*Contains Spoilers*
The movie starts where Sonic 1 ended, on the Mushroom Planet. What or where is it, I think it was never explained. Then during the Ring Portal scene some Space Soldiers appeared along Knuckles but again nothing was explained. Where they another Race or were they Humans? They probably missed that explanation or maybe didn't thought it was important. As the movie progress they reach the pursuit scene. Sonic trying to be a Hero by stopping a crime. That was ok, I don't know if they were inspired by the CW Flash show or if it happened on a Sonic Animated Serie. But Dismantling the movimg truck really felt like they were inspired by that similar scene on the Flash show.
Sonic is a movie where is definitely not Game accurate. Probably not even from the Animated show. That tends to be a problem for most Movies that are Game or Anime adaptations. Yet here they manage create a great project. They got the basics of the Sonic Universe and place it all together very good but in a different way. I believe they managed to capture the essence of Sonic so the changes to the Sonic origin didn't influence the audience reception. They did great. Also, it was funny how they could go from mentioning Batman to the Winter Soldier.
Now, somehow this sequel doesn't have the impact of the first movie. It was still great but some parts of the movies seem too force into us. The introduction to Knuckles, Tails and the chaos emeralds were perfect. Growing up I remembered really liking the Knuckles and Shadow characters over Sonic,Tails and the rest of the game characters. Sonic, in games and cartoons usually felt too narcissistic, too show off and Tails too foolish, just very goofy. But they managed to restrict or improved their personalities without removing their essence. Here they are still growing up and learning to become better. That is a nice touch that make you like and accept all Sonic characters more. Besides they created a new origin story for each character but yet it seems at the end they will end up similar to the games.
Also, the human interaction might have lasted too much. It's a Sonic movie and in the first movie they manage to balance it in a good way. But here the Hawaii scene along some in the Town felt like too much. They could have continued without much of the only Human scenes. I think I know what happened. On the first Sonic movie the connection between Sonic and Tom was good. They had great chemistry and they both helped each other throughout the plot. They made both as important and useful to each other in a balanced way. So in the Sonic 2 they tried to give that spotlight to the other human characters but it didn't work. They force them too much, they tried to hard to make them important but ultimately weren't really needed. Maybe reducing those scenes would had actually make them more important. But like this it ended up being boring or annoying scenes rather than important or funny as they intended.
There were many game accurate moments from the games or that take your mind back to the Sonic Universe. The temple scene felt more like Sonic. Like a dungeon, a level from the game. Maybe they just needed some ramps and rails throughout the movie to add up to that feeling. Also, the fight in town when the three were running side by side and teaming up was great. Now, the Super Saiyan mode always felt like a Dragon Ball rip off. It has always been obvious. But oh well Super Sonic is part of the Sonic Universe so I'm glad they added it. The design and CGI used looked pretty good. Also, project Shadow was something expected and really needed it.
It is weird because now it seems there are many possibilities to continue making many Sonic movies. They could go anywhere from adding Amy, Shadow, Rogue, Vector etc there are many Sonic characters. Along with the Chaos creatures if done right they could end up with their own spin off movies, much like the Minions. But ultimately is almost certain there is only 1 movie left. A Trilogy seems to be there original plan. So, I can't really imagine how they could fit so much in 1 movie. A Sonic-Verse could be the way to go. Probably keep making Sonic movies that are all connected to avoid missing important content from the Sonic Universe.
Overall, I really enjoyed it. It was a great movie. Still, like I said before it felt the First Sonic movie made more of an impact than this one. So, my rating will be a 7.0. I wanted to give it a 7.5 because of what they tease might happened in the future and the additionof Knuckles & Tails. But those boring human scenes really lowered the quality of the movie. It was a Good, enjoyable movie but probably needed a bit more Sonic moments.
Rating: 7.0
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