Scoob! Review

 Alright. So, a couple Fridays ago, we had the VOD release of Scoob!, the newest reboot of the Scooby-Doo franchise. And, it is a fun little movie. And it has a lot of problems.

So, spoilers. But spoilers don't really matter for a film like this. It's just a dumb kid's movie.

This was the best joke in the movie, and they put it in the trailer.

The first and most glaring issue is the awful world-building. So, early in the film, they break Mystery Incorporated up, which I get - movie's gotta movie. But then, the entire movie is derailed by the Blue Falcon. Blue Falcon, apparently, is the washed-up son of the OG Blue Falcon.  And it cannot be understated how much I grew to hate this guy. I wanted to see a Scooby-Doo film where they find the bad guy under the mask, but instead, I got an entire movie about Blue Falcon.

Literally, it's a Blue Falcon movie pretending to be a Scooby-Doo movie. And I don't even know why. It's like the crossover episodes of the original show, like the time they met Batman. They're never the best episodes. But it's nice to see the characters interacting. But, most of the Batman episodes are spent with Mystery Inc. and see the gang working together. But this?

This dude should've been Peter B. Parker, not whatever happened.

This is sloppy world-building. Because this is supposed to be the first film in the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe. That's right. Cinematic Universe. Next on the list is the Jetsons, the Flintstones, and Wacky Races. But why Blue Falcon? He wasn't even the titular character of the show -- it was Dynomutt. Who are they trying to appeal to? Those shows aired in the 60s -- when today's grandmothers were kids. It's not like the 80s nostalgia of Stranger Things.

And since the target demographic for the Blue Falcon is grandparents, who do they think is getting it on VOD? Because, while stereotypes of old people not knowing how to use modern technology are oftentimes unfounded, that one is totally true. Technology changes too fast.

No, no. They are trying to get the children's demographic of a stereotypical superhero since superhero flicks are so popular now. But those are based on years of built-up expectations. Blue Falcon? Never heard of him before. But now I have.

And I absolutely hate him. Well, I hate what he did to the movie. The character's fine.

I wanted to see a Scooby-Doo movie. A whodunnit. Whodunnits can be good, like last year's Knives Out. Why can't we have Scoob!: Knives Out? I would watch that. But no. I got a Blue Falcon movie. I wanted to see the gang interacting, as that is crucial to any Scooby-Doo property. But nooooooo. Dumb Blue Falcon and his problems, trying to stop Dick Dastardly and whatever generic sky beam portal they could come up with.

It was not cool to give Blue Falcon more screentime than Fred, Velma, and Daphne. 

They also introduce Captain Caveman. For whatever reason. No clue who he is, but they really messed up his dialogue. For whatever reason, he was saying dumb kid movie stereotypes instead of caveman stereotypes. That was disrespectful.

And, the movie's jokes fall flat. I think I laughed, like, twice. And one of them was at the Ikea joke they put in every trailer.

They nerfed Captain Caveman. Hard. Anything with him was hard to watch, honestly.

Basically, there were about two things I liked about the film. The first thing was anything involving Fred. Fred was the MVP of the film -- voiced by Zac Efron, trying to be Sam Malone. If I had to choose one character with the best moments, it would be Fred.

The second thing I like was the aforementioned animation. It looked good.

Overall, I would give the film a 4/10. "On one hand, a semi-promising Scooby-Doo reboot. On the other hand, miserable, unfunny world building failure, mostly thanks to the Blue Falcon."

We'll always have what could have been.