Ben Lindbergh

That's the point of Mario.

And another Miyamoto quote, this was 15 years ago, he said, when we create games, the gamer really is the main character.

in that regard, it may not really matter who the main character is on screen.

And so when you port that to movies, it still applies, but all you have is the screen, right?

And so I think what I'm longing for, because, you know, I sort of,

Look, we were in an advanced screening.

Maybe we were in the same screening for all I know, but it was a packed theater.

And yes, you had press and critics there, but you also had people who, you know, just got into this early viewing for whatever reason.

And there were plenty of kids there.

And there were a lot of times when I just sort of

Instead of watching the movie, I was watching people watch the movie.

And there were a lot of extended silences, you know, because there aren't that many laughs.

There are long stretches where there aren't jokes, exactly.

It's not.

It's not very funny.

There are sight gags, of course, but, you know, there were times when even the kids weren't really cracking up and you could kind of hear a pin drop in the movie theater and then things would pick up again and, you know, people would get into it or there would be a cameo and everyone would clap and laugh and we'd do the DiCaprio pointing meme.

You know, this is a movie where your arm will get tired because you'll just be doing the DiCaprio pointing meme the entire running time.

which mercifully is only nine to something minutes.

But I do wish that there were a bit more of, of that.

And maybe it's a willingness to poke fun at itself and the conventions of the games and the genre.