Potentially Scooby Doo was & could still be, a very good film, but it was let down solely by the plot.
Unlike others I thought the casting was good & there were some good performance, Shaggy particularly & some good scenes & funny moments.
Unfortunately, the storyline was one, largely alien to Scooby Doo, the cartoon & it's viewers. They should've stuck to the tried & tested "old Fred Bloogs, the Lodger in the Shed scaring visitors away" rather than indulging in face & soul swapping & brainwashing.
The pleasure of Scooby Doo is the element of mystery & the whodunnit. There was no real mystery in here at all & nothing to keep the viewer guessing.
The farting & burping scene seemed merely to appease the 3 year olds in the audience, the characterisations seemed a little too different to the originals & I wasn't convinced by 'Scrappy as Villain', but there was enough in the film to still make it a fairly good effort all round.
A low 5/10
Unlike others I thought the casting was good & there were some good performance, Shaggy particularly & some good scenes & funny moments.
Unfortunately, the storyline was one, largely alien to Scooby Doo, the cartoon & it's viewers. They should've stuck to the tried & tested "old Fred Bloogs, the Lodger in the Shed scaring visitors away" rather than indulging in face & soul swapping & brainwashing.
The pleasure of Scooby Doo is the element of mystery & the whodunnit. There was no real mystery in here at all & nothing to keep the viewer guessing.
The farting & burping scene seemed merely to appease the 3 year olds in the audience, the characterisations seemed a little too different to the originals & I wasn't convinced by 'Scrappy as Villain', but there was enough in the film to still make it a fairly good effort all round.
A low 5/10