Plumbing is Our Game

Amazing edit. I'm sitting here trying to think of quibbles - no matter how minor - and am coming up short. I almost took a star off audio quality because I had to raise the volume on our TV to 50 in order to hear everything, but that's on me - I had my video player set at 40% audio output. Literally every single editing choice worked for me. The one 80's track I might want back was I Need a Hero, but DonkeyKonga thought of that and gave 5 audio options to pick from. For that generous decision, I would've given 11 stars for audio editing if it were an option!

I used audio track 1 and it fixed literally everything that I found irritating in the official release. The dog callback worked even better for me because it was strictly between the dog and Luigi. Deciding to redub a character is ambitious, but DonkeyKonga did it well AND avoided any obvious wrong mouth movements AND ad libed a line that added to the scene. Just incredible stuff and another example of the thoughtfulness and care that went into this edit.

I finally found the time to watch this edit with my son, a complete Mario fan but for who the pop soundtrack was a dud and we had a blast! Every track is perfect (the synchro on the kart tour of Donkey Kingdom is impressive) plus my son hated the dog bit so it seems crafted for him.

I really believe this is the best way to enjoy the movie now, i absolutely recommand it!

I loved it. Definitely going to be my go to version for rewatches. I watched the version with just the Mario music added, but no new Cranky Kong. I thought it all felt so fitting. Well done DK. You get two white glove thumbs from me. Cheers

Great edit! I was surprised that No Sleep Till Brooklyn is still in here, but it still fits mostly. I guess that was always intended to be in that part of the movie. I listened to audio track 4, I don't have a problem with Fred Armisen's Cranky Kong. This will definitely be my preferred version of the film going forward. It just makes sense to have Mario music in a Mario movie.

Soundtrack upgrade, better Cranky, more balanced Peach.

Although dog callback at the end makes less sense now.