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Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: super sonic at its best
Review: this movie is SWEET.I think it was perfect.It has a good plot.same people.all though it could of been amy rose instead of the presedents daughter for a hostage.but it was still a great movie

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Nostalgic, ain't it?
Review: I remember when many of my friends and I obsessed over the old SEGA Genesis games featuring Sonic the Hedgehog. Now, after seeing some of the best anime from overseas, I still can't stop loving Sonic. There are some minor flaws to the movie, but it's just too much fun to notice.

First off, let me warn you: GET THE DVD AND ONLY PLAY THE JAPANESE VERSION! The dub will literally hurt your ears. The seiyuu picked for the Japanese voices, however, are excellent. (Especially for Knux!) Never watch the dub unless you need a spiteful laugh. I don't know what they were trying to do, but both Sonic and Tails sound like they have nasal problems. Knuckles' voice is just wrong. The only reason I did not detract stars is because I never need to listen to the dub again. The Japanese version is music to my ears.

And about the music... It's great! The general SEGA style, upbeat, technoish, fast and fun. It's all too catchy. The animation is a bit DBZish. (That's not a compliment) I guess it most reminds me of Final Fantasy Unlimited because there are very few shadows that define the characters... They look a bit two dimensional. Surprisingly, it improves a bit during the second half of the movie.

The characters in it are: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Eggman, Sarah, Old Man (Some owl), and the President who is father of Sarah. None others. (Sorry comic and cartoon fans, no freedom fighters besides the blue blur and flying fox) I don't mind, though, because for the condenced and isolated story, it works to have only the main characters. And while it doesn't follow nearly the same way, it does remind me of the games.

I highly recommend this to Sonic fans, but like I said, keep it Japanese. Hey, it IS anime, afterall.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Play the video games if you want to see Sonic in action.
Review: There is nothing wrong with converting video game characters to TV or film, just as long as it's understood that TV and film need more of a plot than video games. Racing along knocking out robotic villains might be okay if you're playing a video game, but it hardly makes a good film. The plot of this one, for what it's worth, involves Robotnik capturing a princess and tricking Sonic into going down to the underworld where a robotic Sonic is lurking. That's about it - the plot. There's nothing to make this even visually entertaining - the animation looks cheap and nasty, the same sequences are used over and over again. The vocals are terrible, with Sonic as a squawking brat, a nasal-whining Tails and a Robotnik with a laughably unconvincing Germanic accent. Basically the whole film has an "it's just for kiddies, so we don't need to put that much effort into it" feel about it. Frankly that just smacks of laziness. There are plenty of good kids' films and cartoons out there. This kind of mindless dross is fit only for the boy scouts' rifle range.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Okay...
Review: It's not anime. I can tell you that. It represents more of Kid's WB or FOX Family than something from Japan. It's not that bad, don't get me wrong, but it needs better dubbing...by far. Tails kinda sounds like a Rugrat, and Knuckles sound too hick. The story line is...bad. The end battle is great, having Knuckles and Tails take turns flirting with the Presidents daughter, but the action scenes need help. Sonic appears to need help more than Tails does, and Knuckles does lots of fighing. It's reccommended for Elementary aged kids, but pre-teens may find it childish. However it goes, anyone who likes Sonic the Hedgehog video games or the animated series will find it somewhat entertaining.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: cool
Review: its cool the voices are yah helium but there good once you get used to them there cute buy it you wont regret it

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Sonic Anime
Review: This cartoon was a blast! Not only can Sonic be viewed in anime style, but this cartoon has alot of action in it as well. The only thing that the movie needed to work on were the voices, which sounded kind of [wrong] and the fact that the storyline could have been longer. In his latest adventure, Sonic agrees to help out Robotnik and save the world from a generator that could blow up The Land of the Sky, as well as former New York City (also known as Robotropolis). Could this really be another one of Robotnik's tricks, or is he telling the truth? If you really care, and really like Sonic, then just buy this cartoon.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome!
Review: Well, it doesn't have the most creative storyline in the world...

But, it's a great movie anyway. VERRY funny. I loved seeing the characters drawn anime-style. Seeing the anime-ish expressions on their faces was hysterical!

Sure, the voices take a while to get used to, but once you do, they're actually kinda cute. (-;

Bottome line-- I reccommend this movie to any Sonic fan, of any age. I've watched it a couple times now and I love it!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Fun of it
Review: When I looked at the scene of the city of where it took place it
looked like an old Rio de Janerio, brazil where this sonic the hedgehog movie took place. May sound silly but thats what I think.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Sonic's back in this movie and better than ever!
Review: Sonic vs. Hyper Metal Sonic. The president and his daughter kidnapped. The two worlds will blow up at any time. Metal Robotnick. These are only a few things in this movie. Robotnick gets Sonic to come to the presidental house with Tails, where he's holding the president and his daughter (Sarah) hostage). He tells Sonic a generator that he built will destroy the land of the free and land of the darkness. He says he was kicked out by Metal Robotnick or else he'd stop the machine. Sonic and Tails decide to go stop the machine. They meet up with Knuckels and destroy an enemy. I won't say who, I don't want to spoil the movie. Anyway. Sonic ends up being cloned, by getting all of his data taken and put into a robot... Hyper Metal Sonic. Sonic now must beat the evil robot, stop Robotnick, and stop the evil machine. This is a great movie, I just don't like the voices, but you should buy it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I LOVE this movie
Review: First of I'm a huge Sonic fan. The old Sonic...Genesis versions. This movie was everything I could hope for. But I didn't expect it to be so funny! The animation, the story, the humor is all so perfect in this movie!


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