While I was watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, I noticed that many things were different from the first Super Mario movie, but the experience felt very real. I went to watch The Super Mario Galaxy Movie at the Regal Manassas movie theater in 4D. 4D basically means you get to watch the movie in special glasses while sitting in a chair, but it’s different from other movie theaters. These chairs are single chairs and have footstools. With 4D glasses, when you wear them and a water scene comes up or something happens, the glasses make you feel like you are really there. They are like special effects. They let you feel the wind on your face and spray water on you as well.

Before I entered the movie, I got some snacks. I got blue Takis, a Blue Razz Slushie, and some nachos.

During the movie, I noticed different things from the first movie: the plot changed. This movie was about Mario and Luigi facing Bowser’s son, Jr., who has kidnapped Princess Peach’s sister, Rosalina, and is determined to carry on his family’s legacy. The brothers have to travel across the stars to stop him, but along the way, Princess Peach learns where she comes from. After telling everyone the mushrooms found her in Mushroom Land, she finds out that she has a sister named Rosalina. They are developed by Stardust, and when they come together, they make Stardust, which is very dangerous. Princess Peach also learns that her sister sacrificed herself to save her, and that’s why she ended up in Mushroom Land. In the process of stopping Jr., she finds her sister, and they reconnect. However, in order to stop Jr., Rosalina and her Lumas sacrifice themselves to trigger a “big bang” that resets the universe, restoring the world but creating a new, slightly different version.

Throughout the movie, my emotions were on a roller coaster of adventures. There were so many twists and turns, it was hard to stay focused at first. But when I got on track with the movie, things were a lot easier to pay attention to. A lot more things caught my eye than in the first movie. For starters, the actors and characters stayed the same, but the plot shifted a bit. Instead of Bowser being the villain, it’s his son, Bowser Jr. There is a snippet of Bowser and Jr. when the movie first starts off, when Jr. attacks the Comet Observatory, abducting Princess Rosalina and stealing the Grand Stars to fuel his doomsday machine. Jr. only did what he did because he wanted to make his father proud of him and to show him that he can be just as evil as his father once was. When Jr. comes to his senses and realizes what he had done, he sees the cause and effect of trying to rule and destroy the world just to make his father notice him. He hopes that one day he and his dad can take over the world together and rule side by side.

My honest review on the movie is that it is really good and there are a lot of twists and turns. And it felt different because I watched it in 4d, which made my experience way better than watching it in a regular theater without the 4D. But even without the 4D glasses and seats, I’m sure I would still have enjoyed myself and the movie both ways, watching it. I didn’t just get to experience it; my friends also did. It was a night of laughing and smiles, but overall it’s a good movie, and I would recommend others to watch it if they want to see something new or haven’t heard of it before.