Ben Lindbergh

I like to be prepared.

Got to do my homework.

Got to refresh my memory on the Mario movie.

And it's very hard for me even to focus on it.

You know, like I'll be like, OK, I got to really closely watch this movie so I can remember every detail.

And then suddenly my mind wanders and a few scenes passed and we're fighting a new villain here and we're in a different place.

And it's just all sort of really frenetically passing from point A to point B. And we've got to get this thing and then we've got to go there.

And the movies never really slow down.

No.

That's not the point.

And, you know, that's what Mario games are, right?

Like, they're not really about slowing down so much, especially in their original incarnation.

There's a timer.

You want to go as fast as possible.

It truly is point A to point B. Don't doubt it.

It is.

Yeah.

side to side, left to right, right?

And there are even sequences in these films that are very much based on Mario side-scrolling platforming gameplay.

And I quite enjoy those segments and sequences, except that they just make me want to play Mario, you know, because the magic of Mario is its interactivity.