Hey I just saw the Scooby Doo Movie. I didn't wanna see it cos I thought it'd be rubbish, and in a way I was right. Anyways my Son got it on Rental and I sat through it with him and its left me with a question, especially for any readers not from the Uk, but Uk ones may be able to help too...
After watching the movie the positive points are IMHO;
1.The Guy who played Shaggy was damned good
2.Daphne AND Velma were both FIT!
3.The CG effects were Ok (although Scooby's eyes were wrong I thought)
4.The brilliant twists including Scrappy Doo - I would never have expected that! Genius moment that made me like the film a whole lot more
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5.The writing was pretty good, kinda sending up the old shows, which was cool. BUUUUTTTTT.....
*Ahem* Fart jokes *Ahem* Burp Gags *Ahem* Snot Jokes
(Sorry I've got a bad cold
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WHY? Why so many pointless and way over used unfunny vulgar immature humor randomly placed in an otherwise quite smart and funny movie?
So I got to thinking. I used to watch Scooby as a Kid and don't remember any kind of Fart/Burp/Snot jokes. Is that because the script writers at Hannah/Barbera were smart enough not to include any, or WERE they included, and British TV just cut them to make it suitable for younger kids?
Don't get me wrong, Vulgarity can be hillarious. American Pie and Something about Mary for example are great films. But this was the equivalent of someone farting and everyone else in the room laughing. Except streching the "joke" out over a few minutes of an otherwise cleverly scripted movie, it just didn't seem to fit.
If it wasn't for these the film would've felt pretty authentic, or were the versions of Scooby Doo I watched as a kid censored, and joke sequences like this were included in the other (US etc) versions?
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