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Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2020)

#1 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:22 am

Sonic The Hedgehog. It could very well be the trailer, but I think this looks good. People are bitching about the design of the character but I think they got it good.

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#2 Post by soundchaser » Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:30 am

The action looks surprisingly coherent, but other than that I’m not sold. I can’t figure out what Carrey’s aiming at.

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#3 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:35 am

Scene-chewery, which a character like his desperately needs for a movie like this. If the scene with Neal McDonough is any indication of his performance, then it could be a decent performance.

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#4 Post by Apperson » Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:36 am

I mean... I can't imagine those glimpses and the overall tone formed into anything I would call a good film.

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#5 Post by dda1996a » Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:44 am

Can't think of any actors more I'll suited for that role. But do we really need a live action Sonic movie?

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#6 Post by goblinfootballs » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:31 am

dda1996a wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:44 am
Can't think of any actors more I'll suited for that role. But do we really need a live action Sonic movie?
Capitalism doesn't ask if we need a product.

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#7 Post by domino harvey » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:41 am

flyonthewall2983 wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:35 am
Scene-chewery, which a character like his desperately needs for a movie like this. If the scene with Neal McDonough is any indication of his performance, then it could be a decent performance.
This is the first time in a long, long, long time where it looks like Jim Carrey is actually called upon to be funny in his In Living Color fashion. Some of you are seriously knocking him here? He’s the only thing present of any note. I mean, sure, I can’t believe I’m any modicum of optimistic about a Sonic the Hedgehog movie, but here we are

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#8 Post by Big Ben » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:42 am

If you're familiar at any level with Sonic the Hedgehog and his existence, particularly his online presence for the last say, fifteen years, this is exactly the kind of movie that's to be expected.

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#9 Post by Persona » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:45 am

This needs to be zany, outrageous, and bad "in a good way." The trailer makes it seem like the movie could be that. Or it could just be a chore to sit through.

It's a fine line between amusing and insufferable.

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#10 Post by soundchaser » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:52 am

domino harvey wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:41 am
This is the first time in a long, long, long time where it looks like Jim Carrey is actually called upon to be funny in his In Living Color fashion. Some of you are seriously knocking him here? He’s the only thing present of any note. I mean, sure, I can’t believe I’m any modicum of optimistic about a Sonic the Hedgehog movie, but here we are
I just don't see him doing anything worth getting excited about in this trailer - he looks out-of-place interacting with the quill, his timing in the scene with McDonough is poor (could be an editing issue, admittedly), and - I can't believe I'm saying this - he's not off-the-wall enough for the part, at least based on what's shown here. I want *more* scene chewing.

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#11 Post by Gregory » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:54 am

Big Ben wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:42 am
If you're familiar at any level with Sonic the Hedgehog and his existence, particularly his online presence for the last say, fifteen years, this is exactly the kind of movie that's to be expected.
Has he been spending most of his life living in a gangsta's paradise?

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#12 Post by domino harvey » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:57 am

Well there are no songs about sprite comics

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#13 Post by knives » Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:15 am

I guess Coolio's cooled down a lot or maybe he just doesn't like Weird Al.

As for the movie, I'd rather they go the route of the comics or the old show though that would mean going completely animated which we're afraid of for some reason. Still, I'm down for a silly Carrey performance so put me down as slightly less excited for this compared to the Pokemon noir.

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#14 Post by domino harvey » Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:29 am

Coolio is reduced to playing Festival of the Juggalos, I am sure he likes whatever money he can get more than any nascent cred he may have once possessed

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#15 Post by dda1996a » Tue Apr 30, 2019 12:07 pm

I didn't mean Carey is or will be bad here, just that Dr. Eggman needed someone more gruff a la Josh Brolin than Carey. Irregardless that Sonic looks pretty hideous and I'm no fan so count me out

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#16 Post by knives » Tue Apr 30, 2019 12:26 pm

Why would you want someone named Dr. Eggman to be gruff?

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#17 Post by dda1996a » Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:47 pm

Image
This is the Eggman I see personally

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#18 Post by knives » Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:03 pm

Yeah, that's hilarious.

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#19 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:59 pm

You get a glimpse of Carrey as closer to that design at the very end of the trailer.

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#20 Post by Luke M » Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:19 pm

I think Carrey doing his 90s schtick in a movie aiming for 90s nostalgia is pretty cool.

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#21 Post by David M. » Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:02 pm

Re the character design, it is unfathomable to me that a major studio could produce something so inept.
I still hold out hope that they're trolling us and that they'll reveal a proper, competently done character design at the last minute.

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#22 Post by movielocke » Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:51 pm

David M. wrote:Re the character design, it is unfathomable to me that a major studio could produce something so inept.
I still hold out hope that they're trolling us and that they'll reveal a proper, competently done character design at the last minute.
Uh that sonic is no where near as bad as blue will smith

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#23 Post by CSM126 » Tue Apr 30, 2019 8:55 pm

I just want Jaleel White’s Saturday morning Sonic to pop in and say “That’s no good.

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#24 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:31 pm

Luke M wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:19 pm
I think Carrey doing his 90s schtick in a movie aiming for 90s nostalgia is pretty cool.
I will readily admit I am swept up in the 90's-ness of it all (especially for the fact it took me and my brother 3 years to beat Sonic Spinball) but I feel like this could have been done way worse and it was a surprise to me that this looks at least very competent in what it set out to do.

I do think the rings on the Paramount logo are pretty tacky but then again so are some of the films they have put out lately.

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Re: Sonic the Hedgehog (Jeff Fowler, 2019)

#25 Post by Monterey Jack » Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:10 pm

There has never been -- nor will there ever be -- a good movie based on a video game.

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