Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

I bought this fully expecting to be disappointed. Although I'm sure I enjoyed the other movies in the past, the cartoons have always been my favorites since I watched them as a kid. I had my oldest son next to me when we watched the previews on the Amazon page and his mouth dropped open and he said we HAD to get it. Most previews hype up a movie so much and then we end up disappointed so I made a compromise with him and we bought it. The day it came in I put it in the DVD player to let the kids watch it and had planned on doing something else myself.... but I got sucked into the movie! At first it was because I thought it might have been too scary for two young kids but then I just wanted to see how it ended. It was definitely a lot better than I thought it was going to be and kept me entertained. The kids LOVED it... and although the ghosts are a little on the scary side there is quite a bit of humor in it that makes it a little less scary.For sensitive kids, I would be a little cautious with the movie. The "bad guys" ARE a little more on the scary side. Even my children (which are pretty obsessed with scary things already from watching their father play video games) were talking about ghosts in the house after watching the movie. All of us have very active imaginations so I try to be careful on what gets put on the TV... but this is almost borderline for me. If the bad guys weren't so creepy then I would say this is a MUST HAVE for any Scooby crew fan. However, I would be cautious with young children.As for the acting... it's not the best and I kept thinking I knew the actor who played Fred from somewhere and after looking it up I finally realized it was from How I Met Your Mother where he played a character named Scooby! That completely cracks me up! I don't think the acting is horrible, but I couldn't fall in love with all of the characters. I'm not sure if it was from their acting or just the fact that there were some differences from the cartoons. I read a negative review that I agreed with only ONE thing out of and that was the fact that Scooby didn't seem to be in the movie that much. In fact, I felt like they had to work hard to get parts in the movie for Scooby. However, I like the fact that they explained how everyone met... and I didn't think the "plot" was missing.Overall, I think it's well worth the purchase and I KNOW that we will be watching this more than once in our house. The kids already want to have a movie night with their Grandma to watch it with her (she is a huge Scooby fan, too). My kids are younger and although it was a little long for them, we only had one or two interruptions and then they went back to watching it again.

Where is Scooby and the gang come all together in this movie?

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I saw this movie once I thought I wasent gonna like it I thought it was gonna be stupid but I watched and rented it for the first time on iTunes and loved it I like it so much that I even ordered my very own movie of it get it worth the money good movie it is different then the cartoon TV show but it is still just as good was not crazy about the movie called scooby doo or scooby doo 2 monsters unleashed or scooby doo curse of the lake monster that is the second one of scooby doo the mystery begins didn't like the scooby doo curse of the lake monsters but I love scooby doo the mystery begins it is the movie that takes you back to when the gang first meets it is a awesome and funny movie like shaggy driving thought it was Fred's job driving lol because shaggy didn't even know what he was doing or on how to start the mystery machine up and it is the movie where they first see and get the mystery machine and painted it telling you good movie a must see for any scooby doo fan defently worth the money and time let kids watch it if they are a scooby doo fan they will love it I would recommended this movie but poor scooby nobody wanted him until he met shaggy good movie a must get

We don't have kidsand we were laughing our rear ends off. Shaggy is amazing he really had the voice and everthing down. I would say the only two complaints 1 Freddy is not blond 2 in the cartoon there are no real ghost. All in all I recommed this for any age.

This is a wonderful live action adaptation to the beginning of the Scooby Doo series, except for a few story line problems.#1. The beginning says that it's the year 1969, which would be correct according to the original television series, however the problem lies with the fact that Shaggy Rogers (Nick Palatas) later claims in the movie that he has CD's, DVD's and MP3's at his house... A 10 year old child may not see through this as an exaggeration of the truth, however the blueprints for an Optical Audio Disc were not drawn up until 1974 by L. Ottens, a director of the audio industry group within the Philips Corporation, and the first CD was not printed and finalized until 1976.#2. the Digital Video Disc was not invented until 1995.#3. Mp3's were not fully developed and downloadable until 1993.and last but not least.#4. Magnesium Chlorate has no recorded analgesic or effects of rendering subjects unconscious... this is the same theory in the movie "Evolution" when (David Duchovny) claims that selenium is an active ingredient in Head and Shoulders shampoo. Again, IT IS NOT!!!!....Oh and one more thing "Hayley Kiyoko is SO DAMN HOT"...

I enjoyed the theatrical films for their sense of nostalgia mostly. Though, obviously targeting younger audiences almost exclusively, rather than designed to appeal to us (ahum) aging fans that grew up with the cartoons, it was still fun seeing the characters I loved in my youth, come to life in a new way. Watching the first two films with my niece and nephew (6 and 8 yrs old) enhanced the experience even more, as they were screaming and giggling like I probably did when I was younger. This new direct to video sequel was a disappointment for me as an adult. The nominal production values encouraged keeping the remote close and my finger on the fast-forward button (the button where you can still hear what's being said, but the film is just slightly sped up). But my niece and nephew were just as excited as they were with the feature films and seemed to love this one just as much despite an effort by Warner Bros that seems almost shamefully exploitive of a wonderful franchise.

This movie takes the familiar Scooby group we know in a new, better, and funnier direction.

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Aunque la descripción en amazon indica que el disco cuenta con doblaje al español esto es falso. El producto que me llegó no cuenta con ello ni siquiera con subtítulos al español. Lamentablemente no te puedes dar cuenta sino hasta que lo abres por la etiqueta de importación que te impide ver los idiomas con los que cuenta.

Grandaughter says this is her favorite movie (she's 6) She warned me of the scary part (real ghosts come out of the graves) Nice movie explaining the leadup to the Scooby gang that we all know.

Great Fun for sure. Qunited different over the original 2 films but still a great addition to any body's Scooby-Doo collection.

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