As in, they were fine movies and rather liked by anyone who saw them, but a handful of people have been spamming that they are GOD AWFUL IRREDEEMABLE GARBAGE for a while to the point where people just assume it must be true.
Like, Space Jam was a fucking masterpiece for its target audience and filled with incredible good for anyone else. Jordan's acting wasn't even that bad. But people love to scream about how it was this god awful movie that everyone knew was awful and had no redeeming qualities (except Lola, sometimes).
Honestly, I give the 93 Mario Bros credit just for the sheer level of creativity and clear effort that went into it. Its probably the epitome of "would be heralded as great if it was original, but because its an adaptation its terrible." I don't think any part of it could ever be a good Mario movie (minus the casting of the two bros), but without the label it would sit aside a lot of other sci-fi dystopian cult classics.
A lot of movies have what I call "meme hatred."
As in, they were fine movies and rather liked by anyone who saw them, but a handful of people have been spamming that they are GOD AWFUL IRREDEEMABLE GARBAGE for a while to the point where people just assume it must be true.
Like, Space Jam was a fucking masterpiece for its target audience and filled with incredible good for anyone else. Jordan's acting wasn't even that bad. But people love to scream about how it was this god awful movie that everyone knew was awful and had no redeeming qualities (except Lola, sometimes).
I'm the same way with the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie.
It's my favorite guilty-pleasure movie of all time.
I still maintain that, with a couple of changes, it could have been genuinely GOOD.
And yeah, the original Space Jam was a lot of fun--in fact, it's my second-favorite guilty pleasure movie.
Honestly, I give the 93 Mario Bros credit just for the sheer level of creativity and clear effort that went into it. Its probably the epitome of "would be heralded as great if it was original, but because its an adaptation its terrible." I don't think any part of it could ever be a good Mario movie (minus the casting of the two bros), but without the label it would sit aside a lot of other sci-fi dystopian cult classics.