Scooby Doo - Live Action Movie (DVD)

You may be wondering what a 17 year old is doing watching Scooby Doo, but I must confess that I grew up watching the cartoon and this greedy dog with the hilarious voice has a kind of nostalgia value for me. The live-action, no-expense-spared film version was released four years ago now (how time flies) and I thought I would take up the chance to watch it one more time, to relive those childhood memories all over again. The film begins with the Mystery Inc. crew falling out with each other and splitting up, but since this would not make a very interesting film, they are all reunited when a strange man called Emile Mondavarious (Rowan Atkinson) invites them on ...  Read the complete review

"If it wasn't for those meddling kids." Groans the unmasked villain and so ends another Hannah Barbara inspired piece of cartoon mayhem involving a cross-section of American youth and including a large dog with a speech impediment. Scooby Doo was part of the cartoon landscape when I was a kid. Even then I found it kinda formulaic with its goofy ghost chases culminating in the inevitable unmasking of the villain at the end. Ever the rebel, I often wanted the ghost to win just once. Perhaps in the same way, I wanted the Roadrunner to get eaten; Jerry the mouse to get it's come uppance and Scratchy the cat to execute a diabolical revenge on Itchy ...  Read the complete review

At the time of its release a few years ago, there were a lot of complaints about the live action Scooby Doo film 'betraying' the original animated series. Which, I suppose, is an opinion. But one which carries one problem, and that is one of the actual quality of the source material, once you cut the faintly deranged nostalgia. Scooby Doo, Hanna Barbera's classic cartoon character, has gained cult status through its utter patheticness. In each episode, Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne would drive the garish Mystery Machine to a spooky mansion/castle/town/lighthouse and be chased around by an apparently supernatural force which would then be revealed to be a janitor ...  Read the complete review

Scooby Doo really is a great film for the kids, I think for any child who is a fan of Scooby Doo this is a must see movie. It is a loive action film that was released in 2002. This film was followed up by the sequel of Scooby Doo - Monsters Unleashed and then the telefilm, Scooby Doo - The mystery begins which is still currently being filmed. The film also contains an excellent sound track featuring bands such as Outkast and Sugar Ray amongst others. I really thought this was a great film for the kids but less so for adults, understandably so! The film is about Scooby Doo with his crew including, Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Velma being taken to Spooky Island. ...  Read the complete review

Scooby Doo From a young age, I have always adored Scooby Doo cartoons, and when they released the film I was all up for seeing it. Not only because I loved the franchise that is Scooby Doo but because at that time I was a huge Buffy fan and this would be the first film I saw Sarah Michelle Gellar in, where she wasn't getting thrown off a balcony or getting eaten/hurt in someway. Here is my review. The Plot The film starts with Mystery Inc investigating another mystery, once that mystery is solved they get into an argument and all of them go their separate ways. It cuts to a few years later, and Scooby and Shaggy are living in the Mystery ...  Read the complete review