Undescribable Perfection

Overrated and overhyped

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

My kids love this one so much.. Even if this movie came out in the early 2000's its still as good as the newer movies out today.. I can't wait for a new realease with the same actors..

This is my first review so i will try to do it as best as i can. but i have to warn you i will be bias, because this movie was my childhood, sure i had watched the cartoon before it, but i feel this really contributed to the show. Despite all the bad reviews this movie got, and i assume the ones it still gets, watch nostalgia critic's review on it, i still love this movie just as much as i did as a kid. the atmosphere is great i used to beg my parents to take me to spooky island as a kid, yeah i was a weird kid, but only because it looked real and amazing, a lot of detail went into the sets. i actually never found the plot too confusing, i followed it quite well, and the plot twist was awesome. I loved the characters, i think each actor portrayed their character really well, and dare i say perhaps even improved them. Matthew Lillard was exactly as shaggy should be portrayed in real life, wacky but reasonable, Velma was still smart, but more fleshed out, i would like to thank Linda Cardellini for that. Freddie prince Jr and Sarah Michelle Geller, really captured the chemistry of Daphne and Fred that i never got from the cartoon, in fact when my sisters found out these two got married in real life, they actually squealed. Also giving Daphne martial arts, Buffy like attitude, is what made Daphne more of an interesting character, in fact to this day they still give her this personality and skill set, and i know a lot of people hate CGI Scooby doo, but i didn't care i always believed there was an actual dog there, i think the actors also contributed to that. Isla fisher was a great addition, i was always sad she never showed up in other scooby doo movies,and johnny English is also in this movie. As much as i love this film, it still has flaws,i never liked the fart jokes, the adult jokes flew over my head as a kid, some are now more funny but some i still don't like. All in all i really like this movie, and i recommend any scooby doo lover to watch it.

It isn't necessarily bad...But it tries too hard to be the cartoon. In fact it strives to be the cartoon and, honestly, the cartoon does Scooby better.People didn't pay money to watch a live-action movie that tried so hard to be cartoonie that it forgot Scooby had a fairly serious tone to play the comedy off of.Instead it is zany where it should be serious and because of that the jokes never really land.Like when I was a little kid, I watch Scooby Doo because it's fun and its funny. And it does it by balancing the creepy with the goofy.The movie version skimps too much on the creepy and still tries to rely on the humor that worked so well because of the blend.In the end you have humor that ONLY works when it is referencing the cartoons and otherwise fails when it is trying to mimic the cartoons.Stay away from it. Watch the cartoons, most of them land the jokes better.

I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids and your dog too! Scooby-Doo is still one of my favorite cartoons and when I first watch the live action movie on HBO it just had to seen to believe. Actually I was laughing through out the movie while it did have some moments that made me go what were they thinking? But still I actually entertain from this movie.The plot of the film is that the Mystery Gang Scobby-Doo, Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), and Velma (Linda Cardellini) are invited to a island theme park by Mondavarious (Rowan Atkinson) however things are not what they appear to be. Also we are introduce to Mary Jane (Isla Fisher) N'Goo Tuana (Steven Grives) and Voodoo Maestro (Miguel A.Nunez Jr) As the plot goes on I like how they added the theme song because come on everyone has heard "Scooby-Doo where are you"? and know that theme by heart just having that theme more than once really does a good job. In fact a lot of the music in the film is enjoyable and the songs they feature in it have that special it factor.As for the acting, it is actually good Matthew's performance as Shaggy is just superb as he study the character very well He just shine as Shaggy, Sarah was very good as Daphne, Linda did well as Velma and Freddie did look the part of Freddie. But yeah the movie does feature some good acting just got to be more open mind about it. As for Scooby Doo I enjoy the C.G.I. Scooby Doo the cast did a great job with interacting with Scooby Doo to make it believable so props to themHowever what I didn't like about this film was the fact that it had moments that make you "What were they thinking"? and it really should have been left out of the finish film but again who knows it could have been a lot of worse which is why I'm glad I got it on DVD so I can skip the parts that didn't serve any sense.But still as a fan of Scooby Doo I got to say this is actually a funny movie and it is quite entertaining plus well thought out comedy bits that gives that cartoon feel to the film so yeah give this movie a chance you might be surpriseI give Scooby-Doo a 8 out of 10