Where I thought Fast Five did justice to elevating the franchise, Scream 4 just manages to not let the previous films down.
I can still remember seeing the first Scream in the theatres way back in 1996. It was a shocker. It set the standard for the genre at the time. As any wildly successful, and slightly unexpected, hit it was followed up with a sequel in the form of 1997's Scream 2. Three years later we had Scream 3 (a film that was highlighted by an appearance from Jay and Silent Bob). But, we then had to wait 11 years before the next chapter.
In the grand scheme of the series I feel that four sits in about third place. You can't mess with the original. Scream 2 has one thing that I have to love..Liev Schreiber...seriously! You say Liev, I say Cotton Weary....it's sad I know. But, I can't help it, Cotton rules.
Scream 4, while fun, didn't really bring anything new to the table. It was like watching the first one again. The only difference was the characters were older!!
Ever since the first movie "inspired" the internal films of "Stab" we have always had some really fun guest stars for the movie scenes within the movie and Scream 4 doesn't let down in that respect. Actually, it kinda felt like a Family Guy joke...it just seemed to go on a little too long! But, it did showcase Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell (love her) in a great scene.
This was supposed to kick off another trilogy of movies for the franchise. But, with lackluster box office numbers, $35,496,200 as of May 1st ($40,000,000 cost to make), odds are stacked against a 5th showing from the Ghostface Killer and crew. On a side note...was Ghost Face too busy to do a bit role in any of these movies? Wu-Tang for life!!
To me this was the ultimate, "if you liked the other movies you'll probably like this one" film. A newbie to the series wouldn't be totally lost if they went in with no back story. But, at the same time, wouldn't really feel compelled to run out and rent/but the other three films.
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