When it comes to Mario: Don’t overthink it. People just want a movie based on the game they've been playing for 40 years. No deeper lesson here. No need to reinvent the wheel. That's it.
This piece overthinks it. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-stupefying-success-of-the-super-mario-bros-movie
@ernie And importantly: it's not going to be a path to success for most movies. Most aren't working from that depth of nostalgia, or that much of a tabula rasa of character development.
