Wes Craven returns to the movie series that made fun of and embraced horror movie conventions in the 90's with mixed results. The original trilogy went out with a whimper (Scream 3 was not well liked by critics or fans of the series) after starting with a bang (Scream is probably one of the best horror movies of the 90's as well as its sequel) and Scream 4 is somewhere in the middle of that spectrum: not terrible, but not that great. I give the actors credits for reprises their roles after 11 years like it was just yesterday, but everything about this movie is repetitive and reeks of a desperate attempt to regain fans through familiarity instead of trying to do something new and intriguing. Even when it looks like it might do something bold, it goes out of its way to take steps back into its normal shell. After 11 years you would think they would come up with something better. It's not as funny as it could be, never scary (biggest complaint I've heard, and I agree), and sometimes a little boring or stale. It has moments where it can recall the good times from the first two, and isn't something that will make you cringe when watching (it's at least competently acted and directed), but it could have been so much more than it turned out to be.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Scream 4
Wes Craven returns to the movie series that made fun of and embraced horror movie conventions in the 90's with mixed results. The original trilogy went out with a whimper (Scream 3 was not well liked by critics or fans of the series) after starting with a bang (Scream is probably one of the best horror movies of the 90's as well as its sequel) and Scream 4 is somewhere in the middle of that spectrum: not terrible, but not that great. I give the actors credits for reprises their roles after 11 years like it was just yesterday, but everything about this movie is repetitive and reeks of a desperate attempt to regain fans through familiarity instead of trying to do something new and intriguing. Even when it looks like it might do something bold, it goes out of its way to take steps back into its normal shell. After 11 years you would think they would come up with something better. It's not as funny as it could be, never scary (biggest complaint I've heard, and I agree), and sometimes a little boring or stale. It has moments where it can recall the good times from the first two, and isn't something that will make you cringe when watching (it's at least competently acted and directed), but it could have been so much more than it turned out to be.
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