This isn't a comedy...it's a horror film

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I hate the Scream series. I really do. I seem to have this distaste for American "horror" films. So much senseless blood and gore that is overdone for shock value. There is no "horror" in horror films anymore. Even though the Scream series is combination of horror and satire, I've never been able to get into it. So when I was told we were watching Scream 4, my whinning was just short of a 5 yr old's temper tantrum.

Sidney decides that after pulling herself out of the horrors of what happened in the past, writes a book, and then decides to head back home, where it all started, to talk about her book and fight to overcome in. In classic horror fashion, guess what happens! If you guessed it all goes smoothly, the end, you have obviously never seen a horror film. Ghost face is back, and she again needs to fight for her life.

Things I absolutely hated:
1. Weak females! Why are all the females in these movies absolutely useless?? Seriously. The only woman with half a brain is Neve Campbell's character who has somehow managed to live through all the past movies to get to this point. And even that seems to come in waves. One minute she's kicking some serious ass, the next moment she's pathetic once again.
2. Predicatable scares. I think my inability to tell whether or not Wes Craven was trying to make this movie a serious version of the past movies was making it hard to tell if these scares were supposed to be that way or if he was honestly trying to scare people. I jumped once. And it was a cheap loud noise during a quiet scene scare. What a waste.
3. Terrible Acting. C'mon guys. I know it's a horror film, but can't we find some decent actors? This has a lot of big names in it too and it's still painful.
4. Anna Paquin. She's so hot, but only if she's not talking. She perpetually sounds ignorant since even when she's trying to hide her accent she slips back into it and NO ONE EVER FIXES IT. She's ruined too many movies for me that I cannot forgive her.

Things I didn't absolutely hate:
1. Courtney Cox. Campy, yes. Entertaining, definitely. She plays a bitch so damn well, you have to love her for it.
2. Kristen Bell. I don't want to ruin the scene because it was kind of awesome. I don't care for her normally, on sheer female principle. Little bite-sized blonde that my boyfriend loves. Not a fan. But regardless, she gets props for her scene in this movie.
3. Action. Finally. There is some legitamite action in a Scream movie. And it's well choreographed. Finally, they figured it out! Some moments I even found myself getting into it. I love a good fight scene, and this had a few of them!
4. Culkins. I don't know why, but if you put a Culkin in a movie, I love them, regardless of their ability to act. They looked drugged out of their minds all the time. There is really nothing thats actually good about that family, but it's like my guitly pleasure. *shrugs*

Two things I've learned from this movie:
1. Having a chain lock on your front door serves absolutely no purpose when your house is full of full length windows and glass doors. Why is the front door the only wooden door in the houses in this town? Seriously?
2. Properly lighting your house and streets is not top priority when you have a perpetual state of murders running around. Your neighbors might be able to help you if you kept the lights on, or bought some brighter bubls, since your houses are made of 80% glass anyways. *Ugh* Bad designs..

This was significantly better than the other Scream movies, but in my eyes, that is not enough of a redeeming quality. I was still pretty bored through it and have no intentions of ever watching it again. That town seriously needs to get some outside help because they obviously cannot help themselves. Maybe they can go with the Buffy the vampire slayer tactic and destroy the whole town. Might help...couldn't hurt.

Next week: The Thing...or so I'm being told.