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Social media impressions for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie are rolling in
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I'm not expecting it to be good, but I think it's going to be a fun sit. That's my expectation for it.
Y'all should have believed
Yeah I'll still be surprised if the Rotten Tomatoes score is above 60% but I think Sonic is a movie that audiences will enjoy
None of these are critics so take these with a grain of salt, unlike the BoP or TROS critic impressions.
Obviously, but the fact that anybody liked it at all is kind of shocking considering the reaction to the trailers. That's what makes this a surprising development.
Even if it ends up being a movie "for the fans" that would still be a shocker.
I think the highest expectation is Detective Pikachu - positively reviewed by people familiar with the source material, moderately reviewed by everyone else - and it does a totally competent BO haul that can neither be called a disaster or a triumph.
For this kind of film I kind of expected them to be brutal even if it wasn't terrible so seeing anything positive is kind of surprising.
I'm not surprised social media impressions for a movie like this would be positive though I do find the "pays respect to source material" comment to be interesting. If you set aside Paramount's god awful production treatment (with the original design/trailers) then the creative crew actually look like they were committed to making this movie as great as it possibly could be. Fowler in particular seemed really passionate about the project in a way I don't imagine most regular directors would be if they were asked to make a film about a video game mascot.
Hope it's good.
Hope it's good.
it'll probably end up being an overhyped children's movie that gets overpraised because it's competent, provides a on par acting performance from a likable actor, and it has just enough "modern takes" on the reference material to feel clever (when it's actually not clever, but current). like detective pikachu.
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Josh Trank's Fantastic Four reboot got positive tweets after the first screenings. It isn't a good metric.
You should've never doubted the new box office king.
Sanic fans strolling into theaters nationwide next week like
Sanic fans strolling into theaters nationwide next week like
In this world (His world- Gotta make your own way!)
Where one is all
In this world (His world- Life is just a game you play!)
Never fear the fall
Where one is all
In this world (His world- Life is just a game you play!)
Never fear the fall
You also have to account for what type of people are invited to an influencer screening of a new film. Studios usually try pretty hard to cultivate a crowd that walks away happy.
Tails appears in the movie.
Anyway dwi haters. Shout out to everyone who wanted them to keep Sonic's crappy design so you'd have another Cats-level trainwreck to mock and jeer. As a lifelong Sonic fan who's been bummed out by the series' status as Internet running gag I'm glad they seemed to have gotten this right on some level, although who knows if the actual film critics will feel the same.
Nails what exactly? Regardless I'm always weary of initial Social media impressions but happy the overall mood about it is positive.
I don't want to get too excited yet because sometimes these early impressions are sort of fixed either by over enthusiasm or cynical marketers, but if this movie ends up being great - then the decision to go back and fix the design based on fan blowback will be a gigantic example of when to listen to fans - the story is all new, the characters have been completely rethought to fit the medium, but there are ways to be authentic that can bring fans along for the ride without slavishly adapting material that works as a fast paced platformer but has no narrative 1:1 with film. Let each medium do what it's best at - and try to capture what's great about the original even if just some essence or aesthetic.
Of course we don't know how much the film is changed by the updated Sonic. Was there an edit that is more or less identical? And what does that "Snide Cut" look like - does it fall flat because of one single visual element? Or is it a great movie WITH a bonkers-why-is-he-like-that-horror show?
RELEASE THE SANIC-CUT U COWARDZ
I'd LOVE to see that as a blu ray bonus.
I also secretly hope that the dark side of Sonic Fandom is both angry and happy about this and they are forced to reconsider some of their life choices.
Of course we don't know how much the film is changed by the updated Sonic. Was there an edit that is more or less identical? And what does that "Snide Cut" look like - does it fall flat because of one single visual element? Or is it a great movie WITH a bonkers-why-is-he-like-that-horror show?
RELEASE THE SANIC-CUT U COWARDZ
I'd LOVE to see that as a blu ray bonus.
I also secretly hope that the dark side of Sonic Fandom is both angry and happy about this and they are forced to reconsider some of their life choices.
MK? You don't think theSilent Hill film is the best Vidya game movie?
Yessss eat shit haters
your new king has arrived and his name is SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
your new king has arrived and his name is SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
I know what you mean, but there's lots of really meaningful ways to do that - music, sound effects, a sense of fun, speed, chaos and so on. It would be madness to directly adapt it - but the Sonic redesign is a big blunt force version of "respecting" it. Still, there's plenty of time for this moment of surprising scoial bouyancy to sink into the "Armond White Loves It" abyss of reality.
I mean those old comics are still there are still out there if you still want to see a cartoon bee trip so hard on LSD he dies.
Finally saw the new trailer. A very big improvement over the first. Now I'll be less surprised at this movie doing well at the box office.
THE SACRED SONIC GAMES!
Yeah. Just enjoy the movie, don't end up like Star Wars fans.
These guys look to be general video game fans and not film critics/normal audiences so it's not very indicative of anything.