So alright, yeah. Scream VI is amazing. It's currently having a franchise record for opening night. Everything good is happening with this franchise. Easy top 3 for me. It makes me so happy because I thought with Wes Craven gone they wouldn't be able to bring this franchise to what makes it so special, but they have. It's a movie that doesn't give you soulless sequels and instead shows love to the series. It doesn't need to reinvent everything, but it just needs to use all of the tools already there to deliver something that people love and continue to subvert expectations in a satisfying way. And it does that on so many levels.
So yeah, this film is great. The opening was great this time and was just so damn clever. Loved how they played with it, and I loved the stinger at the end of it. The characters were all amazing and I think this is the best acted movie of the franchise. Everyone brought their A-game and nobody underdelivered for even a second.
I was floored at the reveals, and I kept running into my head who it could be. And then we get the reveal, monologue, and it's all just wonderful. The action and kills (or "kills") in this are so damn good. They keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time. The tension is palpable and the director is a master of making these scenes every bit as nail-biting as possible. They just find a way to make this movie one of the best that Scream has to offer in every good way.
And Gale Weathers, love her or hate her, is great. She's flawed, selfish, ego-driven, and she's constantly teetering the edge of it. She knows she plays a dangerous game and that she's probably the one who deserves to die the most of anyone else, but she's a fighter to the end. She's fascinating and her character continues to subvert everything you'd expect.
The script on this was outstanding too. I loved the dialogue here. Nothing felt overly cheesy or anything and a lot of the Ghost Face dialogue was probably the best it's ever been, and this may be Roger L. Jackson's best showing too to supplement that.
So yeah, go see Scream VI. I positively loved this one and was shocked how much I loved it. I definitely consider it up there with 1 and 2.
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