The Luigi and Toadstool plotline was cute too.
It wasn't Luigi and Toadstool, it was Luigi and Daisy. Toadstool is Peach, and Peach is Mario's gal lol.
Here is a list of the things I did not like about the movie and thought were completely dumb.
1. No Princess Peach. The movie takes place in the Mushroom Kingdom (King Koopa calls it that sarcastically). If the game takes place in the Mushroom Kingdom then the daughter of the King should have been Peach, not Daisy.
2. Mario had a girlfriend. The only girl in the series he was ever seen fraternizing with is Peach, who was not in the movie.
3. King Koopa was never called Bowser. It just annoyed me that there was no reference to him being Bowser and that they only called him King Koopa.
3. King Koopa was a T-Rex. This was VERY dumb. King Koopa/Bowser is a turtle in every single game in the series. He is a turtle that can breath fire. They made him a T-Rex in the movie....terrible....
4. All of the people/koopas are evolved dinosaurs. Last I checked, all koopas are turtles with King Koopa/Bowser being a big turtle with spikes on his shell who breaths fire. This was a complete change of species from the videogame.
5. Toad was one of the evolved Dinosaurs. This was dumb because Toad is a mushroom man. Hence it being called the Mushroom Kingdom. Also, they made Toad seem like a druggy with a guitar.
6. The only reason that King Koopa called the place the Mushroom Kingdom was because there was fungus and mushrooms growing everywhere. It's called the Mushroom Kingdom because the people that live in it are Mushroom people.
7. Thge mushrooms in the series make Mario bigger. In the movie, the mushrooms themselves got bigger.
8. The only thing in the movie that actually stuck true was the Bob-omb, and it was used once, focused on for a couple minutes, and didn't do much.
9. The only person/creature in the movie that actually was the correct species was Yoshi being a dinosaur, because he actually is a dinosaur in the games, but they made Yoshi some creepy little creature when he's supposed to be a grown dinosaur who lets Mario ride on his back. At least they gave him the long tongue.
10. Mario and Luigi aren't blood brothers. This made me very mad. I'm not sure if it's ever even been confirmed in the video games that they are blood brothers, but it seems obvious that they are. Luigi said that Mario took him in when he was a child or baby or something and has been is father and brother and mother etc.. That was dumb to me because there are video games where they are babies together. Obviously they are supposed to be around the same age in the video games.
11. Mario isn't Italian. What's the point of making him an Italian plumber in every video game and then having him be some fat Caucasian with a Brooklyn accent. Luigi was the only Italian one and I think that's only because the actor was Italian and I don't think it was done on purpose lol.
12. Pipes weren't used. At least some kind of pipe should have been used as a transport. Instead of having a random portal it should have been a portal inside of a big pipe.
13. Mario is supposed to naturally be a big jumper and the only reason he was able to jump so well was because of some stupid jump boots.
14. What the heck was up with those Goombas? They were HUGE and dinosaury. They are supposed to be small and mushroomy. I HATED that.
15. I don't know if anyone noticed this, but Spike and Iggy were King Koopa's nephews and his henchmen, so to speak. In Super Mario 3 and in Super Mario World, Spike and Iggy are his children and they are also turtles with spikey shells, not dinosaurs that evolved. Also, if they had those two in the movie then they should have had the rest of his children (or in this case, nieces and nephews) in the movie.
Well, that's my long list of why that movie was dumb. I think that it could have worked well if they actually based it on the video games. Have Peach get kidnapped by Bowser (don't have him be called King Koopa). Leave the koopas as turtles. Have powerups, but make them realistic like instead of having the mushroom make Mario grow, just have it make him stronger. Make the enemies look like they are supposed to. Make Yoshi have the role he's supposed to have and not some pet who is captured. Have pipes in the game. The only thing I wouldn't change is leaving the main characters American and not Italian. It would be weird watching Italian actors the entire time. NO DINOSAURS UNLESS THEY ARE THE ACTUAL DINOSAUR ENEMIES FROM THE GAME.
And that is all I have to say on this subject.