I was seeing it was all a bunch of whiny DC fanboys who were somehow blaming Sonic for how bad the Harley Quinn movie bombed...even though Sonic wasn't out when it bombed so badly. XDReally fun movie. Sonic was awesome and looked great and the rest of the cast was great too.
I read on Twitter that people were walking out because it was racist and homophobic...
WHERE? It's scary how social media tries to destroy people and now fun family movies.
SEGA's been spitballing video game movie adaptations for about half a decade nowYeah, I don't know if it's going to be some sort of shared universe, but it's clear that SEGA has some intentions to create games other than Sonic going forward...but I frankly don't know what other SEGA games could stand on its own as a standalone film...
I wanna take my wife to see it because she's a huge Sonic fan. My question for you:Saw it. Meh, 6 year olds are definitely the target.
I just wish the music would had gotten more fan service.
If you're a Sonic fan you'll be beaming from ear to ear before movie even actually starts.I wanna take my wife to see it because she's a huge Sonic fan. My question for you:
How drunk do we need to be to get even remote enjoyment out of it?
Really fun movie. Sonic was awesome and looked great and the rest of the cast was great too.
I read on Twitter that people were walking out because it was racist and homophobic...
WHERE? It's scary how social media tries to destroy people and now fun family movies.
Well, my wife is the Sonic fan.If you're a Sonic fan you'll be beaming from ear to ear before movie even actually starts.
I don't know. I can't imagine what it's like to not be a Sonic fan. My condolences.
I mean, how drunk would you need to be in order to see a kids movie? That's a pretty good indicator.
Sorta. It's clearly an origin story though, so it's certainly acceptable. He's not really the hero, but this is his journey to become that hero. I liked that part of it.
It was super meh.
Surprisingly funny lines here and there and I like the slow motion scenes, but the movie takes forever to get going and the action set pieces were kinda weak. Carrey was great but some of his scenes felt crowbarred in to give him something to do.
It felt kinda 'small', like the production values and settings don't match the ridiculous budget the movie has. And my big gripe...
I can tell they know the movie they should have made; Eggman at the end looks and acts and even sounds like Pollock's version, and Tails appearing makes it clear to me that this movie's sequel is probably going to be what this movie should have been. The credits sequence was also godtier
I had 4 beers and a flask of Jim Beam.
I think that was my takeaway too. They had plenty of chances to toss in some familiar jingles, without taking over the score.Saw it. Meh, 6 year olds are definitely the target.
I just wish the music would had gotten more fan service.
To be this bitter...Im with you. I feel like if this was any other cg cartoon in the real world movie like idk "Hop 2: Hop2It" and instead of Robotnik, Jim Carrey played The April Fool out to steal Easter for himself, people here would be bashing this movie for its labored movie references and product placement masquerading as jokes & complaining how torturous it was when the lead cartoon character flossed.
But because the sonic looks like sonic & theres like 4 maybe 5 references to old sonic stuff "it has heart"
This movie is right in line with Yogi Bear, Hop, Smurfs 1 & 2 - if im stuck watching it while babysitting or in a waiting room, theres certainly worse ways to spend 90 minutes.
Was that a joke about Hillary's e-mails I heard? When Marsden's sister in law asks him what's under the blanket did she say, "Is that emails?"
SEGA's been spitballing video game movie adaptations for about half a decade now
Sega Begins To Develop Video Game Adaptations For Film And TV - SlashFilm
Sega just realized that it has a bunch of video game properties that could potentially be adapted to film, TV, and digital series. OK, maybe the company didn't just realize this, but it is just putting plans in motion to exploit titles such as Shinobi and Altered Beast. At this point we don't...www.slashfilm.comSega classics 'Altered Beast' and 'Streets of Rage' to get film adaptations
Sega's Mega Drive classics could be headed to cinema and TV soonwww.wired.co.uk
So I wouldn't be surprised if they come to fruition following the success of this movie.
Don't joke about that... :0Hopefully this means a return of Segata Sanshiro but to the silver screen.
I wanna take my wife to see it because she's a huge Sonic fan. My question for you:
How drunk do we need to be to get even remote enjoyment out of it?
I do love sake.....A liter bottle of sake in the cup holder should do it. Regressed me into a 10 year old Sonic comic fan.
I completely agree with your spoilers and I want a sequel to this very badly for those reasons. Hopefully this does well enough where we'll get one!I would say this movie is a solid 7/10, the yin to Detective Pikachu's yang. DP was like the ultimate movie in terms of fanservice, but the actual script was just OK and pretty much all the best jokes were in the trailers. Sonic on the other hand doesn't really have many references or adapt stuff from the games, but the writing and plot are pretty good. Now, time to get into the finer details:
First off, the disappointing things: it's lame that Green Hill Zone is in it for a whole two minutes, where we get to meet Original the Character Longclaw for all of 30 seconds before she proceeds to never appear in the film again. Same goes for the echidna tribe, who are after Sonic's power for reasons that go totally unexplained. A copyright listing for the movie claimed that a "lizard warrior" was the foe after Sonic's power, so I can't help but wonder if these baddies were also going to be random new characters that were changed into echidnas to add a tiny bit of Sonic Adventure fanservice when the redesign happened. In any case, Sonic fans can probably figure out what's going to happen to these guys, so it bodes well for Knuckles' chances of appearing in the sequel. Also, they reference a generic mushroom world constantly throughout the movie, yet for some reason no one during production once said "hey, there's actually already been an iconic mushroom-themed world in a Sonic game, maybe we should just say it's Mushroom Hill Zone"? Weird.
What all this boils down to is that there's very little in the way of Sonic-y stuff outside the core basics of rings, speed, etc. Perhaps most distressing is that a series famous for its insanely good soundtracks has almost none of it on display in the film. You hear tiny snippets of Green Hill Zone near the beginning and end of the film, and during the actual GHZ sequence it plays the Sonic Mania intro theme by Hyper Potions, but other than that? Nothing. They were in San Francisco for a chunk of the film, you're telling me they couldn't have City Escape blaring? Junkie XL's score is fairly forgettable orchestral stuff as well, although Eggman's theme is kinda cool.
Now onto the good stuff: They really nailed Sonic as a character. I have to give Ben Schwartz a big apology because I thought he was going to suck based on the first trailer, but he absolutely knocks it out of the park. The movie actually has logical explanations for why Sonic is both ultra chatty and obsessed with the real super power of teamwork, I laughed out loud when Sonic is literally revived by friendship during the climax. Jim Carrey was also perfect as Robotnik. He isn't an exact portrayal of how he is in the games but they nailed all the traits they needed to. He's got the goofiness of modern Eggman with the menacing presence of SA2 Eggman - oh, and Sonic actually starts consistently calling him Eggman by the end of the movie, which I honestly didn't expect them to do.
I think the biggest surprise for me was that James Marsden's character is actually not awful. He's not even just passable. He's legitimately entertaining and enjoyable, and he has great chemistry with Sonic. I think they should definitely ditch Earth and stick to Sonic zones for the sequel, but I would be glad to see Tom come along for the ride. The other human characters were okay too, namely Maddie and Agent Stone. The only big dud was Tom's cop buddy, who had exactly zero funny lines the entire movie.
Speaking of funny lines, there are actually a lot of good jokes in the movie, and surprisingly most of them were not spoiled in trailers. The delivery is a big part of the enjoyment, even lines that aren't really amusing on their own are greatly elevated by the way they say them. Unfortunately there are also a lot of mediocre jokes that don't land, but thankfully I can't remember too many jokes that were actively cringey aside from a couple of pop culture references and product placements that are going to really date the film someday (what the hell is Zillow?).
And of course, we can't forget that redesign. I've seen the sentiment that this film would have ultimately been exactly the same without it, but... no. Just no. I can't even fathom what this film would have looked like with that creepy critter onscreen for the majority of it. So much of the movie relies on Sonic looking cool, cute, and even vulnerable, all things that Gremlin Sonic was physically incapable of expressing. The redesign was definitely the right move no matter how you slice it.
In short: kids will love it, Sonic fans will enjoy it, everyone else will probably think it's OK but nothing special. Personally I think it was a solid start to what should absolutely become a series. The second film is all but written for them - you've got Tails seeking out Sonic, you've got Eggman plotting revenge, you've got those tribal echidnas who've probably unleashed Chaos by now - my only request is that they lean into the Sonic stuff next time. We've done the Earth stuff now, so unless they're going to do a Sonic Adventure adaptation, let's make use of those ring portals and let Sonic and friends go to all kinds of familiar zones from the games.
I do have to say nothing about the sound in this movie stood out outside of the nods here and there.The original score for this movie sucks. Junkie XL is a hack. Outside of the use of Green Hill Zone and Hyper Potions, the score actively made the movie worse.
I wish we had gotten Alan Silvestri or something, especially since he also did the fantastic score to the Mario movie.
The vast majority of the appeal would be lost.
Movie sounds great so far? Didn't expect that but they deserve it after the great redesign. Interested in seeing it now so they've done their job.
I dunno. Sounded like a woman.Anyone know
who voices Tails in the movie? The voice sounded really good imo.
Anyone know
who voices Tails in the movie? The voice sounded really good imo.
SEGA's been spitballing video game movie adaptations for about half a decade now
Sega Begins To Develop Video Game Adaptations For Film And TV - SlashFilm
Sega just realized that it has a bunch of video game properties that could potentially be adapted to film, TV, and digital series. OK, maybe the company didn't just realize this, but it is just putting plans in motion to exploit titles such as Shinobi and Altered Beast. At this point we don't...www.slashfilm.comSega classics 'Altered Beast' and 'Streets of Rage' to get film adaptations
Sega's Mega Drive classics could be headed to cinema and TV soonwww.wired.co.uk
So I wouldn't be surprised if they come to fruition following the success of this movie.
They have really good chemistry together and tbh it didn't even feel like they were in the car for very long in the first place.Question for ya'll that have seen it:
How do you feel about the whole road trip aspect of the movie?
I'm seeing it Sunday but like... doesn't that seem like kind of a waste? It seems like a lot of the movie may be Sonic sitting down and quipping with Marsden, despite the main draw of the character being his immense speed.
It's very fun.Question for ya'll that have seen it:
How do you feel about the whole road trip aspect of the movie?
I'm seeing it Sunday but like... doesn't that seem like kind of a waste? It seems like a lot of the movie may be Sonic sitting down and quipping with Marsden, despite the main draw of the character being his immense speed.
I can't even imagine a potential Mecha Sonic with this Robotnik Design line. It would look amazing.