Friday, April 15, 2011

Scream 4

Scream 4 should have been terrible - after all, Scream 2 was only "ok" and Scream 3 was a disaster. But Scream 4 is a very good movie, both as part of the franchise, but also as a stand alone.

It is far more self-referential than you would expect. Barely a scene passes without the characters referencing movie conventions. But it does so in what I think is an intelligent way. And most importantly (for our enjoyment) Scream 4 makes fun of itself before we can get there. Just when you start to roll your eyes, they roll their eyes.

But it also stands as a good slasher flick - perhaps the LEAST slasher-y of the lot so far (it can't be everything after all) but there are plenty of jump-in-your-seat moments.

The combination of old generation cast and new generation is actually seamless, again lots of self-referencing about that too.

The highlights are too many to name - but the opening of the movie will have you laughing far harder than you'd have expected to.

Overall, Scream 4 is excellent.
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21 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 15, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Never been a huge Scream fan but with some of the actresses added to the 4th, I am going to give it a shot as they are at least credible.

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  2. xaphanaApril 15, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Can't wait to see this, it looks like an awesome movie!

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  3. RonaldApril 15, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. Brandon SampleApril 15, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    sounds like a good movie, think i saw a commercial for it once

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  5. 50 YenApril 15, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    I wrote it off as shit but looks like I'm gonna have to rethink that.

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  6. LichApril 15, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    I really thought that it's going to turn out bad, especially with all this "SCR4AM" writing, but there seems to be many positive reviews, maybe I'll give it a shot

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  7. ribarApril 15, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    i cant wait to see this

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  8. Ryan LylesApril 15, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    i heard it didn't live up to its expectations

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  9. AmalekApril 15, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    nice keep it up ! following!

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  10. JakeApril 15, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    To be honest I wasn't even aware a new Scream came out!

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  11. 1HipHopBlogApril 16, 2011 at 12:21 AM

    I can't wait to see it either!

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  12. Team PandaApril 16, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    wow im surprised to hear its a good movie, really. At first the only reason i would watch it is because of the girl from heroes tv show.

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  13. Ke3userApril 16, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    Is it really decent? I would have never guessed, honestly.

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  14. Mike YurchenkoApril 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    last SAW was awesome too

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  15. MikeApril 16, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    I am looking forward to seeing this movie in the future.

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  16. Lucky13April 16, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    Think its not gona be as good a 3 previous ones

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  17. goat-on-a-stikApril 17, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Scream 4 is good? That would be a huge surprise! I'll check it out I guess.

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  18. thoff74April 17, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    Scream 4 was filmed really close to my house! I want to see it just because my town is in the movie.

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  19. UnknownApril 17, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Finally, a movie reviewer that doesn't suck ass.

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  20. MichaelApril 17, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    Thanks for the support run_away_psycho15!

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  21. Hive Mind.April 27, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    I'll download it :D

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