February 9, 2000 Fea.tures Page 5 • Southwest Standard 'Scream 3' disappointment to fans Despite promising "all nothing could be further from the involved, almost us though he's con- the viewers from walking out is the checks and believability checks, I trouble believing I WIIS watching a truth, nected. However, he ends up IlS lit- lise of familiar cameos, some of found my attention dwindling. theatrical release, and not a b-rnovie rules are broken in a Meanwhile, in Hollywood, pro- tle more than a stock character, which may be subject to inside Just then, Sidney re-enters the video release. trilogy," 'Scream 3' is duction has started on the new film Williamson had a great thing knowledge. story. If you remember i J1 the first film, same old stuff "Stab 3," which actually looks about going with the original "Scream," The role of John Milton (Lance Arter the rather simple strategy of we were actually led through a as good as the real "Scream 3." but as we all know, the buck can't Henrikson), II big-time Hollywood the killer's method was uncovered, clever twist of plot and mystery. In A group of young soap-opera stop there. We learn that producer, is Sidney feels the second film, it was done with By THAVIS KEUNE style actors and actresses prepare for Williamson actually has written II used as a tie- As the story tries to she must go to more elaborate and confusing twists, The Southwest Standard their 15 minutes of fame. With sup- trilogy, but find that his second and between for a Hollywood to but they were much less believable. porting cast roles by Tom Prinze, third installments resemble more of lacking story. unfold in etea Ith mode, help. In part three, the plot twists are nei- Wes erayen returns to direct the Jenny McCarthy and Parker Posey a last minute approach than a well- We witness a we're constantlu battered Even though ther clever or believable. third and final installment of the as the hopeful stars, "Stab 3" never thought project. couple of dog- with the cuuikin CS and the general idea In what began as a groundbreak- modern slasher trilogy "Scream 3." actually gets very fur. As the story tries to unfold in matic tourists screecning oj tile ridiculous of this film is ing Ilollywoocl experiment, this has The teumup between Craven and Almost immediately, the killing stealth mode, we're constantly bat- and II galactic plot twists, that nil rules are turned into among the worst trilo- Kevin Williamson (writer "Scream," begins again. The young performers tered with the clanking lind screech- pn ncess as broken ina tri I· gies in the history of film. "Scream 2") leaves us hanging in freak out and Detective Kincaid ing of the ridiculous plot twists. cameos. Imust ogy, the PUllS, "Scream 3" has become the text- disap- (Patrick A mystery is introduced to the refrain from revealing their identi- cl iches and stereotypes are still here book example or the trilogy formu- point- Dempsey) story. Did we miss something in the ties for the sake of their importance in nauseating detail. la. As the series gets higher in num- ment. enters the prior two films'! Perhaps Sidney's as comic relief. "Scream 3" is not gory, scary or ber, the quality lowers deeper and The story. He mother, Maureen, was not who we As I sat juggling between time- even intelligently mysterious. I had deeper into absurdity. f i 1 m is joined thought she was. begins by the The script tends to temporarily with a compromise of the series' past return of Gail Weathers (Courtney forget about the killer and lure you formulaic structure, when a major Cox) and Dewey (David Arquette) deep into a disappointing secret character, not a big star, dies quick- who become wanna-be detectives. about Maureen Prescott. ly. Of course, this, as well as the rest Another one of the incredible Meanwhile, we sec little of Sidney, of the film, is excruciatingly pre- flaws of this film is its struggle to be other than an occasional nightmare dictable. as clever as the first. Detective of hers. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) Kincaid seems so interested and One miniscule aspect that keeps returns for the final chapter. For this film, Sidney is self-secluded to a remote wooded home, where she works as a women's crisis counselor by phone. 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