The Finally Watched marathon continues with a two-parter of sorts, as I go over the two currently out Sonic The Hedgehog movies.
Video game adaptations have not been that great, since they’re so often put into the hands of people who don’t care about video games in general and the game being adapted specifically. All they care about are their stories and will happily use the brand to trick people into seeing their vision, positive that they’ll come around and see what they created is superior to that crap that usually uses the name. These egoists are then surprised when that doesn’t happen because you ticked off the actual fans while the audience you really wanted saw the brand and went elsewhere. That is why they fail.
The question becomes whether or not Sonic The Hedgehog and it’s sequel fall into that trap. Note that I am unable to watch the Knuckles solo series and the third movie isn’t coming until later this year at last check.
RELEASE DATE: 2020
RELEASED BY: Paramount Pictures
RUNTIME: 1 hr, 39 min
RATING: PG
VIEWING SOURCE FOR THIS REVIEW: Pluto TV
STARRING: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, and Jim Carrey
SCREENWRITERS: Pat Casey & Josh Miller; creator Yuji Naka also gets a credit
BOX OFFICE: $148,974,665 US & Canada and $319,715,683 worldwide gross, according to IMDB
ESTIMATED BUDGET:$85,000,000 (estimated) according to IMDB
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