Scoob! [DVD] [Standard]

I think it’s a great Scooby-Doo movie! Some fans don’t like the shift from the usual mystery solving to Hanna-Barbera superhero movie, but I think it works very well! Shaggy and Scooby still act as bait for the villain while the others try to figure out his motives and evil plan, only the Blue Falcon’s son, Dynomutt, and Deedee, (not to be confused with the girl from Dexter’s Lab!) one of the Captain Caveman angels, are there trying to stop the bad guy too and save not only Scooby and Shaggy, but the whole world! There is an unmasking at the end too: even though Dick Dastardly is quickly revealed as the villain, there’s much more to his story than it seems at first! Sure, Dastardly kind of steals the show, but what else is new? Yes, I want a Dastardly and Muttley origin movie now, but back to Scoob! Dastardly’s and Muttley’s personalities were definitely true to their characters! The meeting between Scooby-Doo and Dick Dastardly (warning, there’s a hilarious joke on Dastardly’s first name) had me in stitches! One thing I wish was different was that they would have kept Dynomutt’s original personality with the original Blue Falcon instead of making him so serious to be a foil to BF’s goofy son, but I liked how it tied in the 3 different “man and his dog relationships!” The dynamic between Fred, the muscle, Velma, the brains, and Daphne, not the damsel in distress, but the compassionate one, is nicely done too! The origin story at the beginning was awesome, especially the reanimated theme song!!! The animation is a good mix of classic Hanna-Barbera style motions and computer animation! I think the movie is a good balance of nostalgia and contemporary! Will Forte’s Shaggy was a bit awkward to listen to, not being able to take him seriously in some of his more heartfelt moments, but the others were good! Frank Welker’s Scooby voice and Billy West’s Muttley mumbling (with a recording of Don Messick’s famous snicker) aren’t as ruff on the ears! (Hehehe!) I also was hoping for more Hanna-Barbera characters added to the mix, but they’re probably saving that for the sequel! There’s a lot of HB Easter eggs to make up for it anyhow! I love the movie!

I liked this Scooby-Doo movie. I have always liked almost all of the Scooby-Doo cartoons.

I have been trying to get my boys to like Scooby Doo for years. They thought the original was too scary, but this started how this started off with shaggy and scoob meeting, and how the gang formed, it sucked them right in. I have watched this at least 5 times now with them and is still find different stuff to laugh at. Now they are watching all the old Scooby shows. I recommend this film.

Good story of how shaggy and scoob meet. Blue falcon is different than 1970s version. When viewing this film you understand his character. Villians mumbley and dick dastardly are nice additions to this film. After viewing the film, it could've been better with fred being more mature while velma and daphne being themselves. For the kiddies are ok. For adults, not much. Still shaggy and scoob are what makes them who they are.

Grandkids are 2 and 4 years old> this was my introduction to scooby doo a favorite from when I was a kid many years ago. They absoutely loved it and did not think it was too scary at all! I can see after watching a few times already this will be a favorite for years to come.