Modgirl7

This is one of my favorite holiday movies! As far as I know it isn't as well known as the other Christmas movies, but it is just as good! Mimi Rodgers does beautifully as the main character, Melody Parris. Danny, the boy she befriends while working at the department store is also perfect. I could tell from just watching this movie it looked like they had a lot of fun making it. April Mae was also good as the character you love to hate. A fun film, watch it with your best friend!

I have no idea why but I like this movie. There are so many obvious mistakes in it, but the simplicity and sweetness of the story make up for the horrible outfits that Drew Barrymores character, Julia wears. Nothing about her said 1985 to me, the year in which this movie takes place. Robbie's friend, Sammy, wears a jacket identical to what Michael Jackson wore in his Thriller era, and I really think that any guy, (at least over 14) that wore this kind of jacket in 1985 would in no way be cool. And what is with the almost whispered lines? In any scene where Robbie isn't singing his voice is so quiet and low. The acting was terrible, except for Christine Taylor and a few others and Drew Barrymore needs to learn a new accent. Other than these faults I can't help but like this movie.

I took my daughter ( a Scooby fan) to see this movie, and she loved it. Granted, she is only 3 years old, but she clapped at the end. I was always a Scooby-Doo fan of the animated series, and I think they did a good job with this movie, the plot was ok, I would have prefered something a bit creepier, but that's ok. I mean a haunted fun-house/island is pretty typical, there is only so much you can do with that. The special effects were great, and I really didn't think that I was going to like the digital Scooby, but I quickly warmed up to him, especially in some of the touching scenes between him and Shaggy. I do think that Daphne and Fred were mis-cast. I would have preferred to have seen Jennifer Aniston as Daphne, (she's got the Daphne voice too) and I have no idea who would be Fred, but anyone would have done better than Freddie Prinze Jr. The inside stoner jokes were funny too, as Shaggy's love interest was named Mary Jane and they played Pass the Dutchie when Shaggy and Scooby were cooking in the van (you could see smoke come out of the top).