***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Scooby-Doo was far, far better than the critics said it was.
Matthew Lillard. ZOINKS! Like, only Casey Kasem could play Shaggy better, man! The voice, the look, the delivery, the motions, they were all perfect!
Scooby was masterfully generated via CGI and superbly voiced by Neil Fanning. Good job.
Linda Cardellini did an excellent job as Velma, capturing the look & the voice exquisitely, and doing a pretty good job on her delivery too. Plus, she's hot. What more could you ask for?
Rowan Atkinson needed much more screen time than he got. There's no denying the man is funny, so why can't he get more funny lines in a comedy?
Sarah Michelle Gellar looked like Daphne alright. But this was a different Daphne, a tougher Daphne, a..."Buff"-er Daphne, if you get my drift. Actually, the new Daphne was pretty cool. Helpless damsels irritate me.
Freddie Prinze Jr. was the worst actor in the film. While he looked like Fred, he didn't put across the character too well. Not the original cartoon Fred, and not the egomaniac Fred. Too bad, 'cause ego-Fred actually would've been pretty entertaining if he'd been acted properly.
(spoilers from here on out) The writing is superb. First of all, Scrappy-Doo is one of THE most hated characters ever, so it's poetic justice that he be the villan here. Next, the...um..."references" in many Shaggy scenes were hilarious! Simply hilarious! The plot was just as strong as any of the old cheesy Scooby plots, so I don't know why people have a problem with that.
All in all, good movie. Would be better with a different Fred, but still good. And remember, "Like, we don't go anywhere with the words creepy, scary, or spooky in the name, man!......or hydroponic, but that's, like, for a totally different reason, man!"
Matthew Lillard. ZOINKS! Like, only Casey Kasem could play Shaggy better, man! The voice, the look, the delivery, the motions, they were all perfect!
Scooby was masterfully generated via CGI and superbly voiced by Neil Fanning. Good job.
Linda Cardellini did an excellent job as Velma, capturing the look & the voice exquisitely, and doing a pretty good job on her delivery too. Plus, she's hot. What more could you ask for?
Rowan Atkinson needed much more screen time than he got. There's no denying the man is funny, so why can't he get more funny lines in a comedy?
Sarah Michelle Gellar looked like Daphne alright. But this was a different Daphne, a tougher Daphne, a..."Buff"-er Daphne, if you get my drift. Actually, the new Daphne was pretty cool. Helpless damsels irritate me.
Freddie Prinze Jr. was the worst actor in the film. While he looked like Fred, he didn't put across the character too well. Not the original cartoon Fred, and not the egomaniac Fred. Too bad, 'cause ego-Fred actually would've been pretty entertaining if he'd been acted properly.
(spoilers from here on out) The writing is superb. First of all, Scrappy-Doo is one of THE most hated characters ever, so it's poetic justice that he be the villan here. Next, the...um..."references" in many Shaggy scenes were hilarious! Simply hilarious! The plot was just as strong as any of the old cheesy Scooby plots, so I don't know why people have a problem with that.
All in all, good movie. Would be better with a different Fred, but still good. And remember, "Like, we don't go anywhere with the words creepy, scary, or spooky in the name, man!......or hydroponic, but that's, like, for a totally different reason, man!"