Yesterday morning, Big Top Scooby-Doo was on TV. I watched a few of the older Scooby-Doo episodes once and I thought they were nice, but I remember watching some of the more recent Scooby Doo episodes from 2007-ish (I think I watched the one with the robot butler) and I hated them! I was bored, though, so I decided to see what the consensus for the movie was... And people thought it was actually good, despite the fact that it was a direct-to-DVD release.
So I watched it and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was genuine enjoyment, not
SBIG enjoyment, too. I wasn't paying full attention to the film, but while some parts seemed rough, I thought it was fun to watch and fairly well-made, overall. You don't need to rush out to buy it, but if you happen to find it for cheap or you do want to see it, I think it's
definitely worth a watch.
I hear this has a similar charm to old Scooby-Doo episodes, so maybe if you like those, you'll enjoy this. However, I haven't watched those for a long time and don't remember them well, so I don't know if that's accurate. Did have some goofy charm, though.
Edit: How To Train Your Dragon and How To Train Your Dragon 2I love these films... 'cause I'm a dragon lover. And they're genuinely good. Way too tired to try thinking about them critically, but I must gush about how much I love these films... They're so beautiful and cool! <3
HTTYD2 deserves more attention. Please go watch it. It's sad and funny and cool just like the original. The only thing about the film which really, really bothered me is
(mild ending spoilers?) the part near the end of the film where Toothless pulls out a
Deus Ex Machina.
(End ending spoilers.) Also, the pace seemed somewhat rushed.
Other than that, seeing the dragons and the new worlds and everything that's changed was beautiful.
I'm just really glad that they moved the story forward but didn't toss aside the old characters we had/not give something new and interesting to Berk; dunno why, I just really like the concept of dragon racing and I loved seeing what dragons characters like Stoic got and in general how the place changed. I was looking forward to seeing Toothless' mum as well, which delivered, plenty of feels. I was worried that HTTYD2 would take its romance too seriously, but it didn't at all. It makes fun of a lot of it and the parts it took seriously didn't bother me at all, since they made sense and didn't get in the way of anything. I can't really go in-depth about what else I liked without entering spoiler territory, but I'm honestly too tired to think about that, too...