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.