Better writing, the actors got into their characters better this time around, was more true to the cartoon series and the new cast mates I enjoyed more then the supporting cast from the first one. This is honestly a fun movie!!
shareI agree, I liked this better than the first because it was more like the cartoon, whereas the first one, while good, was doing alot of in-jokes ABOUT the cartoon. The second one is alot more like an episode from the original cartoons, so I enjoy watching it more often than 1.
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I think I enjoyed the FIRST one a bit more, since it appealed to a more mature audience. It kept very close to the original cartoon, developing the characters a bit more while parodying the cartoon itself, which made for great humor and laughs. Not to mention that the cast, the performances and the action all kept everyone wanting more. The holy grail for any Scooby fan. The jokes were a bit more risqué, the plot a little darker and well, overall, a bit edgier than the second one. Come on guys, the first movie definitely was a bit better.
shareTo me this was the best one out of all of them.
shareI loved the first one this one was meh.
It didn't have the same lure as this one.
The second one was more lighthearted and aimed towards younger audiences while the first one was aimed a bit more towards adults... which is why the first one is better (in my opinion). The first one was better because it was edgier, darker, funny, and was able to reference to the original cartoons and had a lot of inside jokes for those who watched the original series.
The second movies wasn't as dark, it wasn't as serious, and the jokes weren't as funny in my opinion. It tried TO BE an episode of Scooby-Doo so it didn't take itself very seriously... at all.
Besides the first movie was actually kind of freaky. I mean it could actually scare younger audiences which is the point of Scooby-Doo. Scooby-Doo and the gang go up against scary situations but the second movie had no scary situations and went more action oriented. Which is the biggest fault any Scooby-Doo movie or episode can do. Ever watch the recent Scooby-Doo episodes? They aren't entertaining because they are action oriented and don't have any mystery to them.
Why does taking things less serious always get termed as for "younger audiences" to some people on here?
Is it so wrong to you that some of us don't want those so-called mature trappings lopped over things that are enjoyable when simple and fun?
To me the first was a failure in terms of being entraining, it wasn't really what made like Scooby. This one aimed at putting one of the big holy grails of storylines for a Scooby movie in live action instead of animation. In the end I'm far more pleased to rewatch this then the first. And also am far glad the tv movies took pages similar to this one and hope the new theatrical one does too.
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I found both movies to be insufferable but at gun point I'd probably end up watching the first one over this. I'm surprised how much the filmmakers missed the mark, did they take most inspiration from the Godawful Pup Named Scooby Doo show from the late 80's?
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I agree whole-heartedly !!
This should of what Scooby Doo should of been like.
People here say the first was more mature?? really? what was mature about it?
I had 5 minutes of Shaggy and Scooby farting and burping
Scrappy peeing all over Daphne
Group splitting up for now reason
No reason for the hate for each other???
Stupid twist at the end!!!
If the fist one was anything, it would be an insult to a mature audience, an audience that would remember what Scooby Doo was meant to be like....!
I feel the sequel is better, because it was more faithful to the source material and actually featured most of the original monsters. Having a museum/plot centered around those monsters was a good idea. The original movie had the responsibility of officially introducing the four Mystery, inc. characters and did a decent job of that, except Fred and Daphne were dumbed down too much (and same in the sequel). It was done for the purpose of poking at the cliches and conventions of the cartoon, and most of those pokes were effective and clever, but it wasn't necessary to dumb down Fred and Daphne.
The filmmaker's intentions of poking such homage to the cliches and conventions of the cartoon, in the long run work against it feeling like a true Scooby-Doo adaptation. It was intended as clever in-joke commentary for the fans, but I was much happier with the sequel playing out in a straight-forward manner. If it felt like an extended episode of the cartoon, than good. It should feel like an extended episode, and perhaps so should have the original movie.
The biggest issue I have with the original movie was the Spring Break setting and atmosphere. That setting is so 2000's, it doesn't jel with the 1970's vibes of the source material. The traditional mysteries took place in big cities, small towns, and some islands, but such a bright and open location feels like it belongs in another movie. This might be a flaw I may only feel, because of I'm very old-school and (happily) not in tune with the pop-culture and technology of the 2000's. But in the sequel, the setting was just right. It was a small town, including a marsh/water area.
There is also the matter of the some of the extreme silliness in the first movies' overall mystery. I didn't mind Scrappy Doo being the villain, that was very clever homage to fan reaction toward the added sidekick character. The mystery and action was bound to be silly, but it was too silly for its own good. The mystery and action in the sequel was handled much better, making it a solid live-action movie. The original movie is now barely above-average in my eyes, while the sequel is well above-average and is the first live-action entry to truly deliver.
Exactly. I don't see how anyone can say the first movie was better. It was joke. It made fun of the cartoon, was overly mature, full of dumb jokes, and just ignored everything that made the cartoon. Why would you ruin the cartoon and make fun of it by making a movie of it knowing fans of the cartoon are gonna see it? To get their money, that's why.
This film was more trey to the cartoon and filled with references that only real fans of the show would get. The second one is way better.
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I much preferred this one to the first one.
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FAR BETTER THEN THE FIRST
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