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SCOOBY DOO.... ....yeah.... so they say...
Harry here... In 8 hours I could be seeing SCOOBY DOO for free, instead I'm boarding the nearest plane and fleeing the state to head out into the center of the desert to watch a Bruce Campbell/Elvis Vs a Mummy movie called BUBBA HOTEP and John Sayles' SUNSHINE STATE and Jeff Daniels' SUPERSUCKERS, a new Rose McGowan flick, RUN RONNIE RUN and a host of potentially fun as hell flicks in the hell spawned Vegas of today. A Vegas as corruptively fucked up as this new SCOOBY DOO. A Vegas completely bastardized. The following reviewer seems to hold Scooby Doo in some sort of disdain or a vague sense of apathy towards it... Generalizing that "Those that actually liked that cartoon will probably like this!" Uh huh. Whatever... I'm not buying that. Like I said, I'm off to Vegas to discover quality cinema and what went wrong with the dream of Babylon...
Harry,
Ended up seeing Scooby Doo tonight (was at our theatre's test screening). Don't know if you've gotten alot
of reviews of Scooby but though you might like another.
I am going to say right off that the movie wasn't bad. If you're willing to pay seven bucks to go see any
movie about Scooby Doo, then you'll probably have the same opinion. There are many people on this planet,
however, who would rather soak themselves in boiling yaks blood and sacrifice themselves to the god of Cibola
than see a movie about Scooby Doo. They'll find this movie irritating.
The plot is not all that complicated, but there are some funny scenes that made me chuckle. There are even
some minor Shaggy drug use references that many of you will catch. It takes place in an amusement park that
has a problem with it: all the people who leave act like zombies. There are the usual suspects, the Scooby Snacks,
everything you loved/hated about Scooby Doo.
The CGI was horrible. There wasn't a scene with CGI that was realistic. But, remember, you are watching a movie
about a talking dog who solves crimes with a bunch of idiots. The studio probably figured that Scooby wasn't realistic,
thus a realistic 'Alien'esqe monster would be out of place. If that sort of crap really bothers you, go stoned, or better yet,
don't go.
Overall I figure this movie is a good matinee movie. If you liked Scooby Doo the TV show, you’ll probably like this movie.
If you disliked Scrappy Doo you’ll love this movie: he’s barely in it. It was entertaining enough to say that I didn't
waste my money.
All hail the Crimson King,
The Walkin' Dude
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personally, i'll be waiting for the GREAT GRAPE APE to be turned into a live-action film.
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can you see the film without being totall fucking stoned?
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Think about it. The first movie could be set in the 60's, the second in the 70's, and the third in the 80's, it would be hilarious, with the clothes and everything, also I don't like the cast, I would have gotten Sean William Scott as Freddie, and Shannon Elizabeth for Daphne, I like Sarah, but I think Shannon would do a better job.
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...to reviewing this stinker he'll make at least a dozen comments about how crappy the CG Scooby looks, and he'll be right, t does. However, he gave the equally crappily animated Spiderman a free pass. It will be interesting to see if hypocrisy rears it's ugly head again.
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That about sums it up right there, doesn't it?
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scrappy doo was the only thing that made the stupid cartoon WATCHABLE, and the fact that he wasn't going to be in the movie (at least, thats what i thought) was reallly the one thing ensuring i would never see it. But now i hear he IS in it (at least for a little while), so maybe i'll download it. who knows.
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A friend of mine has bet me
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More fun than a dozen hula-hoops this flick is. More fun than a barrel of monkeys banging on typewriters working on the script. Yep this is the thrill ride of the summer. Forget about Minority Report this is the must see movie for me.
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Wow Harry really hates this film, of course it will probably be shit, but he REALLY hates this film. Loved the Stephen King references at the end of the review
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My wife goes away on a 2 week business trip to LA and leaves me behind - so of course I'll have to take the kids. Oh well. Hopefully it won't be the torture fest of, say Rocky & Bullwinkle or The Tigger Movie. Ouch.
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Jun 08, 2002 9:31:15 AM CDT
Supersuckers? That's the greatest evil rock band of all time
by capt fubar
A fuckin' Jeff Daniels movie? http://www.supersuckers.com ------------------- "I want the drugs"! -
Just because YOU don't like a movie doesn't mean you basically put down the review of another... God Bubba Hotep is the crappiest movie I ever heard of, but I didn't SEE it so I won't comment other then Bruce Campbell isn't that great. So, you read the SCOOBY script... and? You didn't like the script, oh well, perhaps others did. So who are you jealous of anyway Prinze Jr. or Sarah Michelle Gellar. Either way you hate Prinze for a reason. Either because your in love with him or his fiance.
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"Your name means Scooby-Poop!"
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Too bad. I was really hoping this movie would've gotten some good reviews, as I love the Scooby-Doo character. One of my favorites from when I was a kid... I'll see it, but probably on video or pay-per-view or something. Now, where's General Custer to say about how this movie will take down AOTC?
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I love that town!
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Who does this guy think he is eh? Posing as me to write a movie review.....
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I was actually going to go see this thing, until I have learned that Scrappy is in it. What a nauseating pile of crap!!! He shinglehandedly ruined one of the greatest cartoon franchises in history. Kind of like when they put that red-headed kid on "Diff'rent Strokes," just ruined it all. Damn that stupid little pup!!
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This is in response to Big_Daddy's post. Give Harry a break man. Maybe you didn't like TPM (okay.. almost everyone didn't like it) but AoTC kicked ass and I am in total agreement with Harry on this one. AoTC was not only a good movie... but it was a good StarWars movie and in further agreement with harry, it even helped justify TPM a bit.
As for Scooby-Doo... this film looks like tripe.. if I can find someone to go to it stoned with then perhaps there is a chance I will watch it.
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I habor no illusions that the Scooby Doo movie is going to be a great movie. It probably won't even be a good movie. But from what I've seen, it looks passably entertaining. Worth 5 bucks or so. And it can't be worse than Jurassic Park III, Tomb Raider or Planet of the Apes. (Last summer has scarred me forever.) I know it, at least partially, ties in with your irrational hatred of Warner Brothers, but what you have to realize is that going off like this on a movie you've not even seen yet, severely damages your credibility when it comes to movies you recommend. Love the site, but I hate to see you turn yourself into some insane talk backer over what is, after all, the film version of a mediocre at best, 70s cartoon. Now, when they bastardize the Speed Buggy cartoon...THAT'S when I get pissed! -- Sean -
Jun 08, 2002 12:25:19 PM CDT
All you "first" fucks are dumb and/or will never get laid
by furnace404
first. That's so fuckin' grade school. Especially when YOU'RE ACTUALLY 4OURTH AND NOWHERE NEAR THE LOSER STATUS OF FIRST. You are ghey.
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Saw it today for free as it premeried in my town....First off, this movie is BAD. It isn't, however, as bad as Three To Tango or Big Momma's House but it is bad nonetheless. The CG is shit, but I think that was kind of the point. The whole thing looks like a big cartoon.
First, the opening chase scene. It's so bad I felt like getting up and leaving. But then things settle down and the movie starts to get funny.......sort of. Rowan Atkinson shows up and things turn good again but then Freddie Prinze tries to act and things aren't so good anymore. Both him and Sarah Gellar are horribly miscast. Linda Cardinelli (from Freaks & Geeks) gets the Velma voice down perfectly, but remember when this part was supposed to go to Selma Blair? Finally, Mathew Lliard (I have no damn clue on how to spell his name) is great as Shaggy. He gets the voice and antics down like no one else could. Scooby Doo himself is.....cartoonlike..I'm not sure if I liked the model. The plot (hahahah "Plot") revolves around souls being stolen from college students at Spooky Island Amuesment Park. They try throwing in some of that fake movie science dialouge (I Swear Velma said something about chloroplasts) and that doesn't help, either. The movie does have some funny scenes (there's a GREAT scene where the souls and bodies of the gang are misplaced) but all is lost when Shaggy and Scooby get into a farting contest. And oh yeah, Scrappy's in it and he's still beastly annoying, but the movie makes fun of that.
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I love Sarah but gawd do I hate Freddie. He can't worth a shitz. I am on the film comittee at school and we determine what movies are shown to the cattle of Salisbury University. I fought diligently hard to get this movie off of the "to be shown" list. However, my efforts failed because this is "out kid movie." I was very annoyed because we should be getting "Lilo and Stich." In the end, Freddie needs to go live in the shadow of Sarah....oh wait, that's already happened.
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They're still shooting the movie and it will not be done until next month! Maybe PPG then?
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Jun 08, 2002 2:30:09 PM CDT
Do yourself a favor & people who need a life & complain about th
by jasin
First of all, I just saw this movie about 20 minutes ago & I think true, maybe a better director could have done a better job, it's still an entertaining SUMMER movie. What it does is it keeps itself real....yeah, like all you toked out losers who think there is some kind of drug meaning to this movie & franchise, think again. Scooby-Doo deals with friendship. It has always been that way, how people can team up with a dog & work things out together. The CGI was AWESOME on Scoobs & plus it was so so real to the cartoon how the characters act & the expressions. True, there are things in the movie that I think the farting & belching has been to chilched over & over & not funny but beyond those minor things there's nothing wrong with this movie. You know you should actually SEE the movie before you talk shit. Enjoy it & if you don't like it, then talk shit about it, it is your opinion, that is all it is.
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"They're two of the greatest figures in American literature, because we can identify with them! They're cowards. The kids that drive the van, fuck off! Scrappy Doo... pull out a magnum... *blam*" -Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
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First - Scrappy is in it at ALL?!...second - Freddy Prinze Jr...third - if the CGI sucks that's bad, because we already knew the acting, plot, and dialogue would suck...fourth - most people don't have a problem with Scooby Doo, most people have a problem with Scooby Doo done badly...fifth - in an amusement park where everyone who leaves is a zombie - what the fuck?...sixth - hell, I've wasted too much time on this already
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The Scooby Doo movie isn't trying to be realistic! It's supposed to be a live-action version of a cartoon series! As a matter of fact, the CGI of Scooby Doo is supposed to flow with real characters more than be consistently realistic. Why should realism be a concern for CGI when a film is transforming a cartoon into big screen?
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Jun 08, 2002 3:25:37 PM CDT
I just saw Scooby Doo! "Your name means Scooby-Poop!" isn't
by stanthecritic
The best thing about this movie is when Velma sheds her sweater for a low cut top for about 10 minutes.
The movie is very short only about 1 hour and 20 mins. This movie should have been a made for TV movie.
I saw a free early screen of it today full of kids. The kids loved it. I thought most of it was lame, but gee whiz, it's a kids movie.
It's good to know that burb and fart jokes still bring down the house. There is a huge fart and burb part in the film that had every kid in the place laughing.
The kids also liked the "crazy" stunts that were done in the film, yelling "cool" all of the time during the movie.
Scrappy Doo does show up in the movie to my suprise and he is one of the few good parts about the story.
I might have been sleeping during this part, but they didn't even have the line "Your name means Scooby-Poop!" in the dang film. From the looks of the film they cut a shiznit load of things out.
I could tell that they were going to go into this whole story that showed a teaching sequence (I don't want to spoil the film for you, so I will not go into it). There also looked to be many other small "plot" ideas that got cut out.
About 80% of the best parts of the movie are all in the trailer.
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Jun 08, 2002 3:34:18 PM CDT
Ok, this reviewer sounds about as qualified to give an in-depth
by reb55_0
BTW, Harry, Ben Affleck is NOT Jack Ryan. He's a capable actor, and I like him a lot as a celebrity, but he ain't doin it in "Sum of All Fears". Not to get too off topic, just saw the "over-reaching one's realm of interest and then generalizing out the wazoo" reviews here. P.S. Anybody else catch the HBO Scooby "Making Of" special? The Freddy Prince Jr. "Fred" make-up? Unintentional Comedy Rating of about 93 out of 100, IMHO.
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I'd take a plane in ANY direction to avoid Prinze's smug little face! I don't usually post here but this guy ANGERS me more than I can explain!
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Maybe you have to be a writer to notice it, but they all take on this ridicuously "I'm-Cool-You're-Cool" tone and try to be all hip and casual. "Yeah, it wasn't so bad...it's worth a matinee" And also, it's like they're trying to be a little funny, but they're just pathetic. I don't know who these poor studio fucks are, but I feel so sorry for them. This is a sad case of damage control. Warner Brothers knows what a huge cinematic turd it has on its hands and is just trying to get some opening weekend numbers. But honestly, someone would have to be an idiot to believe this is an real reviewer -- why even put it online, Harry? -
Half the people seem like they're working for WB!!! "Give it a chance, dudes"...
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I caught a free screening at the local AMC. If you liked the cartoon, TRUST ME, they stay true to it. If you remember liking the cartoon as a kid, image if you had to go back and look at it... they address every question a person may have with the cartoon... like "Isn't Fred a self centered bossy ass?" or "Why do they keep giving Velma the shaft?"...
Is it a kids movie? Yes. Did the kids react? They laughed their asses off. At the end, the little boogers even applauded. Silly crap indeed.
My favorite thing that maybe shouldn't be in a kids movie, but I enjoyed nonetheless:
Wicked shots of Sarah Michelle Gellar and her glistening body.
Is it just me, or did all of ya'll see a really cool and unnecessary ass cheek peek in the flick? Seems the cameraman was always filming Sarah Michelle Gellar from some very "bod friendly" angles. Woo hoo.
As for casting Freddy Prince Jr. as Fred, I have to say this:
I never liked Freddy or Fred... so maybe the casting was a perfect fit after all. After all, most of the movie does nothing but slam the character anyway... calling him mindless. Great casting indeed. LOL.
Another sight 'em: Whoa! About half way through the movie, we discover that Velma has some wicked tits. Geez Louise!
Overall, thumbs up from this Scooby fan. I won't do a review. Just telling ya the stripped down basics.
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I know you've read the script and can't agree with the choice of director, stars and writer but the end result was a fairly entertaining kids flick not the cinematic atrocity that you are expecting. The only thing that really sucked was the stupid fart gag between Scooby and Shaggy (the entire audience was full of little kids and they couldn't stop laughing at that crap)! Anyway, it's not the greatest movie and maybe not even the best adaptation of Scooby Doo that could have been made, I just thought it was a good time. Really, it's not a total letdown... Velma, Daphne and Shaggy kick total ass in the movie!
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and the film is quite lame. I like the original show, I watched it as a kid, but this movie is barely true to it. First the positive, Shaggy and Scoob. Lillard does nail Shaggy, not to mention that the Shaggy dialogue is correct. Same with Scooby. These are the only two characters who I cared about in the end of the film. Another good thing **SPOILERS** Scrappy Doo is portrayed as an annoying little shit and actually ends up being the bad guy. I found that choice to be quite funny considering how much fans abhor him. Velma sounds like Velma even if she doesn't look exactly right and often acts incorrectly "Let's get jinky with it." Now the negative. This movie is not true to the show. Firstly, I think Scooby Doo is all about fake ghouls and ghosts. They investigate a spooky mystery and in the end discover that it was all fake. Now I know there were later episodes where they started dealing with the real super natural, but I don't care. Scooby Doo is about the fake ghosts and monsters. This movie has real monsters. Tons of them. And although there is a reveal in the end with Scrappy, it's just not the same, especially when he turns into a giant monster himself. Another thing, NO BONGO CHASE!!! How can you do a Scooby Doo movie and not have a bongo chase? The old series was all about bongo chases and cheesy 70s music, now we get fart contests and hip hop. In addition, the editing and pacing is absolutely awful. I could hardly watch it. And of course Fred and Daphne are terrible. *END SPOILERS* In my opinion the Scooby Doo movie should have been a period piece set in the 70s with all the silliness and cliches of the original series. BONGO CHASES! Groovy 70s music. Fred and Daphne as the underdeveloped non characters that they always were. Identical costumes, identical hair. A fake ghost or monster. Maybe even some cameos from those crossovers. I think an appearance by the Globetrotters would have been hilarious. But instead we get this crap. Pop music, pop actors, pop fashion, etc. It is unfortunate. I just hope the film tanks at the box office.
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If this review wasn't written by from from the studio, then I'll marry Freddie Prinze.
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I had to sit through the trailer two excruciating times as a string attached to my love of Spider-Man. If under any circumstance will I be seeing this crap, it will be hogtied to a chair with my eyelids pinned to my face. Makes sense Freddie Prinze Jr. is in this...his career is in the toilet. He might as well get a job at Burger King while he can, I swear to God.
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What and insightfull and hilarious observation! Stop, my sides are splitting! It's just as funny now as it was when me and my dumbass high school friends joked about it ten years ago! sk
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I want to say that I'm no fan of Freddie Prinze Jr, but it's Matthew Lillard who I usually despise. He sucked all the energy out of every scene he appeared in the original "Scream" (a movie I otherwise enjoyed) with his obnoxious mugging and ludicrious overacting. However I plan on seeing "Scooby-Doo" because I love the character and I always have. It appears that Lillard has nailed the character of Shaggy and despite what I said about him I'm willing to go into this with an open mind and give him and Prinze a chance, they might actually suprise me. Secondly, unlike the cycnical elitists who seem to dominate these TBs I go to the movies for fun whatever other benefits I receive from the experience of seeing a particular movie are simply an unexpected bonus. And I think desite whatever faults "Scooby-Doo" may
have it looks fun and I pity those of you who can't just have fun with a movie. And finally I hate to say this but Harry you are losing credibility with your constant bashing of this movie without even seeing it. If you don't see it that's fine, don't see it. But it seems hypocritical to lavish priase on something as goofy as "Undercover Brother" (which I haven't seen so this is not meant as a put down but merely an observation) then castigate something equally goofy, in this case, "Scooby Doo" as being a total piece of shit without seeing it first. -
...it doesn't matter what film it's used in. Why is it you geeks are all over Scooby Doo for crappy effects (and you're right, they are crappy) but then you practically jizz all over yourselves heaping praise on Spiderman when it had the EXACT SAME LEVEL OF CRAPPY CG. Just because the source material is like a religion to you basement dwellers shouldn't blind you to a mediocre film. Call a spade a spade. Oh, that's right, if you don't like it you're not a fan.
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Jun 08, 2002 7:51:32 PM CDT
Usually I'm okay with the often sub-par reviews on this site
by lenny nero
No diss to the writer or anything, but shit. He's making excuses for the movie, and not letting it do it for itself. I'd like to see another review. A longer one also.
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Jun 08, 2002 9:18:22 PM CDT
Is'nt is Funny that AOTC fans have to actually present an ar
by mst3kpimp
I mean, I agree that for all it's faults AOTC is certainly the better film but to think that you would actually have to go to the trouble to defend it against this farce.. Shows you how low the franchise has sunk. If you look at recent daily B.O. you'll see that AOTC is pulling in less than a mill more than Spider-man which has been out forever, pretty sad. As for SD... who gives a crap.. simply DL it off the internet to fill your curiosity and be done with it.
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I didn't even like the original cartoon. It starts the same way, and ends the same way on every episode. Some freak in a monster costume breaks the law and a bunch of hippies in a minivan with a great dane end up catching them. In the end they say something like "Id have done it if it weren't for you meddling kids!" The only thing close to being remotely funny was Shaggys "I'm stoned and have the munchies" persona. Plus its for kids so the movies a definite no-no for me. By the way just to shut all the wise crackers up out there. I'm not insulting the movie, I'm insulting the television series. So don't put up one of those "How can you insult a movie before you've even seen it?" post.
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... not the movie itself, but the fact that after spending so many months saving up their reserves of bile and venom, Harry and other outraged fans WON'T be able to use 'em! Saw it today, folks, and no shit.... it's not a bad little movie. Seriously. Honestly. As someone who has been watching Scooby Doo since he was old enough to figure out how to turn the TV on. Shaggy? Dead on. Perfect. Best casting in cartoon-brought-to-life history. Go ahead, come up with a better one, i dare ya, i double dog dare ya. Freddie Prinze Jr.? Not my choice for Fred, but since Fred is portrayed as a twit in the movie (which means they at least give him SOME personality) it works. Velma and Daphne are fine. Scooby is fine and endearing and the kids --- The Target Audience, folks, let's not forget that! --- loved him. Didn't like the fart joke scene myself (it woulda worked just fine if they stuck to the burping), but the kids in the audience went absolutely nuts for it. Great choice for a villain. **** SPOILER WARNING: the complaint above about how Scooby and gang never meet REAL monsters is bullshwa, considering that the characters acknowledge this in the movie (and besides, they've been running into real monsters since at least the '80s) **** SPOILER END. Silly in spots, and coulda been trimmed about ten minutes, but bless the heavens, that 'scooby-poop' line is nowhere to be seen in the movie (nor is a scene even like it to be found!). Now that i've said all this, will Harry and many other fans be spewing venom? No doubt. But in their dark little hearts, they'll know the movie isn't that bad, and their flailing attempts to bash it will be all the sadder and more pathetic. heeheehee (oh, and btw: No WB affiliation here. that "this guy must be a plant" argument is one of the lamer, more desperate claims made by posters on these forums. Give 'em up and just realize everyone has different tastes and that doesn't make people corporate shills).
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Jun 09, 2002 2:34:41 AM CDT
at least this thing will be trying to be funny as opposed to...
by 81666
the fucking hilarious sequence in AOTC when amidala gets up from the sand dune (after she's fallen off the ship) and she barks orders to a clone trooper in what has to be one of the worst acting deliveries ever!! even worse than when harry was in the faculty, sure he wasn't talking but still you could still see it. man i love faculty refrences.. it was THAT BAD! good job Harry!
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Jun 09, 2002 4:27:18 AM CDT
Harry, You hated this movie before the camera's even started
by theginger twit
what the hell is your problem? You love the cartoon and can't believe someone had the nerve to turn such quality animation into a live action flick?? Or maybe you hated the cartoon so the curse that was Scoobie doo will transfer over to anything remotely like it? Or, your just a whining bitch who has no motive for hating this film, You just feel you have to from some voice in the force... Personally, I hated the cartoon. It ruined all the other cartoons around it... but when I saw the trailer to this film, I got excited - Hearing Scoobie laugh made me laugh - and that Scoobie/Shaggy scene where they're talking about who's who's best friend... piss funny. Give it a go Harry, you're supposed to be a movie loving geek with his own world famous web site. Stop being such a tool about this film.
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Jun 09, 2002 6:15:21 AM CDT
Mcor, Harry hates this movie because it has a bad script (accord
by lenny nero
Is that qualified enough?
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Jun 09, 2002 6:16:38 AM CDT
And that abomination, Freddie Prinze Jr. Don't forget that.
by lenny nero
And don't pretend he doesn't suck. I've seen his movies, and he's a terrible actor.
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All I have to say about Scooby-Doo(a movie I'm not going to see) is that the SD parody in J&SBSB is more than likely funnier than this flick. Also,as a SMG fan,I'm not blaming her for doing the"being with my boyfriend" movie-maybe it'll lead to a break-up,who knows? Yes,I did watch the cartoon as a kid but there are some tastes you just outgrow-I use to love liverwurst but now,I wouldn't touch the stuff even if I was straving. Same deal here with the Scooby Poop movie(another victim of trailer scenes not included in the final film).
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It was in The X-Files, the seventh season episode "The Amazing Maleeni", where Mulder & Scully solve a decapitation at an amusement park, and it turns out that the "victim's" twin brother is a scam artist posing as a cripple. Mulder is Scooby, Scully is Daphne, and at the end, they even have the reveal-all "this is what really happened" shtick. I'm serious. So save yourself having to endure Freddy Prinze Jr. Yeah, Lilard seems to have Shaggy down surprisingly well. Credit to him. I still don't want to see this though. I actually LIKED the cartoon as a kid, and this is an abomination. Lots of shows (like the previous example) have done homages, it should have been left at that. But no, Warner Bros. needs to suck the life out of yet another franchise in search of a few more dollars. Someone, please, edit together all of Sarah Michelle Gellar's scenes, and I'll watch those. She can usually act, and she's pleasant on the eyes. Save me having to endure fart jokes that never would have made it into the original. Actually, maybe I'll just check out Harvard Man instead.
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Jun 09, 2002 11:11:08 AM CDT
Harry is the cli7. "Scooby Doo" is the vibrator with dead batter
by triumph the dog
ummm kay
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Jun 09, 2002 2:21:45 PM CDT
This was a movie that just did not need to be made. [NHPH]
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And I also hope I never see a CGI Scrappy.
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I saw this movie with a bunch of kids and the under 12's liked it , the over 12's thought it was lame, sucked the big one ect. When I asked if any wanted to see the movie again none did. That says alot.
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Damn that boy has lots of spit flying outa his mouth.
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Fuck this, I'm going to the football.
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Jun 10, 2002 12:00:14 AM CDT
How to rid the human race of stupid people: Fill theatres showin
by exit272
Particularly the ones with $9.00 ticket prices.
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yeah right,ya think this movie was okay...tell ya what...scooby doo sucks...how many plots did they ever use...ONE... thats how many,honestly i havent seen the movie, and have learned well enough to stay away from shinola like this, i wouldnt waste my time watching it for free...leave this crap for the under 10 year olds where it belongs,any adult(without kids) that sits through this spew probably watches the powderpuff girls,and should hang out with micheal jackson with a bottle of roofies
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This mediocre-at-best review is clearly a studio plant!
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But Carter is smarter! ***************Homer S.
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Man, I never thought I would be posting my opinion about a movie online. No offense to the regulars here; I just never thought I'd take the time. I grudgingly agree with some people who have said that you can't judge a movie totally by its trailer or concept ("About a Boy" and "Undercover Brother" both looked stupid but turned out very good), but I think it's safe to say that the idea of turning a mediocre cartoon into a live-action movie is a cynical waste of time and celluloid. I mean, I loved "Scooby-Doo" back when I saw reruns in the early '80s, but I WAS five years old and among my other likes were '70s Disney films ("Apple Dumpling Gang", anyone?), bad Richard Pryor movies (as anyone who remembers the words "Don't do this to me, Wonderwheel!" can attest to), and plenty of other egregious things. "Scooby-Doo" was, for the most part, a show as formulaic as its endlessly repeated sound effects.
This trailer was the most obnoxious thing I've seen since the TV spots for "Bring It On" (the "boom boom, look at the girls with the butts" ones). A bad "modernized" version of the theme song. A blonde Freddie Prinze. Various square characters saying "modern slang" like "Let's get jiggy wit' it" (a common laugh-getter now, usually reserved for foreigners and old people...sort of like the 'aughts version of old people swearing and flipping people the bird in '80s films). At least one stupid '70s kung-fu scene (let's face it...making fun of Bruce Lee movies is all worn-out...it's like having a guy walk around in a huge Afro wig for humor). And one of the lamest lines I've ever heard "Scooby-Doo...more like Scooby-POO!" which, I swear to God, made me turn to the row behind me and offer them ten dollars to kill me (they laughed).
I guess this has to be a critique of the trailer and a prediction of the film to come...as much as I would love to write a review skewering the film, I don't think I want to support it by paying my money to see it. There's too much else good out there, and I guess I naively like to think that by not contributing my money, that somehow the studios will get the message (which is probably about as effective as me refusing to spend money at McDonald's any more).
Any other Gen X/Y/whatever out there (born in '77 here) sick of the studios trying to strip-mine the mostly-substandard stuff of our youth and turn it into "hip" movies that they figure we will flock to see because they put in a bunch of weed and slacker jokes and include all the cheesy reminders of the source material? I mean, didn't the "it's a live-action cartoon!" movie stop being interesting and funny after "The Mask"?
I hate to end all this by stating the "it's all about money" phrase (I used to live with a Business major in college who used that as his sole philosophy about life), but I have a horrid feeling that "Scooby" will be a successful film. NOT a "Spider-Man"-style blockbuster, but still do a good $60-80 at least based mainly on kid appeal (a talking dog) and Gen-X nostalgia. I guess the only way to stop these sort of movies is by refusing to go to see them. -
They stay true to the cartoon? Really? Then which episode was it where Daphne is a kung fu master? I must have missed that one- does the cast of Petticoat Junction guest star in it?
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you're joking about that scene being piss funny, right? how old are you?
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it is not the viewers' role to "give it a chance." so far, the marketing of scooby the movie has not been able to successfully win over the aicn crowd; that is the movie's fault, not the fault of the talkbackers. ***** why are the scooby plants targeting this site anyway?
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I wonder if they'll do Yogi Bear next? That would be funny.
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attacking spider-man in defense of aotc is not very compelling. address the aotc complaints head-on, don't wimp out. attempts to impeach the witness imply that there is no meritorious defense of aotc with which to begin. spider-man was mediocre. so what? what the fuck does that have to do with the bad acting, bad directing, bad cgi, obvious rehashing, and overall borefest that was aotc?
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why would you subject yourself to this? coming here and listening to these geeks is like me walking into a bronx pub wearing a red sox hat -- it's not your crowd.
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