Rating: Summary: well..... Review: if you like saturday morning cartoons, then this movie is for you. the basic story (except for the egos of daphne and fred) is pretty much standard scooby fare. they go to a haunted amusement park on a creepy island to bust a mystery. whereas the cartoon never really had any supernatural solutions to its stories (the supernatural stuff was stuff created by the villain to scare people away), the movie dabbles in occult mysticism....not recommended for the kiddies. it also deals with soul-swapping, again not recommended for the kiddies. this is more a young-adult oriented film, and it fails there. it's too gimicky to hold the teens' attention, and very dumbed down. the only redeeming feature was matthew lillard as shaggy....no one else, other than casey casem (and he's way too old), could've done this part right. the voice, look, mannerisms, and pure joy of doing the part really shows. he really loves his work and puts his all in every part he plays. rock on matt!!
Rating: Summary: Sscooby Ddooby Doo Review: Entertaining. A good film for children like me. The best scooby-doo movie that I've ever seen. A funny movie and a cool one.
Rating: Summary: this movie was awful Review: I tought it would a be great family movie. I am so glad I watch it before letting the kids watch it they would have never went to sleep again. I didn't even like it for my self I was bored.
Rating: Summary: Doomed From the Start. Review: I grew up watching Scooby-Doo, once every weekday afternoon and once every Saturday morning. I used to love watching Scooby and the gang. When I heard a few years ago that they were planning on making a live action film, I was excited. Then I heard that Sarah Michelle Gellar had been cast as Daphne and Freddie Prince, Jr. had been cast as Fred. I almost choked. I knew then that this movie was doomed from the start. And boy was it ever.Most of the casting was terrible. The story is garbage. Though this is marketed as a family film, SCOOBY-DOO is anything but family fare. The plot revolves around soul sucking monsters bent on taking over the world. The setting for this delightul concept is a horror theme park, including rides where a person could literally loose their head. The film is neither a parody or remake of the original cartoon series and therefore it seriously flounders. Had it been a parody (ala THE BRADY BUNCH), it could have worked. Had it been a remake (ala THE ADDAMS FAMILY) it would probably have worked. However, the film does neither and totally strays from the spirit of the series. In fact, the movie has only one thing going for it: Matthew Lillard as Shaggy. It's either a tribute to his talent or a statement about how bad SCOOBY-DOO is, but Lillard gives one of the finest comic performances of the year. His portrayal of Shaggy is flawless and is the only reason to watch this film. This film is not recommended for anyone. True Scooby-Doo fans will be repulsed by this film and those who don't know better don't need to have their minds warped by seeing such a disgrace to a cartoon classic.
Rating: Summary: review Review: I thought this movie was very good. Although I didn't watch the cartoons that much as a kid, this one was made pretty well. It had just enough mystery and such so that us teens aren't bored out of our minds with kiddy stuff, yet it isn't so frightening and scary that it'd scare the wits out of those little kids.
Rating: Summary: Almost painfully cheesy, yet still enjoyable enough. Review: My 11 year old loves this movie, but I thought it was, at times, painfully cheesy. However, what can we expect? It is based off a cartoon! I do think it is a good representation of the the cartoon characters set in a more realistic setting. It does have a good number of elemental surprises, which makes it something adults can enjoy.
Rating: Summary: Every dog has his day Review: Not animated though. Scooby Doo and his gang go to a spooky amusment park where there are problems with other people losing their bodies by a monster. Their problems with a monster in their body makes them angrier and more evil. Kids beyond 5 should watch it. Some jokes are not funny.
Rating: Summary: Raggy, This Is Awfool!! Review: Run as fast as you can from this one. Wow, what an opening line, right? Sorry, but this film gives new meaning to 'having my intelligence insulted'. Compared to other teen flicks of the day, this is a 'dumbing down' version of the Scooby Doo cartoon series (believe it or not). For some reason it is doing well at the box office as though the general viewing public wasn't very saavy on fine filmmaking and intelligent writing. Hmm (That was sarcasm by the way). The only bright spots are the dead-on performances of the 'animated' Scooby and Scrappy Doo and Matthew Lillard's portrayal of Shaggy. (Did I just say "portrayal of Shaggy? Jeez...) With the plethora of fine films released every week, it is a shame to waste your time and money on such mindless dribble. If you have a six year old he will probably love it and you will be bored witless. *1/2 stars. Avoid if possible.
Rating: Summary: i hated it is was sick Review: growing up i shall the scooby doo cartoon on cartoon net work i always liked it and then i shall this movie in on tv it was nasty i mean the had pepole that where demon possed on it they where taking the spirts out of bodys it was sick the scooby doo gang where accted to teenage and where so shelfsinterd it was rated pg it should of been rated PG13 if you are a fan of scooby doo i worn you do not see this it well worp your mind if are looking for a movie that your kids can see this is not it this is way to scary for kids and i thaugt that srcapy do was scooby best freind but in this hes he is the bad guy what is up i hop when they make the scond scooby doo pepole movie ihop it turns out a lot beeter than this pepole do not was this it nothing like the cartoon who ever did the story of this is not good a the polt writer this way too ssary the only thing i like about is the farting scene were scooby sagy did a farteing contest dont they now when scooby doo talks he dos not allways have ann r in front of every word this movie realy stinked dont see this and if you do rember i wornd you.
Rating: Summary: This one definitely misses the point! Review: This project truly had potential, but it fails. Matthew Lillard is the perfect Shaggy and the production design could have worked, but in an effort to update the Scooby genre for today's audiences, the writers have hijacked this franchise for some very unfamiliar territory. The original SD stuff was about being scared and solving a mystery. This stinker of a film tries to cash-in on the retro-feel of the characters and make this into some Austin Powers wanna-be. This movie is never scary and it actually is never funny either. By making the monsters real, the whole fun and innocence of the original series is lost. The original characters were debunkers, not super-heroes on a journey of self-discovery. The film comes across as mindless as a "Gilligan's Island" episode but not nearly as fun. They don't even get the jargon right -- it's the "Mystery Machine" not the "Mystery Van." Again, it could have been fun and even a little scary, but this production is too interested in FX and being retro. It just doesn't work. Perhaps if they had made a more gothic haunted house mystery, like the trailer and the animated opening sequence suggested, it would have worked better and been truer to audience expectations. To have Scrappy-Doo as the villain may have worked better in a later movie installment. I fear they have left little room for a sequel -- such a pity!!!!
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