That’s gold
I ignored this until I saw the movie and I have to say: I actually really liked the movie. It was really good.
"Oh, performance enhancing drugs are tight!"
That bit about the power ups made me chuckle out loud LOL
"So what does this juiced up Italian do next?" That one got me good.
that would be COL instead of LOL then :P
maybe I'm old (I am) but I remember Popeye The Sailor man 'juicing up' with spinach on a regular basis. Doesn't have to be drugs.
Tuco from breaking bad be like
@@veganconservative1109
Exactly. And in the games, Mario consumes mushrooms for power-ups. So, the attempt to connect Mario power-ups to performance-enhancing drugs was just a bad angle. Oh well. Ryan had one bad video out of hundreds of good ones. It's no big deal.
The court room joke was the biggest laugh I've had watching these in a long time. A+ joke
I'll allow it
2:32 *OBJECTION!* Peach explicitly used the *"we leave in the morning" / "tomorrow at dawn" cliché,* and told Mario he could come with her _only if_ he could complete the obstacle course _before she leaves, so that he does NOT slow her down._
3:03 Okay. Yeah, I asked that too. 😅
3:22 Actually, I've heard that went the other way. They got Jack Black to voice him, and then Jack was like, "I wanna sing," and that request made its way back to the film's scriptwriters and composer who THEN made it happen. 😉
4:51 Long enough for DK and Mario to establish how much the two hate each other and gripe at each other about how they both think they're a disappointment to their fathers, at least.
You left out the part were Mario tricks a sentient WMD into entering the pipe he knows leads to Brooklyn. He sees the pipe and is like "oh yeah, THAT'S the one".
"Bowser is going to sing? Why would Bowser sing?"
"Because Jack Black."
"We need Bowser to sing."
"Massive man hole leaks are tight!". No one can add anything more to that line to make it funnier, not even Ryan, other than " I said what I said" 🤣
watching this on my second monitor it really made me whip my head to it, thinking "damn, why was THIS something to insinst on?" he really keeps us on our toes. 🤣
0:19 "And also we tried to sue them before that"
"Oh my God!"
My favorite scene was Mario flying through the air after being knocked out by Donkey Kong. Princess Peach screaming "Mario!!" Half dazed he says, "That's a me." I broke into tears right there.😂
You clapped! You clapped because you recognized the thing!
Yeah that was great!!!!
I broke into tears at that too, but for a different reason.
2:32 To be fair, Peach said earlier that she was going to leave for the Kong Kingdom in the morning. So whilst it is a valid question why she didn’t decide to set off immediately, she didn’t delay herself so Mario could do the obstacle course.
Fair enough!
Straight Lampshading.
Hey shut up😂
Yup, I thought that was pretty obvious. And honestly all the jokes about “you’re not going to explain that?” to me aren’t valid either. It’s a kids movie and I was totally okay just suspending my belief to have fun instead of 3 hours of them trying to somehow explain why turtles talk, mushrooms make you big, pipes warp, etc. I actually laughed when Mario said “so these bricks are just floating, ok”.
What was the point of the obstacle course though? It just felt like exposition without character. Yeah, Peach is obviously the Live-Action Mulan of the movie. That's all I learned. She had no real growth. Mario had some growth, but if you think about it, all he needed were drugs. :) ....I mean, performance enhancing food.
I think this episode had the freshest jokes of any episode in a while. He didn't rely entirely on catchphrases, and it felt like he took some risks in the writer's room. Courtroom talk and performance-enhancing drugs were great jokes.
Not really, because those things have nothing to do with Mario, so the comedy in this Pitch Meeting wasn't grounded in any sort of reality, which is why it all fell flat. But hey, even Ryan can't win them all, and that's okay.
No idea what the other guy is talking about but yeah, this episode was definitely a bit fresher
@@theredneckprincessoftactic8176 I agree I don't understand what he said but it's pretty fresh
I agree
Yeah the courtroom bit was great! The PED part was funny the first 5 times
Recognition of familiarity is why I love this skit despite it being used for hundreds of movies. ❤
Recognition of familiarity is how Ryan George operates his entire channel considering the number of recurring gags/characters/catchphrases :)
2:16 I feel a lot of people miss something here.
I noticed this on a 2nd watch of the movie,
Peach told the council of Toads that she was gonna leave for the Kong Kingdom THE NEXT MORNING. She wasn’t planning on leaving right then and there.
When she met Mario (a potentially concerned citizen) and heard that his brother was captured by Bowser, Mario himself insisted on coming with.
She wanted to test Mario’s ability and see if he was capable enough to actually face the potential dangers. You have to remember that she admires bravery and determination. She saw his determination to want to save his brother himself and respected it.
By the next morning, even though Mario (ultimately) didn’t pass the course, she let him tag along cause she liked his tenacity. I’m sure if he didn’t show any progress at all by the morning, she wouldn’t have let him come.
Ultimately, she didn’t “waste time” training Mario, because as she said, she wasn’t planning on leaving till the morning anyway. She probably would’ve slept or something within that time until she left at daylight.
You may believe she actually should’ve left right away, but that wasn’t her plan, so it’s not a flaw within the script.
Whether or not you want to count her not leaving right away as a critique, her taking time for Mario was not.
That part is covered.
That one line of dialogue is just very easy to miss.
The explanation didn't need to be this long.
@@ghostderazgriz I was covering my bases and addressing things thoroughly so there wouldn’t need to be any questions.
@@GuyWithNoNickName While it's great that they included Peach's "the next morning" line, it's still a bit weird to not leave for the journey immediately without asking them to like...gather supplies for her. If Mario hadn't appeared would she have just had a nice luxurious dinner and gone to bed before walking all the way to her destination when time is of the essence to save the entire kingdom? Story wise it doesn't make sense.
@@gymnastgirlflips
I think most of that's implied to be happening off-screen. The wait until next morning is (presumably) to make time for any necessary preparations and arrangements for such a journey. With or without Mario, at the very least some time is needed to decide how the kingdom is going to be run in the meantime (and what happens if the journey does run into complications). Leaving the next morning makes a lot more sense than running off at once.
@GuyWithNoNickName cool still doesn't make sense. Why did she not leave immediately? Why did she not use the time to prepare more readily instead of choosing to help Mario? Why did she immediately take Toad? It's a script flaw.
There are some questions for you so you writing that massive wall of text was completely unnecessary and a waste of time. 😊😊😊😊😊
This was spot on. I kept pointing at the screen in the theater and smiling like “I remember this thing I remembered”
"HE DID THE THING!"
And I,who never played at"Super Mario"once,spent the whole time thinking:"Oohh,I bet fans are gonna recognize this thing! And this thing. And this thing. And..."
Thank goodness they kept it familiar though! The first movie did so much weird nonsense, we needed it to all be fun and come together… they did a great job, I wept tears of joy from the overwhelmingly awesome audio video
The original Mario Brothers pitch meeting is hilarious!
Producer: you consumed a lot of mushrooms while writing this?
Screenwriter: oh no, I just ate portobello mushrooms. I didn’t smoke them.
P: oh, that’s a relief.
S: yeah, magic mushrooms really would’ve interfered with my acid trip.
You don't smoke magic mushrooms, you ingest them.
If you are just starting on your journey into the world of psychedelics, make sure to do your research. Psychedelics are safe *IF* you take them responsibly.
@@humanperson8418 You _can_ smoke magic mushrooms instead of ingesting them. Nothing stopping you.
I don't care.I don't ,i do not care.
To learn more about drugs, visit you're local library; there's probably some guy behind it who's selling drugs.
he didn't eat magic mushrooms because he didn't want to mess with the acid he took
Saw this movie yesterday.....really enjoyed it. Peaches peaches peaches lol
I'm playing this on repeat for the day so I can hear Ryan call me a true fan
"Why would we have Bowser sing a song?"
Because Bowser is a gentle soul who writes haikus and has one of Ludwig Von Koopa's pianos.
Is nobody gonna talk about how Bowser's son owns a piano line despite supposedly not even existing in the film
@@drawingdragon Bowser still hasn't had the mental breakdown needed to convince himself that his many illegitimate children are actually Peach's children. So for now they are hidden away like modern illegitimate children. We no longer have Kings that give illegitimate children the last name Fitzroy which means son of the king, so he isn't comfortable doing that.
Damn, that Mario RPG reference. That's deep lore!
"Like the moon over
the day, my genius and brawn
are lost on these fools." ~ Bowser
@@drawingdragon The koopalings aren't Bowser's children, only Bowser Jr is. They retconned that over 10 years ago.
I like it when the writer guy blinks because it makes him look more real ☺️
The overlap between Onetopic and Ryans fanbases is small, apparently. Neat
Overlapping fandoms is (lowers voice) T I G H T
Yo 🤗
Sometimes I worry if no one loves me.
@@AidanDaGreat Lol
When Mario and Kong escaped from the sea monster I thought:
5:06 I'm surprised no one's timestamp this😂
The entire movie is basically Mario solving all the problems with recognizable items from the games
Hey, that’s from the games!
Yes it is sir!
That's why it's good.
Brought my son to this for his first movie in the theater. He dressed up in his Mario costume and everything. I’ve never seen him so excited. We loved it. Definitely an entertaining movie.
It’s loud and blurry and things happen but not for too long
Ya-hoo!
Same here I took my son and daughter as well and they loved it. Their first time in the movie theater and it was amazing! 🎉😅
@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 What else could you ask for? 🤗
That really sounds adorable.
Every now and then, but not all too often, it's nice to have a movie that DOESN'T try to subvert your expectations or ruin your childhood.
Yeah, all these people whining about the film being too "safe" drive me nuts. Like... How exactly was this too safe? This is basically the first video game movie to take the plunge and completely embrace its source material instead of feeling the need to change it in some way to try to optimize those profits. They made a Mario movie, and they let the fact its Mario speak for itself.
The plot might be standard, but this film worked its ass off to be a Mario movie.
@@ElvenRaptor Embrace its source material??? By having princess Peach be a kick-ass warrior rather than needing help and Mario, the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, not being a hero NOR from the Mushroom Kingdom? Luigi was allowed to be a scaredy-cat, but that only works when he is nonetheless determined to act, save Mario, save the Kingdom etc - in this case he was absolutely useless, being imprisoned for the entire movie, and the "brothers stronger together" angle the movie was going for (and the "Bros" in the title) was therefore completely inappropriate.
I went into the film with low expectations and still ended up disappointed by the "fish out of water saves everyone" movie #48096, and that's only the last decade or so. Why can't a hero be a hero? Why can't Mario be from the world of Mario? Why can't a princess be a princess, rather than the greatest warrior in the land? Mario didn't need a family of assholes either and the only potential good thing they could've done with that - ie. Luigi being his emotional support, the one person who, despite needing his help a lot, actually helps Mario more than he could ever know by just always being there for him - was dropped for the sake of "well, the princess can't be the kidnapped one, that's not how we write women now".
And hell, why keep introducing interesting ideas and completely ignore them for the sake of the aforementioned boring plot? There's a portal between Mushroom Kingdom and the human world. Again, I hate the human world being a part of the story, but at least make something out of it - the portals, especially on the Mushroom World's side, is not even hidden or anything, how has nobody stumble upon it before? If Peach has to be a foreigner to her own f*ckin' Kingdom, who f*ckin' wrote this, at least give that a proper explanation and make it mean something. If the Mario Bros come into a foreign world, make them ACT like they've come to a foreign world and make the foreign world act like they're foreign to it. Peach was made into a princess (what happened to the former royalty? Or did the Toads actually establish monarchy just because a woman showed up, those simps?) but a second human - only the second human ever, after the princess herself - gets a couple weird looks at most? I'm not expecting a story that elaborates on and explains every little bit, but a story that tries to marry a "fish out of water" story (one of the three stories Hollywood has at this point) with the games' premise is just incoherent.
Heck, my old old idea about Mario and Luigi being the royal plumbers does the "unlikely hero" scenario better. In that one, Mario hated his lot in life and actually created tunnels under the castle in order to escape and seek a better life, with Bowser coincidentally coming upon said tunnels and using them to kidnap Peach. And it's Luigi, Mario's sole family and cowardly yet heroic sort, who convinces him that they should help, rather than escape. Ta-dah, the plumber nobodies end up the heroes, with Mario learning to love the Mushroom Kingdom as he travels through its wondrous lands, and eventually saving it not due to guilt or obligation, but out of sheer heroism and maybe a smidge of attraction towards the princess who turns out not to be the stuck-up arrogant royalty he had pictured. Hardly the best idea for a Mario film, with Mario himself being quite a different character from the brave optimist hero of the games, but if the movie had to do a f*ckin' "origin story" for said game hero (like this one we got), at least make it unique and interesting.
@@ewormXD "Embrace its source material???"
Yes.
"By having princess Peach be a kick-ass warrior rather than needing help and Mario, the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, not being a hero NOR from the Mushroom Kingdom?"
That's how Miyamoto has gone on record saying he imagined her, and she has played the role of fighter several times over the years. Seriously, read the Nintendo Power Mario comic where she's the exact same way. Back in the 90s.
Except she did end up needing help, because her attempts to save her kingdom fail, and she did end up needing Mario's help. Not sure how you missed that.
"Luigi was allowed to be a scaredy-cat, but that only works when he is nonetheless determined to act, save Mario, save the Kingdom etc - in this case he was absolutely useless, being imprisoned for the entire movie, and the "brothers stronger together" angle the movie was going for (and the "Bros" in the title) was therefore completely inappropriate."
Not even remotely. Luigi was determined to act. He took action as soon as he was able to again. Not sure how you missed that, either.
"I went into the film with low expectations and still ended up disappointed by the "fish out of water saves everyone" movie #48096, and that's only the last decade or so."
This is not a new element to the Mario series. Mario and Luigi in cartoon and film adaptations always start as fish out of water. It's a part of the story Nintendo chooses to tell in media outside of the games.
"Why can't a hero be a hero? Why can't Mario be from the world of Mario?"
Because Mario is always from Brooklyn in media outside of the games. Look up how the Nintendo of America always told his story and how that was reflected in the old cartoons and even the 1986 animated film, and the 1993 film.
And Mario was the hero.
"Why can't a princess be a princess, rather than the greatest warrior in the land?"
How to tell you're sexist without telling me you're sexist.
"Mario didn't need a family of assholes either and the only potential good thing they could've done with that - ie. Luigi being his emotional support, the one person who, despite needing his help a lot, actually helps Mario more than he could ever know by just always being there for him - was dropped for the sake of "well, the princess can't be the kidnapped one, that's not how we write women now"."
Except Mario's connection to Luigi was what kept him going when he was trying to save him. And yes, how dare Mario begin the film at a starting point that he grows past. How terrible./s
"And hell, why keep introducing interesting ideas and completely ignore them for the sake of the aforementioned boring plot? There's a portal between Mushroom Kingdom and the human world."
That exists in all adaptations of Mario Bros without explanation in other media, too. Seriously, where have you been for the last 30 years?
"Again, I hate the human world being a part of the story, but at least make something out of it - the portals, especially on the Mushroom World's side, is not even hidden or anything, how has nobody stumble upon it before?"
We don't know they haven't, and it was located way down in an abandoned part of the sewers the bros fell into that no one had been to for years.
"If Peach has to be a foreigner to her own f*ckin' Kingdom, who f*ckin' wrote this, at least give that a proper explanation and make it mean something."
...You're really that surprised with Peach being the only human aside from the Bros?
"If the Mario Bros come into a foreign world, make them ACT like they've come to a foreign world and make the foreign world act like they're foreign to it."
...They did.
"Peach was made into a princess (what happened to the former royalty? Or did the Toads actually establish monarchy just because a woman showed up, those simps?) but a second human - only the second human ever, after the princess herself - gets a couple weird looks at most? I'm not expecting a story that elaborates on and explains every little bit, but a story that tries to marry a "fish out of water" story (one of the three stories Hollywood has at this point) with the games' premise is just incoherent."
I didn't find it to be incoherent at all. The toads loved and respected the child they adopted enough to make her the princess. Sometime it doesn't need to be super complex. You also sound like a whiny bitch at this point.
"Heck, my old old idea about Mario and Luigi being the royal plumbers does the "unlikely hero" scenario better."
...You're mad that your personal headcanon wasn't used in the film? Okay, I can see that you're just the entitled kind of fan who really doesn't deserve to be listened to. Thank God you will never work in the business.
"In that one, Mario hated his lot in life and actually created tunnels under the castle in order to escape and seek a better life, with Bowser coincidentally coming upon said tunnels and using them to kidnap Peach. And it's Luigi, Mario's sole family and cowardly yet heroic sort, who convinces him that they should help, rather than escape. Ta-dah, the plumber nobodies end up the heroes, with Mario learning to love the Mushroom Kingdom as he travels through its wondrous lands, and eventually saving it not due to guilt or obligation, but out of sheer heroism and maybe a smidge of attraction towards the princess who turns out not to be the stuck-up arrogant royalty he had pictured. Hardly the best idea for a Mario film, with Mario himself being quite a different character from the brave optimist hero of the games, but if the movie had to do a f*ckin' "origin story" for said game hero (like this one we got), at least make it unique and interesting."
Sounds fucking terrible. Glad it wasn't used.
As for being "unique", it's an adaptation. It is by the very nature of what it is, not unique.
And apparently, an overwhelming majority find the film interesting. Must suck having such a minority opinion. Now run along, little bitch.
@@ElvenRaptor I'm glad your argument for how they stuck to the source material is "look at other adaptations, not the games"
@@ewormXD Oh, but it wasn't always this way. The film did stick to the source material of the earlier games, actually.
The narrative for Mario and Luigi was that they were from Brooklyn until 1996. It was only after "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island" that Nintendo decided they were from the Mushroom Kingdom. And the only reason Nintendo did this was to keep things simple in the games. The Mario series, outside of the RPGs, has always been minimalist when it comes to story. Making this change made things simpler, like Nintendo like.
Like I said, those early cartoons and 1993 film gave Mario and Luigi the origins Nintendo wanted them to have.
Mario and Luigi being from Brooklyn is not an Illumination invention. This is Nintendo's doing. The very company that created them wants them from Brooklyn in any media that's meant to tell a story. Believe me, few are more surprised that they brought back the "plumbers from Brooklyn" story from the old days more than older Mario fans.
As for Princess Peach's portrayal, the games outside of the RPGs haven't really been able to portray her personality at all until relatively recently, but Miyamoto has always made it clear he saw her a take charge and fight back kind of girl. And in the RPGs, she was always consistently active, never just laying down and letting Mario do the work there, either. She was always doing everything she could help Mario win the battle, even if it meant constantly escaping her prison and sneaking around to drip-feed him information either through Twink or emails.
Seriously, how do you not know any of this? Did you never check out the earlier games or the RPGs?
3:42 😂😂😂😂
Wow the mp4 in the title really says a lot about society, thanks Ryan! I will have to consider doing this for my videos as well!
Accidentally including the file type in the title and then probably removing it later is tight!
Changing the title of the video is actually super easy. Barely an inconvenience.
If this was an accident, it would be .mp4, so this is likely on purpose unless he names his files with their file types.
Mp4… deez nuts
And now it's gone
The unapologetic "I said what I said" was golden.
Seen these pitch meetings for years on every movie imaginable and they're still as funny as ever.
Crazy how a part time UA-cam such as Jablinski Games got a HUGE voice acting role in a movie
"Massive manhole leaks are TIGHT!"
"Oh my god!"
"I said what I said."
I sincerely had to pauze the video for a bit because I had to laugh so hard. Well done sir!
Me too
I don't understand, could you explain please? Make fun of my daftness if you have to, but I'd still like to know 😅
@@hoffmanthemilkman4217 manhole is a term to reference the entrance to the utilities under a street, but you could misinterpret it as a man-hole which would be an orifice on a male human. And in order for orifices to leak in the human body, they tend to need to be loose - the opposite of tight. So that contradiction paired with the gross factor of imagining leaky man-holes and the producers interest in them is shocking and thus funny.
@@xitaris5981 Thanks mate 👍
@@xitaris5981 I had to laugh at the 'manhole' reference. 'Manholes', either the (usually) round metal plates seen in roads, or a rectangular fibreboard inset into a household ceiling to allow access into the roof cavity, are now more commonly referred to as a 'service access point', not because 'manhole' could be confused as meaning 'anus', but to make it gender neutral.
1:00 I also love how Ryan has gotten more willing to have Producer guy be firm with the weird things he says are tight lol
Producer guy standing by his words is TIGHT!
"So what's this juiced up Italian do next?" Almost made soup come out my nose
Princess Peach did say she was leaving in the morning, before meeting mario. So her schedule was unaffected.
It's always the lines that pass by quickly that make me laugh the most. And then I check the comments but don't see anyone talking about them. For this one, it was "So what does this juiced-up Italian do next?" that really got me.
Some great switch-ups in phrases: "I'll allow it" and "I said what I said" had me dead.
The “Peach Song” had me rolling in the theater. Me and my family enjoyed it!
My son is learning that song on piano and breaks into song while practicing
“I wanna write Princess Peach, but make her nothing like Princess Peach”
"These risks are so minimal, my heart rate as gone down" Best line ever
Uploading the Super Mario Bros. Movie Pitch Meeting mp4 is super easy, barely an inconvenience!
It's weird to see a Pitch Meeting where the headline at the end matches the final prediction...
The whole movie felt like I was watching someone play the game 😅
One thing I really loved about the characterisation of Mario and Luigi was the brotherly love they had for each other. Although Luigi does get unfairly limited screen time in the movie, and I know a lot of people like to make fun of or make parodies about Mario being a bigshot and hogging the spotlight while Luigi always gets bullied, I was really touched by the brotherly bond the two had in this film, and it really warmed my heart to see how much the two cared about each other, and seeing how close Mario was to break down in tears after reuniting with his brother was quite wholesome. Not to mention Mario always looking out for his little bro and Luigi supporting his brother's dream and overcoming his fear in the final act. Reminded me of my connection with my brother
What happened to Luigi?
@@Lance.Gardenhirehe died
@@Lance.Gardenhire He lived and both Mario and Luigi joined together with the super power up star and defeated Bowser and now both live in the Mushroom Kingdom
@lancegardenhire2360 he commited tax fraud and had to leave the country
Thank goodness this was made by illumination. If it was Disney, Mario and Luigi would be a gay couple and race changed from Italian to something else.
1:01 "massive manhole leaks are tight! ... I said what I said!"
Laughed way too _hard_ at that one
Hard.
@@djspacecat4138 That's why I wrote that word italic
Almost every Pitch Meeting requires some suspension of disbelief but this one... yeah this does feel like a real pitch meeting between Chris Melissandri and the writer.
"That's not the message here."
"Are you sure?"
(Looks at script)
I love how he has to consult the script that he wrote
"Remember blue shells?"
"I do! They're the item from Mario Kart that attacks the lead kart!"
"That's right! They attack the second place kart!"
I thought the same thing😂
I was like "hmm I guess peach already passed the 'finish line'🤔😅"
In Peach's defense, she did say she was leaving in the morning. The obstacle course did not disrupt her schedule at all.
Which is also why they leave even though Mario fell just short of completing the course. Time to go, not waiting on him to give it another try.
Some people nitpicking that scene. I love it. I recognised things in that scene!!! 😆
So...to be clear...you three think there wasn't anything else to be done in preparation for a journey to literally save her whole world...other than watch some guy jump.
Yeah, you're all so clever.
@@beteopod it was video game movies with cartoon italian guys with big nose in a mushroom kingdom where the mushrooms are either a friend or a performance enhancing drug. Don't be too clever my friend lol
@@beteopod Such as...
One thing that I would like to point out about the film is that during the war room scene in Peach's castle, Princess Peach say that she would leave for the Kong kingdom in the morning, so having Mario go through the training course until the morning did not delay her departure.
For anyone’s reference: Drainage/sewer pipes and water distribution pipes are not the same thing.
Also, there are not large vaults that people can walk through in 95% of NYC sewers, and especially not in Brooklyn. NYC sewers are not like Paris or London.
"This is not the kind of movie where I'm going to be answering that kind of question" is exactly everyone's thoughts about every inconsistency. Myself included, I thought the movie was great
thats not inconsistency. They just dont elaborate the lore. Like the games.
@@pontoancora >movie starts
>have boatloads of easter eggs
>it's a fun adventure in a wacky world
>refuses to elaborate further
>end
@@banjo9158 forgot the profit part hahaha
@@banjo9158 based tho
It's kinda like complaining that it was never explained why Bill Murray was stuck in a time loop. It doesn't really matter and any explanation you give is gonna be unsatisfactory anyway.
Love that the word “mp4” is added to the title, adds so much layer to the video👍
Mario Party 4 just recently turned 20 after all!
He changed the title😢 newcomers won’t understand us:/
It still shows in the notification, lol.
@@adac1331 Atleast there's always the notification still
@@hassathunter2464 yep
I love going to the movies for major releases and seeing stuff that I know Ryan will have fun with when he does the Pitch Meeting.
5:22
*Mario Voice* INDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!! HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Wow, becoming the highest grossing video game movie in 1 week was super easy, barely an inconvenience.
I mean, leaving the catchphrases aside for a minute, it really isn't that high of a bar to meet, between how _bad_ video game movies typically are and the effects of inflation.
inflation is tight
@@coryzilligen790 and it’s literally the most recognizable Video Game IP for over 30 yrs
@@noirekuroraigami2270 sonic is better
Okay, it's amazing how specifically you mentioned how quickly Mario and DK got out of the ocean creature thing. I literally missed how they got out because I took 30 seconds to look up who voiced Kranky Kong.
I missed it too, because I was picking up my drink or something. I don't know how, but somehow I was like "wait, they're out now?"
who voiced him?
@@yourmum69_420 Look it up.
@@Lollaksyotuube no u
You got your phone out in the cinema during the film? Heathen!
You know a movie is playing it safe when producer guy is calm about the description. He still had questions but overall he was very chill about this whole movie setup.
"that's from the video game my brother and I used to punch each other about!" just too real.
I love screenwriter guy conceding "it might be, I dunno" about the message being performance enhancing drugs. He has no idea what the message is, he doesn't care, it barely even matters 😂
The way producer guy says "Yeah that's fair" is amazing :D (0:17)
0:43 I mean...there is the reasonable Brooklyn lore but Chris Pratt barely tried on his accent to be fair
Yeah the powerups had to much of a focus imo, they needed to focus on Mario changing/getting stronger or better as a character, not using powerups to defeat people (DK and Bowser)
I'm totally watching it 5 times so Ryan can call me a fan and thank me.. over and over and over and over. Again.❤
The 4th time is rough though.
I think that joke is seriously going to multiply the Views for this clip! I'm tempted too...
Dude I’m only on my second watch and am realizing that is still 15 more min to go!
Having now watched this video 20 times in a row, I am now numb to existence but I am a super, duper fan. Yay for me.
@cBe9999 but.. did you find the hidden Easter eggs. I think you need to watch it again.
After only being posted for 3 hours, this already has 151,000 views, 23,000 likes, and 1,748 comments. I think people look forward to these pitch meetings.
Of course they do
This is absolutely my most favourite series on UA-cam. This guy is hilarious in every way needed for this to work.
4:03 No, this one's specifically from Mario Kart 8. They have gliders, hover wheels and kart customization.
fun fact: bowser being a singer is already canon. He sang in the first issue of the super mario comic in Nintendo Power. That comic also where they establish he is in love with Peach
Not doing your due diligence and research before making a satirical video is tight
4:40 At that point in the movie, I looked over at my girlfriend and said "That was super easy for them. Barely an inconvenience."
What girlfriend? 😂
You mean ex girlfriend right?
ur both so unnecessarily mean
@@MrSirWivd Mate we're talking to the Lockdown Kid from NYC, he's hard as nails!
Is there a cooldown period between watches?
Because I may have watched it more than 4 times but I'm cooking my food after a late night at work and the sound of your voice is so comforting and the content is so comforting and I don't want to feel bad for things that comfort me.
"So what does this juiced up Italian do next"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The ‘sorry’ delivery after screenwriter guys say, ‘please don’t describe it like that’ is perfect.
This movie matched my expectations exactly. Mid plot with a lot of jokes and crammed with Easter eggs. I was going for a fun time and that's exactly what I got. Absolutely loved it 😅
Yep exactly! I loved it, it was a really fun watch. Exactly what I wanted and expected from a Mario movie. I was hardly expecting peak cinema or something haha.
@@Vixin24 Right? I dont get the people that say they were dissapointed by the movie. Like, what exatcly were you expecting? Not only its a mario movie, a franchise that was never known for their complex stories, but its an illumination movie too. The fact that it turned out as well as it did should be celebrated in of itself.
@@pedrovallefin8406 yeah exactly. People love holding everything up to super high standards for movies but it's a MARIO movie, what were they honestly expecting? It was such a fun and enjoyable watch, which is really all you want from a movie like this!
@@Vixin24 people only want memberries. So sad. Structure, forgot about it, story, forget about it, different acts, forget about it, memberries, perfect movies. Super low standards so low that the games have more structure, story, and acts. Let’s not make things complicated.
@@philipconklin2830 This is a movie based on a video game franchise that all of us played as kids. So OF COURSE it's going to lean heavily into nostalgia and easter eggs since it's specifically targetting people who play or have played the games. And since when have Mario games had deep storylines?? Plus it's a kids' movie at the end of the day. When I went to see it, the audience was 80% kids with their families.
So honestly if you're holding it up to high standards, that's on you. It's a very simple, fun movie that's entertaining to watch, and that's all anyone wanted from it.
3:24 Lmao true
Alternate take-
Screenwriter Guy: And also we’re gonna have some of the Mario themes mixed into the score
Producer Guy: music from Mario games that span 35 years?
SG: Indeed Sir.
PG: Oh wow wow wow. That’s a lot of nostalgia
SG: yeah. And we’re gonna have it throughout the whole mov-
PG: Yeah that’s great and all, but we’re gonna put in some well known songs too.
SG:….ok but why? There’s so much musical material from this franchise
PG: That’s true, but if it’s one thing kids like in a kids movie, it’s licensed songs from the 80s
SG: From the 80s?
PG: Yeah songs from the 80s are tight. So we’re gonna cut some of those ideas you have and put in songs the kids know, like Take on Me and I Need A Hero.
SG: I don’t think kids were alive during those songs
PG: Yeah, but we’re still gonna go with it.
SG: You sure that people will like that and not say they feel out of place?
PG: Listen, if I wasn’t good at my job and know all the trends, I wouldn’t be talking to you now.
SG: Fair Enough
PG: So what else is in this movie?
*end scene*
Gotta admit watching this with my daughter was the best cinema experience in a long time. I’m still a bit surprised by how good the movie really was honestly, just felt like Mario, and it was fun to watch. The fact that my daughter loved it makes it even better, she now wants to watch the old one…this will be fun 😅
Show her the cartoon.
I haven't watched animated stuff in years and within a few weeks I've watched Puss in Boots and Mario. Animation is better than ever (as long as Disney is not involved).
3:17
Movie Pitcher: We're going to have Bowser sing a big ol song about how he loves Princess Peach.
Executive: Bowser going to sing? Why we would have Bowser sing a song.
Movie Pitcher: Well i was thinking that we'll get Jack Black to voice him.
Executive: Gotta have Bowser sing a song in that case, yeah ok.