Hector Navarro
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cinechristian :
You hit the nail on the head here Hector. It’s my biggest issue with Illumination and their films. They refuse to produce anything with real themes or thoughts beyond surface levels. It really makes them such an outlier in a time when Sony Animation, paramount, Pixar, Ghibli, & Dreamworks all are proving how impactful and genuine animation and animated films CAN be. Mario deserves better. Kids and audiences deserve better.
2026-04-27 20:48:31
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Clomo7 :
I need to just start with saying that kids really love the movie. So I think that’s definitely worth mentioning. If it turns out that this is just visual brainrot slop (which I don’t think it is)… there’s at least 100 things kids are watching on their iPads that are damaging their brains more than this. Let’s not be joyless scolds to any kids in our lives who probably just like what this movie has to offer. Also as adults we all have our own guilty pleasures, so if there’s truly nothing of value in this movie for kids, if they had fun and smiled, that’s really just a good enough reason for it exist. That being said, I used to share your perspective, and was really critical of the first movie, but have changed my mind. I enjoyed this one so much in fact I’ve seen it multiple times. Being a lifelong Nintendo fan probably has something to do with that. I think you really need to first recognize that they made exactly the movie they wanted to make. All of the things you or I would want to see in this movie out of our reverence for its place in our culture, are things that Miyamoto looked at and said ‘nope’. As a lifelong Nintendo fan (often frustrated by their decisions) I can tell you that they often look at great ideas and just say ‘nope’. HD graphics for Wii? Nope, Online multiplayer? Nope. CDs instead of Cartridges? Nope. I think you’ve got to consider that there are valid reasons when you set out to make a movie like this that you could look at Plot, suspense, character, motifs, themes and say ‘nope’. Nintendo wants this to be a spectacle, they want kids to love it, they want the absolute diehards who’ve played everything to love it. They don’t want to do anything character wise that would damage the brand. I think they’ve been at least moderately successful with those goals by looking at the box office. If these games were just ‘commercials’ there would be a new game releasing with them, but there isn’t. You may think that all of those goals do not mutually exclude a compelling story etc, but they may not see it that way. Every shot costs money, every shot is a decision. From interviews I’ve heard their main focus when writing was to ask ‘wouldn’t it be fun?’
2026-04-13 22:19:34
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Tommy the chef :
would any of the Mario movies be played on the starship Sally Ride?
2026-04-19 07:07:27
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David Carrero :
No you're right. The plot and themes in kids movies need to be simple enough to be digested by children but that doesn't mean that kids don't deserve good stories, and nobody's wrong for criticizing a movie that has nothing to say. Shrek, The Lego Movie, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, The Tigger Movie. These are all films for kids with compelling themes beyond just pure eye-candy and brand recognition
2026-04-15 17:48:48
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YourOnlyFansSucks :
Kids will be entertained by ANYTHING. It’s our responsibility to make sure that the stuff that’s entertaining them has value. Some kind of worth beyond “well it shut them up for a couple hours”. It’s so frustrating that people continue to defend this
2026-04-14 07:52:13
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TheQuadFather45👨🦽 :
I'm not putting them down, I'm not saying they can't amount to much, I'm simply tempering my expectations because the games are pretty simple wash, rinse, repeat. So when a movie version comes out & it looks like the games, I'm not gonna be furious that it's not a Pixar or Spiderverse film.🤷♂️
2026-04-14 09:11:22
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BeardedComicBro :
I think it could have been better as a story but my 8 and 6 yrs old girls loved it and saw the end credits and are excited for the next one now. So I am torn on my review because my experience seeing my kids love it made me happy even if it wasn’t the best story telling. 🤷♂️
2026-04-21 04:20:07
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Johniibo :
I really don’t think this was a kids movie. It’s a movie for Mario fans. I don’t need a deep story
2026-04-14 22:42:43
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A Man Called Jack :
I’m 51. I still love these characters. They aren’t just for children. They don’t just appeal towards children. In fact, these things that were made for me while I was a kid have grown up with me as an adult. They can be developed to be more than just “kids” property. All they need is someone to see them like we do. Real, complex, and fun
2026-04-13 21:18:06
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Suspect :
what are the deepest stories the TMNT have done, & why is it only The Last Ronin? everything else has a couple quotes from splinter, but nothing more deep than Leo & Raph both questioning Leo's leadership
2026-04-14 06:27:25
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Legendary lobo :
Because what passes for family or kids in current day movies is simple storys with no meaning. A lot of your examples are based on comic books or fairy tales where they have decades of source material to pull from. Both movies are great
2026-04-14 02:21:42
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finalhexgirl :
me sitting here typing a comment about Shrek, then you bring it up 😂
2026-04-14 17:54:58
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EatingSpiders :
People who say it’s “just tor kids” are letting kids down. How can people grow into people who enjoy things deeply if they never see anything deep?
2026-04-14 04:30:21
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