So, some main complaints about this movie are the pop culture references and it supposedly having a political agenda. I found the pop culture references to be overall great. They were funny and fun! As far as it having some political agenda; I dug and dug looking for anyone to tell me specifically how and no one has actually really explained, so I call bull. If hearing the words “toxic masculinity” in this movie got you all bent out of shape and disliking this movie in its entirety then perhaps you're being just as stupidly extreme as those whose radical views you are against. You're just looking for something to be offended about; just like they're accused of constantly doing. The statement fit well enough in context to when it was said and it could be amusing either way you feel about it. I think it depends on how you, as the viewer, take it. Personally I'm in the middle about a lot and feel I can understand views from both sides. Is toxic masculinity a thing? Yeah. So is toxic femininity, and sadly, it's been less talked about in today's societal climate. I'll give you that much. But, I'm not about to let that one single completely-relevant-to-the-current-world-around-us comment have me judge the whole movie so harshly. If you can accept that in past movies there were things that admittedly weren't so great that fit right in because of the time period, then you can accept the same here. Anyway! Moving on to what I thought of the movie outside all of that.

I absolutely adored the younger versions of everyone. I kind of wish that the movie went on to focus on a big adventure they had as kids that lead to Mystery, Inc being created as adults, rather than the majority of it being a story unfolding once they were all grown up; but maybe even better would be if a new series based on hundreds of their adventures together as kids were to be made. (Maybe if feedback on Scoob from huge Scooby Doo fans was taken into serious consideration, then a really cool, long-running television series could be done!) I didn't dislike the grown up characters though. [spoiler]Simon Cowell[/spoiler] was an interesting choice that did feel a little outdated, but I guess at least it was unexpectedly humorous. Further into the movie I remember feeling like the music was too much and too loud in some areas. [spoiler]The robotic creatures, when they weren't transformed into scary scorpion, alien looking beings, were quite cute and vaguely remind me of the Grungees from the 1990 Jetsons movie. Considering that Hanna-Barbera characters were a part of this, maybe they were even inspired from there somewhat. I watched and loved many Hanna-Barbera cartoons as a kid,[/spoiler] so that was a fun aspect. Overall, I thought it was a fun film surrounding the bonds of friendship; and it had laughs for both kids and adults.