SCOOB! is the first theatrically released Scooby-Doo film since 2004's Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and the very first theatrically released animated one. Scooby and the gang face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined. I was skeptical of this movie, because there hasn't really been a good film or TV show about Scooby-Doo in about 15 years or so. I had very little confidence in this film. What good things can I say about this movie? Well, the animation looks confident I guess. Yeah that's it. This film is absolute fucking garbage. This film feels way too modern, none of the classic charm of Scooby-Doo is present whatsoever. Every character uses modern day buzzwords, basically it fucking panders to today's youth. Ironically this movie throws shade at pandering. It's not even a mystery, it's a fucking superhero movie with Scooby-Doo characters. Never once did I laugh, this movie is painfully unfunny. Mark Wahlberg is wasted here, which is one of the biggest crimes here. Going back to this movie's pandering, his character, Blue Falcon, fucking dabs within 30 seconds of being introduced. There are also tinder jokes. You read that right, tinder jokes. Here is something that the great film critic, Chris Stuckmann pointed out that I noticed too, there seems to be a time paradox! So in the first 12 minutes, which is the best part of the movie, seemingly takes place in the 90s. You see people walking around with boomboxes, you hear Tupac and Backstreet Boys, you know, giving off that 90s vibe. However, it really can't have been in the 90s though because at some point, Shaggy pulls out a fucking smart phone! Last time I checked, there was no such thing as smartphones in the 90s. By far the worst thing about this movie though, is the chemistry between the gang itself. It kind of starts promising when the characters are kids, but once they are grown up, their friendship is suddenly ruined immediately and they are split up for damn near the rest of the movie. I hated this movie! There are virtually no redeeming qualities in this thing! Don't waste the $25 to rent or buy this thing, it's not worth it! Sonic the Hedgehog comes out on Blu-ray this week, go to Walmart and buy that instead. Also, especially don't buy this piece of shit due to the fact that the studio did Matthew Lillard dirty with this movie.
Grade: F
Run time: 94 min
MPAA: PG (for some action, language, and rude/suggestive humor)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
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