Scoob! (2020)

 

I had such high hopes for this film, I really did.

Genre: Family/Mystery        Time: 1h 33mins        Director: Tony Cervone

I really thought this was gonna be the sweet origin story these guys deserved finally after all these years. I was wrong, so wrong.

This was very much an obvious and shameless, cash grab with tie-ins for characters who share similar vibes. 

It does start off okay, somewhat, with how Shaggy and Scoob actually met as kids, which is very sweet and adorable, to be honest. This very quickly turns into the pair meeting the rest of the gang, solving their first mystery, and recreating the classic opening in the film's very gross and boring style of 3D CGI, all in the first 20 mins.

Then it all goes horribly wrong. There’s a really misjudged cameo (of the sort where a character has to tell you who it is in dialogue). Spoilers! 

It's Simon Cowell...

The gang is split up almost immediately after that – and it’s from here on in that we’re constantly bashed over the head with new character introductions, exposition honestly way too much information at once for a Scooby story; it just doesn't go well at all.

The film becomes overcrowded with random subplots and characters, involving Blue Falcon and Dynomutt’s superhero team, Dick Dastardly’s evil plot, and a journey to the center of the Earth where a certain Captain Caveman resides. I don't even know why this film is even called Scoob as it is often that these beloved characters don’t particularly ever feel like themselves, with most of them barely making an impact in the story in a meaningful way. The gang is barely together throughout the film anyway!!

I know a lot of people like the animation style, but I didn't, not one bit. It felt gross and very untextured. I didn't like how everyone's hair looked as if every single strand was animated to move, and everyone's eyes looked empty with nothing going on in their brains.

Don't even get me started on the script. 

Very bare bones that were probably looked at once and decided it would do. Everyone talks as if we haven't been watching the film, constantly reminding us of what they are doing, what is happening, and god it gets so tedious. 

This film is really not worth your time unless you want to become brain-dead. Kids could potentially enjoy all the bright, vibrant colours and all the wacky shenanigans, but as an adult don't bother.

1/10