Aloha: Scooby Doo (2005)

Hi fellow animation fans, welcome to my review of Aloha: Scooby Doo.

Synopsis: When Daphne is given the chance to design clothes in Hanahuna, Hawaii the whole gang leap at the chance to join her. As they are exploring Hawaii, they notice people leaving Hanahuna, but a man stops to warn them that there are evil spirits on the island, the gang find this hard to believe. Arriving in Hanahuna they find themselves just in time for the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest, which had previously been for locals only, but this year the mayor opened the contest to all, even the mainlanders. This of course appears to have angered the evil spirit the Wiki Tiki who has kidnapped the previous winner's girlfriend, now it is up to the Scooby Gang to solve the mystery and save the contest.

The Good: 

* There are a few really funny moments provided by the gang but surprisingly Shaggy (Casey Kasem) and Scooby (Frank Welker) aren't used as much for comedy as they usually are though, which actually makes for a pleasant change.

* The animation is bright colorful and easy on the eyes, perfect to hold children's attention.

* The voice acting is pretty good and features some well-known names in a few smaller roles, see if you can pick who Adam West is voicing.

The Bad:

* They make picking the bad guy at the start really easy, younger kids might miss it, but most people won't.

* Once you picked the bad guy out, the whole thing becomes rather predictable.

* Maybe because it was spoiled at the start, but unlike previous movies this one had very little suspense and the story seemed to plod along, felt like it ran for a long time even though it has a very slim 71-minute run-time.

                    IMDB 6.3/10                  Rotten Tomatoes 62% (audience)        Me 6/10

Shaggy informing the team, again that he doesn't want a mystery.