Audio Reviews - Scream 4 - Cyrus Leon and CoHost Review

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  April 21, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Santos said ...

  Slight Spoiler Alert

   

   

  Co-Host could have gotten his Ghostface mythology if the killer had gotten away with it, but Wes Craven doesn't like his villains winning so so much for that.

• April 21, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Santos said ...

  I'm with Cyrus. Low Matinee.

  
  
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  April 20, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Michael-Orian Bockus said ...

  I actually liked Scream 2 more than the first. Scream 3 was pretty bad though. This one was awesome to me.

• April 20, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Tony Beers said ...

  
  
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  April 19, 2011 at 7:56 PM, said ...

  @Shinigami64
  Thanks for not spoiling anything.

• April 19, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Shinigami64 said ...

  I loved the first two Scream movies. I still love the first one, but once I gave the second movie a little more thought I grew to hate it. It dawned on me that the franchise realized too late that they shouldn't have killed off Randy (Jaime Kennedy) without a contingency plan. Case and point: that bullshit post-mortem video in Scream 3. The movie still needed that character or some form of equivalent, and taking him out in the 2nd act of the first sequel turned out to be a huge mistake that they had no way of correcting. Or rather, they hadn't thought about how much weight that character was actually carrying and how to shift it if the need came. But the biggest problem with Scream 2 is the biggest problem that carries over into Scream 3. Dewey, Gail, and Sidney are too fucking safe. The movies pad out the roster with new characters we're given no reason to give a tumbling fuck about only so that they can be killed. Meanwhile, the returning cast is shielded from harm and end up walking away from the scenario with only a few scratches. This didn't really stand out that much to me in Scream 2, but then I remembered the opening sequence of the first film. Killing off the most recognizable actress in the opening scene created a tone that none of the other Scream movies have recaptured because they been completely missing the point. It wasn't about offing Drew Barrymore and her football hero boyfriend or horror movie trivia or manipulation of tropes. It created a sense of unease that let the audience know that no one was safe in this movie within 10 minutes. Each installment in this series has gotten further and further away from that with Scream 3 being the worst that I've seen (still haven't seen this one). Instead of improving and playing with formula, the Scream movies became formula and that all started with Scream 2. Returning characters are clunkily reintroduced ("Dewey!! What're YOU doing here?"), the "witticisms" are more heavy-handed, and the attempts to create tension come up short because we already know who's walking away from this alive and who's not... I can only hope that Scream 4 doesn't make the same mistakes, but I'm not optimistic...

  
  
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  April 19, 2011 at 4:10 PM, randy said ...

  I love scream 2 so much, it's one of my favorite sequels of all time.

   

  There is 2 of the best action set pieces on any horror film ever in scream 2.

• April 19, 2011 at 8:27 AM, said ...

  
  
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  April 19, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Julien Howard Hemmendinger said ...

• April 19, 2011 at 5:29 AM, av308 said ...

  

  
  
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  April 19, 2011 at 3:41 AM, said ...

  full price it has its flaws but its so much fun especially a blast to see late night screening

• April 19, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Ryan.Rave said ...

  I thought Scream 3 was a fucking abomination and I thought Scream 2 was alright.

  
  
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  April 18, 2011 at 11:23 PM, said ...

  Nice Review

• April 18, 2011 at 11:17 PM, robert said ...

  GFK was first wu-tang came out in 93

  
  
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  April 18, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Mouse said ...

  Okay i dare you guys to make a 4th review of this movie....and you can.

• April 18, 2011 at 11:03 PM, robert said ...

  Doesnt it bother anyone there wasnt a 2nd killer in scream 3 that they coud have in this part and Tim Olyphant used a gun  in Scream 2
  

  
  
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  April 18, 2011 at 10:59 PM, said ...

  Westboro Baptist Church. Yeah those fuckers are a bunch of inbred retards.

• April 18, 2011 at 10:57 PM, robert said ...

  WHY DOESNT ANY MOTHERFUCKERS HAVE A GUN IN WOODSBURO!!

  
  
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  April 18, 2011 at 10:29 PM, said ...

  Westboro, Leon, Westboro.

• April 18, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Callum Sam Gabriel Noble said ...

  Gotta agree with Co-host on this one, totally nailed what I was thinking about 'Meta.'
  
  Cyrus makes a good point at how STUPID the story is to this film, why would she visit a town where most of her friends died to sign a book? Fuck this film.

  
  
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  April 18, 2011 at 9:19 PM, said ...

  Damn, I love Nick Cave. Look him the fuck up, people.

• April 18, 2011 at 9:01 PM, said ...

  As always, Co-host and I agree. Thats why he's my favorite!

  
  
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  April 18, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Michael Kragseth said ...

  Isn't this more as a slasher movie then a horror flick?

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