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Ghostbusters: How do you follow up the most charismatic cast in film?
commandercool:
With a really, really charismatic new cast and a movie that, unlike the original, has actual jokes to go with the weird quirky character bits.
So I just got back from seeing the Ghostbusters reboot. It's really, really good.
I would definitely rank the first Ghostbusters pretty highly among my favorite movies of all time, and honestly the reboot is a really solid successor to it. The fanservice may be a bit heavy, the action may fall a bit flat just a few times, the effects may not be as charming, but it's totally successful at basically everything it sets out to do. The cast is great, the many jokes are great, and the whole thing comes together just about as well as such a derivative work could hope to.
There is this weird thematic bit that threw me at first where Spoiler: the villain is a nerd who gets treated terribly by everyone for the whole movie, and his plot to create an army of ghosts is his retribution for a lifetime of being bullied. That made me feel a little weird at first, but everything fit together in the end. The main cast is also made up mostly of nerds who were bullied their whole lives, and they decided to make something of themselves rather than lashing out at other people. When the climax ultimately comes down to a socially awkward loser getting his ass kicked it makes a lot of sense since other socially awkward losers are the ones doing the ass kicking. And is his resemblance to a shrieking entitled Reddit poster a coincidence? Probably not entirely.
So if you were on the fence about whether to see it, I totally recommend that you do. If you go in looking to be mad I'm sure you can find plenty to get mad at, but if you're doing that then you've probably already decided you're not going to give it a ticket sale, so whatever, miss out on how funny Chris Hemsworth is.
MewMewHeart:
I nearly laughed so hard last Sunday when I went to see it with my aunt no seriously my sides hurted so badly until the end of the movie from laughing so hard.
Your Everyday NEET:
After I watched Fantastic Four (2015) and heard about the controversy surrounding the new Ghostbusters, I make a promise to myself to watch that movie and see it if it's that bad. To my surprise, it's actually quite decent. I'm not calling very good though, very good rating is reserved for Civil War, The Dark Knight, The Force Awaken, etc.
I got a few complaint though: First, what's with the stupid men? We have clumsy Jason Statham in Spy, and now Chris Hemworth? Does the director actually hates men? Second, the CGI. Sure, the first few ghost are actually beautifully rendered and can be actually scary, but in the climax, the ghosts are very cartoonish. Last, all the juvenile adult humor. I don't like adult humor, I don't laugh with the fellow audience at the adult humors.
Other than that, the movie can be pretty entertaining. I laughed together with the audience, the ghosts are actually pretty scary before the girls became Ghostbusters, and the most important thing, all the 5 main characters were clearly enjoying themselves, especially Chris Hemsworth. You can clearly see he's having a blast with his role, especially at the end credit. Though Erin's actor seems to be the dullest.
I don't get why many Americans hate this movie. In IMDB, the reviews are all extremely negative. When I look at other site, the reviews are average to positive.
Suwako Moriya:
--- Quote from: Your Everyday NEET on July 27, 2016, 10:56:59 AM ---I don't get why many Americans hate this movie.
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America hates women. Even ignoring the quality of the movie (I've heard mixed reviews), this movie was never going to see anything but negative backlash from the American interwebs solely due to its casting choice.
Tengukami:
--- Quote from: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2016, 12:56:54 PM ---America hates women. Even ignoring the quality of the movie (I've heard mixed reviews), this movie was never going to see anything but negative backlash from the American interwebs solely due to its casting choice.
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Yup, as we saw in the run-up to and in the opening days of Fury Road. But minorities are also subject to the same hysteria. Just mention the idea of a black James Bond and watch as people lose their shit.