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Summary: Perfect Match
Review: This movie was done very well. It matches the characters of the Cartoon perfectly. Very funny and entertaining. I was a bit skeptical when I first picked it up but after watching it, I really enjoyed how the charactors we so accurate in relationship to the cartoon. My children and I have watched this move at least 10 times and it is always funny.
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Summary: Scooby Don't
Review: There's a lot of things wrong with this movie. First off, it isn't a cartoon. It's a live-action movie with a CGI Scooby Doo. All the Scooby Doo elements are in this movie, which makes it enjoyable for fans of the show.
I think Scooby Doo was a lot better as a cartoon.
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Summary: Scooby ¿ the Greatest of Danes
Review: I did not think anyone could have done Scooby cinematic justice, but then I could never have foretold of the genius of Raja Gosnell in bringing this most noble of Danes to life. Who but Gosnell could have translated into live-action the existential miasma that permeated the original cartoons like an inky cloak, a cloak that invariably contained Mr. McGumbly underneath many layers of hideous disguises, like a ghoulish matryoshka doll?Mr. Gosnell must be part Dane himself to convey with such unerring poignancy the deeply lachrymose yet pulchritudinous serial existence of Scooby, an existence bound in the tiny nutshell of the Mystery Machine and the stagnation of comic foils such as Shaggy, Fred, Velma, and Daphne, with the sometime, though never often enough, appearance of that intrepid eyas Scrappy-Doo. A small measure of the director's faithfulness to the spirit of Scooby, that melancholy Dane, may be glimpsed in his most famous of soliloquies, "Rroo rree orr rrot rroo rree, rrat rriz rrruh rrreschun." Unfortunately, however, the printed word cannot convey the power of his words, nor can they overcome the limitations of his doggy vocal chords. But his ideas speak truths even through the translations of his faithful boyhood friend, Horatio. I cannot hope to add to Scooby's insights, so I close with his own words: "To be or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to beg
For the heroin-like goodness of Scooby-snacks,
Or earn them despite a sea of troubles,
And by staying eat them? To crunch: to munch;
Oh more! And then I say good-bye to all
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a doggie treat
Devoutly to be wish'd. To crunch, to munch;
To munch, perhaps to float: ay there's the high;
For in that sleepy death what creepiness comes
When we have gone into our happy place
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of this delight;
For who would bear the ghouls and ghosts,
The really scary monster, the haunted house,
The pangs of hunger, breakfast and lunch delayed,
The insolence of Fred and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself his Scooby-snacks could take,
With a bare bodkin? Who would Velma bear,
Who loses her stupid glasses all the time,
But that the opiate that is the Scooby-snack,
The chemical delight whose recipe
Is known to only Shaggy, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others we know not of?
Thus Scooby-snacks make addicts of us all;
And thus the native of hue of healthful life,
Is sicklied o'er with delirium tremors,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their current turn awry,
And lose the name of action."
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Summary: FIRST TIME AROUND is the ULTIMATE
Review: I had Scooby Doo cartoons as a child, the first time around that the series was aired. Loved my saturday mornings. The ONLY thing this movie has going for it is the first rate casting and performance of MATTHEW LILLARD as "SHAGGY". That dude is "SHAGGY" from every physical characteristic all way down to the voice! Of course, the computer animated SCOOBY DOO is first rate "actor" as well. The girl who plays "Thelma" gives credibility to her character, but, realistically, "Thelma" was more akin to the 'Professor' on Gilligan's Island than a lost in love puppy-eyed romantic. Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr. seem just as miscast, as their characters are misrepresented from the originals. Most of those classic shows should be left as they were in entertainment history...most "remakes" lack the passion and spirit of the originals and are so shamelessly camped up to total silliness. As with Casper, The Brady Bunch,etc. - PLEASE leave them as they were, maybe a series of full length cartoon movie features are best on the SCOOBY DOO issue. This is like all those songs the Carpenters, Karen & Richard, rerecorded and made their own during their heyday...and to this day, NOBODY has dared to go near, remake or touch those masterpieces. Nobody recalled the originals and they became better known as Carpenters hits. You can't mess with perfection: IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE.
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Summary: Much better than the other reviewers give it credit
Review: If you weren't a fan of Scooby-Doo then you'll be disappointed. If you liked Scooby-Doo, you'll find this movie entertaining. View this film for what's it's worth, laughs and entertainment. It lot's of fun. The pace of the movie is good, with very few slow spots. It's probably one of the best cartoon-to-live-action movies out. Bottom line, just don't take it too seriously or don't too critical and enjoy yourself.
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Summary: Less fun than the plague
Review: There is no word in any language that can accurately describe how bad "Scooby Doo" is. Well, maybe "garmonbozia", which means pain and suffering, because that almost sums it up. But pain and suffering on a much greater scale than any other movie I have had the misfortune to see. It makes "Batman and Robin" look like "Seven Samurai", it makes "The Flintstones" look like a documentary. This movie is nowhere true to the old cartoon and is closest to the "13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo" which would be a horrible thing to base a movie on. The whole point of the orginal cartoon was that there are no such things as ghosts (or the supernatural) and the Scooby Gang always debunked whatever they encountered. That theory is spit on and then thrown out the door in this movie. Who is this movie aimed at? It's "humor" is so infantile that only 3 year olds who haven't outgrown fart jokes will laugh, but yet there are poorly veiled drug references and gratuitous cheesecake material with Daphne and Velma. Which leads us to extreme miscasting on the part of Fred and Daphne. Lillard and Cardellini did very accurate voices and mannerisms of Shaggy and Velma, but I wonder if Freddie Prinze Jr. and SMG have ever even seen Scooby-Doo. Oh wait, they just have the combined acting talent of an old boot and were only cast because they're hizot. Do not subject yourselves or anyone else to this piece of dreck. Parents, if you need something to babysit your kids with, get something good like Mary Poppins or Spy Kids. At least the movie did have one positive element: Scooby Doo himself made Jar Jar Binks look realistic and bearable by comparison. Worst...movie...ever.
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Summary: Not As Good As It's Supposed to Be
Review: I thought that this was supposed to be like the cartoons but when I saw it, it was not as good as I thought it would be. For one thing, Freddie Prinze, Jr. is not Fred. The movie was not that scary and had little humor. While you can sense the friendship between Shaggy and Scooby Doo, their scenes got a little bit weird. As the movie got on, the mystery started to get confusing. All in all, this was not a very enjoyable film.
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Summary: * SCOOBY POO *
Review: I didn't watch this by choice and I don't usually like to write such short negative reviews as this but Scooby Doo really is up there with the worst that Hollywood has to offer. It's also hard to understand who this movie was aimed at. True, my six and four year old nephews seemed to enjoy it but then when you are that age a prolonged farting competition between Shaggy and Scooby is probably very funny. However it also has some gay innuendo at the expense of Freddie Prinze's character Fred and its cast seems very obviously aimed at the teen market (surely teenagers don't have that poor a taste)? Of said cast the only performance I can recommend is that of Mathew Lillard as Shaggy who has the voice of the famous cartoon character down to a T. As for Scooby himself I was relatively unimpressed with the CGI canine and I am not at all surprised that Mike Myers decided not to pursue this project. This is a movie with no redeeming qualities and with a sequel planned I'd have to recommend that instead of Scooby Doo, you Scooby don't.
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Summary: Uninspired , boring ,lame and overall terrible!
Review: This movie was a terrible remake of a masterful cartoon series.
The only character i actually liked in this movie was scooby-doo. The rest of the cast were awful. The cartoon series were made 30 years ago and they had a whole lot better script than this movie. Avoid it!
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Summary: Not for purists but a great movie for the family
Review: Die hard fans who grew up on Scooby Doo will be disappointed in the portrayals of Fred, Velma and Daphne. I think they will be happy with the two start thou. Shaggy is so dead on it's scary and the CGI animators did a great job on Scooby (& the monsters). But,if you don't hum the theme song in your sleep, have an I hate Scrappy web site or know Shaggy's real name then you will probably like the movie. My four year old loves it and watches it over and over. Even the spouse has sat through it a few times. The monsters are scary enough to be menancing but not so much to cause nightmares. All in all, despite a few short comings, a very good family movie.
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