It doesn't feel like Mario at all. It feels like every hollywood cliche with mario paint slapped on it. and of course they made Peach a "le strong and independent" hollywood feminist cliche she practically has the complete opposite personality as the games, instead she's just another hollywood feminist cliche. And Mario seems to be as the victim of "slapstick jokes" to laugh at. Everything is just so hollywood
Also they couldn't even get any of the voices of the characters right
Not a fan of it all, nothing about it is appealing other than the characters and world at least looks like the games for the most part.
I had no hope for this movie since its Hollywood, my original prediction was that it would be Mario and Luigi bumbling and fumbling their way to save the Princess, only for the Princess to save herself in the end Rei Skywalker style. However they managed to make it even worse by having Luigi and Peach swap roles for the damsel, and Mario is now just an incompetent buffoon who stumbles his way to victory alongside girlboss Peach who leads the charge into battle.
The dialogue doesn't even feel like Mario, the voice for Mario sucks ass, and Peach talking about universes or w/e just doesn't even feel like the games. I just wanted something like Mario And Luigi: Superstar Saga which felt like the perfect template for a Mario movie since its probably the most cinematic Mario game, which stays faithful to the lore while even poking some fun at it such as depicting Luigi as cowardly but still giving him an arc where he overcomes his fears to save Mario.
I would actually lol real hard if Peach came out at the beginning Dune style and gave an introduction about the universe and the spice.