| Scooby Doo | | Cast : | Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini | | Director : | Raja Gosnell | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | June 14, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | September 14, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 07, 2005 | | Summary | Stupied | Content
 | This movie is about how scooby doo and the
gang solved A mystery and blah blah blah.
The only reason I watched this movie was because me and
my sister could not find anything else to watch
Well It was A bad idea.It was dumb and stupied A 6 year
old would probably like it.The Reason I gave it two
stars was because it was kinda funny in parts and when
shaggys girlfriends eyes turned green my sister
looked scared so I laughed about that.This movie is
ok if your watching it on tv but dont buy it. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 07, 2005 | | Summary | I want my 2 hours back | Content
| My 2 kids (ages 3 and 5) thought this was pretty great entertainment when we caught it on Nickelodeon tonight.
Me, I liked it about as much as I liked 'The Phantom Menace'. At least I didn't drop $15 to see 'Scooby Doo'.
Like Star Wars I, this movie packs plenty of action and stuff to look at, with almost zero chemistry or humor (except for you adult aficionados of fart jokes, you know who you are). Unlike SW1, the graphics here are pretty terrible.
To be fair, Lillard (Shaggy) is great and Cardellini (Velma) has the voice down pat and is oh-so-easy on the eyes. But that's not going to be enough to make me watch this again |
| Rating | | | Date | August 04, 2005 | | Summary | 1960s TV toon gets the big screen treatment | Content
| A show like "Scooby-Doo" could only have originated in the 1960s. After all, who would buy a preppy ascot-wearing All-American boy hanging out with a brainy chick (outside of school finals), not to mention an obvious stoner and his Great Dane (Daphne was another story) to solve mysteries?
Of course, some network executive may think they've finally found the perfect show to follow FRIENDS on Must See TV so perhaps we should just move on?
With the success of live-action movies of popular cartoons such as ... "The Flinstones" and "Josie and the Pussycats" (hmmn, there really hasn't been a successful cartoon movie translation, has there?) it was only a matter of time before one of the most beloved cartoon characters got the big screen treatment.
The whole Mystery Inc. gang is here: Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr. who will no doubt get the last laugh on those "Spider-Man" directors for casting Tobey Maguire in the lead role instead) Daphne (Sarah Michelle Geller), Velma (Linda Cardelini), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and of course, Scooby-Doo.
Just like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" Scooby is completely computer generated, which allows him to be just as animated as he is in the cartoons.
Since the original source material wasn't exactly "CSI" or even "Murder She Wrote," the screenwriters had to create a little drama and tension to make the big screen adaptation last a little longer than the typical 30-minute episode.
A clash of egos leads Mystery Inc. to disband (Scooby sticks with his best-bud Shaggy since Velma may have been a whiz with mysteries but she was no great shakes in the kitchen) and for the next two years, enjoy life on their own.
The gang reunites at the bequest of millionaire Mondavarious (Mr. Bean's Rowan Atkinson), the owner of Spooky Island, a spring getaway for college students. Apparently someone is turning the kids into well-behaved members of society via a mass brainwashing. Well, one thing is for sure. It's not affiliated with MTV in any way.
The gang decides to work together one more time to get to the bottom of the mystery, but they all want to be the first one to crack the mystery while Shaggy and Scooby are simply interested in the all-you-can eat buffet promised by Mondavarious.
Call me a risk taker, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and put my money on Velma.
Shaggy meets a girl (Isla Fisher) named Mary Jane - think about it for a second - who seems to be the ideal girl except for one thing ... she's allergic to dogs. And once again Mary Jane comes between yet another perfect partnership... but can Shaggy and the rest of Mystery Inc. get their act together in time to find the real culprit behind the crime?
The film has everything that Scooby fans young or old have come to love over the years from Shaggy and Scooby's rather unique eating habits to Daphne's penchant for always getting caught by the villain.
There's even a hilarious cameo appearance by Scrappy Doo, Scooby's scene-stealing mutt who thought he could take on every villain the gang encountered.
Fans of the cartoon will eat this up like a fresh batch of Scooby-snacks. Sorry, I'm trying to get a quote worked into the film's next run of commercials. It's a fun little film to enjoy some overpriced popcorn and hot dogs just promise you won't wince when you hear that famous line "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids." |
| Rating | | | Date | July 19, 2005 | | Summary | Ramburgers | Content
| This was not a great movie in any way, yet somehow there was something appealing to it which made it not the worst movie I have ever witnessed. You walk into this film with a level of expectancy. You want to see the same characters, stories, and clichéd moments that you did while watching the television show, and you do. The characters are creative, the story is very similar to the cartoon, and the clichéd moments are there in full force. Coming from a household that used to religiously watch this cartoon, I wanted this level of security, and I found it in this film. As a film watcher, I don't want to see the director of this film taking too many original risks and really destroying the culture of the cartoon. It stayed true to its roots, and for that you cannot fault this film. There were some humorous moments that made you think back to the cartoon, there were silly times where you just had to shrug and breathe in deeply, then there were some horrid moments that really just made you reach for the STOP button on your DVD player. Yet, I was expecting this. So, coming from an expectancy perspective, it was perfect. Coming from an entertainment value, it could have been a bit tighter.
To begin, the actors. I agree that a remake like this may not have garnished the cream of the crop of Hollywood hitters, but I believe we could have done a bit better than Freddy Prinze, Jr. and Matthew Lillard. Sarah Michelle Gellar, I believe, could have been better as well. Here we have some "C" level players who are a huge hit with the teen audiences, bringing to life characters, which were created during an older generation's time. It just seemed a bit jumbled to me. Then, to make matters even more confusing, we had the famed Rowan Atkinson as the sneaky Spooky Island owner. Disappointing acting coupled with the great Mr. Bean doesn't quite fit for me. He should have been used so much more to his potential. He could have stolen this film from the others and made it into his own, but for some strange reason, bland acting breeds more bland acting, so you can't expect much.
Outside of the acting, there isn't much else going on. Nearly everything that happens we have seen time and time again through the cartoons. Not much originality was brought into this film, while it felt like the money that should have gone to the creative department, was spent instead on sub-par CGI. Scooby looked horrible. I believe there was one instance where I could literally see right through him. Then, you have these un-storied creatures that look like Donnie Darko's rejects. Coupled with an annoying Scrappy-Doo. There was potential in the CGI, but it seemed as if they low-balled and went with cheap CGI to appease the smaller child audiences. The jokes needed to be planted deeper into the series. I remember watching The Brady Bunch movie and laughing because the jokes just seemed to play off the taboo of the series. I believe more focus on this with the Scooby-Doo movie would have raised this review another notch.
Overall, I felt cheap after watching this film. It wasn't a horrible film (though there was quite a bit of poor graphics and acting) because it gave you what you wanted when you walked in. It gave you a mystery, the clichéd and overused structure of the original series, and that final moment when the true villain is revealed. It followed a structure that I wanted, and I am "ok" with that for this film. Normally, I would have asked for better, but there are some cartoons that do not need their internal structure tampered with. Scooby-Doo was worth the one viewing, but I cannot say that I will ever be pleased to see it again. The fact that there was the horrendous farting contest in the center of the film destroyed the entire experience for me. That was the kind of humor I was not prepared for, nor did I feel it best represented the series. The Mark McGrath cameo also did it in for me, but that my friend ... well ... is another story. If you have never seen this film I suggest it once, but I do not feel that it needs a second viewing. Scooby-Doo is alive, but in an animated version that continues to create laughter and creativity ... unlike this shoddy film.
Grade: *** out of ***** |
| Rating | | | Date | June 28, 2005 | | Summary | A Pile of Dog Doo! | Content
| Can it get any worse than this garbage? I saw this during a Christmas get together because of all the little ones that were there. I used to like the cartoon but this movie really ruined the whole Scooby deal for me.
The acting could be the worst in the history of movies. Prinze and Gellar have not one single acting bone in their body. Also I want to know what writer/director or whoever says "I have a great idea, why don't we have scooby and shaggy have a farting contest? That would be brilliant" What is the point of that? How does that play into the movie? My lord how movies have went literally in the toilet with all this bathroom humor. People that find this type of stuff amuzing must get a real kick every time they go to the bathroom.
Scooby DOo is unintelligent, boring, and classless. It is by far the worst movie I've ever seen (maybe outside of "White Chicks" |
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