Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

Very good movie. Filled with twists and turns even I didn't look out for. Even adults may enjoy it

It surprised me how Scooby-Doo had never done a Phantom of the Opera based movie before this one. Stage Fright (SF) is pretty good. It's based in Chicago (GO BEARS!), which is pretty scary on it's own. Once upon a time, there was a ghost in the 80s who hated hippies, so he haunted the theatre and shut it down. Only for the theatre to re-open 30 years later. That means that the ghost is back 😨. I like the side characters, like the short guy, the magician guy and the scary lady singer. I wish the movie dedicated more time to them and dedicated less time to the STUPID VIOLIN GIRL. (Violin is not impressive). Think they could've dedicated more time the mystery instead of Daphne and Fred aswell. Good atmosphere, lots of spooky moments and plenty of twists and turns. (No Bean deducts a few points) GO HORNETS!

My three year old loves Scooby-Doo. All the movies, all the tv shows, cartoons or live action, he loves Scooby-Doo. And this movie is by far his favourite. It has many funny moments for adults and has genuinely enjoyable twists. I pick up more little bits and pieces each time he watches it, there are so many little hints but it isn't as obvious as many of the others. I don't let him watch it in the mornings anymore because I get the songs stuck in my head all day! It really is very good.

The animation is beautiful too and the voice work is awesome. It has heart and a message too just to top everything off.

Stage Fright was nothing special. It had so much potential but got lost along the way. The voice acting was terrific, the idea was great, and the animation was amazing. And as much as I loved all of that, the story didn't follow through. Each scene didn't feel that exciting like it should have been. Even so, there were some nice parts. I liked how many bad guys they were. It made for an interesting discovery each time. I loved the whole plot line with Fred and Daphne and hoped they would continue it in later movies, but guess what. It doesn't happen. So honestly that whole plot felt pointless to add. If you want to see Daphne and Fred together then I suggest watching Mystery Incorporated.

1 and 1 is 2, 6 and 2 is 8, come on baby don't you make me late....

Oh, can I really title this "An Honest Review" when it takes place in my city? Yeah? You don't approve of it? Well you're not from Chicago.

I love, in all caps, I LOVE the part at the start where Velma is reading off all the attractions in Chicago and Scooby and Shaggy are more interested in our pizza than anything else. Now if they threw in a hotdog joke to match the scene at the Pizza Parlor than I would be on cloud 9.

...Baby don't you wanna go...

Anyway, the parody of American Idol works from a humor perspective, it is really funny and you combine that with the pathological director, the reference to the Phantom of the opera and Disco and, well, you have one seriously funny installment...

And one that takes place in my sweet home, so...represent.

The only down side is that, yet again, the ending is a "meh." Almost like Scooby Doo just doesn't know how to end its movies. Not that it matters, the build up is enough to make it enjoyable.