Category: videogame movie
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
3 outta 5 Super Mario Galaxy is both a movie that tries too hard and doesn’t try hard enough. The first film was awash in classic Mario content which gave it a nostalgic pep. This one cribs a lot from the more recent games that don’t have as much pop as the first film. This…
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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
2 outta 5 Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is a limp entry in the film adaptation of the videogame series. Both films are overtly mopey emo slogs in a series that really should be more concerned about animatronic carnage. It is a sequel to the 2023 film but even in a sequel there should be…
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A Minecraft Movie
4 outta 5 A Minecraft Movie is a fun, rambunctious and extremely loud adaption of the videogame series. For a videogame that is primarily concerned with building things, this leans more into the videogame character hero vs ugly bad guys trope (although that is a bigger part of the Minecraft: Dungeons spin off). It still…
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
4 outta 5 2023’s animated adaptation The Super Mario Bros. is a step up from the live-action 1993 attempt. That was… liberal with the source material, to put it mildly. This version, made by Illumination Animation that also put out all those Minions movies, is much closer to the source. It may be guilty of…