JohnnyD

Eight weeks until Disclosure Day!

Either way, eight weeks until we experience it!

Actually, 7M2 Insert is not integrated in the OST track.

@Jay Don’t you mean 7M12 End Credits can be heard in its entirety in the LLL track “The Fire Bolt and End Credits Suite”? The OST track “Mischief Managed” is a compilation of other film cues that play after the Window to the Past theme (Buckbeak’s Flight, The Snowball Fight, Knight Bus Ride, Double Trouble, and Aunt Marge’s Waltz), which is reflected in the film.

I felt it was appropriate to share this here. In the first episode of Tim Grieving’s exclusive podcast, Why We Love Spielberg-Williams, for paid subscribers to his Substack, Behind the Moon, at the end, @Maestro mentions that, although he knows almost nothing about the music itself (he mentioned at the beginning that despite reaching out to both John Williams and Steven Spielberg’s camp, he was not allowed to attend the scoring sessions due to the secrecy in an effort to build anticipation for the project), he does know that “there is a lot of it. And from my sources on the inside, there are … moments in the film where that old Spielberg-Williams magic is absolutely back.”

Thank you for sharing this. This was a great read, and I cannot wait to experience this film in IMAX on opening night, June 11th!

“I just want to know that it’s…it’s really happening.” 10 weeks to go!

That is great!

Thanks for sharing, @Jay. Very intriguing. I can't wait to see the film.

Each day that passes brings us one step closer to Disclosure Day. I'm betting we'll get a final trailer and final poster with the Maestro's name attached around the end of April.

Nah. Though, it is a not a bad musical excerpt. Something I imagine hearing in a hotel elevator.

That is not John Williams. It's a piece called "Orchestral Miniatures #15 Fast Exciting Driving", by Joseph Lilore. Sorry, I see @mrbellamy beat me to it. Cool seeing Mr. Spielberg reflecting on shooting E.T., though.

Well, I saw it yesterday morning… My previous above observation certainly aged like milk. This was overall…not a good film. At least the first film had a story; a simple story, mind you, but a story none the less. This film was all over the place. Visually, it was great; music was good. Action was okay, but the whole thing lacked substance and, quite frankly, a soul. Certain characters were greatly underutilized. Some characters (Yoshi, in particular) are in the film for no story-telling reason. Hardly any character-arcs. Kids will enjoy it…if they also like keys jingling in front of them to occupy their attention for 98 minutes. Children honestly deserve better; everyone deserves better, point of fact. If you want a film that utilizes an existing product while telling a good story with memorable characters, take The Lego Movie as an example. This is coming from someone who played Nintendo games growing up, particularly Mario games. Heck, I own a Switch 2 and several Mario games (including the remastered editions of both Super Mario Galaxy games, which, even story-wise, are far better) and a few Zelda titles. The game admittedly didn't have the deepest story and was still the "save peach" plot, but there was so much potential for an animated adaptation to expand on the narrative by incorporating Rosalina's original tragic backstory shown in the game and actually tying it into the main story. There was also the unique and cinematic atmosphere that helped it stand out from the other mainline games. I'm not saying the game is a Shakespearean masterpiece of fiction, but there was more substance and story elements that actually could've been used for a proper film. If both of those aspects (along with the "universal reset" ending) were included in the film, it actually would've made a great movie. Rosalina is essentially treated like Luigi was in the first film, and considering Super Mario Galaxy, that is just...not good. They completely threw away Rosalina's backstory and the story behind the Lumas. A better idea would've been having Rosalina join Peach after barely escaping from Bowser Jr.'s clutches so they can learn from each other and have her get her magic back, or something. This way you can give character arcs to the both of them. The sister twist would have garnered some actual weight this way. Or another idea: Peach should’ve been kidnapped in this movie. Since Mario was struggling with his self worth and his feelings for her in the beginning of the movie, if Peach was taken right after he chickened out of confessing to her, then he’d have an even stronger motivation to get her back. He’d have character growth where he realizes that even though he’s “just a plumber”, he is the only one who has the drive and skill to save Peach, and he’d finally get the courage to tell her how he feels. Bowser Jr. kidnapping Peach and saving Bowser at the same time would allow for Bowser to be spiteful and evil again without feeling wishy-washy like he was in the actual movie. There could be a scene in the later parts of the movie where he shows apprehension to harming Luigi (because he wouldn’t really have any reason to like Mario), and it would make sense because we see his and Luigi’s friendship before he was freed. And then at the end of the movie, he could redeem himself in some way; or maybe it is revealed that he tricks them into thinking he is good, showing Bowser as a manipulative conqueror while being a good dad to his son. Peach being kidnapped allows for Rosalina to guide Mario like she does in the games, and instead of her motivation for saving Peach being because they’re sisters, it would be because she knows what it’s like to lose someone you love, and she doesn’t want Mario to go through the same pain as she did. It would connect her character arc to Mario’s, and maybe that connection would be what makes her eventually share her backstory/story book with Mario and others. Little effort to story in the final product. This left little to no impact afterwards. To be frank, I felt empty after seeing this. Might as well rename this Nintendo Jiggling Keys: The Movie. What a bummer. At least there were not so many needle-drops. Easily an 3.5 out of 10 stars, and that's being generous. I was not expecting much out of this, but at least have SOME kind of character development in a decent story. The last great animated sequel was Zootopia 2, and that is a shining example of a film that surpasses the original, which already had a great story and characters, with another great story, memorable characters and actual arcs. A sequel is suppose to build upon and expand the original in every way. This...doesn't. The fact that this is Mario is NO excuse. As a film, you have to adhere to basic story-telling rules and elements. Clearly, the animators and composer have a passion for this game franchise; the writer clearly has no idea, let alone the directors. I wanted to like this after giving the first one the benefit of the doubt. This is the cinematic equivalent of junk food, and I can't waste my time with stuff like this. I actually convinced my friend who operates the theater I went to see it to give me a refund for the tickets, so…at least I had that. If you want to stick with the partnership with Universal, DreamWorks Animation would have been a far better partner, especially on the story-telling aspect. Nintendo should not have partnered with Illumination. If they continue making films, I'm not going to bother giving them my time and money. Better yet, why make a movie based on a video game franchise if little to no effort is put into actual story telling.

That is very wholesome.

Exactly! I honestly cannot take people who have vile and negative outlooks seriously. Someone shares something positive, and then someone else attempts to put a negative spin on it. Why? Rapidly deteriorating? Are you serious?