Scream 4

I saw Scream 4 on Sunday and I was actually excited to see it.

When I first heard they were making Scream 4, I thought that it was going to be something like Scream 3. I loathed Scream 3. What the hell was with a long lost brother neither we nor Sydney knew anything about? But as I heard more about it and the list of people in it grew, I started to become more interested. It seemed like the closest to the original.

I liked the original Scream, but I did get a little burnt out on it. I worked at the movie theater when that was out and I spent many a time hiding from work in that movie. So, while I liked the movie, I don't think of it as a movie of my youth. I think of it when I think of the job of my youth.

I'm also pretty good at separating a sequel from the original (like Crow II and S. Darko) and enjoying it for what it is without comparing.

Anyway... I liked Scream 4. Here are some reasons why:

• I liked seeing the original 3 characters after 10 years. It's like the Sweet Valley book- I want to know what happened to them.
• Emma Roberts was surprisingly good. While some of the acting wasn't that great (like the ex-boyfriend), I thought she was really good and believable through the whole thing.
• It was not, as Shenae Grimes's character says, "torture porn" like the currently popular movies like Saw. Other than one part, it wasn't even particularly gory. I don't have anything against gore if that's what I'm looking for, but I hate when movies are considered scary just because they are gross.
• It had some funny parts, like the beginning. I like a good mix in my movies, whether it's comedy and horror or comedy and action.
• While it was obviously modeled very closely after the first Scream, it had enough difference that I didn't know exactly what was going to happen. It also had enough similar that I could enjoy the references to the original story.
• I did not know who the killer was from the beginning of the movie. I spent a lot of time changing my mind and only figured it out right before it was revealed. And I was pleased with the outcome.

I did have one problem, though. How come it is so hard to attack the killer? If it were me, I'd carry a gun and as soon as I saw the killer in front of me, I'd shoot. But, even if I couldn't do that, how hard would it be to overpower the killer? Everyone that was a possible killer was not big enough that a police officer shouldn't be able to take them.