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Summary: "It's a SCREAM Baby!!!!"
Review: Okay, First of all I would like to say that I love the scream series and that this is a very GREAT DVD set for anyone's collection. The extra's are exceptional! Especially the materials on Scream 2 and 3. (Please be sure to listen to the commentary and find out all the things you can.) There is a very nice conversation during the commentary, not one of those DVD's where they hardly say anything.I love these three movies and they are my favorite horror movies of all time to date. However, I can only give this collection 4 stars.
One thing all three movies have an issue with is a tiny bit of a grainy transfer, but it is less in Scream 2 and 3. Scream one is what is lacking the most overall. An anamorphic transfer would be great! Also, scream 2 and 3 have animated scene menus and scream 1 does not. Also, toward the end of the movie, after Billy and Stu reveal their plan to Syd and go through with it and stab each other, there is a small difference between the VHS and DVD Editions. In the VHS edition, after the two stab each other, and Sydney looks at her Dad on the floor, we see a huge pool of Stu's blood on the kitchen floor. In the DVD edition, the focus is more on her father, and part of the frame is shortened so the blood is not seen. Another flaw in this chapter, is that in one DVD edition that i had and later had replaced, then Billy and Stu stab each other, the Camera stays too long on Sydney waiting for her to say "You two have seen one too many movies." My only other complaint is that on the bonus disc, the scream game will not play, saying that there is some type of script error. Other than that, there's only one thing to say about this boxed set. "It's a SCREAM Baby!" Not only for horror fans but any Wes Craven fan. This is the most extras on a Buena Vista release I have ever seen. Anyone else who has seen this set, knows what I mean. Buena Vista DVD releases are notorious for lacking extras. After you see this boxed set, make sure you re-ask yourself this question: "What's your favorite scary movie?"
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Summary: Not So Scary
Review: ...but very funny. There is some good jokes in this video, like a man chasing a girl with a mask. Then the man says "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. I just wanted something new for our game". -"Our game what do you mean?" -"I mean how much fun it's gonna be when I rip you inside". Well, this is funny movie although it isn't scary. The actors are very good, excellent I would say! The script could have been better. This is too much like other Scream-films.
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Summary: Scream Keeps Me Sceaming Everytime
Review: I just want to say, THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER.I love it.It has everything to make a movie wonderful, suspense,drama,comedy,gore.
Everything.It's the best if not the Second best Horror movie of all time.I love it.I give it 5 stars and 2 thumbs up.
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Summary: Boring final entry in the SCREAM series
Review: Neve Campbell and goofy David Arquette return for this lousy sequel that makes old school horror fans want to bang their heads on the wall. This time, the rules have changed (of course) as anyone can be killed in "a trilogy" even Neve Campbell's "Sydney". Sorry to inform anyone with a brain but despite the fact that it advertises that "anything can happen in a trilogy", it is still a predictable film that follows the same rules as all these other horror movies. Where the last sequel threw in a few surprises, this one is purely predictable and does nothing worthy of note.
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Summary: It's a Scream!
Review: I remember when I saw the first "Scream" in movie theaters. It was awesome. Then I saw "Scream 2" and then "Scream 3." I couldn't get enough of it! When they were released on DVD (seperately at first), I was a little disappointed in that there weren't many extra features at the time. Then I bought the boxed set. I have never seen so many extras before! And the fourth CD is awesome! It has games and everything. I love listening to the director's commentary because I am able to learn some of the secrets that went on behind the scenes! The outtakes are great, as well are the production featurettes. If you are a Scream fan, I highly recommend that you purchase this boxed set. It is definitely worth it!
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Summary: Same as all the screams
Review: This movie [was bad].Its the same thing from all the ''Scream ''series.It starts with a girl taking a shower and getting stalked by the killer then the boyfriend comes to save her thinking he will be the hero but think again they both die like in the first 2 films.the ending was not shoking it was so easy figuring out who was the killer.They even gave it away like in the first 2 films.They always give it away by blaming or arresting the main person.This movie should have been a low budget movie.
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Summary: The most terryfing Scream is always the Last
Review: As a critic, I judge a lot of movies, and I am kinda a famous one, but I will keep my name anynomous. After watching the orignial Scream, I viewed it as a gewl, a gem of it's own kind, it sparked a new genre of horror films that have been dead for nearly a decade. It was a classic and spinned off look alikes, such as I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, and many many others. In 1997 SCREAM 2 was released, and it was very dissapointing. It didn't have what it took to pass the predescessor. It was wasn't written richly, but a very bad let down. Now SCREAM 3 was released February 4th, 2000. And believe it or not, "the third time is the charm". SCREAM 3 didn't prove to be as good as the original, but better than the sequel. Scream 3 is full of surprises, that throw you off guard. You think it's planned the way the first two was written - but like what was said anything happens in the Trilogy, all rules are broken. Rany Meeks makes an appearnce, as his sister shows her a video tape before he died in Scream 2, explaining that in the Trilogy anything can happen, even Sydney can die. He says that a shot in the head, or freezing the villian will only kill him. The film opens up with two murdes like the predescessors. We see that Gale Weathers is giving a pep lecture at UCLA for journalist, wher she is pulled away and infomed about the two murders. Dewey has gained popularity throughout Hollywood helping on the set of STAB 3: RETURN TO WOODSBORO. Sydney Prescott is living in seculsion in her California home deep in the mountains going under a different name helping with a women's hotline. She recieves flashes of her Mother. Soon Gale meets with Dewey about the situation, where he seems he doesn't need her. After every murder, they keep leaving pictures of Sydney's Prescott's mother. Who is this killer? Who does he have to do with Sydney or her mother? SCREAM 3 is sure to keep you at the edge of your seat!
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Summary: yawn, Sigh, But Whatever you do... don't scream
Review: Admittedly, I've seen worse sequels... but the originals were [bad] along with them. Why would you ever do Scream 3 to such excellent movies like Scream and Scream 2? This movie is flat out horrible! Acting, gore, plotline, and ending. It seems like the writer had no clue where it was going to end so he just threw in little bits and pieces of everything. Its all just one big slap in the face to the end. I do NOT recommend this. P.S. Scream 3 is not the final installment in the series. Prepare for Scream 4 sometime in 2006. Neve Campbell will be back along with david Arquette, Courtney Cox, and Patrick Dempsey. Wes Craven will be back also. The filming was just declared in April 2003. Pray this will be the one to bring back the series's name.
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Summary: More of a cry for help than a scream
Review: Following up the good first movie and decent second one, scream 3 has alot to live up to, so expectations for this film should be high. Scream 3, despite the overwhelming number of plot twists and turns, sticks quite faithfully to the formula that made it's two predecessors such successes, that is, mainly, it's amazing ability of how it plays fast and loose with traditional horror movie rules. This, as most will testafy, made the original scream a very enjoyable horror movie, and worked to a lesser extent on scream 2.
Unfortunately for number 3, three times is a bit too far to work well.
Scream 3 starts out with the 3 main suviving characters of the first two movies, Cop Duey (David Arquette), Sidney (Neve Cambell) and Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox Arquete) an places them on the set of stab 3, a movie chronicaling the story of the orginal Woodsboro murders. Then, somewhere along the line, it gets far too complex in terms of plot for it's own good.Extra characters who appear out of nowhere are introduced, long lost relatives pop up and bizarre plot twists and hokey flashback scenes occur, in which we see Sidney's mother covered in what looks like a bloodstained wheat sack and muttering. All of this, unlike what it was supposed to do, adds nothing to the originality of the film and instead bores the viewer. The twists end up making the film bloated and uninteresting in terms of content.
Scream 3 sorely lacks the pace, talent and originality that made the films previous such hits. Occasionally, we do get offered glimpses that tantalise us as to what might have been, had the film been alot less convuleted. The film is quickly bogged down in a quagmire of plot twists, plot mess and poor film costruction. The whole affair is much whole lot less enjoyable than previous scream outings and is suffering a definite case of sequelitis.
The bottom line is, for diehard scream addicts only. Please, no scream 4.
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Summary: "All Bets Are Off...."
Review: You know how the old saying goes. Everything must come to an end. Sadly, one of the best and most clever series in the genre closes it's final chapter with 'Scream 3'. Even though thr franchise was only around for a little over 3 years, it felt a lot longer. Kevin Williamson was absent on this entry, unfortunatley, but Ehren Krueger, who went on to write "The Ring", steps up and does a great job. The master, Wes Craven, also returns. Part 2 set up the rules for a horror sequel, but this time around our gang of characters and newbies are playing by the trilogy rules. All bets are off. We pick up a ways into the future as we are re-introduced to heroine Sidney Prescott, once again played with heart and conviction by Neve Campbell. She has become a recluse living in the hills, who has never forgotten the horrors she has seen. Gale Weathers(Courteney Cox)is back on the prowl, as is Deputy Dewey(David Arquette), who is working as a consultant on "Stab 3", a sequel to the film series that was turned into a movie from Gale's book, "The Woodsboro Murders". Gale is also being followed by an actress(Parker Posey), who is playing her in the "Stab" films. As production on the new film commences, a new killer pops up and the body count begins rising. It appears that the killer is going thru the script knocking off the actors in sequence as they die in the script. The only problem is that there is a different draft of the script, and no one knows which on the killer is going by. This leads Sidney out of hiding to become the killer's number one target again. New revelations are revealed about Sidney's past and all the connections from the first film are brought back up and given a real ending. It's a smart way how they tie it all up. This sequel is really a movie within a movie. We see re-creations of sets from the first film on movie lots and that whole bit. The new film introduces us to other new characters as well. Deputy Kincaid(Patrick Dempsey), who is assigned the new case of killings. Roman Bridger(Scott Foley of "Felicity"), the director of the new film. Jenny McCarthy, Deon Richmond, and others fill out the cast of the "Stab Movie". Liev Schreiber returns as Cotton Weary in the film's glorious opening. Horror director Roger Corman has a small cameo, and veteran actor Lance Henriksen plays the film's shady producer. It was slightly evident in this entry that the series was going to paint itself into a corner. By now, we pretty much knew the game and how things worked in a 'Scream' movie. The problem is that Craven and Krueger pretty much stick to the formula and don't really do anything new or refrshing like they did in the original. Some of the story's end resolutions bring some surprises, but the film as a whole really doesn't. But don't think for one second that this in any way hurts the film. It's still an intriguing tale that delivers incredible fun, thrills, chills, and unending entertainment. As for our characters, they are still the heart and soul of these films. What's surprising here is that Neve seems to of had a smaller part. This seems to be more of a Gale movie since that character appeared to have more screen time than Sid. Of course, Sidney really comes into her own and becomes the main victim once again. Didn't it look like Courteney Cox was wearing a wig in this film?. Jamie Kennedy also returns in a brief cameo, via video, as Randy. If this is truly the end, then it goes out in grand style. The last scene with Sidney and the opened door was a real nice touch. The movie is still clever, witty, suspenseful, and a lot of fun. It is ten times better than a part 3 in a horror series has any right to be. That is quite an accomplishment in itself. Keep on screaming!.
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