Scream 3 Review

 

Scream 3 is a slasher movie and the third installment of the franchise, and was initially going to be the final film until the series was revived back in 2011. It was produced by Craven/Maddalena Films and Konrad Pictures and distributed by Dimension Films. Scream 3 was written by Ehren Kruger and directed yet again by Wes Craven.

The story is, it's been one year after the events back at Windsor College, and a new Stab flick is being made. This attracts the attention of a brand new Ghostface killer who's targeting the cast and crew. Now, the cast along with Sidney and her friends need to find out why?

• Negatives

I've got nothing.

• Mix

One very tough thing to complain about is how it's very obvious things are toned down, primarily the violence. Nowadays when something is toned down it's because corporations are afraid of offending a whole five PC puritans on social media, however the filmmakers for this had a FAR better reason. This came out on Feb 4th, 2000. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China you might be asking? Well public scrutiny for violence in media was still going on because of the tragic school shooting at Columbine High School which occurred almost a year earlier. Because of the that the violence and horror are slightly close to a PG-13 rating than an R. So while it is a bummer things aren't as intense as the first two, you can understand why the filmmakers came to this decision.

Sorry if I put in a sad mood, but don't worry we can move onto to something far more lighter, like the comedy this time around. Well I still had a few good laughs here and there, there were a few times when the meta was going too far. Not to the point where it's like Scary Movie like I've heard some critics and/or fans say, but still a little far.

Then there's the story. Now for a while it's just like the previous Scream movies, but I think what needed a bit more work put into was the twist. Now the twist honestly could've had worked, yes it's a retcon, but similarly stories have used this retcon before and turned out great. The slight issue was the landing, it just didn't quite stick it.

• Positives

There's two very good pros to the movie. One of them being Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette continue their great chemistry that they had all the way back in the previous installments.

Then we have the pacing. Even if you hate this movie, at least you can enjoy how it keeps the ball rolling.

I by no means hate Scream 3, but having seen all of the Scream movies (almost all, Scream 7 is still in production) I do admit it's the weakest one out of the series.

My final rating is, Okay.

All finished here. Come back on Thursday, Oct 17th, for a brand new "VS." Where I'll be pitting the 1981 version of My Bloody Valentine against its 2009 remake. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.