The Scream franchise is one that's seen a resurgence in popularity over the last few years with there being really good sequels and a seventh one starting filming next year. However people do infact seem to forget that there was a dark time in the Scream franchises ling history one which indeed started with the film that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today and so then join me as I review the film that gave Courteney Cox the worst haircut in the franchises history with the film in question being called simply just "Scream 3" enjoy.
The plot of this film i when the cast of the fictional Stab 3 start being killed off in the order that there killed of in the movie it's up to Gale , Dewey and Sidney to find out who this latest killer is and put a wrap on their movie once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time the plot of this film wasn't all that good as it's quite clear as day that the Scream formular was starting to wear a bit thin at this point as the film was doing nothing new with the franchise and with it's characters either but at the same time tho when a formular that's this good works there's really no need to change it as it will always work all you need to is find ways to keep it fresh , unique and different and that's something that this films plot both does and doesn't do as by shifting the setting to Hollywood it does allow the plot of the film to really make a dig at horror movies and how they were and still are looked at in the eyes of many people but at the same time tho by shifting the setting to Hollywood the plot losses it's small town nature that was all over the first two films with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott , David Arquette as Dewey Riley and Courteney Cox Arquette as Gale Weathers. Also starring in this film is Patrick Dempsey as Mark Kincaid , Scott Foley as Roman Bridger , Lance Henriksen as John Milton , Matt Keeslar as Tom Prinze , Jenny McCarthy as Sarah Darling , Emily Mortimer as Angelina Tyler , Parker Posey as Jennifer Jolie , Deon Richmond as Tyson Fox , Liev Schreiber as Cotton Weary , Kelly Rutherford as Christine Hamilton , Patrick Warburton as Steven Stone , Lynn McRee as Maureen Prescott , Josh Pais as Wallace , Heather Matarazzo as Martha Meeks , Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks , Jason Mewes as Jay , Kevin Smith as Silent Bob , Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher as Bianca Burnette and Roger L. Jackson as The Voice Of Ghostface.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well the in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of this films actors really turning in some really good performances in this very film which for those actors that are returning actors does make alot of sense as they would know how best to perform there character in any given situation and how there character would act in any given situation but the same thing is also true for the films newer actors as well as they all more then really hold up their own when it comes to acting against the films franchise stars with this films acting not only really being helped by the fact that this actors are a bunch of really good actors in their right but it's also due to the fact that this films director Wes Craven proving to be a director that really does know how to get a really good performance out of his actors even if the script that he's given to work with really isn't all that good and up to snuff with the acting that's in this very film not really being helped by the fact that this films script really isn't all that good as it doesn't really give this films anything to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place and that really is something that really does help to lower down the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.
One of the biggest things about watching any Scream film is seeing which celebrity gets killed off in the films cold open. With this films big celebrity killing being one of the weakest ones in the series just because of the fact that actor Liev Schreiber wasn't really that well known outside of starring in the Scream films where as with both Drew Barrymore and Jada Pinkett Smith were at the very least somewhat more well known when they did the first and second Scream film respectively but the one thing that this films big opening kill does have going for it is the fact that we audience have had two films to really get to know Cotton as a character and as a result of that is the fact that having him be the one that gets killed does work in that regard and is still shocking to see because of the fact that we've had alot of time to really get to know him as a character but at the same time tho these films are known for having a major name be the one that gets killed of and that's something that Liev Schreiber just wasn't at that time and as a result of that is the fact that it would have been better if the film got someone like Johnny Depp who not only was a big make at the time but had worked with Wes Craven in the past or someone who is a bigger name then Liev Schreiber be the one that gets killed off really would have worked a whole lot better.
While this film does have the one killer it was originally going to follow the tradition set by the previous films and have two killers. With it being revelled that Angelina Tyler was infact secretly working with Roman and was going to be an old classmate of Sidney's from when she was in high school but due to the columbine shooting that got scrapped right away but it is something that does leave a plot hole in the movie as now Roman apparently has the ability the teleport all over the house it was also rumoured that Detective Wallace was also going to be one the killers at one point as well but with Angelina it was going to be explained some of her odd behaviour during the film and it was going to explain why her body isn't seen by anyone in the house after she gets killed as she would have been of healing herself up and getting rid for the next kill this is also something that would also explain why Tyson couldn't find her when they both went into the bedroom as she would have been getting changed into the Ghostface costume something that Sidney openly caught her doing earlier on in the film but because of the fact that it was removed from the script she now comes across as acting odd just for the sake of acting odd it also thanks to the columbine shooting that Matthew Lillard got cut from the script as it was going to be revelled that Stu had survived the first film was either the one or one of the killers in this film as well.
This film is filled to the brim with cameos some of which are fun to see like Carrie Fisher showing up as a character who looks like Carrie Fisher is a good and funny idea. However we also have the Jay And Silent Bob cameo which does now officially place in the View Askewniverse which is a cinematic universe in which the Jay and Silent Bob characters appear in every single film with there inclusion in this film being very distracting due to the fact that they are some very well known characters and when you add in the fact that in there movie Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back we see the fictional filming of Scream 4 it does make you wonder why they bothered to include those characters in this film as there both real people and now not real people which makes it very confusing with there cameo in this film being the worst one as it feels like the film is stopping the plot to make room for them where as with all of the other cameos in this film they at least contribute something no matter how small it is to the actual plot of the film with Carrie Fisher's character being the one that gives Gale the picture of Sidney's mom from when she tried to make it as a film star and Roger Corman's character being the one to tell Roman that his film is in trouble due to the events of the film where as with Jay And Silent Bon they add nothing to the plot of the film and are only there because they were popular back when this film was being released and that's really it.
As for the new characters in this film they are the ones that really do suffer from this films bad script as all of them are written as one dimensional characters. With there not really being anything that makes them stand out from the previous supporting characters in the previous films which might be the point as this is something that the film does comment on with Tyson's Stab 3 character being called Ricky as they called of Randy in the previous film but at the same time just because you comment on something doesn't give you the right to do the very thing that your criticizing the fictional film for doing as Jennifer is quite literally a more lazy version of Gale who even has her own version of Dewey in Steven Stone and even Angelina could be seen as being a more odd version of Sidney and all this does is make us the audience forget about the newer character as all they do is make you remember of the main characters from the previous two films who do come off really well but this is due to the fact that there personalities were all really set in stone in the previous two films with the newly created characters having nothing to them that makes them standout and that makes you want to see them make it out of the film with this not really being helped by the fact that alot of this films newer characters are also really forgettable as well with the two exceptions for this being Jennifer and Mark Kincaid and that's really it.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty six minuets and thirty three seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running tie for these films to have and to this films credit this film really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that really large amount of running time but at the same time none of this films running time is spent of giving us clues so that we can actually work out who the killer is something that the previous two films did really well nor is spent in developing it's characters t the point where you want to see them come out of the film alive with the film instead spending alot of time in showing us how a film is made and by giving us some backstory Maureen Prescott and while we don;t need to see how a film is made and the politics that are involved in the day to day making of a film the stuff surrounding Maureen's backstory is the stuff that really should have been in the film with the stuff showing us how a film is made being either cut down to the point where the film can include clues as to who the killer of this film is or cut out all together as it is some really pointless stuff that adds nothing to the overall plot of the film and thus feels alot like padding when the film really doesn't need padding out at all but I really will admit that this film really does gave some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a slasher film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally tought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in actually not that bad. However at the same time tho the kills that are in this film aren't that good either as the film did have to toned alot thanks to columbine shooting but at the same time tho alot of this films kills just aren't that creative to look at with alot of them just coming across as being lame and boring to watch but when the film does indeed to a really good kill like for example Sarah's kill which is a really tense scene to watch then it is a really good kill with the same thing also being said for Cotton's kill at the start of the film his kill being all the more impactful because of the fact that we've had two films to get to know him as a characters but the very fact that this films has more bad kills then it does good kills really tell you that the makers of this film should have come up with some really fun , fresh and creative to kills to send this franchise of on a high note as this film was intended to be the final film in the franchise and yet it's clear as day that next to no effort was out into giving the films that kind of kills that it really should have had and that is something that really does let this film down in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall it's not hard to see why this film is the worst film in the franchise as it's clear to see that none of the key creative people involved with making this film new how to make the films script come across as being passable at best with this film being bad but bad in an entertaining kind of way as well but this film is still a really bad film and a really Scream film as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i;'ve talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally sued in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Scream fandom wiki page , Tenor and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being the official Scream fandom wiki page really simply because the official Scream fandom wiki page actually really has images from this film really are up and on the official Scream fandom wiki page and really plus pretty much all of the images that I personally found on the official Scream fandom wiki page really were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we really do end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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