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Mario is IMMORTAL! (Super Mario Movie)

Film Theory

Film Theory

Tv & Film

4.8894 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Join Film Theory Host MatPat as he lays out 3 mini-theories based on The Super Mario Movie! Credits: Writers: Matthew Patrick and Forrest Lee Editors: Warak, AbsolutePixel, and Dan "Cybert" Seibert Sound Designer: Yosi Berman Thumbnail Artist: Dan Lerner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello internet! It's a me, a film theory. The show that definitely beat the obstacle course on the first try.

0:23.1

So, the Super Mario Brothers movie came out, and let me just say it, it was a blast. Was it high cinema? Kino, as the kids online say?

0:29.9

No, obviously not. The pacing was a bit uneven. The random 80s pop song inserts just didn't work.

0:35.1

And Peach's motivations for taking Mario with her on the adventure were weaker than a stack of Goombas.

0:39.8

But darn it, if I didn't have a smile plastered across my face the second the GameCube jingle played as a cell phone ringtone.

0:46.3

Or when the brothers platformed their way through a 2D construction site.

0:49.8

Or when the DK rap kicked into high gear during Donkey Kong's WrestleMania entrance.

0:54.5

So awesome.

0:55.9

On that topic, though, that was probably my biggest complaint about the movie.

0:59.7

The creator of the DK rap isn't credited.

1:02.3

Yeah, while all the other songs have their writers and musicians properly credited,

1:05.6

the DK rap is just from Donkey Kong 64.

1:08.8

Real classy there, Universal.

1:10.4

I mean, I know Seth Rogan said,

1:12.0

objectively, what of the worst rap songs of all time. But that doesn't mean that the man behind

1:16.2

this masterpiece, epic game composer Grant Kirkho, should be overlooked. Artists deserve to

1:21.0

be credited for their hard work, and that includes the DK rap, no matter what Seth Rogan

1:25.3

thinks about it. And the snub was obviously enough to upset Grant.

1:28.7

So here's what I propose loyal theorists.

1:30.5

Let's work together to change the Mario movie.

1:33.4

If you have yourself a Twitter account, go and use that toxic platform to do some good today.

1:38.4

Tweet at Universal, or specifically at Universal Pix, P-I-C-S, asking them to change the credits in the digital release of the Mario movie to include all the proper credits for the writers and performers of the DK rap and make sure you use the hashtag save the DK rap so we can get this puppy trending if it gets enough attention if media outlets and YouTubers and streamers start making enough noise with the story maybe Grant and everyone else who worked on this thing will get the credit that they deserve

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