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Scream 3 (2000)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 4/08

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4/08: Scream 3 may look like a '1', but it's slightly better than the previous sequel.

One thing for sure is the killer's identity is unpredictable after I thought it's one guy because there weren't many possible suspects in sight. After three Scream films, I'm surprised the three main characters (Sidney, Gale, and Dewey) are still going strong and haven't been personally affected by the long string of murders. It's like they're superhumans.

However, the third part sucks because of the absurd plot. It's more of the same as the last two pictures, and this one runs too long to sustain my attention. Wes Craven should've known that, as a cardinal rule, good horror movies are always ninety minutes, but every picture in the Scream trilogy is two freaking hours.

The dialogue is lame and sometimes stupid. After the director rounded up as many black people as he could find for Scream 2 and had all of them killed, he now has the number down to merely one, and he dies. So, yes...I think progress is being made here. Maybe the "genius" will figure it out for the next time.

All in all, Scream 3 is another piss stain on Wes Craven's urine-filled filmography.