Zippo's Nonsensical Ramblings and Other Stuff

Hey y'all. How's it going? Are we having a good month?   So yeah... The biggest Nintendo related thing since the Switch launch happened. And it's about to break a billion dollars. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is finally here, and I have some thoughts.  TL;DR: I absolutely loved it. I've got six tickets in my docket and I'll be seeing it a seventh time this weekend. It is pure joy. I can't find another way to describe it.  There's so much to chew through that I'm sure everyone else but I have to get my general thoughts out there, of course. Firstly, the movie is fucking gorgeous. This is easily one of the best looking animated movies of the modern era, love and care were put into just about every shot of the movie and it's very evident by just how it looks. It's like Nintendo developed a movie themselves. Next, the character designs. The animators and designers did a wonderful job updating the cast's designs. Mario and Luigi have been updated w