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I went to go see Scream 6 last night with my friend L.
He's seen all of them (apart from Scream 3, I think?) and I'd seen it was on so I suggested we go. I'd only seen Scream 4 before deciding to go, as it's his favourite and he'd forced me to watch it. Suffice to say, I'd actually enjoyed it quite a lot and thought I wouldn't be opposed to seeing another one. I'm not really much of a slasher fan, or a fan of any horror (not that Scream is exactly horror).
In preparation, I watched Scream 1 & 2 the day before. I loved 1, it had so much tension and the fact that there weren't any films before it allowed for a more simplistic storyline which I liked. Since these films aren't really about the character development anyway, it leaves less time for convoluted exposition and more time for 'killer is killing people' type stuff. 2 was... not as good. I still liked it, it had tension and the killer reveal was pretty good (which is important since I would say they're essentially who-dun-it detective stories, something else that makes them appeal to me).
Turns out I shouldn't of bothered with 1 & 2 and watched 5 instead. I didn't have a good idea of who any of the characters were and the only person I recognised was Gale - glad to see she's still keeping strong. Still, I think it would've helped, but it didn't ruin the movie.
I actually really enjoyed watching it. Whilst I didn't think it encapsulated the same amount of tension as 1 (part of this being due to the lack of 'person being chased around house and hiding from the killer' scenes), the kills were much more creative. Not too crazy but stuff like the ladder scene just made the kills stand out more. I don't want to spoil any of it, but I liked the ending too. The killer reveal was alright, one of them was pretty interesting but the other two? Couldn't have cared less. Sam and her sister were pretty badass though so it made up for it.
On the topic of houses, I have to say I wasn't as keen on the setting. The remoteness of Woodsboro adds it's own level of tension to the earlier films since nobody lives close by and you can't just run out of your house into a crowded city. Something like the train scene does utilise the busyness of a city well, but otherwise it just felt like it removed something (although if Ghostface tried to murder me in some rural town I'd also probably move to a city).
Today I watched Scream 3, which was also good. I don't really get why they had to force random relationship problems onto Dewy and Gale (please just let them be happy), but I thought the setting of the film set was pretty cool. Plus I genuinely was so confused on who the killer was. Having just one of them was a pretty good twist since I thought there would definitely be two of them. I was convinced it was the girl playing Sidney and the cop, so a good misdirect. Whilst the change to the original plot with her mum was a bit silly, I can overlook it for how great the rest of it was. Also, all the secret passages in that guys house was a cool touch.
So, Scream VI? I would say a good 7/10.
He's seen all of them (apart from Scream 3, I think?) and I'd seen it was on so I suggested we go. I'd only seen Scream 4 before deciding to go, as it's his favourite and he'd forced me to watch it. Suffice to say, I'd actually enjoyed it quite a lot and thought I wouldn't be opposed to seeing another one. I'm not really much of a slasher fan, or a fan of any horror (not that Scream is exactly horror).
In preparation, I watched Scream 1 & 2 the day before. I loved 1, it had so much tension and the fact that there weren't any films before it allowed for a more simplistic storyline which I liked. Since these films aren't really about the character development anyway, it leaves less time for convoluted exposition and more time for 'killer is killing people' type stuff. 2 was... not as good. I still liked it, it had tension and the killer reveal was pretty good (which is important since I would say they're essentially who-dun-it detective stories, something else that makes them appeal to me).
Turns out I shouldn't of bothered with 1 & 2 and watched 5 instead. I didn't have a good idea of who any of the characters were and the only person I recognised was Gale - glad to see she's still keeping strong. Still, I think it would've helped, but it didn't ruin the movie.
I actually really enjoyed watching it. Whilst I didn't think it encapsulated the same amount of tension as 1 (part of this being due to the lack of 'person being chased around house and hiding from the killer' scenes), the kills were much more creative. Not too crazy but stuff like the ladder scene just made the kills stand out more. I don't want to spoil any of it, but I liked the ending too. The killer reveal was alright, one of them was pretty interesting but the other two? Couldn't have cared less. Sam and her sister were pretty badass though so it made up for it.
On the topic of houses, I have to say I wasn't as keen on the setting. The remoteness of Woodsboro adds it's own level of tension to the earlier films since nobody lives close by and you can't just run out of your house into a crowded city. Something like the train scene does utilise the busyness of a city well, but otherwise it just felt like it removed something (although if Ghostface tried to murder me in some rural town I'd also probably move to a city).
Today I watched Scream 3, which was also good. I don't really get why they had to force random relationship problems onto Dewy and Gale (please just let them be happy), but I thought the setting of the film set was pretty cool. Plus I genuinely was so confused on who the killer was. Having just one of them was a pretty good twist since I thought there would definitely be two of them. I was convinced it was the girl playing Sidney and the cop, so a good misdirect. Whilst the change to the original plot with her mum was a bit silly, I can overlook it for how great the rest of it was. Also, all the secret passages in that guys house was a cool touch.
So, Scream VI? I would say a good 7/10.
