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It doesn't matter what age we are when it comes to Scooby Doo it was, is & always will be a must watch. Now if you're following the Scooby-Doo animated / Cartoons series or movies then you already know how cross overs are common & Scoob is no different you'll see other Characters from Hanna-Barbera such as Blue-Falcon and his Dog , Dick Dastardly from Wacky Racers as the main Antagonist alongside Muttley with a Cameo providing you the total nostalgic journey especially if your 90's kids or older. Film follows how Scoob and the gang met when they were children's following the Scooby-Doo theme song 'Scooby Dooby Doo Where Are You? We Got Some Work To Do Now' with same picturization as we've seen in 90's. The Movie is set-ed in modern times where you'll find IKEA , Netflix's jokes along with Insta & Selfies. The major weak point about the movie was the mystery part as when it comes to Scooby Doo there has to be a ghost, ending with that iconic removal of Face Mask following 'Those Meddling Kids' but sadly you wont see that this time and that's Sad Very Very Sad.

Scooby-Doo is one property that has probably done just about everything you can think of for a franchise that has gone on for a few decades, I'm not going to even bother listing all the things this intellectual property has had its hand, er, paw in because we could be here all day (or all night depending on when you're reading this...). The news of a big screen reboot just made me go "meh!" at it, on account that this franchise is still going and it seems like they release a new direct-to-video feature or TV series every week at least, but I guess you could do worse since Scooby-Doo these days is mostly stale but not offensive. I didn't mind the look of the characters, you could have done worse in design. I didn't mind the change of voice actors all that much and I like the idea of a Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe (Because why not? It's been done before on the small screen and comic strip books). I didn't see it in theatres (Obviously, I don't need to go into the specifics as to why, if circumstances had been different I probably would have seen it in the theater) and I didn't want to spend more than $20 to rent it, so I waited till it came on HBO Max to see it. Overall I would say it's 40/60, 40 percent being good and 60 percent being meh to dire. There are some nice ideas, good voice acting, and funny moments throughout, but the plot isn't particularly well thought out and, as my summary states, it's less of a Scooby-Doo picture and more of a Blue Falcon movie, so much so that I was left to ask myself on repeat "why didn't you just make a Blue Falcon movie, Warner Bros.?" Blue Falcon isn't as well-known a property as Scooby-Doo, so you can have more free reign to do with that in crafting a narrative and potentially gaining a new audience in the process - Worked for Marvel with Iron Man, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, and many others. Will the family like it? I think they will, it has problems but it's not what I would call boring either, wouldn't mind seeing a sequel, just tone down the world building and, I don't know, have some mystery to the plot, because last I checked Scooby-Doo is about Mystery Incorporated.

I was never really the biggest fan of Scooby Doo. I watched some epispodes, but I never really gravitated to that show and characters. But even with watching so little episodes, you can tell it is very different from the cartoon. It doesn't feel like Scooby Doo. There aren't any mysteries of haunted houses. This is a superhero movie wth Scooby Doo characters.

The villian is actually pretty good. He has a clear motivation and you understand what's he doing and why he's doing it. He can also be funny which is perfect for a kids movie like this.

The voice actors did a good job. The stand-outs for me are Mark Whalberg, Jason Isaacs and Frank Welker.

The movie is really funny and a lot of the jokes land well. Especially with the character of Fred. Whenever he's on screen he gives that funny vibe and you can't help it but to laugh whenever he tells a joke.

The biggest problem for me is that this is just a generic kids movie. It follows the same formula as all kids movies. Set-up a relationship with two characters, seperate them and make them reconcile, earn the power of friendship and save the day. On top of that, add a bunch of pop songs. The movie is afraid to take risks and shake things up. Because that, it doesn't add anything new to the genre, it doesn't add anything new to the Scooby Doo characters and it's just forgetable. If i'm in a mood for Scooby Doo, I won't watch this. I will watch the original cartoon. If I'm in a mood for a 21st century kids movie, I won't watch this. I will just go watch the Lego Movie. My point is that this movie doesn't stand out in any way.

I conslusion, I don't think that a generic kids movie is worth 20 dollars.

4/10 you can skip it, you're not missing much.

This movie dies after the first 15 minutes. It starts and it's super cute and actually resembles Scooby-Doo. But then it just goes off the rails. It has stupid cameos, pop culture nonsense like dabbing?? It was so basic. The plot was just nonsense and boring.

I don't love the animation style they look like they are made from each plastic and the voice acting is kinda off putting because for the most part non of the characters sound like any incarnation of them from the past which is strange as some of the old cast members spoke about wanting to return and were disappointed not to be asked.

My other complaint is there want really a main monster to fight against it seemed to randomly pop up in the end. It just didn't seem like Scooby-Doo

The first 15 mins of this are great. Why they couldn't have just kept this as an origin story of how the gang met and started solving mysteries is beyond me. Instead the story spirals off into a million directions and is filled with tons of poorly executed pop culture references. The animation is stellar, but the plot diminishes this one a lot. I'm not expecting it to be just like the TV series, but my kids got more excited at the beginning of the movie and started to lose interest as it went on. Sometimes I wonder if these screenwriters working on kids movies actually have kids. So disappointing and a big missed opportunity.