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The Scary Movie series has never really brought out much hysterical laughter from me, yet I've gone to see each one at the movies and I own the first two. Scary Movie 4, I think, is the best sequel so far. I liked how they connected the movies they were spoofing (Saw, The Grudge, War of the Worlds, The Village, etc.) into their storyline. The Grudge was the best spoof. I hated The Grudge, the actual movie, but all the stupid stuff they did to it in Scary Movie 4 made me laugh sometimes. I still haven't seen War of the Worlds or The Village or Million Dollar Baby, but understood what was going on (for the most part, at least).
Scary Movie 2 & 3 are O.K. (part 2) and "eh" (part 3). I thought that a lot of funny stuff from those films were cut and thrown into the deleted scenes stuff on the DVDs, which I hated. Although I thought part 3 was better than 2 at the time it came out, I believe I must have changed my mind, I think after watching part 2 again. 3 has that boring spoof of 8 Mile that takes 8 centuries...
I am, however, kinda disappointed with what they did to the character of Brenda in part 4. Maybe it was just the actress, but she seemed a little less energized to me. Perhaps she's getting tired of the Brenda role. Can't really blame her. In 4, she spends most of her time trying to find a way to "get off", and she doesn't care if an entire village wants to watch her do it.
I would recommend that the series ends now. I couldn't believe that there was actually a Scary Movie FOUR and that it was showing in four theaters at my local cineplex. And I actually LIKED Scary Movie 4, which was also shocking. Insanity. I'd say the series has hit a higher note and could go out dignified now.