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You know those four characaters -- Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and Fred, plus one dog Scooby of Mistery Inc., and its van painted like any 60s phychedelic band's record jacket. After some acrimonious disagreement, they split, but all are invited to an amusing park island by Mr. Emile Montevarious, who asks them to investigate a mystery case. Yes, there's something spooky going on, he says. But hey, from the beginning, that Montevarious looks the most suspicious guy, being played by Rowan 'Mr. Bean' Atkinson.

So, you should know this is absolutely, and rightly, 100 per cent tongue-in-cheek summer entertainment film. Don't think about anything about the plot, because there is none. If you just check your PC, visit the site of imdb, and see it was written by James Gunn, who is responsible for legendary cult film "Tromeo an Juliet" (no kidding) produced by none other than Troma (!!!), you know what to do. Switch off your brain activity and just relax yourself. And enjoy the cameo appearance of Pamela Anderson and Sugar Ray.

Be sure that I don't mean the film is not worth your time, even though it sometimes looks as if meant for 5 year kids, with its propensity for fart jokes (yeah, it works before kids). The best thing about the film is its costumes and actors. Psychedelic fashion created by Leesa Evans (who was behind another Hanna-Barbera film "Josie and the Pussycats") is very impressive, striking our eyes with Daphne's various styles of purple-colored dresses. The actors are good, but this time the best prize goes to Lillard and Cardellini, as Shaggy and Velma. They raise the characters upto the three-dimentional level, both with well-regulated acting -- Lillard with funny and credible stoned-out character alongside CGI dog, and Cardellini revealing deadpan comic sense and unexpectedly sexy side of the cartoon character (really).

The title dog Scooby is fairly effective in creating laughs, but the result of any film eventually comes from humans. In that sense, "Scooby-Doo" is a so-so good entertainment.

Okay at best, but it doesn't beat the original series
"Scooby-Doo" is okay. It's not that great of a film and it's not that bad. As much as I despise him, I have to say that Matthew Lillard does an excellent job as Shaggy. He's the best character in this flick. Linda Cardellini is good as Velma, but she has a couple of lines(ex. "Let's get jinky with it") that are just atrocious. Freddie Prinze, Jr. wasn't necessarily miscast as Fred, but the character was portrayed in a way that doesn't really reflect the character from the original show. Sarah Michelle Gellar was annoying as Daphne. Nevermind the fact that she pulled out the old kung-fu ala "Buffy," she's just not convincing enough in this role. The CGI Scooby was just that, a CGI Scooby. He looks fake, but dogs can't talk either, so I'm okay with that. His character is actually pretty good.

The best part of this film is the opening scene with the Luna ghost. It looked as if it were straight out of the old series. Everything heads south from there. The characters, excepting Shaggy and Scooby, are weightless. The nasties are just plain silly and the jokes resort to sophomoric humor. I'm sure every thirteen year-old boy in the crowd got a laugh from the farting contest between Shaggy and Scooby. A few cuss words were thrown around, and Daphne puts a whipping on a wrestler-type baddie.

Overall, this film works well with kids between the ages of eleven and sixteen. Younger kids MIGHT get scared by the bad guys, and the language can get a little rough for the really young'uns. For us older folks who grew up with the series, it's nice to see Scooby and the gang in a live-action format. However, I feel that this movie tries too hard to make itself appeal to all age groups. I also think that the director should have decided on whether he was making a nostalgic flick, a spoof, or an updated version using potty humor.

It's watchable and somewhat funny, but you might want to rent this one before laying any money down for it.

Scooby Dooby Doooooo!
After a classic Scooby Doo mystery being solved, Velma gets tired of Fred always taking the credit for her work and quits the gang. Fred and Daphne follow suite and the now lonely duo of Shaggy and Scooby go off on their own.

About a year or so later, they meet up again at the airport where, unbeknownst to them, they are all invited to the newly opened Spooky Island theme park to solve a mystery. Each person vows to solve the mystery on their own, but once they get to their destination, they realize that they must work together once again to solve the mystery of what is changing the vacationing college students from normal teenagers into zombie type strangers.

Shaggy meets a girl who becomes a sort of love interest and sort of casts Scooby off for his new interest. When Scooby realizes there is more to Shaggy's new friend than meets the eye, Shaggy refuses to listen and causes Scooby to become a willing, but unknown participant in the evil doer's plan to take over the world.

Loaded with great special effects, computer animation and a great cameo starring the puppy everyone loves to hate, Scrappy Doo, this movie is great. The characters all kept the same aspects that made the cartoon great. However, there are some things that kept me from giving this movie 5 stars. In the cartoon, Velma never seemed resentful of Fred always taking the credit, Daphne was more than a spoiled selfish brat, Fred did not act stupid even in the least.

If you enjoyed the old cartoon series, you will surly like this live action movie.