I know it's a little late, but I finally watched Sonic 3 and my God it was awesome. Here is my detailed review on the movie. ------------------ PLOT ------------------ The movie basically follows the plotline of Sonic Adventure 2, with the final fight being a call back to the Biolizard boss, just without the Biolizard. The movie really has a strong message of "making good choices", no matter how hard that may seem. Shadow could have made the choice of not pursuing revenge, but he was twisted by Maria's words. Sonic learns this message in the movie to by working together better with his team. This is played out really well in my eyes and it was a ball seeing my favourite characters on the big screen. Robotnik also learning to value Agent Stone's assistance and freindship was also a nice touch to go with the movie ------------------ CHARACTERIZATION ------------------ The movie characterisations of the cast hasn't changed from its predecessors. Sonic is still his childish self. Tails is there being his emotional support (& being adorable). Knuckles having the best line in the movie and staying noble to his vows. Eggman being as funny as usual. And Shadow who was fleshed out really well in this movie. I've saw videos online before watching the movie that Sonic 3's interpretation of Gerald is too goofy for this movie, especially since it takes SA2's storyline. I personally think Gerald was a little goofy for the movie but he locked in to do what he wanted. To destroy earth. ------------------ VISUALS ------------------ Visually, the movie looks great and is a step up from the previous movies with a higher budget in animation. The fights between Sonic and Shadow were the best parts of the movie hands down. And the Super Sonic and Super Shadow team up was absolute fire cinema. ------------------ REFERENCES ------------------ The movie is scattered with Easter Eggs & References from past Sonic games for hardcore Sonic fans to find. I won't list them here for obvious reasons but be sure to rewatch if you are hunting for them. ------------------ MUSIC ------------------ Fans have been controversial with the music composed by Junkie XL, but I think that this movie show that he has great experience, especially this movie rendition of Live and Learn. ------------------ (CRITICS) REVIEWS ------------------ The movie has received high praise on IMDb and RottenTomato, but the Metacritic scores were mid. Some people said the writing wasn't the best, and to some extent, I have to agree. The pacing felt a little quick considering the movie 1h 53m. Though there were some reviews that fairly criticises the movie, by far the worst I've seen was from Kevin Meher, who gave the movie a 0 on Metacritic. Kevin quotes - "Even by the depressing standards set by the Mortal Kombat movies, Uncharted and the first two miserable Sonic the Hedgehog outings, this third Sonic is staggeringly poor." All I have to say to that is "Don't be bothered to watch Sonic 4 cause if you review that, Sonic fans will clown on you like we did with Matt Walsh" I also want to note the fact that he gives an 100 to mid movies such as We Live in Time on Metacritic, so either he doesn't care about what he watches or he dumps a bad review to make the movie look bad. It's ok to say you don't like this movie, we aren't begging the world to watch it, but at least give us valid points on why you don't like it. ------------------ THE NEAR FUTURE ------------------ The Sonic Movies are improving as they go along and they for sure aren't slowing down. There are two special characters coming into this universe. Although I won't spoil anything I'll give you a hint, "I am a rose without thorns with a sweet passion, I am lethal and the Doctor's finest creation". ------------------ FINAL THOUGHTS ------------------ I think Sonic 3 is a 9/10 for me. It may not be perfect, but it's the best Sonic movie we have so far. If you still haven't seen the movie go to the nearest available theatre or stream it on Paramount +. It will be worth your time. Thank you to SEGA and Paramount for delivering peak at our fingertips and thank you to all the fans who supported the franchise and kept it alive. Sonic 3 may not have beaten Mufasa, but it was and is a spectacle we will never forget. Thank you : )
