SONIC THE HEDGEHOG trailer – Jim Carrey is out to get the world’s fastest blue animal

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG trailer – Jim Carrey is out to get the world’s fastest blue animal

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I don’t know where to begin with this. I will say that in my younger days, I was a Sonic the Hedgehog fan. The SEGA Genesis video game was one of the most intense and addictive of its time. It seems only natural that Hollywood would try to make a big screen version of the character. For years a SONIC THE HEDGEHOG movie has been talked about, but now it’s finally here, and the result is… kinda weird. I mean, who is this for? Kids? Do kids like Jim Carrey, or even know who he is? And the use of Gangsta’s Paradise… is that supposed to relate to the youth of today? I’m sure someone at Paramount Pictures thought Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic was inspired casting, but in the trailer it just sounds bland and awkward, like a voice you’d hear in any TV commercial. And then there’s the look of Sonic, which is incredibly awkward and rather unappealing. In the game, Sonic always had a tiny body and giant head, and he looked cute that way. Why did they give him a more human body? Who cleared this? Did they use focus groups here? Even Jim Carrey’s jokes as Dr. Ivo Robotnik in the trailer land kinda flat. You’ve got poor James Marsden and Tika Sumpter in there trying their best, and even Neal McDonough looks to be playing a thankless role as a military leader who must bow to Carrey’s orders. I can’t lie, this looks BAD, like it could be the “biggest bomb of the year” bad. Am I wrong? Do you disagree? If so, tell us in the comments below.

Small-town sheriff Tom Wachowski journeys to San Francisco to assist Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who can run at incredible speeds, in his battle against Dr. Robotnik.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG opens November 8, 2019

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About the Author

Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff.