It sounds like Illumination is facing some challenges translating a visual and gameplay-focused property like Mario and turning it into a film with dialogue and three-act story structure. That's understandable considering at its core Mario is about a plumber who stomps on bad guys and rescues Princess Peach (he occasionally goes karting or plays golf on weekends). Adapting Mario to film is difficult and a previous attempt to do so proved...weird.
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Miyamoto should make them watch all Mario Bros Super show, The Adventures of Mario 3 and Super Mario World episodes as a prerequisite. I thought the Mario Bros cartoons were brilliant.