Sonic The Hedgehog

[The Predaking]

So I saw that this was on Paramount+ and my kids have been really into Sonic lately, so I figured why not make it a movie night? It was a great movie! We all loved it!


spoilers!

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If this is the end for Jim Carrey, then he went out on a high note! His performance and story arc was perfect in this film. I loved it when they first showed him in the crab. Hilarious! I am still a little confused on the family structure though. So was Marie his cousin or older sister? No word on what happened to their parents. Also, is Robotnik a clone? He later mentions to Stone that he would have to stick around until he was cloned, and if they had that ability it would explain how he survived previously.


Sonic vs Shadow was great. Loved it when we see Sonic just lose his control and literately punched Shadow to the moon when he smacked talked about Tom.

Knuckles was great in this film and I loved all the pop culture references. My only complaint on this film is the lack of any big name music like the first two had.

I loved how everyone got a call back from the previous two films, even if it was just a brief cameo. Loved the ending with mecha sonic things and shadow surviving the explosion.

 

[Zamuel]

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I am still a little confused on the family structure though. So was Marie his cousin or older sister? No word on what happened to their parents. Also, is Robotnik a clone? He later mentions to Stone that he would have to stick around until he was cloned, and if they had that ability it would explain how he survived previously.

My only complaint on this film is the lack of any big name music like the first two had.

Spoiler

Maria is Ivo Robotnik's cousin. While she's always been his cousin, the games have only recently cleared up some things about the family tree (while revealing things that ask more questions). He isn't a clone but I believe some old non canon comics have given him replacement bodies after dying in the plotline. It was probably an offhand comment since he couldn't split attention between Gerald and Stone.

You're the first person I've heard wanting more outside music. The third movie had the most game music which was a common request from fans.

 

[Sabrblade]

A deleted scene showed how Ivo survived his defeat in the previous movie.

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Agent Stone found him in the wreckage of the giant mech, and carried him away on his back because every single bone in Ivo's body was broken. Ivo then spent a long time recovering in a hospital in Mexico, where he had multiple surgeries performed on his body, which was shown wrapped in a full body cast. It was during this time that he became a fan of telenovelas, which explains why he was seen watching one in the final cut of the movie.

This, and other deleted scenes, can be watched on YouTube.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I'd like to see an extended edition. I know I'm always going to say that, but I doubt I'm the only one here. Sonic 3 is good, but slowing it down would not hurt.

 

[Sabrblade]

I'd like to see an extended edition. I know I'm always going to say that, but I doubt I'm the only one here. Sonic 3 is good, but slowing it down would not hurt.

Fair warning that some of the deleted scenes were pretty cringy.

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Particularly, there were multiple scenes cut out that featured Ivo as an influencer, filming himself in livestreams for his followers, whom he called "Eggheads". Those scenes explained why, near the end of the movie, he makes a final recording to all his followers. Without those previous scenes, the final recording just comes out of nowhere and feels random. But those other scenes also felt really awkward and like they were written by someone who only vaguely understands what influencers are as a concept, and so we're left with multiple scenes of Jim Carrey trying to act like a wacky influencer and it's really not as funny as his other more Jim Carrey-ish humor in the rest of the movie.

 

[Superomegaprime]

I'd like to see an extended edition. I know I'm always going to say that, but I doubt I'm the only one here. Sonic 3 is good, but slowing it down would not hurt.

One scene I felt slowed down the movie was the dance scene with the lasers, it felt completely out of place with the tone of things at that moment in time, I know its within Jim Carry's Ivo Robotnik's character to dance but it felt out of place in general but then it might of gone on for a bit to long.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Fair warning that some of the deleted scenes were pretty cringy.

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Particularly, there were multiple scenes cut out that featured Ivo as an influencer, filming himself in livestreams for his followers, whom he called "Eggheads". Those scenes explained why, near the end of the movie, he makes a final recording to all his followers. Without those previous scenes, the final recording just comes out of nowhere and feels random. But those other scenes also felt really awkward and like they were written by someone who only vaguely understands what influencers are as a concept, and so we're left with multiple scenes of Jim Carrey trying to act like a wacky influencer and it's really not as funny as his other more Jim Carrey-ish humor in the rest of the movie.

If AOSTH got a reboot, that is 100% something Robotnik would do.

 

[Shadewing]

If AOSTH got a reboot, that is 100% something Robotnik would do.

Also, considering both his age, and basic personality... Carrey's Robotnik being a cringy Influencer makes perfect sense,imo.

 

[Sabrblade]

It also kind of feels like those scenes somewhat interrupted the flow of the movie.

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When watching each of them, whatever was happening in the scenes right before and after was brought to an abrupt halt so that Ivo could talk to his phone, upload his recording, read his followers' comments, and then react to what the comments said.

Like, when he and Gerald did their dance routine, Ivo uploaded a video of their dance immediately after they finished, and then reacted to the comments about how "mid" their dance was received by the viewers, when the two Robotniks were kind of on a time crunch needing to get what they came for, yet this scene had them just standing around looking at a phone and bickering about it for longer than was necessary considering the dangerous infiltration mission they were currently in the middle of.

Say what one will about the goofy dance routine itself, but at least that served the purpose of getting the two through the security lasers closer to their objective. The video upload scene that was cut right after, however, just stalled both their progress and that of the movie.