Ghostbusters Thread

[JackFetch]

[dc20willsave]

[JackFetch]

I want this to be huge to prove you don't need hot model looks to get a hit movie. Don't get me wrong, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig are attractive but they purposefully hid it in this.

[Delete]

Oof the description of Dan Aykroyd's cameo.

[You Know Who]

The trailer has arrived.

[JackFetch]

Two things:

1. The beginning made it seem like it's a sequel, not a reboot. I'm confused on that now.

2. It's a terrible trailer. The pacing and slow music doesn't mix well with the comedy.

[Venneh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntAEVjPBzQ

Just saying.

Edited March 3, 2016 by Venneh

[Davedevil]

Kristen Wiig wasn't doing a whole lot for me in the trailer. Everyone else had me interested in this. We'll see. Not sure if I'll catch it in theaters yet.

[JackFetch]

After watching it again it I guess I just didn't find the funny parts very funny. I'm not bashing the movie, just the trailer. I'm still hoping it will be good.

Edited March 3, 2016 by JackFetch

[Koete]

Looks fun, Kate McKinnon's great.

[Donomark]

Confession Time: I have never actually seen the original Ghostbuster movies. I watched the cartoons all the time, especially Extreme Ghostbusters, which I have fond memories of.

This looks fun to me. I like a group of women carrying a type of action film. It doesn't look all that funny, but as a movie I'm interested.

[Dan]

Kate McKinnon is a national treasure.

[You Know Who]

Confession Time for me as well: I had to look up who Kate McKinnon was.

[Donomark]

I recognize her name from some Venture Bros voice work credits

[You Know Who]

Apparently, this film's trailer is the most Disliked in YouTube history.

[dc20willsave]

Remember, we live in an age where this is actually a news story.

[JackFetch]

We live in an age where being an asshole is cool and banding together to hate on things is even cooler. 

[Koete]

We live in an age where guys hide behind the sanctity of Ghostbusters to hate on women, despite Ghostbusters having been franchised to hell already.

[Dread]

We live in an age where, sadly, the above three statements are true.

[JackFetch]

I've been trying to keep an open mind about this movie, but if what this guy says about it is true I can't anymore. Spoilers ahead...

[dc20willsave]

Review embargo is over tomorrow so we'll get a better idea. A few stray reviews have been optimistic though.

[JackFetch]

After reading reviews I'm back to being optimistic. 

[slothian]

Really enjoyed it! It's a film with plenty of homages, but takes a different enough story path and incorporates the science and quartet-dynamic better than the original(s). I still prefer the original film, but this film was delightful, even without the welcome/obligatory cameos.

Also heeded the advice of some board members here and stayed until the end. Upon the last line, a guy in my screening proclaims "NO. NO. NO I haven't been so annoyed about ruining a franchise [sic]. Apart from Fantastic Four". To which I resisted openly calling the guy an arsehole with every fibre of my being.

[slothian]

I picture her as the Ray, with Wiig as the Venkman.

That's pretty much spot on, although McCarthy was top-billed, which maintains my belief that Paul Feig exists solely to make McCarthy a movie star. Which is in no way a slam on McCarthy at all (she's very good here) but Wiig's character is clearly the main protagonist.

[Davedevil]

I think the pacing could've been better in the very beginning and somewhere in the middle, but there was something to laugh or smile at through most of the film. A lot of these moments came from, of course, Kate McKinnon.

Also I appreciated that Leslie Jones's character had a nerdy side that elevated her beyond a stereotype. 

Chris Hemsworth was great as well, although they're gonna have to either minimize him or give him something else to do in the sequel.