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Post by ck100 on Jun 14, 2022 6:16:17 GMT
Not really much to say about this film except for Matthew Lillard getting praised for his work as Shaggy and the cast having to interact with nothing since Scooby is an all-CGI dog. From the director of "Home Alone 3" and "Big Momma's House". The movie cost $84 million to make with most of the money going to the CGI I'm sure. It was successful enough to get a sequel just two years later with "Scooby-Doo 2: Monster's Unleashed". Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review: Scooby-Doo (2002) - 2 out of 4 stars"Hanna-Barbera's TV cartoon canine gets the big screen treatment as Scooby and pals try to solve a mystery on Spooky Island. Flat comic whodunit with a computer generated title character; a mild diversion for kids and older fans of the vintage series. Followed by a sequel. Also followed by a direct-to-DVD prequel and sequel."
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 14, 2022 9:00:32 GMT
Written by James Gunn, who later wrote the Dawn of the Dead remake.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 14, 2022 13:13:17 GMT
I remember it being pretty hyped up. The plot twist making Scrappy Doo the villain is initially funny. But then it leads to a crappy cgi boss-fight. I liked the design for the starter villain much better than the actual monsters we see later. The marketing team must have thought the same thing since its silhouette is on the poster. Out of the cast, Matthew Lillard is giving it his all and it mostly works. It’s amusing that in both movies, Velma ends up looking way hotter than Daphne. I heard that the original cut was far more adult-oriented with its humor, but then it got watered down. I think an edgier darker Scooby-Doo movie could be kind of neat but if it was more like an eighties horror-comedy like Fright Night or House. Doubtful we’ll ever see that.
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Post by janntosh on Jun 14, 2022 13:20:09 GMT
Not a good movie but I like the cast (Lillard and Cardellini in particular are great) and if you watched it as a kid you probably can’t help but have some nostalgic affection for it
Apparently the goal was to make an edgier PG-13 at first, but then suddenly they got cold feet and made it a family friendly film. The humor is childish but there are a few elements of the more edgier movie remaining
What they should have done with this movie is get the people who wrote animated Scooby Doo movies like Zombie Island and Witch’s Ghost to write a similar movie like that, but for live action
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