"Scooby Doo and the Gourmet Ghost" verses "Mission Possible"

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Welcome readers as we once again do a MoVTie Critic's "Movie Verses" where two films go head to head to get the best ranking of Green Mountain Stars. Today's films are going to the dogs with these dog themed films with a bit of sleuthing thrown into the mix. So before these films need to go for a walk, let's get started.

Up first is America's favorite Great Dane Scooby Doo in his latest feature film "Scooby Doo and the Gourmet Ghost". In this film we find the gang in Rhode Island staying at an old inn newly renovated to be a culinary experience for their guest run by Fred Jones's (Frank Welker who also voices Scooby Doo) uncle famous chef Bobby Flay (as himself). As famous chefs from around the country are preparing for a televised competition that is to kick off the inn's reopening, they find themselves facing the wrath of the legendary "Red Ghost" that was said to have caused the disappearance of Fred and Bobby's famous chef ancestor who first opened the inn during the Revolutionary War, Edward DuFlay (David Kaye). As the gang looks for clues and weeds out the suspects, they find themselves diving into history to solve a bigger mystery as to whether Edward DuFlay who opened his inn to both the colonist and the British during the war was a patriotic hero or a British loyal traitor.

Next we have the U.K. film "Mission Possible" where while two sisters Letizia and Rebecca (Letizia and Rebecca Pinocci) visit their cousins along with their Shih Tzu Alex, they stumble across a Shih Tzu kidnapping ring out in the woods when Alex runs off during a picnic. Seeking help from a local professor Brian (Bret Roberts) and his sister Lilian (Blanca Blanco) they set out to foil the plans of the bumbling criminals Harry (James Duval) and his associates with crazy antics, talking animals and even ghost taking this adventure on a crazy ride.

With two films it is usually hard to choose which one is better, in this case it was no contest. "Mission Possible" while it had its charm with its clever sleuthing children and slapstick moments when the bad guys fumbled, the story was all over the place. It was as if someone was making a stew and tried to throw everything they had in the fridge into the pot and see what came out. It was too much and soured the story. So I've chosen to throw them a bone and give them two G.M.Stars

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 As for the latest installment from Scooby Doo, the dog delivered a culinary delight for its keep you guessing plot along with a side mystery that dove into one of the most historical points in our country's history citing how such citizens of the early colonies played a role in the war's outcome and the dangers that it came with. This film will be able to feast on the five G.M.Stars that I've served up for them and I'll look forward to the next helping in future films.

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 "Scooby Do and the Gourmet Ghost" and "Mission Possible" are both now available at Redbox and where movies are sold/streamed.


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