Everyone loves a cinematic masterpiece. Films like The godfather And Gone with the wind are classics for a reason. These are good films, and it is difficult to discuss the opposite. While bad movies may not have the widespread appeal of a timeless classic. James Gunn Scooby-doo (Alternatively known as Scooby-doo: the film) has its own unique charm, but the mishap of the 2002 comedy-horror is not a good film. It’s downright horrible. The effects of the film were not great and had aged like hot milk. The game is not necessarily terrible, but it is only a hair above what the public can expect from a wacky family film.

Scooby-doo is a strong versatile rancid enough to RollerPeter Travers to suggest that potential viewers may need “pooper scoopers”. However, there is a little take here. Although it is not ScarpaceCertainly entertaining, Gunn’s family game is certainly entertaining. This is the kind of product that cult movies loves love. Perhaps the most appropriate comparison, although that which is tonedly incompatible, is from Tommy Wiseau The room. Scooby-doo is a film that is so spectacularly bad that it is, paradoxically, an insane pleasure.

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• Dairy Queen supported the film’s marketing efforts by introducing a blizzard flavor “Mystery Crunch” in a limited edition.

• The game Game Boy Advance, a mixture of platform and puzzle resolution, received more critical praise than the film.

Like most family films, live action Scooby-doo has a fairly simple plot. It should not be surprising to learn that it presents the emblematic gang Mystery Inc. as a central objective. After another successful case, Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.) claims all glory, causing a nasty argument. The group is finally divided, leaving Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Scooby (Neil Fanning) to take care of the van alone. Two years later, Mondavarius (Rowan Atkinson) invites everyone to attend the opening of Spooky Island, a tropical station on the theme of horror.

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The individual invitations do not mention the old group and everyone has an opposite meeting at the airport. You could call it a “hatred meeting”, perhaps. As the plane landed, the former colleagues accepted a provisional truce. The following is quite standard Scooby-doo antics. The 86 -minute film never really leaves its predetermined box. It is a Slapstick comedy on a bunch of young adults and their dog speaking unmask a mysterious brain. However, there are some narrative twists and turns.

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• Sarah Michelle Gellar hated the famous Go-Go boots of her character, noting that they were extremely uncomfortable.

• This film remains the request of the actor of voice Casey Kasem that Shaggy is described as a strict vegetarian.

Despite its critical failure, the film made an impressive profit. His box office race collected $ 275.7 million against a modest budget of $ 84 million. It is a tidy sum when you remember that its direct competitor was Disney Lilo and point. He is even better with his target demographic group. Gellar’s performance has earned him a prize for Teen Choice, and the film won the humorous title of the Kids’ Choice Awards “favorite Fart in a movie”.

Despite appearances, it is an astonishingly intentional film. There is a very conscious balance of conventional gags and innuendos. Obviously, his humor adapted to children occupies the front of the stage. It is easy to write the film as a raw festival of poop and pet jokes, but there is an surprisingly hilarious essence under the veneer of coarse light gags. Interestingly, part of the comic potential of the film is an involuntary side effect of its old life.

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The original script was even more self-referential. The auto-Paris was originally split for a PG-13 note, but its raw humor and its antics left it with an R. clumsy that this cut was finally modified, and the more rough edges were shaved until it is a more family product. Now, when director James Gunn has revealed the existence of a news cup R of the film, it is unlikely that it will be revealed to the public.

Above all, Warner Bros. is naturally reluctant to imitate the generalized criticism of Velma. But it should also be noted that the board of directors of ratings opposed a very specific joke. Aside from this scene, most of the cutting content is always available. Anyone who is also inclined can easily reconstruct the chances and end to form an R-Rated Campy Deligy Cup from Gunn.

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• The scams of the scary island of the film were shot on the island of Moreton in Queensland, Australia.

• The original script, written by Craig Titley, threw Old Man Smithers as the villain.

• We asked Weezer – and finally refused – to provide music to the film.

That said, 2002 Scooby-doo is far from a masterpiece. Even with its few surprises, the film perfectly understands what it is. This is part of the charm of the direct interpretation of Gunn from the classic cartoon. It is a film that knows what it is and never tries to be something more. Thus, by extension, it never falls prey to any kind of great illusion of importance. This kind of narrative conscience is the knot of most films that are “so bad, they are good”.

Gunn’s supernatural thriller offers exactly what the public expects. It is filled with fear adapted to age, conventional reminders, successful comic content, mediocre CGI and wacky buffoonery. It’s nothing like this The room. In truth, The abominable Doctor Phibes is a better comparison than The room For Scooby-dooThe wise quality (lack of)). Wiseau’s bizarre piece is loved for its total devotion to a scandalously bad idea.

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Gunn’s film is the opposite. It is a good idea filled with passable performance and a help to known quirks. All Scooby-doo laughs at its very existence. Another appropriate comparison is that of Brian de Palma Phantom of Paradise. All these films share the same frightening essence and dilute the inherent horror with a pleasant camp. And maybe it’s Scooby-dooThe best line. He, like his source material, is a loving parody of his inspirations.

There is an undeniable admiration for the original Hanna-Barbera cartoon under the quirks of the film. There is also a crucial feeling of nostalgia tastefully soaked in the DNA of the film. Despite his corniosity, the film’s script easily transmits the penchant of his team for the gang Mystery Inc. The film never makes the mistake of becoming a hollow echo of its old iterations. Gunn injects a feeling of rescue of pop culture which has not aged a little.

Since its beginnings over twenty years ago, this nostalgic return has become a splendid mirror of the 2000s. It has all the pleasure and the energy of optimism which has permeated the cinema of the beginning of the century. Even his CGI has a feeling of retro charm. Scooby-doo is a fun and not serious game that is not supposed to be taken seriously. It has never been supposed to change the world, and it’s okay. Gunn knew the limits of the film and modified it by producing what could be the most camped adventure of the franchise to date.

Scooby-doo

Released

June 14, 2002

ESRB

E for everyone

Developer (s)

Helix

Publisher (s)

Thq