Sonic: The Hedgehog Out Of Time – Trailer Review
Every time a film based on a video game is announced, my
outlook is always one of hesitance. We’ve never really had a good video game
film, and the one I thought would break the trend - Assassins Creed – turned out
to be one of the worst. So when they announced Sonic The Hedgehog, I wasn’t the
least bit excited. Then Paramount released their first trailer for the film,
and even though I was expecting little, I was still underwhelmed. To describe the trailer
in one word…goofy!
I’m not a screen writer, so credit to them for attempting to adapt the character to film, but the trailer reminded me of the cheesy films of the early 2000’s (think Spy Kids), with goofy villains and one dimensional heroes. Jim Carrey plays the villain and it’s hard to take him seriously. The film feels out of time, and does not look like it’s learnt from past failures. Although the CGI is fine, and the actual character of Sonic looks pretty good, he just doesn’t feel like he fits into the “real world” environment the film is set in – again it’s just out of place and out of time.
Now the interesting thing to note is that there’s another video game film from a similar generation releasing shortly – Detective Pikachu. It’s funny when you compare the two films, because they share similar elements, but are executed so differently. What seems to work about Pikachu (I can’t wait to see the film) is that the world building we’ve seen in the trailers makes the interaction between humans and Pokemon feel organic. Compare this to Sonic The Hedgehog which feels out of place, it’s easy to see why people are taking Pikachu seriously instead of Sonic. Even on Twitter, the release of the Sonic trailer actual made people appreciate Detective Pikachu even more, bumping it up to 3rd in the trending charts in the UK.
Sonic The Hedgehog may well turn out to be brilliant, but unlike the first trailer for Pikachu, this film looks all kind of cheesy, and the bad type at that. The next trailer will give a better idea as to where this film is at, but for now it’s hard to look past the goofiness…and Jim Carrey’s moustache.
I’m not a screen writer, so credit to them for attempting to adapt the character to film, but the trailer reminded me of the cheesy films of the early 2000’s (think Spy Kids), with goofy villains and one dimensional heroes. Jim Carrey plays the villain and it’s hard to take him seriously. The film feels out of time, and does not look like it’s learnt from past failures. Although the CGI is fine, and the actual character of Sonic looks pretty good, he just doesn’t feel like he fits into the “real world” environment the film is set in – again it’s just out of place and out of time.
Now the interesting thing to note is that there’s another video game film from a similar generation releasing shortly – Detective Pikachu. It’s funny when you compare the two films, because they share similar elements, but are executed so differently. What seems to work about Pikachu (I can’t wait to see the film) is that the world building we’ve seen in the trailers makes the interaction between humans and Pokemon feel organic. Compare this to Sonic The Hedgehog which feels out of place, it’s easy to see why people are taking Pikachu seriously instead of Sonic. Even on Twitter, the release of the Sonic trailer actual made people appreciate Detective Pikachu even more, bumping it up to 3rd in the trending charts in the UK.
Sonic The Hedgehog may well turn out to be brilliant, but unlike the first trailer for Pikachu, this film looks all kind of cheesy, and the bad type at that. The next trailer will give a better idea as to where this film is at, but for now it’s hard to look past the goofiness…and Jim Carrey’s moustache.
Sonic The Hedgehog releases in the UK on 26/12/19
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