I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Good movie but grossly overrated

Fresh and Exciting

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

When they get punished and sent to detention together, four students are faced with a mystery which threatens their school's existence. Despite their totally different characters and social status, they begin to collaborate in solving the puzzle, thus forming the famous gang which brightened every child's youth (the animated one of course). As a personal belief, I consider that making a real life movie out of an animation is a very bad idea, and, for most of the occasions, I was proved right. But, every once and a while, a movie like this one shows up just to prove that, with the right "tools", a good specimen can actually be done. Maintaining the proportions of course, this one is a good adaptation, trying to present the beginning of Scooby Doo, how he was adopted by Shaggy and how the gang started working together, leaving their differences aside. As you can expect, It doesn't have very good actors and it seems to exaggerate a bit too much in some aspects regarding the characters (Velma being much too nerdy, Shaggy talking almost like a retard and so on) but, considering its plot and the fact that they managed to respect most of the Scooby Doo stereotypes, makes it quite a good movie. It also manages to be funny most of the time, making your view a bit more pleasant with every joke. It's by far the best real adaptation of an animated series I've seen so far, and, if you don't judge it too harsh, it can provide a good time, as it did for me.

After SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED, a third SCOOBY-DOO sequel was announced for a release date. However, after the release of SCOOBY-DOO 2, Warner Bros. felt that the film should have made money, so the production of SCOOBY-DOO 3 was cancelled.However, after a five-year absence from the big screen, Scooby-Doo and the gang would return in a prequel to the first two films, titled SCOOBY-DOO: THE MYSTERY BEGINS, released in 2009 and it is a direct to video sequel.The film is a prequel showing how Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, Velma and Scooby-Doo became Mystery, Inc, how they met and the events of their very first case.The story is okay and the first two SCOOBY-DOO films were kid-friendly, so this film is a little dark and still kid-friendly. The film is directed by Brian Levant and he done a really great job. The script is written by whoever the writer was for this film. You already know the characters, so I will say that the cast was cool and amazing in these roles, but I wish that the original cast would come back and do this film. I have to say, these four actors, playing the four teens are amazing and Frank Welker does the voice of Scooby- Doo.The music is scored by Oscar-nominee David Newman, who previously scored the other two films and Lorena Gale, who died during production of this film plays the Librarian and she did a really good job.Overall, SCOOBY-DOO: THE MYSTERY BEGINS is not the worst prequel, but I definitely enjoyed it and it was spectacular to see their first case on screen.10/10 - THIS IS ONE MOVIE THAT IS A GREAT PREQUEL TO THE FIRST TWO SCOOBY-DOO FILMS IN THE "Scooby-Doo" MOVIE FRANCHISE.

I got this DVD with the feeling that the acting would be bad, the actors would be horrible, the mystery would suck, the way they tie things in would be dumb, or there would be too many awkward scenes.Nope. For the most part, this met my expectations! They were very well done for young kids. The mystery was classic, and believe me, I was well into the mystery at the end. When I found out it was the 'stamp collector', I was shocked.I loved how they slowly tied things in, making sure they did it correctly.I'll admit I thought scooby's owner may have 'done it' near the end.What I didn't like was the lack of scooby power in the end of the movie. Yes, they did things exactly the way you'd think they would, but because this is cartoon network, it's going to suck a bit.But not too bad!

I think I read one comment that started with "If you're a fan of the cartoon series, watch the first two movies but ignore this" or something to that affect. Well, I just want to put in my two cents and give this movie the support it deserves, as I think it was great and am surprised at all the negativity about it. I am a huge fan of the cartoon (always watched it while growing up and still love it now), and in my opinion the first two movies DO NOT capture the cartoon at all and are badly cast, whereas this movie TOTALLY embodies the spirit of the cartoon, and as far as I'm concerned seemed like a live-action episode of the cartoon, or a cartoon episode "come to life" if you will - even the ghosts and villain in a mask were perfect. The casting of each member of the Scooby Gang was perfect, yes, even the Asian Velma (which for some reason seems to bother a lot of folks - come on people, Hayley Kiyoko depicted Velma to a tee!); and one reviewer berated that Fred was a douche-bag jock, but I don't think he came across as that; I believe in the movie that he was supposed to be a high school senior and in my experience none of the jocks were as nice as he came across - they were all total bullies. Someone else griped that Scooby Doo looked so small it seemed like he'd been starved, but they are forgetting that Scooby Doo is supposed to be younger in this movie; possible still a puppy. Anyway, all in all I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and would love to see it as a live-action series.