Confirmation of on set drinking whilst commiserating over the shitshow during production:

“Bob used to get special whiskey sent from England—single malts—and we would drink those copiously in his caravan.” - Fiona Shaw (Lena)

  • Godort@lemm.ee
    58·
    4 months ago

    Im thrilled that this movie is starting to get the cult following it so desperately deserves.

    It’s hard to argue that this movie is good in the traditional sense, but it’s definitely unique and that counts for a lot with genre filmmaking.

    • Wolf314159@startrek.website
      49·
      4 months ago

      It’s the gritty psychedelic dystopian cyberpunk movie we didn’t deserve. Nintendo had no idea how to produce a movie and just let them run fucking wild. Hollywood should be encouraged to take more chances. Fucking electric bumper cars demolition derby style car chase. Dino-people. Devo (the concept not the band). Psychic fungi. And all the other fucking weirdos. It’s not even awesomely bad, it’s badassly awesome.

      What’s most surprising to me is how closely the latest animated Movie Bros. movie followed the very broad strokes of the plot of the original, like a sanitized and fully kitsch commercial reboot, which is kind of appropriate for the world we live in.

      • interrobangEnglish
        13·
        4 months ago

        The over engineering of the bumper cars was fantastic, i get high and can’t stop pausing my rewatch to talk about those cars every 30 seconds. Fucking awesome

      • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
        12·
        4 months ago

        What’s most surprising to me is how closely the latest animated Movie Bros. movie followed the very broad strokes of the plot of the original, like a sanitized and fully kitsch commercial reboot, which is kind of appropriate for the world we live in.

        Wait, Is this a negative comment or a positive one?

        As someone who enjoyed the weirdness of the 1993 movie, I absolutely loved the new animated film.

      • theangryseal@lemmy.world
        9·
        4 months ago

        I haven’t seen it since it first came out when I was just a little angryseal. You fine folks have convinced me that I need to see it again.

        I loved all the video game movies as a kid. Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Mario. I loved all the cheesy cartoons too. You guys talk like little kid me missed something here.

        Oh, and for fun because I can’t bring it up without doing it.

        MWORTAL KAWMBAAAAT! Deet deet deet doot doot deet

        • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
          2·
          4 months ago

          I had the same experience on my first watch through. I was just angry that I didn’t get anything like a reasonable Mario’s Brothers movie.

          It was a rewatch when I discovered how badassly awesome the film is.

          I think I was watching it with a friend, on a dare, to see who could tolerate more. Or maybe it was just a weird re-run night where nothing else was on. Or both.

  • db2@lemmy.world
    30·
    4 months ago

    I’ve heard he was good and drunk every day of filming just to get through it. It saddens me because IMO the result was pretty damn good largely because of him, I wish he’d have been able to enjoy making it as much as I’ve enjoyed watching it.

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      24·
      4 months ago

      Doesn’t help that he suffered numerous injuries:

      “If you’re going to survive this film, you’re going to have to be very, very careful […] I got stabbed four times. Electrocuted. Broke a finger. Nearly got drowned.”

      The finger was due to Leguizamo’s inexperienced driving skills. Slammed the brakes on a van with an open door onto Hoskins’ hand.

  • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
    28·
    4 months ago

    Haskins once mentioned a conversation he had with his son after the movie bombed. His son asked him why he decided to be in the movie, to which he responded “So I could buy you new shoes.” His son’s response? “Dad, I don’t need shoes that badly.”

    • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
      6·
      4 months ago

      Idk, i always kinda liked that movie. Maybe i’m blinded by nostalgia, but the dystopian underground city is pretty cool. The props work pretty well. The worst part about the movie is that it’s a super mario movie for some reason and therefore they need to shoehorn mario lore. The thing that didn’t really exist.

      But hey a shitfaced Bob Hopkins and John Leguizamo playing super Mario Brothers. What is not to love?