SONIC THE HEDGEHOG REVIEW
Movies based on video games, historically, are cursed. I don't necessarily mean in terms of execution, though that's sometimes the case-the ur-example being 1993's SUPER MARIO BROS., a film that's wildly inventive and thoroughly, thoroughly terrible- but in terms of critical reception. Games aren't art, in the purview of professional film critics (Roger Ebert once stated that word-for-word) and so adaptations of games are less than art. This has lead to some genuinely solid movies getting critically lambasted upon release, dying before they had a chance to shine despite a decent understanding of the material. Enter last year's DETECTIVE PIKACHU, the movie that finally broke the curse, getting warm reviews from critics praising the chemistry between the human lead and Ryan Reynold's adorable, wisecracking version of the title character, and it became a box office winner with a sequel on the way in the face of impossible odds. Maybe the key to good video...
