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Scooby Doo 2:Monsters Unleashed | Description: Movie based on the cartoon Classification: Comedy Directed: - Raja Gosnell Actors/Actresses: - Linda Cardellini as Velma - Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne - Matthew Lillard as Shaggy - Freddie Prinze Jr as Fred - Seth Green - Neil Fanning Worth its weight in Scooby Snacks The Mystery Machine gang returns in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. I didn't see the first movie, so there will be no comparing of the two here. The movie stars Sarah Michelle GellAR as Daphne, Freddy Prinze Jr. as Fred, Linda Cardellini as Velma, and Matthew Lillard who is excellent as Shaggy. We join the gang at a museum opening featuring the costumes of previous bad guys that they captured. A dark villian crashes the party with the help of a pterodactyl and steals the costumes. His plan is to reanimate them and take over the town of Coolsville. Shaggy and Scooby are feeling like major screw-ups because they let the villians escape one too many times. So, they try their hardest to be like their friends. Seth Green plays the curator of the museum and the love interest of Velma, squashing all old school beliefs that Velma was ever a lesbian. Peppermint Patty and Marcy, yes... Velma, no. :) Peter Boyle plays one of the previous villians that the gang had captured. Could HE be out for vengeance? The reason I don't give this movie 5 stars is because of the apathetic acting of Alicia Silverstone as a gung-ho investigative reporter. Thumbs up/props/kudos to the set direction team for some amazing sets and the visual effects crew for making the movie more enjoyable without getting too violent. About the only violent scene is when Daphne is in a medeival weapon duel with the Black Knight Ghost. It's your basic Buffy fight scene with quite a bit less gore. The movie is a bit thick with the "be yourself" message but it's stomachable (yeah, I know, not a real word). There's a cameo appearance at the end of the movie by 'Shining Star' Ruben Studdard. Movie warnings: Monster barfing, canine cross-dressing, and Scooby and latex farting. No profanity to worry about. For the adults, it may get a little too silly at times. But, hey, this is Scooby Doo not Marlon Brando. It's a great movie for the whole family and worth the day and evening ticket prices. Question to think about from the movie: Scooby and Shaggy versus a Cotton Candy Monster.. who do YOU think would win? ;) Not Your Classic Scooby Doo (...)Being a huge fan of the cartoon, it kind of upsets me to give Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed a 2 star rating. Then again, it does deserve it. This time around, the gang is caught up in yet another mystery. This time, some evil villain has found a way to turn some of the classic villain costumes into actual walking-talking ghosts. This happens when the mastermind behind the operation and the so-called Pterodactyl Ghost start stealing costumes from a new museum that opened in honor of the Mystery Inc. gang that displayed all of the costumes. The whole ordeal causes the public to get a sour taste for the crims solving capers with the help of a twisted newscaster (Alicia Silverstone). Meanwhile, the rest of the movie has the gang doing there usual thing, but also questioning themselves along the way with how they are failing to help the group. Where this movie fails is the characters. Even in the first Scooby Doo film, they made the characters to be like the ones off of the cartoon "A Pup Named Scooby Doo." Somehow, the personalities from that show were better than the ones on the original classic, but I forgave them for the new adaptation so to speak. This time around, no way. It has taken the new stylized form of Mystery Inc. too far. Whether it's Fred's (Freddie Prinze Jr.) "everybody look at me I'm all about fame and no brains" character or Daphne's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) "i'm a kick-butt and still damsel in distress" kind of gal or the new Scooby Doo's "i'm about as dumb as you can get, and I give stupid one liners, and I am nowhere near what I was like on the cartoon" kind of dog. I just couldn't get used to it. Even Matthew Lillard's Shaggy was lacking something this go around. I think they got the message last time that he was the best to stay true to the performance, so, this time, they tried to do way too much with him. Then there is Linda Cardellini's Velma, which isn't too bad in either film. Congrats. On the bright side, it was nice to see some of the classic villains return, even if some of them didn't even look like they did in the cartoon, I will let it slide. For instance, the Miner 49er is now a little fat guy that you can see his teeth and, somehow, along the way, gained the ability to shoot fire. Where in the cartoon, he was actually a tall, lanky kind of guy that didn't do anything except moan. Oh wait, maybe they gave him his new abilities cause they used the Zombie...who knows? One that I did like was the 10,000 Volt Ghost. I don't think they could've made him any better. It is really neat to see on the screen. Yet, it's not enough to save the movie. The film, like most, has joined the "Sequels not as good as the first club." Yes, there are a couple of good one liners, and there are again some double inuendos that will go over the children's heads. It just doesn't have the type of magic like the cartoon. Maybe I am just too old school for this new age Scooby Doo, but jinkies just doesn't have the s So Much Better Then The First! As big of a fan as i was for the first one, i was excited to see this one. This one is so much better because it revisits some of the classic monsters from several of the shows. Such as the Pterodactyl Ghost, 10,000 Volt Ghost, Miner 49er, and the list goes on and on. If you were a fan of the first and even if you weren't give this one a try, it is definately one of the better sequels out there. Buy Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed Search with the Priority Search Engine on Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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