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Scream 4 (2011)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 6/12

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6/12: Seeing two films made after 2010, which comes to one per year, Scream 4 is my first for 2011, showing my extreme lack of interest in the current world of cinema.

The simple fact is: nobody knows how to make a good movie anymore. Even the acting standards are at an all-time low with no sign of reaching the bottom. The current motto of the new Hollywood is to disregard everything that's quality by focusing on the bottom line: profits.

Now, having seen the first three films of the Scream quadrilogy with each almost worse than the original, I find the fourth part, strange to say, the best of all. I guess the reason is that it's fresher and smarter than the previous three.

However, my biggest gripe is the lack of psychological trauma within the characters. In reality, when a person dies, whoever was close to him should be naturally shocked, affected, and upset about what happened. But here, how they feel is no big deal as if it's just another day to them.

The original characters continue to peeve me. Take Dewey, he, for a cop, still acts like a moron. When is he going to grow up and start having common sense? And what is Sidney doing back in her old town? She should be in the Witness Protection Program. Once and for all, Gale Weathers should shut the hell up and sit the fuck down.

Speaking of police, where are they in Woodsboro? After three times, everybody should develop the sense that the town is a very dangerous place. And where is the media? It's incredible there's nobody crawling all over the story for yet another series of murders.

All in all, Scream 4 is too clever (or should I say...stupid?) for its own good.