Scream 4

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This looks so bad.

This looks like a Scream movie.
Do you just not like Scream?

I'm excited.

I loved scream when it came out.
I really enjoyed the opening scene of scream 2; was really intense and flipped the post modern aspects of the original to another level. The uncut opening scene of the original scream is the only rival in the series.
I thought Scream 3 was highly underrated. Parker Posie was amazing, adding such quirky comic relief to the film that when she died I cared less about the outcome. It's really a lesson how a small character can hijack a film.

It's a good trilogy with major shortcomings. Everything in the trailer for scream 4 shows all the aspects i didn't like about both previous sequels. For example, that kid with the camera on his head is stupid, i get the point, but it's been done and it's fucking retarded. The killer videotaping all the kills is also lame. Not a single character seems interesting, their seriousness comes across emo and pensive.

[Reel]

much better Scream 4 Trailer here

[RegularKarate]

much better a little worse Scream 4 Trailer here

I'm still looking forward to it, but this one was a little TOO meta.

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Is the main cast a lower mean age than the originals at that time or am I just older?

No Alison Brie either. 

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I can't wait

Judging by your avatar you must have seen it. What did you think?

I was strongly considering going to see it after work Friday just from general Scream nostalgia and the fact that I haven't been to the movies in a very long time, but I just didn't feel like it. Then it turned out that Scream 3 was on TV, so I watched that since I had never seen the entire film.

The 3 ladies I was most interested in seeing in the film:

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3768367104/rg3681131008

Not sure I'm digging Marley's hair here, but look for the two closeups of Alison and Aimee in the set. Their eyes are so clear it's like they're staring into your soul...ever so sweetly...

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from my blog:

I loved the original "Scream." I probably saw it at least a dozen times, maybe more, around the time of its release. It was a completely fresh, original and self-referential take on a modern slasher film that didn't sacrifice its scares even as it winked at the audience. It was an amazing balancing act by director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson. Unfortunately it was an act that could not be repeated though many tried. Remember the "I Know What You Did Last Summer"s and "Urban Legend"s and "Teaching Mrs. Tingle"s and "Scary Movie"s and even the sequels to "Scream" itself? None came close and in the passing decade new horror trends have come and gone, "The Ring" brought in Japanese horror remakes, "Saw" brought in (for lack of a better term) torture porn, and recently "Paranormal Activity" has ushered in its own slew of imitators.

These passing fads are something that "Scream 4" attempts to address in a cute, meta opening featuring a half dozen cameos in about as many minutes. But once the real film kicks in I found myself squiring through most of its running time, not because of the violence, but because I felt bad for everyone involved. I was surprised to see Dimension soldiering on with the franchise and the trio of original cast members (Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette) instead of just starting over a shiny new remake. That said, the mix of young newcomers and survivors from the original film never quite meshes. The new cast aren't given enough time to develop any personalities whatsoever and the original cast are also underserved. (Cox in particular looks like a million years have passed in between installments.) I kept hoping for them to be killed off just to release them from this tired franchise.

The killer(s) is/are completely preposterous but that's really the least of the film's problems. A huge cast is assembled likely because they had hoped to be involved with a film as good as the first one but those days are long gone. Only Alison Brie manages to walk away unscathed and super cute (though her fate in the film is not as kind). The main thing I thought during this film is how outdated it felt. 15 years ago "Scream" was like a revolution for horror movies, today it's as tired as the films it's supposedly skewering. It's crazy to think that only 12 years had passed between Craven's breakthrough "A Nightmare On Elm Street" in 1984 and more time has passed between the original "Scream" and current installment. I'd like to think Craven has another great horror film in him but it's time for him to move on from this series.

[RegularKarate]

I saw this last night.  I have to say I was mildly entertained, but still recognize how bad of a movie this is.

It's its own victim.  It tries to make a statement on remakes and reboots, but doesn't come out on top.  It just plays out like what it's trying to call out.

I guess it was better than Scream 3 (which I remember being completely awful), but it's still a hunk of garbage.

Allison Brie is usually good and she stunk in this.  The only person who had real personality was the cheerleader from Heroes.  Unfortunately, any potential for any kind of likeable characters was constantly drowned out by boring plot.

I found myself squiring through most of its running time

Now that you write for the Playlist, you just spend the whole movie banging fair maidens?

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Yeah, I have to say I was disappointed. It works as a good installment in the series, but it doesn't do anything new for the slasher genre besides not being as gay as 'Saw' and all the remakes coming out lately. I guess that should be enough for me. I'm not Kevin Williamson or Wes Craven, but why the fuck do they have to make the Screams so formulaic? I swear, I've seen the exact same things happen in every single movie and cared less and less every single time, where's the ingenuity? That sort of seemed like the point in this one, I like what RK said:

It's its own victim.  It tries to make a statement on remakes and reboots, but doesn't come out on top.  It just plays out like what it's trying to call out.

And I don't mean to be sadistic, but I was just bored of seeing people get stabbed or shot all the time. Not that they should go all jigsaw with it, but why not try something new to blow all that shit out of the water? The first one was great at that. Also, Courtney Cox and David Arquette were pretty fucking pathetic, like shells of characters they once were. They held no emotional weight in the story, and Neve Campbell plays Sidney like she's oblivious about wtf happened to her 9 times previously.
Anyways, there's the guy with the Scream av bashing Scream 4. I gotta say I still like it, I'll probably check it out again later on this shitty d/l I got. Basically, it confirms the franchise is over. It doesn't scare audiences anymore, we've outsmarted them just like they were trying to do to us the whole time.

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I just think the world needs to take a break from the slasher movie for 10 or so years, so some kid can come along and do it a new way and make us love it again.