(WARNING: If you have not seen this movie then I suggest you stop reading because I am holding nothing back regarding what happens in this movie. Therefore if you continue reading, you are hereby not allowed to blame me for ruining the ending for you. Neener Neener Neener)
The Cast: (Let's be serious here: Who wasn't in this movie?) Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Erik Knudsen, Lucy Hale, Shenae Grimes, Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Aimee Teegarden, Brittany Robertson, Alison Brie, Marley Shelton.
Phew that's a lot of people! The cast was not that bad. The acting is what it is. I was pretty happy to see Adam Brody whom I have loved ever since his days on the OC. He dies terribly. I mean both the way he died and his acting abilities in terms of death scenes. Ouch. (Trust me that ruins nothing). There are a lot of supporting characters that I hope get more recognition because they were fantastic. I thought Courteney Cox went a little Monica in this one and wasn't really the Gale Weathers I remember.
The only problem that I had with the cast was that they tried (and succeeded I guess?) to make the women all talk like dirty sailors and sound really super bitchy. Now I myself curse a LOT and I can also be super bitchy. It's just weird and unnecessary to watch actresses who normally don't play bitchy-constantly cursing people (and probably but possibly are like that in real life) on the big screen. Other than that, awesome! Love that the original cast came back! You know...minus the tons of people that died. Sad.
The Plot: I find it REALLY unnecessary to have to tell anyone what this movie was about but I'll go into it. It's the anniversary of the horrible murders and stabbings of the Ghost Face killer in good ol' Woodsboro and (shocking!) Sidney Prescott herself is back in town! Oddly enough on the day of her arrival for her book tour, the killer strikes again. A series of stabbings, with new twists and turns of course, ensues. Will Sidney actually survive this one?
The Real Deal: As usual if you're reading my blog you probably get a sense of LOTS of sarcasm coming from me when describing the plot. That's because this is (hopefully) the last in this series. When you get past number 2 in a movie franchise, it's hard to take it seriously. Except Harry Potter. OBVIOUSLY I take that very seriously.
The Plot: I find it REALLY unnecessary to have to tell anyone what this movie was about but I'll go into it. It's the anniversary of the horrible murders and stabbings of the Ghost Face killer in good ol' Woodsboro and (shocking!) Sidney Prescott herself is back in town! Oddly enough on the day of her arrival for her book tour, the killer strikes again. A series of stabbings, with new twists and turns of course, ensues. Will Sidney actually survive this one?
The Real Deal: As usual if you're reading my blog you probably get a sense of LOTS of sarcasm coming from me when describing the plot. That's because this is (hopefully) the last in this series. When you get past number 2 in a movie franchise, it's hard to take it seriously. Except Harry Potter. OBVIOUSLY I take that very seriously.
So don't take my sarcasm the wrong way. I will admit I was excited to see this but being an avid scary/horror movie watcher (or any movie in general) I get skeptical when someone tries to continue a series. Especially when the last one was 11 years ago! However in this case I would like to say....I was pleasantly surprised!
It's completely possible that I enjoyed this movie more because I saw it in an IMAX theater with ridiculously loud surround sound (seriously I think CHINA heard this movie tonight) so perhaps the movie itself was pounded into my head so much that I liked it. But I really did enjoy myself. I was on the edge of my seat most of the time and jumped a LOT. Plus I kept going back and forth the entire time about who the killer is! (Despite my mean warning at the beginning of every blog including this one, and although I REALLY want to...I wont spoil who the killer is. Happy?)
All in all if you ever liked the other Scream movies then you will most likely enjoy this one. I mean Wes Craven himself directed this one, so you know it has to be half decent...right? Maybe? No? Well I thought he did a good job. It's entertaining, gory when it needs to be, jumpy when it should be and if you want to have a good time and be able to sleep at night (because you know this isn't THAT scary) then I suggest you go see it.
Just make sure you can answer one questione before you do: What's your favorite scary movie?
