![]() It’s strange to note that in a movie starring a blue hedgehog, a human man is the weirdest part of the film - but that’s certainly the case, and it’s brilliant. Sonic needed a truly unhinged antagonist to match. Sonic is a strange blue hedgehog capable of super speeds. Jim Carrey clearly took one look at this role and said, “So, we’re going full Riddler again.” Government calls on unwillingly because he’s brilliant, but extremely weird. Robotnik is an unhinged scientist looking to capture and study Sonic. While he’s certainly capable of lower key, dramatic acting (his recent turn in Kidding comes to mind) he has no interest in subtlety here.ĭr. ![]() While Sonic is a relatively grounded film, Carrey is (typically) acting in a league of his own. It makes Sonic the Hedgehog feel like a good 80s buddy cop drama.Īnd then you have the third key player - Jim Carrey as Dr. Maintaining a sense of comraderie with a CGI creation has to be difficult, but Marsden pulls it off supremely - and the banter is always lively. It’s the dynamic between Tom and Sonic that buoys the film and makes it such an enjoyable romp. He’s dorky, embarrassing and very relatable. He’s joined by James Marsden’s Tom, the human heart of the film. Ben Schwartz, who voices Sonic, does a fantastic job balancing Sonic’s adolescent antics and his deep, soul-crushing loneliness with an endearing performance that makes Sonic a likeable and consistently funny character. Sonic‘s film adaptation is brilliantly casted - and I’m not just talking about Jim Carrey’s high chaos performance here. With such a simple and classic premise for the film, it was essential that Sonic and his supporting cast stood out - and it’s here that the film excels. You only have to look at the struggle the production crew went through in creating a realistic, non-terrifying version of Sonic to understand just how hard adapting his character was. The difficulty in adapting a game like Sonic is that Sonic himself is a strange character and a hard one to make real and relatable. While elements like James Marsden’s buddy cop Tom Wachowski and Sonic’s place on Earth are added into the story, they’re all welcome additions that help viewers understand Sonic more. The town where the film takes place is even called ‘Green Hills’, a nice little nod to the opening level of the original game. Sonic the Hedgehog‘s movie adaptation operates as one long chase scene, paralleling Sonic’s constant race through every game level. Government while Sonic is just trying to survive in a hostile world that doesn’t understand him. Robotnik, played with menacing, over-the-top glee by Jim Carrey, is tasked with capturing Sonic by the U.S. While the film doesn’t touch on the Chaos Emeralds (it instead focuses on Sonic’s magical power rings) the key elements of the game’s plot are adapted well. Robotnik, an evil scientist who aims to collect powerful artefacts known as the Chaos Emeralds by capturing animals and using them to power giant Emerald-hunting robots. Over the course of the game, players are introduced to Dr. Players are simply thrust into the bright world of Green Hill Zone and told to run. There’s no long exposition or character introductions. Adapting The Sonic Storyġ991’s Sonic the Hedgehog was a game short on story. ![]() The love and attention that went into the movie is clear. Sonic the Hedgehog feels like a result of this long process. Rather than the name-only cash-ins that video game fans were used to, adaptations began to show heart. And while it was rather strange (the final act in particularly is extremely odd), it signalled a change in how video game stories are adapted. Ryan Reynolds played an adorable Pikachu on a quest for redemption, there were epic Pokémon battles and it featured a heartwarming story about love and connection. Then, in 2019, Detective Pikachu arrived - and it was, to the surprise of many, good. ![]() 2018’s Tomb Raider received scattered applause, 2016’s Assassin’s Creed was enjoyable enough and at least Warcraft, which also released in 2016, looked pretty. I put it to you that amongst a slew of disappointing releases, Sonic the Hedgehog is, in fact, the best video game movie ever made.Ī few years back, this would’ve been faint praise with few contenders vying for the title. But while it’s too early to definitively say that video game adaptations are now good, recent releases like Sonic the Hedgehog prove that not only can game adaptations be good, they can be great. It’s easy to be cynical about video game adaptations - they hardly having a glowing history. ![]()
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