Scooby-Doo fans we have a bit of a tradition going here which is everytime a new direct to DVD animated or live action Scooby-Doo film is released I review it as soon as I possibly. Well it seems as if this release not only snuck up on me but the release of this film was also early since the film is due to be released on Tuesday and yet either the film was leaked or Warner bros decided at the last minuet to move the release of this film but I logged on to some certain websites and I saw the film was up and so here I am with my review of the film and so join me as I review "Scooby-Doo! The Sword And The Scoob" enjoy.
Now here is where I would normally tell you what the plot of the film is and give you my thoughts on the plot of the film. However this film doesn't have a plot what so ever and trust me I looked and I looked hard for anything regarding a plot and the fact that this film doesn't have a plot is the first thing wrong with this film since even the bad direct to DVD Scooby-Doo films be they animated or live action have some sort / some form of plot and that sadly isn't the case here and hell any kind of story that they could have they end really quickly so your just basically watching stuff happen for seventy one minuets and that doesn't make the film or even entertaining it makes the film pretty freaking bad in my opinion.
Starring in this film is of course our regular Scooby-Doo voice guest which here is made up of Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo , Fred Jones and Monster , Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers , Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake , Morgan le Fay / ??????????????? and Dragon and Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley and Sandi. In the guest cast for this film we have Jason Isaacs as King Arthur and the always funny and super talented Nick Frost as Merlin.
In terms of what I thought about the acting in this film I honestly thought that the acting in this film was really good. Which given who is starring in this film from both the regular Scooby-Doo voice cast and the this films guest cast the fact that the acting in this film was good really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone since all of the actors in this film are really good actors and so it makes sense that these actors would turn in some really good performances in this film.
Doing the animation for this film is Digital eMation who have done work on other Scooby-Doo projects and who seem to be the go to animation for Scooby-Doo animated projects they've alot of the more recent Scooby-Doo direct to DVD animated movies and animated TV shows. As for what I thought about the animation in this film it was honestly hell i'd go as fat to say that the animation in this film is one of if not the best thing about this film since the animation really does look and the character movements are really fluid as well as the backgrounds looking really stunning in my honest and very humble opinion.
Now then the one thing that every single Scooby-Doo project should have is a mystery it doesn't matter if the mystery is good or if the mystery bad the Scooby-Doo project in question just needs to have a mystery. Sadly a mystery us what this film is sadly lacking because just like the plot there simply isn't a mystery which goes against the entire Scooby-Doo franchise premise so not only is there no plot there's also no mystery for the characters to solve as such I honestly have to wonder why did the makers of this film decide to make this film if they don't have a plot or mystery both of which are needed for a piece of Scooby-Doo media the mystery is needed even more then the plot tho since the franchise was built on teenage kids and there talking and very allways hungry cowardly dog solving mysteries.
Now i'm trying to keep this review as spoiler free as possible and that means that I have to be really freaking vague as heck when it comes to talking about certain parts of this film. One of those being the one thing that I think had every die hard Scooby-Doo fan worried when they saw it happen in the trailer for this film but I will say that that thing most likely had all of us die hard Scooby-Doo fans worried in the trailer happens alot better in the actual film even more so when it comes to the climax of the film and I have to say how they explain it in this film makes sense for the world of Scooby-Doo in my opinion and it means that this franchise didn't jump the shark as it were in my very humble and very honest opinion.
Now then boys and girls this film has a running time of one hour and sixteen minuets and thirty three seconds. I will fully admit that the film really does fly by which I do have to give the film alot of credit for since it would have been very easy to bog this film down with pointless scenes and while there are some pointless scenes in this film alot of the scenes that are in the film come back into play in the films third act it's just those final ten minuets which to me at least felt pointless and in my opinion at least was there to get the film over the seventy minuet mark.
Now I left one of the names blank when I was listing the actors (and telling you who the actors in this film were playing) for a reason. That reason being that that character is the villain of this film and I have to say that they give this villain no end goal at all and it's very freaking easy to work out who the villain of this film is even if your not giving this film your full attention as such I would have liked it if it was a bit harder to workout who the villain of the film is and if the villain of this film actually had an end goal since it would have made the villain of this film a bit more creepy in my opinion and that would have made the film better which is always a good thing in my humble opinion.
Now then boys and girls since this is a comedy that means that I have to talk about the comedy / jokes that are in the actual film itself. If i'm being honest the jokes that are in the actual film are for me at least a very mixed bag since there some jokes that worked but there are alot more jokes that are in this film that just don't work and without giving away what gets referenced there are some references to older cartoons both made by Hanna-Barbera and not made by Hanna-Barbera which I thought were really funny in my opinion.
Overall this was a pretty bad film and i'm just saying it's bad by Scooby-Doo standards i'm saying this film is bad by film standards. Yes there are some good things that are in this film but those good things are vastly overshadowed by all of the bad things that are in this film and yes i've talking about both the good and the bad things that are in this film in this very review and as such this film gets a 4 out of 10 from me , as for where I got the images that I used in this review well I got the images that I used in this review from both the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page (which is called Scoopypedia for those that don't know) ad Google Images with my preferred website being Google Images simply because there are alot more images from this film which sadly isn't the case for the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page.