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Probably the dumbest franchise I've ever sat through


I thought these would be good since they've made 5 of them, but I binged them all on Paramount, and it was a total waste of time. The overall premise of a girl (Sidney), who has nothing but murderers in her life? Boyfriend, boyfriend's mom, brother, and cousin. There was a 1000 things wrong with these films. Give me a break.

And in this movie, I wasn't quite clear on the angry-as-hell motive of Richie and Amber. Seriously, tho. What the fuck is in the drinking water in this town that makes these people this angry, and empowers girls with superhuman strength.

In every movie there is an opportunity to pull the mask of these fools, and they just don't think to do it. That Geico commercial was right. Had me screaming at the damn television. That's either bad writing, or comical smart-ass writing. I don't know which.

The only person I liked in this whole franchise was Dewey. And look how that ended up.

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It should've been a one and done. The original is a masterpiece of it's genre. They should've just left it alone to shine in it's "originality" for all eternity.

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I agree. I guess it was so good that they decided to get carried away with it.

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The Scream movies are pretty entertaining. You're not supposed to take them too seriously. They are winking at the audience. I've seen a lot of other dumber franchises.

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Clearly, you've never sat through the Friday the 13th franchise

Dead kid's mom
Kid not dead. Wears sack over head
Finds hockey mask and keeps it for rest of franchise
Jason dies
Copycat killer for one movie
Jason returns as a super zombie
Jason zombie dies, but then is able to possess others who become Jason
Jason becomes a future space cyborg
Jason fights Freddy Krueger

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You're right. I've never seen past the first one. That does sound worse.

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The first 5 are worth watching. Anything after that is illegitimate and non-canon.

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Clearly you don't realize Scream is meant to be more grounded. Friday gets a slide on those things because the world it created is just wacky.

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