The Super Mario Bros. Movie launched recently to much fanfare. The movie is already an insane success, and it is going strong. And by the looks of it, it might be en route to breaking numerous other records.

Fans are praising the movie for a number of aspects, with its visuals, music, and performance being the biggest winners. While many mentioned that this movie lacks any sort of straightforward story, the fact that its games have similar concepts really played in its favor.

Fans got a bunch of references and numerous cameos, references, and insane action sequences, and that’s pretty much all they wanted. But it appears some popular YouTubers have a very different opinion of it.

Was The Super Mario Bros. Movie not better than the 1980s ‘disaster’?

Recently, the very popular critical YouTuber penguinz0 held a podcast featuring the likes of Huggbees, zealotonpc, and kayaorsan. These four sat down to discuss a bunch of new happenings in the world of gaming, and as it always happens, some opinions clashed during this peaceful discussion. The biggest one is about the quality of the recently released Super Mario Bros. Movie; the movie that broke the record for the biggest opening ever for an animated film.

Huggsbees simply said, “I enjoyed it, but if you compare it to the 80s Mario Movie, the live-action one, which was a confusing awful mess, that one was far more entertaining as a product.”

When the other YouTubers were confused about his POV, Huggsbees gave more clarity to his statement saying, “I am not saying it’s better. I am saying the fact that it exists is far more interesting than this movie.” It’s a heavy statement indeed, and his companions did react to it in a polarizing manner.

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One of them said he has yet to watch the new one; others explained why the animated movie is like this. It aimed to provide its fans with what they get from the games. They get awesome visuals and music with a bare-bones story.

For those unaware, the Mario Bros. Movie that launched in the 1990s was a complete ‘mess’ as per multiple reviews. It was riddled with production issues and had ultra-realistic characters that had little to no relation to the games.

Many fans to this day hate that movie with a passion. However, others just consider it a one-off mistake and a cult classic to just watch and laugh at. Maybe that’s exactly what Huggsbees was pointing at.

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What are your thoughts on these statements? Do you think the comparison is legit? Share your thoughts in the comments below.