Pros- If you're going to continue a scary movie franchise, it is absolutely key to keep the same characters as the original films, or it loses its validity. All of the Scream movies have been pretty true to keeping the survivors the same people, and this one is no exception. Also, Campbell and Arquette look just as good as they did in the original. Cox...not so much.
There would be no point in watching these movies if the identity of the killer was apparent. The whole allure of these movies is the anonymity of the murderer, so that's pretty much what this film has going for it. Kudos to them for a good twist as to who it was.
Cons- One word: predictability. Without the slight twist of who the killer ends up being, this movie is just plain old gimmicky, stifled, and predictable. There is not ONE new idea conceived that was not originally birthed in another one of the three films prior. I guess the excuse for this cop-out method is that the killings are supposed to be modeled after the original, but it almost becomes an issue of, "Why not just watch Scream, then?" It IS a better film, as it was the first.
Can we all also agree that the baloney in the beginning regarding the movie within a movie concept got old, really fast? Some of the cameos were cute, but it was a little over the top.
Alright, we can now talk about acting. Campbell- good, Arquette- good, Panettiere- good, everyone else- shitty. It doesn't help that the script was poorly written and the character development was pretty much nonexistent. It's also quite funny to me that, at the beginning during the movie-within-a-movie segment, the characters are all describing what sucks about most scary movies, and Scream doesn't think to take their own advice. At LEAST when the two girls were tearing apart Saw 4 (no pun intended) they mentioned that the lack of character development was offset by the gore, whereas Scream 4 has no character development AND no gore.
Lastly, when will people ever learn? You're in a town renowned for a serial killer, with a serial killer loose, and yet EVERYONE is f@#%&*$ stupid about EVERYTHING THEY DO! Let's keep the window open, let's keep the doors unlocked, let's slam the door in the killer's face and then dry-hump the door to see if I can hear them, etc. It gets really old, and super duper frustrating.
Wrap up- Overall, I was not impressed in any capacity with this film. The acting, dialogue, and scenarios all left so much to be desired, and it was incredibly frustrating and laughable from pretty much beginning to end.
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