What can I say? A couple of dudes with Halloween costumes stab people to death for almost no reason. It's one of those movies that enjoys itself, and rollicking and laughing into slaughter about as generically and offensively as it can get away with while reaching that invaluable 13-20 age range. Whenever I watch a movie that injects comedy into gore I usually like it. Scream is one of those movies you can just have going on in the background while you play a video game or surf the internet. It's meant to be talked through and poked at and made fun of. It's not good, but at the very least it has a strong grasp of what it's trying to be. I like that. There's nothing wrong with being fun and stupid.
I always resented that they forced rape into the storyline, but the nature of this movie is to take horrible parts of humanity and casually throw them in your face. It's for desensitized slasher fans, and as a member of that demographic I cannot help but be appeased. I had to laugh to myself when one of the characters said something to the effect of "Anything can happen. It's the Millennium!"
The story makes a demented kind of sense that only a mother could love, and I'm sure if you pay close enough attention to the details it all works itself out, but whatever. It's fine. This movie is fine. I remember sneaking into a theater to see it and getting a kick out of the giddy sense of humor playing out here I could only liken to Evil Dead 2, not that the two could ever be compared.
I will say that this movie was important for its time, but I will also say that it could be safely forgotten. M informs me there's going to be a fourth coming out in April 2011, the first of a new trilogy. I'm sure I'll see them and I'm sure they'll be good enough for homework and a killing an afternoon.
That's good enough.
Watch Scream.
I guess.
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