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Summary: Should Have Been Called "Shaggy - Do"
Review: The movie version of "Scooby Doo" does a good job capturing the look, the sound and the feel of the original cartoon series - which may explain why it works effectively for the first 15 minutes or so and for no time thereafter. The creators of the show knew what they were doing when they limited their running time to a mere half hour (minus commercials). And, even though the film lasts only a short 86 minutes itself, this particular installment is still a full hour longer than any "Scooby Doo" episode has a right to be.Although the film itself is a witless bore, special praise should still be lavished on Matthew Lillard, who does a bang up job as Shaggy, Scooby's hyperkinetic best friend. Lillard has nailed down the look, the voice and the mannerisms of the character to a tee and one hopes his career will go far once he ends up in more substantive vehicles than the one he is trapped in here. The other actors (Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar and Linda Cardellini) provide the requisite energy for the roles they've been called on to play and cannot be held responsible for the overall shoddy nature of the uninspired screenplay. As with most modern day "event" pictures, the special effects here end up overwhelming the pedestrian storyline, but this lowest-common-denominator aspiration seems to be what pulls in the big box office bucks these days so I guess we're stuck with it, at least for the foreseeable future. Scooby Doo himself seems like just another CGI effect, partly because, as a character, his inarticulateness ends up relegating him to the status of secondary player in his own movie. He just doesn't seem very important to the action of the story. "Scooby Doo" has a nice, sunny look to it and it is never really offensively bad. It simply makes one nostalgic for the days when crowd-pleasing blockbusters ("Star Wars," "E.T." etc.) could, in addition to entertaining us, make us both believe and care.
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Summary: NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CARTOON.
Review: FIRST THING,I AM A BIG FAN OF THE CARTOON.
SECOND THIS IS A TOTAL WASTE OF THE TIME,WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE CARTOONS?
THE ONLY 2 TO STAND OUT ARE SCOOBY AND SHAGGY.
THE OTHER 3 CAST ARE SO ANNOYING IT'S THE SAME WITH HOLLYWOOD
" I AM BETTER THAN YOU "
PLEASE STOP MAKING CARTOONS INTO MOVIES IT DOES NOT WORK. IF YOU ARE A SCOOBY FAN THEN BUY THIS DVD JUST TO SEE HIM AND SHAGGY THEY ARE FANTASTIC SO REAL.
THE PICTURE IS 10/10 AND THE MUSIC IS ALSO PERFECT.
BUT I WAS SO SHOCKED IN SEEING SCRAPPY AS THE VILLAIN.
FRED,VELMA AND DAPHNE ARE SO IRRITATING ALWAYS TRYING TO COMPEAT WITH EACH OTHER. BUT VELMA IS SO CLOSE IN BEING ORIGINAL TO THE SHOW.
AS FOR ROWAN ATKINSON HE IS JUST GOOD IN THIS.
APART FROM THE FEW SAD POINTS A TRULY SAD FILM.
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Summary: Do not buy if you want polite children
Review: This movie contains a highly rude and rather long scene of Scooby and Shaggy enjoying themselves in a contest of who can belch the loudest and pass the most gas. I deeply regret purchasing this movie due to the effect this scene has had upon my two young children. I have been fighting and condemning rude behavior ever since...
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Summary: Scooby Dooby DOOOOOO!!!!
Review: The best movie that came out June 14th. AND I think we got a winner. The winner is Scooby-Doo. This is my fake dog's favorite Scooby-Doo movie. There is going to be a Scooby 2 in 2004. Scooby-Doo is the best movie ever that was released June 14th. Featuring Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby Doo. The plot was weird although when evil creatures take over the world and steals the spirit thingys. Not nice. Great music although. But Scrappy was mean. So if you ask me if I like Scrappy Doo. It depends. TV Show and G-rated cartoon movies: Yes
Scooby-Doo The Movie: No Now one thing. There is no such thing as ghouls, ghosts, goblins, monsters. They were just made up from movies. Get the point.
Rating:
Summary: unwatchable cash-in
Review: This is an unwatchable big-budget attempt to cash in on a "classic" TV show. Yes, it's got big budget over-the-top effects and sets. Actually, I was surprised they didn't throw in a few more recognizable "B" actors (besides Buffy) to up the hype factor. The plot and pacing drove me to get up and leave the room with the movie running due to boredom. The characters were all unlikable, with the possible exception of Shaggy and the Scooby CGI. The burping and farting contest not withstanding. The attempts at "clever" adult jokes (pot smoke? etc) directed at the adults stuck watching this abomination were merely reminders that it is possible to make movies for kids that appeal to adults as well. Usually movies this mindless are teen sex or slasher flicks that at least have nudity or gratuitous violence to keep the attention. (..)Avoid at all costs!
Rating:
Summary: Horrible
Review: This movie was horrible. I rented it instead of buying it (Thank God) because I still love the cartoon. I was hoping that it wasn't as bad as the critics said it was. The funny thing is...it was worse! The acting was horrible. The plot didn't even follow the cartoon formula. It was so dumb that I would have turned it off but I fell asleep. Save your money for something funny and entertaining like Monsters Inc. or something else. Do yourself a favor and rent this one.
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Summary: Go Scooby!
Review: I don't understand why all the critics were so hard on this movie. I thought it was one of the best movies I saw all year. The movie is cartoonishly fun and doesn't take itself seriously unlike Spider-man.(Which was also excellent.)The movie was made to be a nostalgic good time. As a long time fan of the cartoon, I loved how they were able to recreate the cartoon characters without trying to change them. Oh sure, there's a bit of potty humor in it, but geez, this is the age we live in. Frankly, it wasn't nearly as bad as some other movies employing the same technique. It was quite mild. The cast was incredible. Sarah Michelle Gellar can play virtually any role she wants and make believable. She's great as Daphne. I couldn't believe how dead on Matthew Lilliard was as Shaggy, he even got the voice right! As for the all the people who dissed this movie for whatever reason, why don't you enjoy something for what it is, a light-hearted adventure.
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Summary: Better Than I Expected!
Review: I'm 12, and I still watch cartoons. Not usaully old cartoons, like Scooby-Doo is, but I'll watch it if I have nothing else to do. Of course, it won't make me laugh or anything, but its entertainment. When I heard they were making a Scooby-Doo movie, all I did was shrug and say "ah". I planned on seeing it. I tryed a couple of times to see it theaters, but I ended up seeing other things instead. Then, it came out on video, and I rented it. The first 5 minutes, where the "gang" are in the factory, I thought "God, I'm not going to watch all of this junk", and "Oh, yeah, that looks real". I thought that 'til right up when the marijuana reference kicked in. (The part where Shaggy says "Me & Scoob went to do what we do best", an then all the smoke comes out of the van, and turns out to just be smoke from a grill.) That got a laugh. After that, I was pretty open to the rest of the movie. And there are about 2 more references to drugs after that ("I got a bag of...hamburgers", "Mary Jane? That's my favorite name!"). And the movie isn't just a complete imitation of the 60's show (which you could tell by what you just read), and in some parts, it actully spoofs it. The only problem is the special effects. I'm sure this movie got a HUGE budget, and they could afford better effects for (at least) Scooby-Doo, the so-called star. For me, the star is Matthew Lillard, who steals the show with his performance of Shaggy. And the whole Scrappy thing's hilarious, too. WATCH THIS MOVIE!
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Summary: Boring, silly attempt at kids entertainment.
Review: There are probably people out there who will appreciate Scooby-Doo's "charms" more than I will. Namely, this would apply to kids. I have a hard time seeing a middle-aged adult who, regardless of whether or not he was a fan of the old cartoon series, actually enjoying this picture. This live-action rendition of Scooby-Doo manages to be even sillier than the show it's based off of, and somehow, it's even more boring. Mystery, Inc. consists of a group of teens who go around solving, well, mysteries, usually involving ghouls and monsters, though the truth usually reveals itself as a human in disguise. There's arrogant Fred (Freddie Prinze, Jr., who's actually perfectly suited for this role), nerdy Velma (Linda Cardellini), vacantly pretty Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), bumbling goof Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), and of course, Scooby-Doo himself, appearing courtesy of the latest and most high-tech in special effects. After a two-year separation, the team comes back together to solve strange things going on on an amusement park island. The kids who arrive at the park come out like brain-washed zombies and the owner wants to know who or what is behind this. And extremely ludicrous stuff happens from there on out. Yes, I realize I'm not supposed to take this movie seriously, but it fails at the most basic level of entertainment. The jokes aren't funny (in fact, a few of them are cringe-inducing), the acting's mostly pathetic, and the proceedings simply lack a good sense of fun. Sure, there are a lot of slapstick action sequences, fights with monsters, booby traps, and secret doorways, but it's all brought down by Raja Gosnell's lackluster direction and the cast's inability to appear or sound like anything more than a bunch of actors desperately trying not to be upstaged by a CGI-dog. And when you get right down to it, that's the only reason this movie exists; to showcase a silly Great Dane with cartoonish CGI. On that level, I suppose there's some satisfaction to be had. Scooby-Doo himself is a fairly impressive special effect. The obviousness of it is definitely intentional, and the dog himself, while never actually provoking any genuine laughs, has a few amusing moments. The same cannot be said for the actors. Freddie Prinze, Jr. is easily the worst of this cast, taking what should be a relatively simple role and still managing to seem rather flat. Linda Cardellini is probably too busty and nubile for the role of Velma, but I guess she's okay to the extent playing such a character can afford. Sarah Michelle Gellar can be a decent actress, and while she plays this vapid role to a tee, this doesn't change the fact she's incredibly annoying. Matthew Lillard is also hard to watch, particularly in a fart contest that will probably have the kids rolling in laughter. He does, however, make a pretty fair imitation of Kasey Kasem's voice. Scooby-Doo, the movie, has one fittingly enjoyable segment, involving protoplasm and body-switching, of all things. For about five minutes, I actually found myself perking up from dullsville and even chuckling a few times. But once that segment ended, the film went straight back to the garbage bin, particularly with a twist ending that's indescribably silly, even for a live-action cartoon. This is another strike for director Gosnell, the only other movie of his I've seen being Big Momma's house. But does it even matter who directs a movie like this? So long as the CGI dog is around, the kids'll rush in droves, and this will soon be a franchise that will milk all its money's worth before disappearing in cinematic oblivion. But that won't be for another five years.
* 1/2 out of [5 stars.]
Rating:
Summary: An likable entertaining fastasy flick.
Review: Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc, to close it's doors. Scooby Doo (Voiced by Scott Innes), Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Velma (Linda Cardellini) are asked to go investigate a mystery on Spooky Island, when the Owner (Rowan Atkison) hired them. But when they get more than they asked, when they see strange going-ons of Pananormal Sightings and Unusual Behavoir with the Tourists. Now, they have to put-thier personal differents and solve the case together. Directed by Raja Cosnell (Home Alone 3, Big Momma's House) made a enjoyable comedy/fantasy film with a delightful performance by Lillard. The cast seems to be having a great time. CGI Scooby Doo is better than you expected, once you see the flick. One of the Biggest Hit of 2002. DVD has an bright Pan & Scan (1.33:1) transfer and on the anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) transfer is sharp. Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound is strong on these two different DVD`s. DVD Extras have two different commentary tracks by the filmmakers and cast. Deleted Scenes with/without commentary. Behind the Scenes footage and more. This is a surprisngly good film for all ages. Pamela Anderson appears Unbilled. Grade:A-.
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