Why was Scream 4 even made?
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Leoneswest — 10 years ago(August 31, 2015 03:33 PM)
Thats a question that has always baffled me. Of course it was for money, but let me bring up a few facts.
Firstly no one I know wanted a fourth one. Even Neve campbell herself didn't want to do it, but eventually caved in. Also from 1996 to 2000, the series was very popular which is why the original 3 were successful. By 2011, The interest had long since died and few (if anyone) were clamouring for a 4th. Also the first 3 benefitted from the fact that many of the cast were in popular TV shows at the time(Neve campbell in Party of fiveCourtney Cox in FriendsSarah michelle gellar in Buffy) which helped draw a bigger audience. By number 4, few cared who they were.
And lastly, the script was awful. Why craven was so driven to make a movie out of it truly baffles me.
I hope wes craven rests in peace. But I'm just sorry that S4 was his last film -
Fawkes_Rocks — 10 years ago(August 31, 2015 04:38 PM)
UmScream 3 was still successful regardless of what you thought of it. wow. lol
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Fawkes_Rocks — 10 years ago(August 31, 2015 04:35 PM)
A better question is, why did the studio step in and mess everything up so we get the crappy sequel we know today?
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dntbreathe — 10 years ago(August 31, 2015 05:41 PM)
The endings, the plot, death scenes, adding in unneeded comedy, taking out some great scenes, and ruining something that could have been good.
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5535 — 10 years ago(August 31, 2015 06:29 PM)
While some of the ideas were good, and the Olivia death scene and aftermath was well done, I didn't like Scream 4 and found it to be bland and a waste of opportunity. However, it was the perfect time to make that movie when Wes made it, as remakes were being done, and because it had been 11 years since the last movie, which is a huge gap.
There was still life left in the series, so Wes and Kevin made the smart decision to make a final movie and play on the remake craze. -
dopeyguy89 — 10 years ago(August 31, 2015 07:20 PM)
First one was entertaining, second one even better, and then like most series things went into decline. The third for me is the worst, I did find some enjoyable moments in the fourth film but in the end it didn't say anything new. Campbell's line, 'Don't f * * k with the original' made it worthwhile for me.
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moolanguap — 10 years ago(September 04, 2015 10:23 AM)
I think there definitely was a small core group who really, really wanted another one just for the sake of having another one. I'd never gotten the chance to watch one in theaters, so I was one of those people. And I'm sure there were a ton more like me, who were too young to enjoy the series at its peak.
Unfortunately, you bring up great points. After some 11 years, any hype the series had died all the way down. I feel like overall, it was just a half-hearted cash grab that came too late. And even if it had came out 2001-2002, what story was there really left to tell after Scream 3? Despite its flaws, the 3rd one wraps up every single story line. The trilogy was done. They couldn't keep churning out sequels, because unlike Michael and Freddy, Ghostface is supposed to a real, flesh and blood killer. Nothing supernatural.
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hereminton — 9 years ago(April 30, 2016 10:48 AM)
I don't know exactly why it was made, but I'm definitly glad it was, because I really liked it, it is my favorite movie of the series (and d huge improvment over Scream 3, which I hated).
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