faetal on 17/7/2016 at 12:41
I didn't get the reference so it went over my head.
WingedKagouti on 17/7/2016 at 18:47
Quote Posted by scumble
Because I know the 1984 film so well, I was very aware of it following the same pattern. For example the opening sequence ghost scare into titles, and a repeat of the giant ghost rampage after another "choose the form" moment, massive ghost cloud emptying into New York. Wherever the movie did this I just thought it wasn't as good, and the improved special effects made no difference. This isn't going to affect people who haven't seen the 1984 film though.
They could watch Ghostbusters 2 and get the same experience as you describe.
I did like GB2 as a "more of the same, with the same cast and chemistry" experience. I don't think I'd like the new movie simply because it'd be "more of the same, different cast with different chemistry".
scumble on 20/7/2016 at 08:15
Well yes, GB2 was essentially the same film but carried by the cast.
I don't recommend seeing it if you can't drop expectations from the original. I was partly interested to see how they'd approached it, but in the end it's pretty much passed through my head and I've forgotten about it like other moderately entertaining films you'd only bother to watch once.
henke on 13/5/2017 at 08:46
The new Ghostbusters has finally made it to one of the streaming-services I subscribe to(Viaplay), and I watched it last night.
Kristen Wiig is good in this! Her character is very fleshed out, with a great backstory, and she brings a kind of sincerity unrivaled by any other character in the franchise. The other ghostbusters are so-so, but they do each get their standout-moments. There's cameos from pretty much every surviving main player of the original(except Moranis), but they're pretty meh, except for Aykroyd's character who actually got me laughing out loud. Number of laugh-out-loud moments in the whole movie: somewhere between 5 and 10.
Funniest character is the one played by Ed Begley Jr, though he only gets a few short scenes at the start of the movie. I usually like Chris Hemsworth, but here he is just no good at all, and gets way too much screentime. The story starts off strong, with the building of the mystery and the reveal of Wiig and McCarthy's backstories, but the finale is a big, kinda-boring mess. This movies does manage to actually kinda be scary at times though, which is not something I was expecting. Overall, I liked it! If someone told me "hey, wanna watch the new Ghostbusters again?" I'd probably be up for that.
In related news:
[video=youtube;0tdyU_gW6WE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdyU_gW6WE[/video]
PigLick on 13/5/2017 at 08:57
haha wtf henke you made my day
bustin indeed makes me feel good
PigLick on 13/5/2017 at 14:05
also Ray Parker Jnr was a boss rnb singer check his back catlog
PigLick on 13/5/2017 at 14:18
[video=youtube;KITPWMofOOI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KITPWMofOOI[/video]
possibly one of the best music videos of all time
seriously watch it
henke on 13/5/2017 at 14:56
That's pretty great. :)
SD on 21/7/2017 at 01:26
I finally watched this. It's pretty shit. I don't blame the cast, they are likeable and did their best. The witless script and workmanlike direction are what killed the franchise dead,
Tony_Tarantula on 21/7/2017 at 03:06
Quote Posted by SD
I finally watched this. It's pretty shit. I don't blame the cast, they are likeable and did their best. The witless script and workmanlike direction are what killed the franchise dead,
Why on earth did you have to remind me that this film still exists?
And sometimes just "doing your best"....isn't great.
[video=youtube;d3ZDA3VJzw4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ZDA3VJzw4[/video]
