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piratediscoking
Truly dreadful. Looks like a bad tv movie and full of awkward improv. Misses out on what made the original funny and doesn't replace it with anything.baatsokeisari
Boy this sucked.exitpanda
Where have you seen this? 20 people checked already.danisanna
Not sure anyone asked for a reboot but it's enjoyable. Nothing special though.neko's kat
The movie was alright. Wasn't terribly bad but wasn't spectacular either. For me, Chris Hemsworth stole the show. lolDisneyStitch
It truly isn't every day that a movie comes along that sums up what's wrong with Hollywood so well. You can probably tell where this review is heading but hear me out here. Ghostbusters is a cultural icon and has worked its way to a globally recognized franchise. In 2014 it was announced that finally after decades there would be the next installment to a beloved series. Most of the excitement would die quickly however as it turned out that it would be a reboot with all new characters and perplexing enough, they'd all be women.This is where it starts to all go downhill quick. It strikes me as a tad disrespectful to the series to make a reboot of it. Essentially a carbon copy of the original film that effectively tries to scoot alongside and claim its place but with nothing that made the original so great. Then there is the all-female cast. The prevailing theory was that Hollywood in its modern operating procedures was just placating to the forced gender equality mission, and after watching I can't say that was purely the intent but it would be silly to say it wasn't at least a partial factor here.
Then comes the humor, to be honest I may have cracked a smile once but laughing was something that just wasn't going to happen here. It seems dumbed down to cater to a wide audience and starts to come across as some weird parody of the series. When the gang starts to tool around town in the new Ectomobile with Fall Out Boy playing it feels like someone kicked you right in the stomach.
Perhaps it is just me but is it kind of silly that every main male character in the film is either a patriarchal bureaucrat, a vulgar one-fingered salute-wielding Dean, a moronic receptionist, or the bad guy? Here is where I think the agenda is quite clearly stated.
In the end it isn't bad enough that I feel like gouging out my eyeballs or putting it in the top worst movies I've ever seen. What I do feel and I think a lot of us can attest to is disappointment. A small ache of depression because out of all the ways it could have happened... this is how our beloved Ghostbusters somehow made it back to the big screen.
Dfigge
Cartman was right.Videl
Wait till after the end credits!fbillys
The most fun thing I had this summer. Suck it haters!stoduk
For reasons unknown the film opens in the UK (and other places) before the USA. Even the biggest multiplex has probably only had 4-5 screenings of this film so far, and the one I went to was far from full. Yet IMDB has 2.5k votes, 20% of which are 10/10, 57% of which are 1/10. I wonder how many of that 2.5k have actually seen the film.. [hint: it isn't as good as the original, but is a decent film. Most of the humour comes from Hemsworth, yet the rest of the cast are entertaining throughout]shitmovies
This was the moment that movies died. Hope you're all happy with this 'progress'. Fucking idiots.Falkhorn
Funny how all the people saying this movie was good have no avatars.badblokebob
I don't get the love for McKinnon at all. Enjoyed the film overall (not a patch on the original, but decent enough), but she was not one of the reasons why.ikkegoemikke
"I'm Ed Mulgrave. I'm the historian at the Aldridge Mansion, and I believe it's haunted. If you could just come take a look."There's one thing I'm firmly convinced of. And that's to stay clear of milestones in film history. A milestone is a film that isn't necessarily brilliant or an absolute masterpiece, but it made a particular impression on me. For instance "Evil Dead". For me that movie is a milestone because this was the first real horror I watched and I afterwards I wasn't haunted by traumatic nightmares. When I left the cinema hall after watching "Grease", I thought I was as tough and cool as Danny. "Back to the Future" remains a rock-solid classic for me. And "Ghostbusters" from 1984 was also such a milestone. It became a kind of a hype and it'll still be appreciated by film lovers after 50 years and broadcasted on television on Saturdaynight. I'm sure no one will remember this remake after lets say a year. It may safely be added to the list of unnecessary made and totally failed remakes in the history of motion pictures.
The highlight of this film is the appearance of the original Ghostbusters actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and a bust of Harold Ramis (who unfortunately died in 2014). And the funniest thing is that Murray plays a skeptic who doesn't believe in the existence of ghosts. And strangely enough, Chris "Thor" Hemsworth was the funniest character from the new cast. Funny, the majority thinks the opposite about these two last facts. For the rest, this is simply a duplicate of the original film. The story-line is almost identical (with some minor adaptations). The biggest difference are the special effects. They look sophisticated and are very impressive compared to those of 32 years ago (quite obviously) and a Ghostbusters team that consists entirely of women. I don't have a problem with that. But nonetheless it's still not clear to me why they've chosen this option.
Maybe it's me or the fact that the nostalgic value of this film is very high. Perhaps the opinion about this film will be different if you're from a younger generation and you've never seen the first version. Sure, in that case it's still brand new and highly original. But someone like me who's part of an older generation and who has enjoyed the original film, just sees a duplicate, full of recycled ideas and reused objects, infused with not so humorous humor. Admit it, when you smile more about the fumbling of a hunk, who impersonated "Thor" once, this raises all kind of questions. Maybe it's because I have no affinity with the female so-called humorous actress Melissa McCarthy. I thought "The Heat" was horrible. And I pulled the plug on "Spy" after half an hour because I was bursting into tears rather than in laughter. Who you gonna call? Not these ghost busters for sure ...
Nonetheless, it's admirable they persisted in making this reboot. You don't need to be a genius to realize that this version would be overshadowed by its predecessor and would never manage to beat it. And if you don't have a unique story-line and all kinds of objects from the first film are used again (the paranormal apparitions Slimer and the Marsh Mellow Man, the famous tune, their headquarter and the Ghostbusters vehicle), there's only one thing that remains : the interaction between the main characters and the humor. And even that was toe-curling bad and irritating. The humor used by Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd was so natural, genuine and ingenuous. What's demonstrated here is so plastic and as implausible as the ghostly entities that flood New York City. Well, I stand by my first statement. Milestones are untouchable.
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Pauljt1980
This film was a lot better than I expected, loved Kevin and HoltzmanShowing items 16 – 30 of 38