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Title: Camp Buffy is not what Josh Whedon intended
Review: Joss Whedon's script is played for camp in this original version of Buffy. Just watch Paul Reubens mug his way through the film to know that this is the way the director decided to go in this film. However, everyone who watches the television version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer knows that there is a much better way of doing it. The movie is certainly not important to the mythos of the television series; there is very little reference to the events and the only flashback is in Part I of "Becoming." However, if you enjoy the Buffy series then you should check this movie out if only to catch the wrong path not taken. If listen carefully to the dialogue you will recognize Whedon vision is in there but that style had-for the moment-over come substance. You have to pity anyone who thinks the movie is superior to the television show.
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