Scooby-Doo: Mistério na Lutamania

This movie is about Shaggy and Scooby winning a trip to WWE city to see WrestleMania. The gang runs into trouble when Scooby is accused of stealing the WWE championship belt. Some of their new friends must prove Scooby's innocence before it's too late and the mysterious Ghost bear ruins the main event. Daphne (Grey DeLisle) is my favorite character because she is in love with John Cena and it reminds of me of myself when I have a big crush on a celebrity. I love when she confesses to Fred that she gave John her phone number, cellular number, email address and home address. That is pretty funny and cute and - Fred gets jealous. Scooby (Frank Welker) is my second favorite character because I love his voice and he is a better fighter than Shaggy because his moves are so swift and smooth.

I enjoyed the wrestling scenes in this movie, especially when Scooby is dreaming of being in a video game and he is up against a slice of a pizza, two delicious hotdogs and a huge cup of soda.

My favorite scene is Scooby playing the bonus level of the video game by doing Sin Cara's victory dance because Scooby has some nice dance moves. I is really cool to see WWE city animated because you get to experience what it is like to be a wrestler and what it is like to see a fight in the stadium. The upbeat music allows the audience to feel the excitement of the opponents. My least favorite part is the beginning because it takes forever to get to the plot and I is confusing for the first 30 minutes of the film.

The moral of the film is to not allow one's anger to turn into revenge. It's okay to be angry. It is not okay to act on the anger and make bad decisions. Parents should be aware that there are fighting scenes and a Ghost bear before allowing small children to view this movie. I recommend this movie for ages nine year to 18 years. I give this movie 3 out of 5 stars.

Reviewed by Shelby R., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic

Whereas "Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery" is, of course, a children's cartoon, then it was still fun to watch, having grown up with both the Scooby Doo cartoons and wrestling on TV during the 1980s (I stopped watching (and outgrew) wrestling before it become WWE), then it was fun to watch this 2014 animated feature.

Storywise, well, then it is as any Scooby Doo cartoon goes. Basically, once you have seen a single episode, you have seen them all. Something foul and strange is afoot, and it is up to the gang to get to the root of the mystery that is plaguing the WWE city.

The animation in the movie was smooth and it was just like the cartoons I remembered from back in the 80's, except for some minor updates, such as tablets and smart phones and such. But great to see that the show is progressing and staying in tune with todays day and age.

As for the voice acting, well people were doing good jobs putting themselves, their talent and souls into the characters. Now, I can't really claim to be familiar with the stars of WWE, so I really can't put much comment on their part.

The enjoyment in "Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery" was good, and there is something for the entire movie to watch here when sitting down all together to watch this.

OK. Despite being a longtime wrestling fan and frankly, of Scooby Doo too, I'm probably not the target audience that the film was made for anymore. That said, despite its wild view of how Wrestling works I thought it was passable.

Having won tickets to WrestleMania, by completing the hidden bonus dance at the end of a WWE game, Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), Scooby (Frank Welker) and the rest of the gang head to WWE City, where the shows emanate from and where the superstars work, train and (inexplicably) live. A ghostly bear appears and threatens to ruin the show, along with an old woodsman, who resents the WWE's arrival in his vicinity.

So, from a technical standpoint "WrestleMania Mystery" isn't great. The animation is cheap and occasionally a bit sloppy, particularly when it comes to backgrounds. The likenesses of the wrestlers is pretty good though, and there are a number of "legends" hidden in some scenes to pick out. The professional actors do a good job with their voiceovers, but some of the WWE guys aren't as successful. HHH particularly stands out as unnatural, along with the Miz - who's given a weird slapstick comedy role in proceedings.

From a Scooby Doo point of view it's actually a decent story. Well.... It's the same Scooby Doo story it always was, but I was convinced that one of the characters, who turned out to be a red herring, was actually behind it. From the WWE's point of view, I'm not sure why they didn't want it to be slightly more realistic; why they were happy to give the impression that everyone would live together, why they want to let any show, let alone a WrestleMania come from this tiny arena. The films production timeframe leaves some interesting selections, would Sin Cara, or AJ Lee have featured so heavily, if they'd have known how their WWE Careers would pan out. No Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston. Bray Wyatt would have made a good foil for the gang.

There are some humorous moments though not enough that I'd recommend picking up the film.

Scooby and the gang team up with WWE Stars in their animated counter-parts .. honestly this movie totally sucks, there are only a couple of famous WWE superstars and that burn ape .. puhleeeze .. if you're gonna make a Scooby Doo movie in collaboration with WWE then it should be Live-action mixed with animations like that on Space Jam, that would suite the stage better .. movie-making wise and the story could've been a hundred times better than a burnt ape monster running on the loose.

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

The latest mystery has Shaggy and Scooby winning a wrestling video game, which gives them the grand prize of a week at the WWE headquarters. Once there the gang gets involved with the mystery involving a giant glowing bear who is wrecking havoc on the place and plans to ruin the upcoming WrestleMania. The latest movie from Scooby-Doo isn't the greatest and in fact it's a major set back when compared to BIG TOP SCOOBY-DOO but there's no doubt that fans will still want to check it out. While the film remains entertaining for the most part, there's no question that it lacks a certain amount of charm. I'm not sure why on Earth the filmmakers decided to mix in the wrestling stars but it really didn't make for a good combination. I'm not going to lie, I stopped watching wrestling years ago but I thought they could have done a few interesting things with it. Sadly, that really didn't happen as we get the typical types of jokes that you'd expect and of course Shaggy and Scooby eventually have to face down one of the biggest people in the business. The film does have some good stuff in it including the monster bear, which looked excellent and made for a great villain. It's really too bad he wasn't used more. The animation is top-notch as you'd expect and there's no doubt that Scooby is always at the top of his game. The vocal work is good by all, which is another plus. The story itself is pretty standard and it's not too hard to figure out who's going to be behind the mask. Still, even with the flaws, the film manages to be entertaining.