[Guido]

Went to see the fim on Good Thursday.

It was adorable and in-truth with the spirit of the NES games that I began to play back when I was 10-years-old.

The synergy between Nintendo and Illumination was evident when the games' platformer mechanics were seamlessly incorporated within the film's pacing.

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Examples:
Peach training Mario to take and clear the obstacle race.

And, Mario and Donkey Kong teaming-up while platforming all their way to Bowser's ship and taking care of the enemies at the same.

The most memorable scene to me was at the beginning of the film when Mario & Luigi were platforming across the streets of Brooklyn to reach the apointment with their first customer in time.

Kudos go as well for Illumination given that they delivered a backstory for both Mario & Luigi and then Princess Toadstool.

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I got to see for the first time in movie-canon Mario and Luigi's entire family.

As well as lots of Easter Eggs honoring the Mario and Donkey Kong arcade games that were released at the early-1980's.

But, perhaps, the jewel of Easter Eggs for this Mario film. If anyone of you who is old enough like me might recall the 1989 Super Mario Bros. Show

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The film included the Mario rap from the late-1980's show as part of the Mario Bros plumbing commercial that is shown within the movie.

Next, for this film Bowser is not playing around. He's a true psychopath that will brute force his way through achieve his goals.

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And, yet he has a soft spot for playing the piano.

And, also they borrowed an element that was present in the comic strip published within the issues of the late magazine Nintendo Power, and that was Bowser head over heels for Princess Peach, and his demented efforts to marry her no matter the consequences.

Overall, now that Nintendo is actively involving itself with their upcoming cinematic universe I am foreseeing a good horizon for future Mario films, and, perhaps, other cinematic movies adapted from Nintendo's other IP franchises that we came to play and love since the 1980's all the way to the 2020's.