May 25, 2026 • Watched

Super Mario Bros.

For a so-bad-it's-good cult movie, this is one of the greats in my book. It's full of big budget (for the 90s) spectacle and insane creative decisions, the result of too many cooks in the kitchen that's on an airborne plane without wings. Not as tedious as Manos, not as trope-filled as Waterworld, decently paced, full of practical & digital effects, and a time capsule of post-TMNT studio trash. Despite trying to make some serious sense of Mario lore, it's barely recognizable as that IP. Bonkers.