Let me start by saying that the third installment in this highly successful trilogy was not worse than Scream 2. On the other hand it wasn't much better than the first sequel, well, maybe a little...
When I heard that the Scream-team had to do without Kevin Williamson as screenwriter I was rather sceptical. But I have to admit that Ehren Kruger did a decent job. He copied the style of Kevin Williamson instead of trying to come with new aspects and I was glad he did so because many other sequels in the horror genre failed because the screenplay contained new ideas which ruined the film. Scream 3 has a solid screenplay, not as clever as the one of the original, but without any major flaws.
The body count (although it is not a very gory film) is higher than in its two predecessors. And this time the killer is able to make his voice sound like the ones of his soon-to-be victims. I think this was supposed to increase the suspense (is it the killer or is it the person it seems to be?) but personally, I think it was a rather lame and somehow "cheap" idea.
The characters: Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) looks better than in Scream 2, Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox-Arquette) looks like a skeleton with messed-up haircut, Dewey (David Arquette) returned back to normal state of mind, Carrie Fisher has a nice cameo and Lance Henriksen is cool as always (too bad he wasn't given more on-screen time). Any questions?
In Scream 2 I really hated Kevin Williamson for killing off my favored character Randy (Jamie Kennedy). I always thought there was something wrong about his death. I was positively surprised by his appearance in Scream 3, even if it was just on videotape.
Overall, Scream 3 is a good sequel. However, the ending should have revealed anything more spectacular than what it actually did. This trilogy should have ended with a big surprise, something that would stay in your mind (remember Randy in Scream 2?: "I'd let the geek get the girl."). The film wasn't as scary as the first two, the only eerie scene was Neve's first vision of her mother.
Watch this one if you liked the first two films, if you haven't seen those yet, watch them first.
My rating: 7/10 (I gave Scream 2 a 6/10)
When I heard that the Scream-team had to do without Kevin Williamson as screenwriter I was rather sceptical. But I have to admit that Ehren Kruger did a decent job. He copied the style of Kevin Williamson instead of trying to come with new aspects and I was glad he did so because many other sequels in the horror genre failed because the screenplay contained new ideas which ruined the film. Scream 3 has a solid screenplay, not as clever as the one of the original, but without any major flaws.
The body count (although it is not a very gory film) is higher than in its two predecessors. And this time the killer is able to make his voice sound like the ones of his soon-to-be victims. I think this was supposed to increase the suspense (is it the killer or is it the person it seems to be?) but personally, I think it was a rather lame and somehow "cheap" idea.
The characters: Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) looks better than in Scream 2, Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox-Arquette) looks like a skeleton with messed-up haircut, Dewey (David Arquette) returned back to normal state of mind, Carrie Fisher has a nice cameo and Lance Henriksen is cool as always (too bad he wasn't given more on-screen time). Any questions?
In Scream 2 I really hated Kevin Williamson for killing off my favored character Randy (Jamie Kennedy). I always thought there was something wrong about his death. I was positively surprised by his appearance in Scream 3, even if it was just on videotape.
Overall, Scream 3 is a good sequel. However, the ending should have revealed anything more spectacular than what it actually did. This trilogy should have ended with a big surprise, something that would stay in your mind (remember Randy in Scream 2?: "I'd let the geek get the girl."). The film wasn't as scary as the first two, the only eerie scene was Neve's first vision of her mother.
Watch this one if you liked the first two films, if you haven't seen those yet, watch them first.
My rating: 7/10 (I gave Scream 2 a 6/10)