Forum - View topicNEWS: Live-Action Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Film Opens at #1 in U.S. Box Office
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Vladimir Morales
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Congratulations to everyone involved!
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HyperGatack
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Saw it twice.
The reaction to the post credits scene night one was… Like Endgame times 854903277 |
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Beatdigga
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Gonna see it next week, but double Mufasa’s take. That’s telling.
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ZiharkXVI
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They've really lowered folks expectations, and it shows. Even when you get a new story, the hype just isn't there (although Id argue a prequel isnt particularly new or interesting - more lazy since the ending has already been written). Sonic was good fun. It stayed true to the "lore" (I can barely say that with a straight face - but it got Shadow right), and the characters are what every kid who grew up with Sonic remembers for the most part - not exactly, but generally. I'm a bit older than the Sonic fandom, but I did play a lot of the games and i had a good time with the callbacks. These are video game movies for fans, and Sonic has a lot of young and old fans |
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Juno016
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I'm definitely one of the detractors for the movie now that I've seen it. It's a kid's movie, and it has Jim Carrey, and I've seen the other two films and they weren't great, but they were fun, sure. But this movie tried to take its premise seriously and it simply couldn't. The story decisions felt half-baked, punches pulled to emphasize more Jim Carrey and hollywood movie one-liners, the acting fell flat, and in a rarity for me (because I'm fragile and will break out in tears at the drop of a hat in movies), I felt more like laughing at most of the emotional bits than crying. Shadow was probably the only bit I liked, but everything else felt bare bones rushed. I didn't care for the movie much at all. I'll just let the people who enjoyed it enjoy it.
Is the hate over Mufasa based on something beyond "live action lion animation is weird" that Lion King got? I haven't been following the movies or discourse, but people are celebrating this feat like it's a cathartic win against Disney. |
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ZiharkXVI
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Hatred of Mufasa/Disney is overblown - people shouldn't believe internet outrage is mainstream. It's usually not.
I don't hate Mufasa, but I don't really want to see it because I think it'll be boring. Disney has had a lot of those recently - did you see the 3d Lion King? I did and it was bland garbage. Every moment I asked myself did the old animated show do this better? The answer was always yes. I think a lot folks are just loosing interest in Disney's halfhearted effort to cash in. Reminds me of the cheap sequels they used to make. |
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MFrontier
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Go Sonic!!!
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light turner
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People see it as an unnecessary prequel to an unnecessary live-action adaption of a classic animated movie, basically. Plus it's kind of a meme at this point how Sonic has beaten 3 mainstream movie releases every time it came out at this point (Birds of Prey, Morbius, Mufasa) |
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Beatdigga
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Hatred is not the right word I’d say. Apathy is probably more accurate. Especially with the novelty of a photorealistic Lion King having worn off.
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