#17: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Thirty years ago, Nintendo gambled on a Super Mario Bros movie for the first time. And while I kind of like it, to say it had damaging results to the brand was an understatement. It seemed to scare Nintendo away from allowing its IPs to other companies. And three decades later, that finally feels like it's loosening up. Because in 2023, we finally got another Super Mario Bros. Movie. My opinion? Well, I think it's as near-perfect a use of this IP as you could ask for in 2023. But let's pump out a thousand words at least to talk about what I liked and didn't like.

#16: The Toxic Avenger (1984)

It's time for another movie that was on my list for a long time but ultimately just never sat down to watch. As I broaden myself with more movies to watch, I definitely need a hot injection of shlock, or, in the case of the movie I watched last night, shock shlock. And nobody does shock shlock as well as Lloyd Kauffman and Troma Entertainment. So what better movie to watch for said broadening than Troma's 1984 film The Toxic Avenger? The movie that put Troma on the map. But is it a good movie overall? In my opinion, yeah, it's not too bad. It's definitely too much for a lot of people in terms of how gruesome it gets, but I enjoyed what I watched. Maybe that's the slow reveal to how twisted I am, but let's talk about the film itself before we really go off the deep end.