I sat down here in 2020 with my son, whom is a big fan of the Scooby-Doo animated movies, to watch the 2015 "Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness".
First of all, I do like the movie's cover/poster, as it was interesting and definitely kept within the classic feel of the "Scooby-Doo!" franchise. And the storyline also had some appeal to it.
Well, the storyline told in "Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness", while it was definitely within the realm of your archetypical "Scooby-Doo!" adventure, just failed to stand out and be overly noteworthy in the endless sea of animated "Scooby-Doo!" movies out there. Yeah, the storyline just lacked that spark to make it unique. Sure, the movie was watchable, but it was just a plain, old generic and run-of-the-mill "Scooby-Doo!" animated movie. Nothing outstanding here really.
What does work out for "Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness" is the animation and the art style, because it is very true to the classic rendering of "Scooby-Doo!" and it is that unique style that makes the franchise.
And of course, the voice acting. It is always a blast to have the voices of Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin and Matthew Lillard in these animated movies, because that is just familiarity and they have the voices that personifies Scooby-Doo, Fred, Velma, Daphne and Shaggy.
But it gets better, believe you me, because the voice cast also includes the iconic voices of Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell, and that was just such a treat to have in this 2015 animated movie. It definitely added something great to the overall enjoyment of it.
However, my rating of "Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness", sadly though, settles on a mediocre five out of ten stars. Because that was exactly what this 2015 animated movie was - mediocre. Watchable for the true fans of the franchise, but for us casual viewers it just didn't make the cut.
First of all, I do like the movie's cover/poster, as it was interesting and definitely kept within the classic feel of the "Scooby-Doo!" franchise. And the storyline also had some appeal to it.
Well, the storyline told in "Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness", while it was definitely within the realm of your archetypical "Scooby-Doo!" adventure, just failed to stand out and be overly noteworthy in the endless sea of animated "Scooby-Doo!" movies out there. Yeah, the storyline just lacked that spark to make it unique. Sure, the movie was watchable, but it was just a plain, old generic and run-of-the-mill "Scooby-Doo!" animated movie. Nothing outstanding here really.
What does work out for "Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness" is the animation and the art style, because it is very true to the classic rendering of "Scooby-Doo!" and it is that unique style that makes the franchise.
And of course, the voice acting. It is always a blast to have the voices of Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin and Matthew Lillard in these animated movies, because that is just familiarity and they have the voices that personifies Scooby-Doo, Fred, Velma, Daphne and Shaggy.
But it gets better, believe you me, because the voice cast also includes the iconic voices of Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell, and that was just such a treat to have in this 2015 animated movie. It definitely added something great to the overall enjoyment of it.
However, my rating of "Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness", sadly though, settles on a mediocre five out of ten stars. Because that was exactly what this 2015 animated movie was - mediocre. Watchable for the true fans of the franchise, but for us casual viewers it just didn't make the cut.