Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!

My kids and I watch Scooby Doo most weekends. Yesterday we rewatched the first Zombie Island which is my favorite! This week we also watched Happy Halloween Scooby Doo, the Sword and the Scoob to name a few.

This movie was just not entertaining. We had to force ourselves to keep watching. I don't normally have to do that for my 5 year old. The storyline reminds me of the Be Cool, Scooby Doo Tv show. They're using the old animation style and had a lot of call backs to old villains which may be its only positives. The movie was just trying to be too meta, made fun of it's own story model way farther than it needed to, and felt like it was just pushing an agenda that didn't feel natural. In fact, I felt like they betrayed Velma's character to not be okay with being herself.

Not sure who they were targeting with this one. Boring tale for kids and adults. I would love to see them go back to the writing from the early 2000s. Zombie Island and the Witch's Ghost were so good. But I also really enjoyed Happy Halloween from 2020 so it's not like good writing can't be found.

This really has the plot and storyline of a Scooby-Doo movie verses just an extra long tv episode worthy mystery.

The Halloween tie in is really fun but isn't the heart of the movie, but more just the background amount the story the gang is involved in.

I feel like the comedy mixes classic cartoon jokes with some new animated comedy. A more cartoonish version of jokes we got in Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc.

I think people need to realize that franchises aren't going to be the same thing over and over otherwise they get dull and boring, and the changes this film made are really fun!

And anyone who has issue with Velma in this, we had episodes/films where Shaggy, Velma, and Daphne do the same thing with a character they need in the episode/film. Doesn't distract from any of the movie, just adds to it.

I sat down here in 2022 to watch the new "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" animated movie with my son, as we both have been enjoying the "Scooby-Doo!" animated movies and series over the years. In fact, I grew up with the animated series on TV back in my childhood, so it is always a blast to return to watch the Mystery Gang on the screen.

Writers Daniel McLellan, Audie Harrison and Laura Pollak put together an enjoyable storyline, which definitely proved entertaining, and also very much felt like a proper "Scooby-Doo!" animated movie. So this was quite enjoyable to watch.

The animation in "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" is good, it looks like the good old classic style that we all love, while it still managed to incorporate new elements into the style. So it was a nice little change added to the animation and art style.

With "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" being an animated movie, of course it is important to have a good voice ensemble. And of course they had that for "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" as well, with the likes of long-time voice actors Frank Welker, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard and also Kate Micucci.

If you enjoy the "Scooby-Doo!" franchise, then you will certainly also enjoy this 2022 animated movie from director Audie Harrison. And I will say that this 2022 movie definitely is a suitable animated movie to watch for Halloween.

My rating of "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" lands on a six out of ten stars.

What do I want from a Scooby Doo movie? This! Scooby Doo trick or Treat is summed up perfectly by Fred in a very meta line in this movie. "It's not what I expected, but it's exactly what I expected." A franchise as old as time consistently breathes new life into itself and it's run of the mill plot and character archetype's by meddling with those kids and their dumb dog. This isn't your mom and dads Scooby Doo but it is still a pure and true Scooby Doo classic for the new age! Put away your fears of characters needing to stay the same and remember life goes on, things change and sometimes the biggest villains aren't the guys in a mask. It may just be the internet trolls leaving bad reviews cause made up characters get changed a little.

The plot was good. The voice actors was like a good old times. This movie is surprisingly funny and actually good. I'm classic Scooby fan and this is my type movie for my favourite character from old time when we watch it on cinema (Mystery Inc.). The story is kind-a predictable but the animatuon is wonderfully. It's perfect choice for everyone who love Scooby and enjoy cartoons. This is nostalgic for me. Awesome incorporation of representation on part of Velma's characterization. Shaggy was my favourite like Scooby. Daphne was just good nothing special but it's not bad. Just watch it is 1 hour and 10 minutes long.