By cutting out all of the extra scenes, they excluded what would have been great adult humor for fans of the show that have already grown up. If you ever get to rent the DVD, take a look and you'll see, that the movie makes much more sense and is a lot funnier with the added scenes included.
Besides the fact that the plot is virtually non-existent in this story, there are some good points to point out. For one, Matthew Lillard creates a fabulous performance at portraying the loveable Shaggy from the cartoons. And Rowan Atkinson's mere presence helps to give it a boost.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, seems out of place in this movie. Try as hard as she might, I don't think she will ever escape the image of being the rip-your-throat-out-and-feed-it-to-the-dogs Buffy that we have all come to love and know. Besides, she looks better as a blond too. It just seems completely unbelievable for her to play the damsel in distress and it kind of makes it look silly for her character to go hand-to-hand combat with her foes. I predict that from now on, all her future movies will have her doing some kung fu fighting in order to live up to that image, and if it doesn't it'll be a flop (maybe) ;)
Besides the fact that the plot is virtually non-existent in this story, there are some good points to point out. For one, Matthew Lillard creates a fabulous performance at portraying the loveable Shaggy from the cartoons. And Rowan Atkinson's mere presence helps to give it a boost.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, seems out of place in this movie. Try as hard as she might, I don't think she will ever escape the image of being the rip-your-throat-out-and-feed-it-to-the-dogs Buffy that we have all come to love and know. Besides, she looks better as a blond too. It just seems completely unbelievable for her to play the damsel in distress and it kind of makes it look silly for her character to go hand-to-hand combat with her foes. I predict that from now on, all her future movies will have her doing some kung fu fighting in order to live up to that image, and if it doesn't it'll be a flop (maybe) ;)