battleroyales I actually didn't hate Scream 3, which appears to be a controversial opinion among fans of the franchise. Hey, I'd even go as far as saying it's GOOD. As a big fan of Neve Campbell, I do absolutely adore Sidney, but it was refreshing having the movie with a split focus, seeing in more detail the adventures of Dewey and Gale. I also loved to hate the new characters - Parker Posey as Jennifer was absolutely hilarious and I thought the inclusion of the Stab 3 cast was a genius move. Even the ending wasn't that bad, and while the reveal of the killer felt a bit weak due to his Roman's irelevance as a character, if you will yourself to believe it, plotholes in the first movie can be explained away by this big reveal. Personally, I'm not sure how you could dislike this movie. It's still funny, despite Williamson's lack of input on the screenplay, and it's different - something the franchise is known for that I think it delivered on again. If it was the same as the first two it'd have little impact, and this shake-up of the formula was well done. While maybe it's not as solid a film as the two before it (the deaths certainly aren't as memorable), as a Scream nerd it was still totally enjoyable, and provided a good end to the 'trilogy'.

JamesRutland All the three episodes of the series have their own message: 1) the first episode considers the banality of relationship lived as a splatter where the youth trivially approach serious events; 2) the second episode considers the stupidity of viewers in confront of criminal murderers they live as personal exaltation manipulated by marketing system ("so that the viewers are the real white mask") able to sell violence as a product without considering the consequences of that product in the weakness minds; 3) the third episode (this one) describes the real face of Hollywood under the white mask where actors sell themselves to get a part and often they are alienated by the false dive image in order to be manipulated by directors and/or producers so to get sexual intercourse and orgies which generates aftermaths in the attitude of their sexual "toys": the first consequence is the degradation of person into material object selfishly owned. Wes Craven was able to mask its climax message with an horror series well made avoiding any exaggerations, including a bit of smart humor during the calm phases of his movies. So the series is an accusation against the consumerism system promoted by Hollywood which considers the viewers as useful idiots from which to take easy money by emotional suggestions injected using both the motion pictures and the sound environment ("pay to get ephemeral emotions as the addict pays to get doses of drug").

Realrockerhalloween Why is it that when it gets to the third installment in a series it lower fresh material and feels old?I really wanted to like scream 3. It has stellar sets, great performances and the lighting was solid.What caused this one to tank starts with the killer going after Cotten instead of her brother figure Dewey who not only would know where to find her, but could be used as ransom to draw her out of hiding.It was stupidity like this that hurt the flow of the film and had viewers disappointed in the series that was suppose to be different from Freddy or Jason.The fear of killing off old characters started to become contrived and handicapped them in finding subplots to fit them in.It even stole plot points from other franchises that we're copying off them. Sidney going into hiding was the same as Halloween H20 and doesn't even try to hide it. Even shoehorning in a half brother who is out to find her only for her to have to take him on one last time and end his reign of terror.However I liked the continuation established her by her father return and wearing the necklace her boyfriend gave her adding realism to an otherwise silly film.It did have its moments of horror that leave an impression but they are far and in between.The meta established early on worked wonderfully at first and filtered out by the end going over board making it all feel fake.While it tried to stay the same scream we all know and love it Only proves three isn't a magic number.

swilliky The crew returns to make this horror franchise a trilogy. This time, the killer is stalking Hollywood and the stars of a meta movie Stab 3 based on events of Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and company. Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) and Dewey Riley (David Arquette) also return as wealthy consultants for the films and amateur detectives. The killer starts with Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber) and works their way through the actors in the new film in the order that they die in the script.The movie expounds on trilogies and skewers the shallowness of film stars. Randy (Jamie Kennedy) is revived in a video to explain the rules for the third part and this means that things from the past will come back to haunt the main characters. The plot does come around and connect with the other films though the final explanation comes off as a little flimsy. Wes Craven embraces the campiness of this slasher flick a bit more than the first two.Check out more of this review and others at swilliky.com