Depiction of Scotland
It's hard to believe that this was made in 2004 - it's painful to watch at times with it being crammed to bursting point with anachronistic stereotyping and possibly the worst attempts at Scottish accents I've ever heard.
shareAll of the Scooby Doo films are made for kids and to that end they tend of use stereotypical (in a good way) elements of a subject. It's not meant to be unkind of bigoted, it's simply an oversimplification of something for effect.
As far as the accents, they were more Irish than Scottish, but I didn't think they were that bad.
What about the movie did you feel was stereotypical (in a bad way)? Was there something you found bigoted?
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
Well I don't think that national stereotypes should be excused because something is aimed at children - the opposite if anything since those are such formative years. The whole depiction of Scottish people was extremely stereotyped - I haven't watched it since my initial post so I don't remember the particulars any more. I live about 50 miles south of Loch Ness and I can guarantee that the people there are not like the stereotypes which are to be found in that film.
I didn't find it bigoted, just woefully out of date - it was like watching Brigadoon all over again!
Also I have nothing generally against Scooby Doo - my 4 year old daughter loves it & we've seen just about every episode and film, from the original series up.
I'm not saying that bigoted stereotyping is appropriate because it is aimed at children, I'm just saying that children's media needs to be broad for them to understand, so creators tend to use good stereotypes so that children will comprehend things.
I'm sorry you don't remember, because I'd be interested to see what things in the film you found "out-of-date". I didn't see anything that I found was a negative depiction, but then I'm not Scottish. There were intelligent, contemporary, Scottish characters, as well as ones that were a bit "oafish", pretty much the standard grouping for a Scooby scenario, whether the characters be foreign or from the U.S.
If you see it again, let me know, I'd be interested to hear your observations.
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus