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written by Joe , May 13, 2008

I'm just going to come in and say that this video is your finest work, 'nuff said.

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written by Van Piorsing , May 14, 2008

"They're father and son and brothers ?"

lol

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written by Slim , May 16, 2008

Awesome review, Mr. Critic. That was a terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible movie.

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written by Matthew Jaques , May 16, 2008

"Not funny plus not funny EQUALS NOT FUCKING FUNNY!"

Why no mention of this movie's version of Yoshi though?

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written by Alex S , May 17, 2008

Mama-mia! The Super Mario Brothers-a movie sucks-a donkey balls-a!

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written by tapirtoon , May 17, 2008

Godddddd! Mario will never be good as a movie.

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written by Patrik Andersson , May 19, 2008

I really can't believe how incredibly bad this movie is. But if you think the movie was bad then you should read the book based on the movie... I think that you will even appreciate the movie after reading something that shitty.

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written by Mr-Kipling , May 19, 2008

the brokeback mountain bit never fails to make me laugh

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written by Bob , May 19, 2008

Bowser wasn't a dragon...

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written by Gareth , May 20, 2008

I'm one of the few that actually liked this movie. It's cheesy early 90's fun that obviously doesn't do the game justice....but in reality some elements of the game wouldn't work like they do in the game anyways.

Either way, this review is hilarious.

"Mario and Luigi are brothers...no no no Father and Son"

I laughed so hard when I heard that.

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written by AVPGuyver 21 , May 23, 2008

One of most hilarious video i seen in a long time.

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written by Timothy Bussard , May 23, 2008

You forgot to mention the Bob-omb with the Reebok symbol on it's foot.

Mario sends the Bob-omb after Koopa, but it falls into an grating, only to walk across the street, UP A PIPE, and along the underside of a walkway where Koopa is standing. Just before it blows up, you can see the shameless product placement that is...Reebok.

To this day, I have worn Nikes.

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written by Kelly , May 26, 2008

I saw the movie in the theater when I was 10 years old. To say I was disappointed is a gross understatement. I hope John Leguizamo keeps this film off his resume. Thank you for the awesome review!

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written by Josh , May 26, 2008

You know what pisses me off is the fact that I have friends that actually like this POS. Its incredible to me. None of them have the temerity to call themselves gamers though, thank God.

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written by Raymond T. , May 27, 2008

Yeah, Not to mention that besides the fact that this movie sucked and blew at the same time. The movie was released in 1993, while the last Mario Bros. game at that time was release in 1988, with no plans on releasing a new one any time soon! Gotta wonder what the studio's were thinking. "Here's a game no one played in 5 years. (!!!) The kids will drool over this obsolete gaming console game!"

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written by Monado , May 31, 2008

Why do your videos load slower then the ones on Youtube?

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written by Arctus TH , June 03, 2008

What's your first name?
Luigi: "Luigi"
Now what's your last name?
Mario: "Mario"
SHUT THE **** UP!

lol

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written by stevo38 , June 11, 2008

man this movie was complete fucking garbage. i cant believe i actually watched this review.

this movie scarred my poor fragile child mind more then Kazzam! ever could.

hey, NC, you should review that shite.

Like, how the fuck did they get a 7 foot tall black man to pose as a genie that was trapped in a boom box for thousands of years?? Did they have boom boxes thousands of years ago?? did i miss something??

probably did, i think i was probably vomiting in my mouth when the explanation was on.

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written by stevo38 , June 11, 2008

but it was still funny NC, i love your ass... not this movie lol it was pretty vile...

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written by RentheadSuperstar , June 14, 2008

Hey Sir, great Review It inspired me to write the greatest script and plot that is a sequel to the Super Mario Bros. which will be two hundred times better than the first film. If you are intrested I could send you a copy when I finish. If you are intrested...

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written by Iconbuster , June 17, 2008

I remember as a kid liking this movie, but I agree with everything you said in this review.

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written by HOTsuma91 , June 17, 2008

YES! Please review Kazzam!! That movie was horseshit!

And well done, hahaha I honestly couldn't rip into this movie any better than you did. Though I'm really suprised you didn't touch on how stupid Yoshi was in the movie. Just looking at him, you feel violated.

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written by ilikemovies , June 18, 2008

I barely remember this movie, I first saw it when I was eight years old on Pay per view and there are only two scenes I remember from this movie. the begining(I think) where Mario and Luigi are making pizza in a truck... or something, and the scene here mario dances with Queen Latifa.... Yeah.

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written by Ekudd , June 18, 2008

Mario and Luigi arent father and son. Luigi say " Mario raised me. He´s like a mom, father......." all that crap.

But still funny.

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written by ChadVision , June 23, 2008

I remember watching this and thinking
WTF?

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written by ashfoxx , June 24, 2008

I'm surprised you actually misconstrued the idea that Mario was Luigi's Dad. Luigi was merely saying Mario was LIKE a father to him, not actually saying he WAS his father. Thats just stupid. And it is logical that both of their last names are MARIO hence the title MARIO BROTHERS, as in the surname MARIO. Its stupid, but it's just to avoid a plot hole, which did fail in every other aspect of this film.

And the goombas, you are correct. they are the complete polar opposite of what they were in the game: large head small body. the movie, tiny head huge body. wtf.

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written by Dove , June 25, 2008

Classy AND Classic

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written by Dbreiden83080 , June 25, 2008

Great review, i am amazed a script this awful, gets made i mean it was beyond bad.

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written by Dove , June 26, 2008

Your facial expressions help the review win

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written by Jackrabbit$lim , June 28, 2008

I looked this movie up on Wikipedia (which is ALWAYS accurate, lol), and it seems that the directors were also the creators of Max Headroom. Also, Look at Koopa's hairstyle. Coincidence?

Just weird things I notice.

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written by Squire Grooktook , June 29, 2008

Not funny + not funny also = The Simpsons Movie, or any other movie reviewed in this section XD

Silence.
The Simpsons movie was awesome. Everyone with any brains and their dog knows that.

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written by JoeyDodge , June 30, 2008

Bowser isn't a dragon...

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written by Ravedrake , July 01, 2008

Awesome review critic! Nicely done!

For the ppl who thought NC misconstrued: He only said that Mario and Luigi were brothers AND father and son was to only make the review funnier.

Just to clear things up.

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written by MesaCalledJarJarBinks , July 02, 2008

I loved this movie

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written by Jakobi , July 02, 2008

wow.... kill yourself cuz this is the worst movie of my life. i would rather watch batman and robin

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written by TKWolfman , July 04, 2008

This movie, more than any other video game adaptation, is a perfect example of the first mistake video game movies make: Going so far from the original plot, you can't even recognize it anymore. This movie did it, Final Fantasy did it, Street Fighter did it...the list goes on and on...and on and on and on and onFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!

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written by Shinigami , July 06, 2008

Great video and reminder of one of biggest disapointments in game based movies. I was not really SMB liking type so from that reason alone I didn't like from it. Not that plot was taken as far as possible from game but simply becouse I didn't like from SMB.

I always thought that Mario and Luigi were brothers but Mario raided Luigi after they parents died. So rising in this case didn't mean that mario would be Luigi's father, not at all.

Also they last names make sense becouse its called Super MARIO Bros (in other words, super mario brothers).

SUPER SCOPE!!!
written by Scary Scott , July 08, 2008

anybody else notice the devo 1 is a SNES Super Scope?

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written by NintendoAddict , July 08, 2008

you've GOT to do a review of Kazaam.

Hilarious review by the way, as a serious mario fan this was a big dissapointment

Awesome Review
written by SonicvsMario , July 11, 2008

If you reviewed the Super Mario movie then could you reveiw the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie?
You'll have lots of stuff to pick on that one and I'm sure it would be great if you'd do it

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written by jjthegamer , July 14, 2008

THIS MOVIE WAS GOOD

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written by Marcster1994 , July 16, 2008

When i saw this movie i was like,"Where's the turtles?..WHERE'S THE TURTLES?!"

Oh shut up and say Ba bomb
written by kroenen , July 18, 2008

Ba bomb MONKEY! lol. the nostalgia critic kicks ass!

Pure Garbage from the makers of Max Headroom
written by Keroshino , July 18, 2008

Woah.......I'm sorry
but our princess is in another
White Castle....lol

seriously.....even though it is garbage.....
i would like to see anyone else make
a better live action super mario bro's movie

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written by Miskymisfit , July 22, 2008

What i really hated about this movie was the bad guys from the gumbas to bowser before i seen this movie i remember reading about it and i remember reading that bowser was in it then i seen the advert and was like wwoooooowwwwwwww i didnt see bowser he must look fuckin mental they dont want to spoil the surprise then came the day i watched it and boy i was surprised

the name part made kinda sense
written by Excalibur , July 25, 2008

It kinda makes sense that their last names are Mario since the title is the Mario brothers. Otherwise it'd be call "the bros Luigi & Mario." I guess we just have to roll with it

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written by RitaCassandra , July 25, 2008

I remember seeing this movie when I was about 5...6, somewhere around there, and I was excited to see it. When I first saw it, liked it, but looking back at it now, it sucked.

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written by The Green Mandarin , July 28, 2008

My favorite NC video
BTW:Mario and Luigi look similiar to Stalin & Hitler

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written by Wolftwelve , July 29, 2008

OH MY GODDD. Bowser isnt a dinosaur or dragon hes a Fucked up turtle Bowser is not a human and does not say gay things. there was never 2 worlds. Mario & Luigi are not FATHER AND SON DAMMIT. What the hell is up with Daiseys parents. Daisy is a Princess. Get rid of Daisy and bring in Peach. the only dinosaurs or dragons in Mario is Super Mario World. I have so much more to say but way to much

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written by Slavic Skull , July 30, 2008

Well, their last names being Mario makes a lot of sense if you think about. The title is "Mario Brothers" and it doesn't make sense if only 1 of them is named Mario.

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written by someoneweird111 , August 02, 2008

they are brothers but they were left to be on their own so mario who is like 10 - 15 years older acted as a father figure

LOL!!!
written by ChadVision , August 03, 2008

I feel sorry for Dennis Hopper

Dennis the Menace
written by Keroshino , August 03, 2008

I feel sorry for Dennis Hopper

Don't feel sorry.....he is still in acting
(he is in a recent movie called "Swing Vote")

although it is bad that he was in the mario movie
-making him look like Max Headroom....doh

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written by ozsem , August 03, 2008

Lol i remember this

Mario made a bad movie and Sonic mad a bad game for the 360.

Oh dear.

it sucketh
written by TrangleC , August 05, 2008

The strange thing is that back then, everybody but me seemed to like that piece of crap. I read good reviews and positive articles in all those videogame magazines, songs from the soundtrack (something from "Roxette" as far as i remember) were in the upper charts for weeks and advertisement for the movie was everywhere. I seemed to be the only pariah who didn't like it.

I liked it....
written by Kooshmeister , August 05, 2008

I think this movie gets a lot of undeserved flack. I liked it, but maybe that's because outside of Super Mario World I never played, nor cared for, anyone of the games. How I actually saw the movie and came to own it was a bit of a fluke (my family just rented it one day), so that explains why I saw it to begin with despite not particularly liking the game(s) - or, at least, being indifferent to them.

Anyway, while it probably was a bad decision to make the movie live-action, the fact remains that for whatever reason the studio heads decided to do that. And with that in mind, the writers did a fairly commendably job of turning something blatantly unfilmable in live-action, and making it filmable by crafting a fairly unique story to justify the changes made. Also complaining about the ethnicity of the actors supposedly playing Italians is a bit weird, considering Bob Hoskins especially is known for playing American characters with Brooklyn accents (I never saw anyone complaing about his Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit).

Oh and I hope you were just joking about the incest angle, because it's pretty obvious that Luigi and Mario ARE brothers, but the age discrepancy between them coupled with Luigi saying Mario is like a father to him, means their parents either left or died when Luigi was young and so Mario (likely a teenager at the time) raised his little brother.

Still and all, very amusing video, as all of your videos are. I just had a bunch of stuff I wanted to say about this particular movie and the criticisms lobbied against it.

Too bad the movie wasn't this good
written by DragonJTS , August 05, 2008

Great review of a bad movie, thoguh for the record, their last name was mario before this crap was even thoguht up (Mario brothers = brothers whose last name is mario).

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written by Poof E Hair , August 06, 2008

Hilarious take on what is known as one of the worst video game adaptations of all time. Bob Hoskins himself even admitted that this was his worst career decision (look it up.)

I'm surprised you didn't mention the movie's Yoshi. That would have been great to watch.

bad movie
written by pascalbg , August 07, 2008

When I was young my friend give me the tape just to watch it. He never ask me to have it back.

While watching I was wondering if that have something to do with the vide game, and besides the name, it doesn't have anything in common.

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written by Bakedzeina , August 09, 2008

I want a sequel now I like this movie

It was acutally made by 4 directors!
written by sspdirect01 , August 11, 2008

Believe it or not, The movie was made by 4 directors 2 were uncredited. Roland Joffé and Dean Semler didn't recieve credit on the film.

MONKEY!
written by Danielu , August 12, 2008

*rofling on the ROFLoor*

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written by caboose6577 , August 13, 2008

i watched over the movie and i noticed when mario says at one point "i would give you a high five but you would be a only child" so actually they are not father and son but yet brothers

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written by ScrubsRotinaj , August 15, 2008

I was completely pissed koopa wosent even a dinosaur. WHAT THE HELL?!! Yoshi is daisy's dad? What the hell is peach if she was in is? one of the "Goomba's" kids? This is messed up. Mario has no girl, Yoshi is daisy's dad, the mario bros are actually mario and son, their last names are fucking Mario, Mario's brittish, Luigi's latina, luigi has no moustache, the only thing that makes sense is that Luigi gets daisy, which wasn't known till later in the gaming world. How do you screw up MARIO BROS?!!! This is the worst mario abominationsonce hotel mario!!

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written by gubaguy , August 17, 2008

i feel the need to ruin my career as anything... Ba-Bomb, Monkey
ok my lifes over time to go live in some alley somewhere eating rotten tomatoes or something like that

"See You Later Alligator!"
written by ElectronicaFan83 , August 18, 2008

One of the best reviews on this site! Always enjoy watching this, from Dennis Hoppers' repetitive "Ba-Bomb-Monkey!" to the revealation of the Mario Bros. imaginatively-named surnames. All of this review was spot-on! Excellent stuff from our friend The Nostalgic Critic.

I really hated this film as it was so different from the game, but I thought Samantha Mathis was a real stunner as Daisy. That was the only good thing about the film.

Dennis Hopper
written by Airguitar Demon , August 18, 2008

"I feel sorry for Dennis Hopper"

You don't have to. Luckily, he starred in True Romance the same year as this.

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written by JamesBond007 , August 20, 2008

Well their last names are Mario, because the game was called Mario Brothers.

Just For The Record
written by Gilboron , August 20, 2008

Though I fully agree with everything said in this review, there's one thing I'd like to clear up:

Originally, Mario and Luigi weren't Italian plumbers from the Mushroom Kingdom, but American plumbers (though, to be fair, from Italian descent) from Brooklyn.

So... It's not that stupid that Mario and Luigi aren't played by Italian actors. They aren't, after all, real Italians.

mario mario and luigi mario
written by zeldo , August 23, 2008

well they are the MARIO brothers

3
written by MetalHeadMat , August 24, 2008

On Wikipedia I found out that they have 3, that's right, 3 DIRECTORS!!! After all you're right, why have 2 dumbasses direct a shitty movie, when you can have 3 mentally challenged kids direct it for you?

Man, this movie was shit.
written by Alexjr1543 , August 25, 2008

I remember first seeing it. I couldn't even sit through the first 5 minutes of it. I was definitely disappointed just like everybody else when the Goombas were polar opposites from the game and Bowser wasn't a cross between a dragon and a giant turtle. The Mario games kick ass, though. The only thing I hate about them is Mario's slippery movements, especially in the first game.

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written by Cooper , August 31, 2008

this makes me just /crie

u r great.
written by ike , September 01, 2008

nostalgia critic you r the best thing to hit the internet since youtubeif i ever reveiew any thing i am going to review your work and post it on youtube for the world to see so that way other will know of your work. your bigest fan ike.

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written by mitraysig , September 02, 2008

i have only seen some of this when i went to a friends house and he had it on. but i thankfully left after a little bit

Title
written by Mr Dark , September 03, 2008

The cartoon sucked and the movie sucked. Great.

But, you wanna know why?! CAUSE US AMERICANS CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT WITH JAPANESE THINGS!!

Making of?
written by crazyconnor , September 05, 2008

HA HA HA HA! You have got to see the making of this movie on youtube! The phases include "Movie of the Decade" "A movie that makes sense" and "Yawshee" are used. You can tell it was a joke of a movie from the making of it!

I thought the Mario Mario joke was actually relatively clever
written by Peteman , September 10, 2008

Essentially, the name is a surname.

Still, the movie did suck. Seriously, what is the logic behind going to the other dimension?

True Story:
written by MisterC , September 15, 2008

The Mario Brothers movie actually made me run out of the theater screaming.

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written by BBQ Platypus , September 18, 2008

Really, there's no way this movie could have been anything but total shit. But man, I don't know if it could have been much worse than it ended up being.

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written by SCGod , September 18, 2008

"What's your last name?"

"Fuck you"

LMAO that was fucking awesome!

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written by Ukiby , September 22, 2008

I like some bits of the movie, but yeah, they really messed up with the whole plot of the thing. Also, I think that the fact of Mario taking care of Luigi is, well, I guess because, they have no parents? I dunno, I'm just throwing an hypothesis, but it stil doesn't help this movie much XD

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written by MexBandito , September 24, 2008

You really like the Brokeman Mountain music

Do The Dinosaur..lol
written by Keroshino , September 29, 2008

Open The Door....
Get On The Floor....
Everybody Walk The Dinosaur

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written by -Jerry- , September 29, 2008

This movie is all wrong! Why is Luigi Marios kid?!?!?

LOL!
written by SimonW , September 30, 2008

I liked that but I am not falling for it! Everyone knows Luigi and Mario are brothers, Luigi was talking figuratively that Mario was LIKE a father to him.
Still, to take it seriously as a joke was pure genius to me. I laughed at that and the "Mario/Mario, Luigi/Mario" bit. Took my back to the old Abbott and Costello days.
Yes, "Ba-Bomb" and "Monkey" your way to stardom Dennis Hopper!

Anyway, to take the movie seriously for a second...you gotta admit they did not have much info to go on from the games. Still, I enjoyed the whole half-dinosaur thing and felt it was a good idea...BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MARIO BROS.!
It seemed like they had an idea for a movie already and then decided to make a movie based off the Mario games and couldn't come up with ideas and said "screw it! Let's just use this other idea we have been working on and put the Mario Bros. idea into it". NO FREAKING SENSE!!!

SimonW.

"sigh"
written by FREAKFANATIC , October 02, 2008

Its almost like Hollywod like to piss off game and anime fans alike. Almost all the game and anime movies made with real people suck ass. It just makes me wonder, Do they do this on purpose, or they just make these movies without knowing jackshit about the actual games or animes?!

LMAO!!!
written by Countsmegula , October 14, 2008

BOM-OMB!
MONKEY!

my dumb sister
written by HugeNCfan93 , October 15, 2008

Can you believe my sister actually thinks this movie's "the shit"? It's completely inaccurate, the performances are awful, and the jokes are ridiculous.

???
written by zeldo , October 22, 2008

wait get to get talking when does that make sense

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written by Razgriz , October 24, 2008

GEEK ALERT: It's actually Bob-omb.

Yeah, I think I was about eight when I saw this movie...I do have to give this movie some credit, however. It did two things for me. One, it taught my young impressionable mind that not everything that shows up in a theater is good. Two, it prepared me for the abyssmal nature of EVERY OTHER VIDEO GAME MOVIE EVER, and Three, it became the baseline on which I judged how terrible a movie is.
So, there's that, at least. Not a total loss...I guess.

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written by Skelosk , October 25, 2008

the funny thing is that Dennis Hopper once said he regrets he acted in this movie.he said it was a "fucking nightmare".

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written by Hubstyle , October 27, 2008

I remember this movie! I actually bought it 3 years ago just for laughs.

Nice
written by chaoscontroller36 , October 31, 2008

Nice review

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written by JereHakala , November 01, 2008

I wish I could watch this video, but theres no goddamn sound in left channel, so I just can't, it's just annoying.

Hmmm...
written by RySenkari , November 03, 2008

You know those lines around the block that weekend were probably for Cliffhanger, right?

I actually like the movie...
written by ThatEccentricWithTheElephant , November 04, 2008

But this is priceless! You rule, NC!

Sorry to have to be an asshole, but...
written by M.Seijin , November 10, 2008

Bowser (King Koopa) isn't a dragon, he's a big turtle monster known as a koopa. But yeah, this movie disappointed me big time.

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written by mikeyjohnburton , November 16, 2008

that movie pissed me off