Rating: 
Summary: Freddie and Sarah are compared to.
Review: Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar remind me of a two couples in one movie and one television show. Freddie and Sarah remind me of Xander Harris and Willow Rosenberg in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Freddie Prinze Jr is like Xander Harris and Sarah Michelle Gellar is like Willow Rosenberg. Freddie and Sarah are like Jim Levinstein and Michelle Flaherty in American Pie. Freddie Prinze Jr is like Jim Levinstein and Sarah Michelle Gellar is like Michelle Flaherty. The fight scene that Sarah Michelle Gellar had with that wrestler where she threw him off glass painted window in Scooby-Doo reminds of Buffy throwing the master off the glass painted window. On the set Sarah Michelle Gellar is like Daphne Blake on the movie and off the set she is Velma Dinkley. Sarah Michelle Gellar is like Velma Dinkley in the movie. Sarah Michelle Gellar is more like Velma Dinkley in real life. On the set Linda Cardellini is Velma Dinkley. Linda Cardellini is compared to Tru Calling and Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Eliza Dushku and Pop Music Star Skye Sweetnam. Linda Cardellini was on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on and off the set she is Buffy Summers.
Rating: 
Summary: Okay at best, but it doesn't beat the original series
Review: "Scooby-Doo" is okay. It's not that great of a film and it's not that bad. As much as I despise him, I have to say that Matthew Lillard does an excellent job as Shaggy. He's the best character in this flick. Linda Cardellini is good as Velma, but she has a couple of lines(ex. "Let's get jinky with it") that are just atrocious. Freddie Prinze, Jr. wasn't necessarily miscast as Fred, but the character was portrayed in a way that doesn't really reflect the character from the original show. Sarah Michelle Gellar was annoying as Daphne. Nevermind the fact that she pulled out the old kung-fu ala "Buffy," she's just not convincing enough in this role. The CGI Scooby was just that, a CGI Scooby. He looks fake, but dogs can't talk either, so I'm okay with that. His character is actually pretty good.The best part of this film is the opening scene with the Luna ghost. It looked as if it were straight out of the old series. Everything heads south from there. The characters, excepting Shaggy and Scooby, are weightless. The nasties are just plain silly and the jokes resort to sophomoric humor. I'm sure every thirteen year-old boy in the crowd got a laugh from the farting contest between Shaggy and Scooby. A few cuss words were thrown around, and Daphne puts a whipping on a wrestler-type baddie. Overall, this film works well with kids between the ages of eleven and sixteen. Younger kids MIGHT get scared by the bad guys, and the language can get a little rough for the really young'uns. For us older folks who grew up with the series, it's nice to see Scooby and the gang in a live-action format. However, I feel that this movie tries too hard to make itself appeal to all age groups. I also think that the director should have decided on whether he was making a nostalgic flick, a spoof, or an updated version using potty humor. It's watchable and somewhat funny, but you might want to rent this one before laying any money down for it.
| 
