POSITIVES
You watch these Scream movies for it constantly being self-aware and meta (even calls out why this couldn’t just be called Scream 5), all the pop culture references (that Rian Johnson joke!), plus seeing Ghostface get beat up by the would-be victim (never gets tiring to see). This movie delivers splendidly on all those fronts.
As expected, we know that there’s going to be this huge third act full of deaths, but prior to that are some solid murder set pieces that are thrilling to see play out. Those kills are pretty brutal too!
The connections to the previous films should make fans happy. There is also one particular call-back scene that I thought was absolutely perfect.
It’s good seeing the legacy characters/actors like David Arquette, Courteney Cox, and Neve Campbell, but huge shout out to the excellent new cast which includes Melissa Barrera, Jack Quaid, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and more.
There’s a running theme and plot thread about trust that is a lot of fun, and then there’s the subtextual theme on what this movie is really about that is just fantastic.
NEGATIVES
Those plot conveniences are really pushing some things to incredulous levels.
Hey movie! I know you’re having fun with all those fake-out jump scares, but it got tiring really fast.
You new kids are supposed to be so self-aware and smart about movie plot tropes, and you still make the stupid decisions?!! Calling out your own stupid decisions doesn’t change the fact you made stupid decisions!
Is it a negative in the fact that I thought it was pretty obvious who Ghostface was in this movie? Kinda kills the fun a little on the whodunit plot premise.
What is it about these Scream sequels that can make them feel generic and unmemorable?
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