Having no children, I am not familiar with children's books until they become movies. As an adult, I have found seeing the movie first makes reading the book easier as you already know the characters and plot.
The three investigators are far smarter than any child or adult on the planet. While this is all fun, it is extremely unrealistic. To add to the fun, spy music is played during the introduction. Our trio of bad child actors go with dad to the cursed Skeleton Island off the coast of South Africa where they plan to build an amusement park. The island is also the sacred ancient burial ground for a local tribe, of which one man guards the land. Realistically an amusement park would never get built on a burial ground, especially in South Africa today. This demonstrates that the screen play was poorly adapted from an older book to modern times. They drive modern vehicles, but there is a lack of cell phones.
As a mystery, this is strictly for kids as there are as many suspects as there are in a Scooby-Doo cartoon. The kids are able to make connections that don't exist. The kids do things I wouldn't want a child to do such as sneak around, breaking and entering, and creating disruptions. The movie does have a theme of racial harmony as we have an inter-racial kiss, something I didn't expect. Entertaining for kids, tolerable for adults.
If your child loves Scooby-Doo, they should love this film.
The three investigators are far smarter than any child or adult on the planet. While this is all fun, it is extremely unrealistic. To add to the fun, spy music is played during the introduction. Our trio of bad child actors go with dad to the cursed Skeleton Island off the coast of South Africa where they plan to build an amusement park. The island is also the sacred ancient burial ground for a local tribe, of which one man guards the land. Realistically an amusement park would never get built on a burial ground, especially in South Africa today. This demonstrates that the screen play was poorly adapted from an older book to modern times. They drive modern vehicles, but there is a lack of cell phones.
As a mystery, this is strictly for kids as there are as many suspects as there are in a Scooby-Doo cartoon. The kids are able to make connections that don't exist. The kids do things I wouldn't want a child to do such as sneak around, breaking and entering, and creating disruptions. The movie does have a theme of racial harmony as we have an inter-racial kiss, something I didn't expect. Entertaining for kids, tolerable for adults.
If your child loves Scooby-Doo, they should love this film.