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cDnStealth · 07-15-2016, 12:21 PM

Against my better judgement I ended up seeing this last night. Honestly, I am not even sure where to start. The food guy was fairly spot on. My biggest problem with the movie is how forced the humor is. It felt like every line was an attempt at a joke and for the most part they weren't funny. I didn't laugh until Chris Hemsworth showed up. He is legitimately funny in this movie. Unfortunately, he doesn't appear on screen until about 30 minutes into the film.

The Ghostbusters themselves had very few lines that I though were funny. I thought Kate McKinnon would be the bright spot of the team but I found her mostly annoying. She spent the entire movie hamming it up trying to get laughs which largely fell flat. Melissa McKarthy had a forgettable performance. Leslie Jones had a funny line or two but that was about it. I think I'd have swapped their characters making Jones the scientist and McKarthy the street wise person. Kristen Wiig's performance was decent and probably would have fit well in a movie that was, tone wise, more like the originals. I can help but feel like they were all largely forgettable.

The story itself was okay. The villain was terribly boring though and spoilers for those who care.

Spoiler!

The CGI effects were noticeable but bearable until the big battle scene. Not only did the CGI take me out of the movie but the whole premise of a large scale action scene in Ghostbusters is weird. This isn't The Matrix, this is Ghostbusters.

Original cast cameos were fairly funny but I am still kind of burned that they appeared in a Ghostbusters movie not playing their characters. I am not a fan of how they decided to ignore the existence of the originals. I wish they had treated the movie like a sequel and had the original team pass the torch to a new crew.

Mad Max Fury Road, Creed and the Force Awakens are recent examples I would hold up as how to treat a sequel/reboot in an established franchise. Ghostbusters is an example of what not to do.

TLDR. It's a bad movie. It's maybe not Spider-Man 3, dancing bad, but it's bad.

07-15-2016, 12:21 PM	#466
cDnStealth First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Calgary Exp:	Against my better judgement I ended up seeing this last night. Honestly, I am not even sure where to start. The food guy was fairly spot on. My biggest problem with the movie is how forced the humor is. It felt like every line was an attempt at a joke and for the most part they weren't funny. I didn't laugh until Chris Hemsworth showed up. He is legitimately funny in this movie. Unfortunately, he doesn't appear on screen until about 30 minutes into the film. The Ghostbusters themselves had very few lines that I though were funny. I thought Kate McKinnon would be the bright spot of the team but I found her mostly annoying. She spent the entire movie hamming it up trying to get laughs which largely fell flat. Melissa McKarthy had a forgettable performance. Leslie Jones had a funny line or two but that was about it. I think I'd have swapped their characters making Jones the scientist and McKarthy the street wise person. Kristen Wiig's performance was decent and probably would have fit well in a movie that was, tone wise, more like the originals. I can help but feel like they were all largely forgettable. The story itself was okay. The villain was terribly boring though and spoilers for those who care. Spoiler! The villain does the whole choose the form thing from the original movie which felt odd. They had an after-credits scene where Jones mentions Zuul which is bloody stupid. Are they going to do a sequel featuring Zuul and basically fight the exact same villain? Ugh. The CGI effects were noticeable but bearable until the big battle scene. Not only did the CGI take me out of the movie but the whole premise of a large scale action scene in Ghostbusters is weird. This isn't The Matrix, this is Ghostbusters. Original cast cameos were fairly funny but I am still kind of burned that they appeared in a Ghostbusters movie not playing their characters. I am not a fan of how they decided to ignore the existence of the originals. I wish they had treated the movie like a sequel and had the original team pass the torch to a new crew. Mad Max Fury Road, Creed and the Force Awakens are recent examples I would hold up as how to treat a sequel/reboot in an established franchise. Ghostbusters is an example of what not to do. TLDR. It's a bad movie. It's maybe not Spider-Man 3, dancing bad, but it's bad.