Board Thread:Movie discussions/@comment-252417-20181020101915/@comment-33098121-20190214162341

SimonTheThespian wrote: TheAtomicLight wrote: The whole film is a complete abomination. It's terribly put together; the editing of each transition is just a complete nightmare to watch. The animation, story, characterizations, music (which sounds like it was taken from the most generic video game and porn music imaginable) is all nastily put together. It's a complete train wreck.

Daphne is at her worst in this film. It begins with her shallow webchat, which she is desperately using to plug her modelling career. She ends it with a desperate plea to her "Daphanatics" to like her video. On the other hand, she did save Fred's life, so at least there's something good to salvage from her. The complete irony is that the next film has her fly a spaceship, by also trying to push her shallowness as a great quality.

And don't get me started with Fred's obsession over the Mystery Machine. If Fred wasn't already tied to that thing by a secret love affair, then maybe it could've been truly emotional, but years and years of Fred's creepy relationship with his van leaves it pointless. Again, on the other hand, it seems to kill off this side of him once and for all. True, in the next film, Daphne's knocking it around as if it's a bumper car. And in, he sells it, and despite his shock, he lets it go very easily.

There's also the historical inaccuracies and geographical mishaps that instead of making the film more funny, just make it difficult to understand. The whole film should've just been set in Transylvania, not a village named after Transylvania that for some reason hates the Dinkley family, when it's supposed to be the Romanian land that's supposed to hate her family. Pick one, not both. It's confusing.

I assume this was supposed to be another love letter from Jim Krieg, but, boy, is this terrible. If Krieg so happens to read this, then sorry I couldn't say the complete opposite.

It has some very small funny gags, but it's a complete nightmare to watch. The only redeemable feature is the chase song.

Overall, there's nothing memorable (except for a great chase song, and I don't think that provides any real solace). It's a forgettable chapter. This film is so bad, it's bad. I actually liked it. But everyone's entitled to their own opinion. It's probably top 5 Scooby films for me. This and Zombie Island are the only ones that could've been given theatrical releases (with more money for the animation)