Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-252417-20160803204929/@comment-252417-20160808132328

I'm just going to use this as my non-spoiler review (then post it on the main review thread for tomorrow).

The movie's pretty fun, it's funny, there's a lot of excitement. The combination of WWE and racing is a bit peculiar, even more so when they still go into brawls with each and Inferno.

Everyone ignores what happened with the jealousy Velma had of Daphne and Shannon in Moon Monster Madness so it can be done again with Velma's jealousy of Daphne and Stephanie McMahon, but it doesn't take over, and just ends (as you know it will) with Daphne confirming her friendship with Velma (perhaps even more solidly than Moon Monster Madness, even though it was bigger in that film).

Velma is now voiced by Kate Micucci, instead of Velma, and it doesn't suit this version of Velma at all. I'm fine with Kate as Velma in Be Cool and the LEGO stuff (because it was something new), but it's weird here and can be a bit unnatural. I just got used to it by the end (because what can you?). If Matthew Lillard had taken over Casey while they were still doing the animation of WNSD, that would be weird and unnatural, too.

In my opinion it was a bad casting choice, and they should have continued Mindy as Velma. It seems that no one can decided whether to keep Mindy or not, because she just tweeted recently that she was back again. It's not hard to figure out, just keep Kate for Be Cool and Velma for all the other stuff, or at least the main series.

I liked the little touch on Daphne's background of having a rich father. That's basically it, but it's just nice to hear it again, and adds some dimension to her character other than just having nothing. Because outside of the Stephanie friendship, she would've nothing. (The two are actually connected).

Another plus was no Fraphne. KISS made Daphne look like a major flousy. This had nothing, and was much better for it. (Daphne can have options, but not be made to look like a loosey goosey girl.)

I liked the beginning and the bulk of the rest of the film, but it's the ending that I thought was a little lackluster. I guess how do you end a film with wrestling racers? The race ends and then you defeat the monster. It seems simple enough, but I thought it fell a little flat. I also thought the checkered flag bg of the end credits was a little tacky, and the music didn't suit it.

All in all, I thought it was better than the last WWE one and the KISS one before this.