great premise for a horror

Rating: 6/10 (11 December 2003)

I'm not into scream the way so many are, meaning I can't remember it scene by scene nor do I have any interest in seeing it again but I liked the movie and got the premise which really was good. a horror within a horror-it was nice to see something that hadn't been done before and the cast was great as were some of the more memorable scenes and lines.
But I still don't think scream was a perfect movie, there were at least 2 things I didn't like about it one being the amount of violence it featured. I realize that for the premise of the movie-some violence needs to be there but cmon-after awhile, it was a bit much, scream was more violent then many regualr horror films! I think the movie's best moments were diologe driven-the showy emphasis on all the gore was overdone and done for effect and ditracted from the whole movie in general. I also felt the ending was a bit ridiculous and unlike the plot in general there was nothing brillient about it, it seemed thrown together. I'm trying to do as honest a review as possible because so many either loved or hated this and I'm in between-I definetly did not love it, but moderatly enjoyed it and am glad I saw it. I think they could have stopped with one though.