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Congratulations to Brian Levant for making Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins by far the best live-action movie in the Scooby Doo franchise. Without the pressure to make a big Hollywood success, this smaller budgeted film feels much more like the original Scooby Doo cartoons. Instead of watching Matthew Lillard doing his best Casy Cassem or making sure Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prince get enough screen time you can just sit back and watch the characters as you remember them. Nick Palatas was a hit as Shaggy. The dark haired Freddy can be forgiven with a solid performance by Robbie Amell and kudos to Hayley Kiyoko for channeling the perfect Velma. The original voice of Scooby Doo, Frank Welker makes this the perfect first mystery. Unlike other live-action incarnations, in this feature where they added things to the mythos. It feels like a Hanna-Barbera production. Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins had the perfect story, believable characters, excellent wardrobe, special effects and all the right Scooby elements. If you're a fan of the original show you're in for a treat. Spoiler, check out the end credits for a recreation of the opening sequence from the original 1969 show. This was the highest rated show in Cartoon Network's history and hopefully that will translate into more Scooby Dooby Doo!Read full review
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Just what I said. It's the origin story of how the Scooby-Doo gang first got together to solve mysteries in high-school, and as much as I loved the first two live actions films and of course as great as Matthew Lillard was as Shaggy, and as much as he channeled Casey Kasem & the animator's vision, I must say that Nick Palatas as the young Shaggy is titlting in my favor as a winner. I hope they do another one with this cast, maybe explain how Fred turns blond? The Scooby CGI is a bit rougher than the first two, tricky to say because the budget was smaller but CGI has improved overall, so it's close to being the same, do I make sense? Great for the kids, hardly any fart jokes this time around.
Best scooby doo movie!
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I love Scooby Doo.
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put a smile on a little girls face thanks
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