Super Mario Brothers (1993)

In what would become the grandfather of all later video game related releases, Super Mario Brothers set out to do the impossible: turn a classic video game into a feature film. While many rightly argue that the film completely missteps its gaming roots for a more apocalyptic hell in the form of an alternative universe called the Mushroom Kingdom existing next to our own, you have to delve deeper into what the game itself really is at heart. Face it, it's an Italian plumber eating mushrooms to become gigantic and using flowers to shoot fire. Even worse is the concept of killing an enemy with your own body weight. Ouch! So in retrospect, it is easier to forgive the director for taking such a unique approach to the source material. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo (huh, Leguizamamo...Luigi...fate?) are the plumber brothers battling the evil King Koopa (Dennis Hopper) to save Princess Daisy and the two worlds from his terrible reign. Come on, it's Dennis Freakin' Hopper! You have to love it! Odd as the whole premise seems, the execution while flawed is creative and artistic. The desolate utopian city under Koopa's thumb is much like a satiric look into the dark sides of humanity and society. Plus they have wicked technology like boots enabling you to leap across busy streets or Bob-ombs so tiny yet they scare the daylights out of everyone. Thank you Mario, for making drugs into video game and movie fun.