Comments on: Bob Hoskins Would Like To Forget He Ever Made ‘Super Mario Bros.’

By: Myles Thomas

Myles Thomas — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

I'm sorry, but you're all full of shit (not including MR Hoskins or anyone else involved in the movie.) Yes, this film was loosely based on the games, and perhaps the actors had flack for it not being so, and maybe they had a hard time doing it to some extent. You can criticize it all you want (as you could anything,) But the film was ACE, it was FUN, WILD, random, and I found it fresh and inspiring, and far bolder and more imaginative than most movies nowadays with formulaic repetitiveness. I found Super Mario Bros nostalgic, in the sense that made me think of good times from my childhood, and I found it very amusing and entertaining. On the whole, it is very memorable and fun for me, and I'll always love it, and always feel sad they didn't make more. Mr Bob Hoskins and the rest of the cast where all great in the film, and I thought He makes an awesome Mario, and John Leguizamo was great as Luigi. Despite any negative comments made by the actors about the film, I'm sure they had fun making it, and must have always felt good knowing that some part of them will always be Mario and Luigi. I love the movie dearly, and I think it's awesome, regardless of the rest of the world. All the best to everyone that worked on the great film, and All the best to MR Hoskins and Mr Hopper wherever they are, You guys rock, and always will! I hope I meet you both sirs, someday, somewhere. ^_^ God Bless.

By: Floyd Acrestare

Floyd Acrestare — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

I love how Dennis Hopper was in this too.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

RAD RAD RAD. Always loved how Luigi didn\’t have a stache..

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

Wow, that fansite is kind of amazing/totally tragic. Love that Richard Edson was incredulous those guys liked the visual effects.

By: bropacalypse

bropacalypse — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

bro needs to chill out. he was throwing down bro grabs on set of the jet li joint and not questioning that shit. give mario a lil bro love.

By: Vic

Vic — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

Thanks to this article, I spent the last half-hour of my life researching and learning more about the Super Mario Bros. movie than I ever wanted to know…

In my travels, I stumbled onto this ridiculously thorough and frequently updated fan site for the film: http://www.smbmovie.com/

I liked it when I was a kid but had no idea some fans of the movie were so rabid. The interview with Richard Edson is particularly funny cause they\’re asking him these insane fanboyish questions about a film he clearly barely remembers making, and it goes on for like, FOREVER

By: Kevin Klawitter

Kevin Klawitter — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

The tragedy is Bob Hoskins was perfectly cast as Mario. If he had a real screenplay, a good director, and a better supporting cast to work with he could have nailed the role.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

Same here Pierce. I adore this film. Love as a kid. And now it\’s nostalgia. Sure it\’s fucking awful, but it makes think of young times. Sad.

One (of many) mistake they did was cast a Brit and a Latino to play Italians.
But hey, at least Dennis Hopper was fucking rad (as he always is in shitty films) in it. \”Monkey!\”

By: Action16

Action16 — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

In an older interview with the same newspaper, Hoskins said this:

\”The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a fuckin\’ nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! Fuckin\’ nightmare. Fuckin\’ idiots.\”

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

IIRC he said once said that the husband-and-wife team directing the film was so delusional that they were convinced this was their chance at an Oscar.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

I\’m sorry but as a kid this was my Citizen Kane.

Plus it\’s by the directors of the phenomenal cyber-punk touchstone Max Headroom.

By: ndg

ndg — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

It\’s even funnier now because it fits so well with the contemporary trend towards reboots/remakes/adaptations that are \”dark\” or \”gritty\” or \”realistic\”.

The idea of a Mario movie wasn\’t completely preposterous, but it was madness to try and make it as some sort of bleak thriller about Italian hard-men fighting evil lizard-mutants in darkened sewers.

By: Mr Anonymous

Mr Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

Oh come on!!!

This was one of my fave films when i was growing up as a kid. Of course, i\’m now an adult and yes it\’s terrible but back then i thought it was the bees knees! Don\’t slag off my childhood! 😀

By: gartiligio

gartiligio — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:20:13 +0000

WTF…?