I loved this movie and wanted to share some of my thoughts with you from a mega-Sonic fan. Yeah, I've always liked a lot of things lol. Let me know what you think! If you enjoy the video, we have channel memberships and a Patreon, our store cosmobunny.shop where you can use code DJAY123 for 10% off your first purchase and other channels like our let's play channel - ruclips.net/channel/UCqUxQUAGade5ek_daIehdKw , an anime variety channel - www.youtube.com/@magicaljill and an RPG channel - www.youtube.com/@DJayRPG ! Thanks for watching!
Keanu Reeves was pitch perfect as Shadow the hedgehog, they captured every single detail in this 3rd film especially in the scene where sonic and shadow going super and then playing crash 40s live & learn in the background.
I'm tied between Sonic 2 and 3, for which I love more. Sonic 2 was way more daring than most other video game sequals in that it not only introduced 2 new characters with Tails and Knuckles, but also introduced the Master Emerald, Super Sonic, and giant robot eggman all in the second movie. Sonic 2 literally felt like one of the video games to me. Sonic 3 had a different tone in that it focused more on loss and getting back up stronger from it, and the end scene/battle was really great. Also, Jim looks phenomenal in an accurate Eggman suit. Overall, though, I think I like Sonic 2 better for the tone and how it actually reminded me of playing Sonic Rush on my NDS as a kid. Sorry for the wall of text.
Definitely do a in depth shadow video! This breakdown made so much sense on what Sonic 3 was missing!! Amazing movie but all your points was spot on! Couldn't agree more
There was a Shadow fan film from a year or two ago that does Shadow's story much better. It's only about half an hour and looking at that I do believe that they could have done Shadow's story much better without adding much to the runtime if they could have just been a bit looser with the censorship.
Sonic 3 love all day long!!! It's got its problems and holes that I would have liked filled, but I was smiling the whole time, unless it was the emotional moments. loved it. Those movies will always get me out of the house and into the theater which happens less and less now. Great review man!
I had a Great Time with This Movie and I Really Wish we Heard Shadow say Damn Just like in The Shadow The Hedgehog Game I Understand its a Kids Movie but it is Rated PG but Anyway Thanks for The Vid Jay Keep Up The Good Work 👍
I really didn’t think they could do better than the second, but they somehow knocked it out of the park more. Easily one of my favorite movies. I didn’t really have any complaints about STH3, it just made me feel like a little kid again start to finish. It’s so crazy to me how far we’ve come since the initial trailer and Ugly Sonic’s debut. Really interested in the direction they go into the fourth one.
I do agree that removing things like Maria's disease, Shadow being creating by Gerald to be the cure for Maria, and them being in space takes away a lot of the depth away from Shadow's story. They made it really surface level for the general audience of today, which isn't a terrible thing but they should have done a bit more with it.
Agreed. I love the movie but it felt more like a way to get into Shadow as a character and make new fans of him and not the deepest exploration of who he is.
My only problem here is shadow should have been Gerald's creation instead of some superman alien found on earth. Atleast this way shadow and Gerald's would have a legitimate connection instead of a scientist and lab rat relationship
@@K7TZBUT at LEAST this way, it makes up for the fact that there’d be no explanation for how he (being from 50 years ago and man made) could look exactly like Sonic. In the games, the theory is all but confirmed that Gerald took inspiration for the Hedgehog form from the Murals on Angle Island, they don’t have that here, so just saying they’re both from other worlds at least covers for that
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the best one for me. 1. Super Sonic and Super Shadow 2. Best story 3. More focused on Sonic characters than human characters 4. Minimal focus on Rachel the karen 5. Amy Rose and Metal Sonics
I can say after seen it too and definitely agree with you straight up it was great indeed as one of the best out of the Sonic movies right here with it being actually good video games adaptation trilogy we just got the movie itself has great action all around with good performance at most with the best being Jim Carrey as the Robotniks and of course Keanu Reeves as Shadow with a nitpick issue that some parts feel a little bit rushed at times other than it is a high recommend to see for everyone and Sonic fans in my honest opinion
I don't care how great Sonic 3 is (and I already know it will be =) ), Sonic 2 is my all time favorite. That was the movie we finally got to see the end-game boss battle with the Death Egg! And, bonus points to the movie for making the robot's design game-accurate in appearance because it was a CG robot. I hope they keep going with Sonic movies. Rare movie IP's like Sonic can give me hope that not only can Hollywood still squeeze out good movies every now and again, but it gives me hope for Video Game movies too. Before movies like Wreck it Ralph or the more recent Super Mario Bros. came out, it was pretty inconceivable for anyone to make an enjoyable Video Game Movie that was actually good (Though I still love the very first Mortal Kombat movie to this day).
It feels like there could kinda be a middle ground here where they could still explore some of it without going too far, but the censorship stuff for kids products is pretty extreme now unfortunately.
Sonic 3 is hands down the BEST MOVIE YET! Easy S tier! (10+) Also, I enjoyed Knuckles S01 - can't wait for S02 and hopefully a Shadow spinoff movie or tv show in 2026.
I love this movie its really awesome and badass and as a huge fan of shadow the hedgehog this movie was really awesome and freaking fantastic in my opinion.
Also not to be "that guy" but wasn't it revealed in one of the Sonic Adventure video games that Sonic was actually a clone of Shadow? I only played the games through once when it came out many, many moons ago so my memory is naturally fuzzy on them but I'm pretty sure that was a big reveal for that continuity, right?
Unless this is the one you're speaking about, there's also essentially a fan theory, but one with some evidence to back it up, that Gerald made contact with the Echidna tribe and that Shadow was based off of the ancient mural of Super Sonic fighting Chaos, which is why Shadow's quills stand up similar to the way Super Sonic looked, especially in that mural. But we don't know if either of these angles are canon because they're very loose with Sonic's past in the games. They want him to be an in the moment and future character so they rarely focus on his past unless it's an alternate version of him like comics or these movies.
@@thequestionable1413 ya ya ya ya but they _baaaasically_ threw a bone to tell us who’re actually looking without explicitly saying it that it’s true by including a section about angel island in Gerald Robotnik’s journal in Shadow Gens.
I loved this movie and wanted to share some of my thoughts with you from a mega-Sonic fan. Yeah, I've always liked a lot of things lol. Let me know what you think! If you enjoy the video, we have channel memberships and a Patreon, our store cosmobunny.shop where you can use code DJAY123 for 10% off your first purchase and other channels like our let's play channel - ruclips.net/channel/UCqUxQUAGade5ek_daIehdKw , an anime variety channel - www.youtube.com/@magicaljill and an RPG channel - www.youtube.com/@DJayRPG ! Thanks for watching!
I loved watching this together! These movies have slowly made me a big Sonic fan too!
Keanu Reeves was pitch perfect as Shadow the hedgehog, they captured every single detail in this 3rd film especially in the scene where sonic and shadow going super and then playing crash 40s live & learn in the background.
Nice sailor Moon shirt
This was absolute perfect timing for this video. I just got back from finally seeing it.
With the rumors of Sonic Adventure remakes and allegedly a Sonic Heroes Remake as well this has been such a great era for Sonic fans.
I'm tied between Sonic 2 and 3, for which I love more. Sonic 2 was way more daring than most other video game sequals in that it not only introduced 2 new characters with Tails and Knuckles, but also introduced the Master Emerald, Super Sonic, and giant robot eggman all in the second movie. Sonic 2 literally felt like one of the video games to me. Sonic 3 had a different tone in that it focused more on loss and getting back up stronger from it, and the end scene/battle was really great. Also, Jim looks phenomenal in an accurate Eggman suit. Overall, though, I think I like Sonic 2 better for the tone and how it actually reminded me of playing Sonic Rush on my NDS as a kid.
Sorry for the wall of text.
Definitely do a in depth shadow video! This breakdown made so much sense on what Sonic 3 was missing!! Amazing movie but all your points was spot on! Couldn't agree more
There was a Shadow fan film from a year or two ago that does Shadow's story much better. It's only about half an hour and looking at that I do believe that they could have done Shadow's story much better without adding much to the runtime if they could have just been a bit looser with the censorship.
Sonic 3 love all day long!!! It's got its problems and holes that I would have liked filled, but I was smiling the whole time, unless it was the emotional moments. loved it. Those movies will always get me out of the house and into the theater which happens less and less now. Great review man!
hi Jay
I had a Great Time with This Movie and I Really Wish we Heard Shadow say Damn Just like in The Shadow The Hedgehog Game I Understand its a Kids Movie but it is Rated PG but Anyway Thanks for The Vid Jay Keep Up The Good Work 👍
I really didn’t think they could do better than the second, but they somehow knocked it out of the park more. Easily one of my favorite movies.
I didn’t really have any complaints about STH3, it just made me feel like a little kid again start to finish. It’s so crazy to me how far we’ve come since the initial trailer and Ugly Sonic’s debut.
Really interested in the direction they go into the fourth one.
I do agree that removing things like Maria's disease, Shadow being creating by Gerald to be the cure for Maria, and them being in space takes away a lot of the depth away from Shadow's story. They made it really surface level for the general audience of today, which isn't a terrible thing but they should have done a bit more with it.
Agreed. I love the movie but it felt more like a way to get into Shadow as a character and make new fans of him and not the deepest exploration of who he is.
My only problem here is shadow should have been Gerald's creation instead of some superman alien found on earth. Atleast this way shadow and Gerald's would have a legitimate connection instead of a scientist and lab rat relationship
@@K7TZ Love the movie but yeah they removed multiple layers of connection there with Shadow.
@ very true, Gerald doesn’t have a deep connection with Shadow like he does in the games. He just uses Shadow and manipulates Shadow
@@K7TZBUT at LEAST this way, it makes up for the fact that there’d be no explanation for how he (being from 50 years ago and man made) could look exactly like Sonic. In the games, the theory is all but confirmed that Gerald took inspiration for the Hedgehog form from the Murals on Angle Island, they don’t have that here, so just saying they’re both from other worlds at least covers for that
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the best one for me.
1. Super Sonic and Super Shadow
2. Best story
3. More focused on Sonic characters than human characters
4. Minimal focus on Rachel the karen
5. Amy Rose and Metal Sonics
I can say after seen it too and definitely agree with you straight up it was great indeed as one of the best out of the Sonic movies right here with it being actually good video games adaptation trilogy we just got the movie itself has great action all around with good performance at most with the best being Jim Carrey as the Robotniks and of course Keanu Reeves as Shadow with a nitpick issue that some parts feel a little bit rushed at times other than it is a high recommend to see for everyone and Sonic fans in my honest opinion
Disney tried to buy sonic from saga and saga refused outright
I thought that was a rumor.
I don't care how great Sonic 3 is (and I already know it will be =) ), Sonic 2 is my all time favorite. That was the movie we finally got to see the end-game boss battle with the Death Egg! And, bonus points to the movie for making the robot's design game-accurate in appearance because it was a CG robot.
I hope they keep going with Sonic movies. Rare movie IP's like Sonic can give me hope that not only can Hollywood still squeeze out good movies every now and again, but it gives me hope for Video Game movies too. Before movies like Wreck it Ralph or the more recent Super Mario Bros. came out, it was pretty inconceivable for anyone to make an enjoyable Video Game Movie that was actually good (Though I still love the very first Mortal Kombat movie to this day).
13:31 I mean those games were made in the 2000’s like when movies were hella wild and didn’t care about being safe, so yeah
It feels like there could kinda be a middle ground here where they could still explore some of it without going too far, but the censorship stuff for kids products is pretty extreme now unfortunately.
I loved Knuckles! It wasnt what i expected for his character, but with the movieverse version, it was peak
great review man
Saw it two days ago, loved it (thought it was very hard for me to avoid spoilers).
yessss i'm so happy broooo and GO WATCH THIS MOVIE EVERYONE THIS WEEKEND
Sonic 3 is hands down the BEST MOVIE YET! Easy S tier! (10+)
Also, I enjoyed Knuckles S01 - can't wait for S02 and hopefully a Shadow spinoff movie or tv show in 2026.
I also love the 1996 animated Sonic movie!
I love this movie its really awesome and badass and as a huge fan of shadow the hedgehog this movie was really awesome and freaking fantastic in my opinion.
sonic 3 was so peak
Also not to be "that guy" but wasn't it revealed in one of the Sonic Adventure video games that Sonic was actually a clone of Shadow?
I only played the games through once when it came out many, many moons ago so my memory is naturally fuzzy on them but I'm pretty sure that was a big reveal for that continuity, right?
Nope. There is a fan theory about that but no official connection between the two.
Unless this is the one you're speaking about, there's also essentially a fan theory, but one with some evidence to back it up, that Gerald made contact with the Echidna tribe and that Shadow was based off of the ancient mural of Super Sonic fighting Chaos, which is why Shadow's quills stand up similar to the way Super Sonic looked, especially in that mural. But we don't know if either of these angles are canon because they're very loose with Sonic's past in the games. They want him to be an in the moment and future character so they rarely focus on his past unless it's an alternate version of him like comics or these movies.
You’re getting it completely mixed up- SHADOW was given form 50 years ago based on the angel island murals prophecising SONIC
@redi.c.e.6046 Even that isn't actually official. It's a fan theory.
@@thequestionable1413 ya ya ya ya but they _baaaasically_ threw a bone to tell us who’re actually looking without explicitly saying it that it’s true by including a section about angel island in Gerald Robotnik’s journal in Shadow Gens.