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Summary: If the opportunity to run the director over ever came up...
Review: ...I would take it. Supposedly, Raja Gosnell is a fan of Scooby Doo. Yeah, my ass he is. He's a fan of the Scooby Doo show the same way Ang Lee is a fan of The Incredible Hulk comic.
Actually, I may have to give him more credit than that, though I don't want to. He DOES seem to resemble a fan. However, his usage of Fred, Velma, and Daphne is deplorable. Fred is a stereotypical jock in this movie, Velma is a "trendy intellectual" (i.e. a dumbass), and Daphne is.....well, I don't know what the hell she is, but it isn't good.
Scooby Doo has always had strange metaphors for their characters. Shaggy is, supposedly, a pot-smoking hippie. Scooby is, supposedly, satan in disguise. Fred is, supposedly, a closeted homosexual. Daphne is, supposedly, a prostitute. Velma is, undoubtedly, a lesbian. Don't believe me? Try going to a theist website.
It was not until new studios picked up Scooby that the metaphors were dropped because they were too controversial. Of course, they couldn't drop the Shaggy and Scooby metaphors because they were, needless to say, the staple of the series. You take that away and Scooby fans would be pissed off.
Anyway, the fact that these metaphors were changed so much were, needless to say, bad. These changes indicate that Gosnell is either a fan of the newer Scooby Doo (which no real fan should like too much) or that he's a dumbass. I would like to think both, but I'm sure it's the latter.
Even the concept was changed! In the movie, Velma felled in love with some guy (forgot who he was), Daphne was molested by a ghost, and somewhere along the lines, they all switch bodies. Gee, aren't we creative?
So the story goes like this:
After a mystery, the gang got angry, and split up. Later, a tycoon who needed their help sent for all of them, and they got reunited on an island paradise, but it is soon discovered that teenagers were lured here to be hypnotize. The monsters soon start popping up.
Sound familiar, Scooby fans? Yup, it's a few stories from the Scooby series taken, and fused together. The story was not really executed well, but the inside jokes were pretty good. There were jokes directed at Daphne, Scooby and Shaggy, Scrappy, and a few others. Ony particularly obvious joke is the one that suggests teenagers are being hypnotize by a certain someting. Of course, we all know that this is not true, and that teenagers are just really dumbasses.
Other nice surprises include the appearance of Rowan Atkinson! Of course, some of you preferred watching shows such as "Roseanne" (I understand), so you may not know him. He is otherwise known as Mr. Bean, from the TV show. There are a number of you who thinks his show failed. Think again, genius. His show was one of the most popular around.
Anyway, moving on, the movie is somewhat good, but I wouldn't say it's worth paying above $5 for. Matthew Lillard is incredible as Shaggy, though he is a little too muscular, but the rest of the crew could use some working up.
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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.
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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.
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