Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

This was definitely one of the more interesting and entertaining of Scooby-Doo stories, despite it following the same recipe as exactly every other Scooby-Doo adventures.

But it was actually nice to see some background for Shaggy.

The villain in "Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown" was good ,but again turned out to be essentially the exact same as in every other adventure.

As always, then there was some nice voice acting from a good cast, which included Frank Welker,Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard and Kate Micucci.

If you enjoy the adventures of Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang, then you will definitely get some entertainment and enjoyment from the 2017 "Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown" addition to the Scooby-Doo legacy.

I enjoyed it very much probably the best movie in animation

This is easily one of the funniest installments in the Scooby Doo Movies. Almost all of the jokes are brilliant and some are just too much not to laugh at.

The Daphne/Velma dynamic is such a great spotlight on the entire series that, when it's played out at the museum it forces you to laugh.

And the Fred jokes, combined with the Fred assumptions, are in character and hysterical.

Not only that, but the setting is classic Scooby, Velma is for once a GREAT source of comedy, and the way they mock studio executives and the current fad in movies is oh so fitting.

Fun. Fun. Fun.

And, unlike so many of the Scooby Movies, the ending works well.

It's not as brilliantly funny/creepy as the classic Witch's Ghost and Zombie Island but it totally makes up for the previous installment and has more laughs than any other movie to date.

I've been a Scooby Doo fans for as long as I can remember. I've seen all the movies etc. I will not over-analyze a children's movie, but to keep it short; the movie got a nice plot, the animation is beautiful and the gang is back together! I do hope they will keep making movies (or revive Mystery Inc. Show) with this kind of animation for many years to come.

Scooby and the gang head out to the Wild West. Of course, when they get there they find the town is being terrorised by a ghost - outlaw Dapper Jack, who (wouldn't you know it!) turns out to have been an ancestor of Shaggy's!

The story's good. There are some hilarious lines and situations (Fred trying to shoe a horse with a car-jack, and Shaggy and Scooby's ridiculous rock-side plunge are two that stick out), as well as some touching ones. The artwork and animation are excellent. And whilst I'm not a huge fan of the western setting, the movie makes the most of it with just about every cliche you can think of (and I mean that in a good way!). Even the title music has more than a hint of Ennio Morricone.

There are a couple of issues. 1) There are way too many featured characters who contribute absolutely nothing to the story. They have a lot of lines, but serve no purpose whatsoever. And 2), the movie really hits a slump around the 60 minute mark, with a dragged out rodeo/parade sequence, and a completely shoehorned mini pop concert by one of those pointless characters. It's as though the makers suddenly found themselves five minutes under the 77 minute runtime and had to start padding. Once it gets back on track it soon picks up, but that slump definitely robs the 'big reveal' of some punch. Thankfully, Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle, Matthew Lillard, and Kate Micucci bring it as they always do, with solid support from the rest of the voice cast. And there's a nice little surprise scene just before the end credits.

Without the time-wasting this would have been an easy 8/10. Fortunately, what's good still gets it a 7.5.