And it was amazing! Wow. If you enjoyed the first two Sonic movies, you will love the third one. Oh, who am I kidding!? If you loved the first two movies, you probably already saw the third one.

I just love how Sonics adventures keep coming and this one pulls so much from the Sonic games that it is crazy to me. I haven't played a lot of Sonic games myself, but I was able to spot a lot of the Sonic lore that I've read over the years or looked into on the games that I haven't played.

It was such a fun movie, and Jim Carrey's portrayal of two Robotniks in this movie is just the icing on the cake. It was obvious at the end that they have another movie planned. I'm sure this one will do well enough to solidify that.

My wife and I just got out of the theater. We saw Kraven the Hunter, which is a movie I have been interested in since it was announced because the Kraven character has always fascinated me in the comics. We both enjoyed the movie and had a pretty good time. We had the whole theater to ourselves, which is always a fun surprise. Also, it says a lot about the interest in the movie considering I think this was the second weekend for the movie to be out.

I will say it is a little sad that this character wasn't put up against Spider-Man, since Kraven is one of his original big bad villains, but it was a good cinematic origin story for the character. I was super excited when they mentioned Rhino because I have always been curious how movie makers would create Rhino, and I thought this iteration was decent. However, much like Kraven not battling Spider-Man, here we have a handful of Spider-Man villains that are kind of going at each other: Kraven, Calypso, Rhino, and The Foreigner.

Either way, I enjoyed it. I tend to not take movies too seriously and over think them because I just want to be entertained. I would love to see Kraven appear in other stuff. The guy that plays Kraven did a pretty decent job, and I loved the ending shot. Will be interesting to see if we get any more of Kraven in the movies down the road.

Warner Bros. Pictures released a full trailer for A Minecraft Movie today. I just watched it, and wanted to share a few thoughts. If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, I encourage you to check it out:

Let me be honest. I don’t think this movie will be amazing, but I did see a few things that give me hope that it won’t be terrible. First, this trailer seems to show the movie will be somewhat faithful to the game in terms of how the world will work. The view of the Minecraft world looks like a nice realistic texture pack you could apply to the game. I liked that they had sound effects from the game, and I was happy to hear the classic music play when it shows Steve entering the world. I’m still not sure why we need those additional four people beyond Steve in the movie, but it is what it is. We shall see how that plays out.

I’m sure we will see at least one more full trailer before the movie releases that might hint a little more about the plot of the movie. Minecraft is a survival and crafting game, so maybe they will play off of the survival part. Maybe Steve and crew will end up fighting the Ender Dragon, or maybe there will be another person that is teaming up with all the baddies to try and destroy the world. Who knows. It will be interesting either way.

I do plan to see this when it comes out. I am a fan of Jack Black and Jason Mamoa, so I look forward to seeing their roles in this. I think Jack will probably play a decent Steve since Steve is a character now and not just the player. I am curious about Jason’s character. He does reference being a late 80’s gamer, so I’m sure that will play into something as well. We shall see. Let’s all cross our fingers that this will be something we can enjoy.