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Lttp Ghostbusters 2016
- Thread starter Officer Big Mac
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I like it. Yes it was worse than both the previous movies but there was enough I laughed at that I own it.
Chris Hemsworth could be funny at times but the big problem with his character was that he was too dumb to function in society.
Most of the critics who shilled hard for this movie act like this horrendous film never happened.
I liked it. A few scenes went rambling on, but there are a bunch of really cool ones too. Also, the extended cut filled in a lot of important scenes like that dance scene and more motivation for Erin (Wiig's character) to leave the group near the end. That felt really chopped up in the theatrical: "you know, I need to go home and think about this, wait, nevermind, I'm back".
The most egregious thing about it was none of it felt like it was actually in New York.
Otherwise it was fine.
Otherwise it was fine.
"A chore to watch" is the perfect way to describe this film. It's ad-libs the movie. No one ever shuts up or stops trying to be funny long enough to let any of the story develop.
Paul Feig was simply the wrong director, and the Plinkett review really explained everything I hated about it.
Paul Feig was simply the wrong director, and the Plinkett review really explained everything I hated about it.
You couldn't voice a positive or negative or even disinterested opinion about this film for about a year before and until a year after it's release without having to deal with an ocean of shit thrown at you by whatever faction had decided to dig their hills into thinking this Sony movie's performance decided the fate of the world.
Like AVGN got a fuck ton of harassment for saying "It looks like a shitty Hollywood remake of a classic film and I'm probably not going to watch it."
Like AVGN got a fuck ton of harassment for saying "It looks like a shitty Hollywood remake of a classic film and I'm probably not going to watch it."
I remember liking the extended cut better but to be fair I dug the movie already and mostly just had nitpicks about the third act. I remember listening to the commentary track and the editor at one point remarked the theatrical version was done super last minute before the premiere which makes sense with how many weird ass decisions it makes (like cutting that dance scene in the weirdest way possible but leaving clips of it in the credits)
I feel like the original Ghostbusters was lightning in a bottle. If they want to continue it, they should probably take a semi serious approach to it, and stop trying to make a comedy. I feel like it's nearly impossible to recapture the magic of the first one, so they should go in a different direction all together (or just stop making them lol).
It's a huge pile of shit, and that's it. It's boring, none of the jokes work, none of it is interesting. It's a huge failure in all ways. It was weird that there was a battle about how people hated it because it was women. I mean, some total losers did, but that's not why it was bad. It was bad because it was just a massive piece of shit. I would have welcomed an all female Ghostbusters if it had been good. It was not.
The original is a nearly perfect film. It's beautiful to look at, has a brilliant script, amazing soundtrack, great pacing. The sequel has none of these things.
The original is a nearly perfect film. It's beautiful to look at, has a brilliant script, amazing soundtrack, great pacing. The sequel has none of these things.
shit was fun, prolly better than 2. wish we'd get more from that crew
shit, see now i like it even more
shit, see now i like it even more
I'm just gonna drive-by post to state that I adore Ghostbusters 2016. Saw it twice in the cinema, and several times on the home version extended cut. I genuinely think it is The Best Ghostbusters film, and I say that as a Ghostbusters fan who owns all three movies, and who is old enough to have seen all three in the cinema.
I don't feel there is any value in trying to convince people something is funny if they think it isn't. You didn't laugh? Fair enough. I did though. Comedy is very subjective and we all laugh at different things. One of my best mates absolutely hates it too, and I know he's judging it on his own merits without any other motives. All the rest of my social circle loved it same as me though, and kids in particular are super into it. Two separate 7 year olds, one boy and one girl, both think it's brilliant. Holtzmann in particular was one of the best recieved characters I've seen, she single-handedly moved a lot of people on the Kinsey scale. No word of a lie, one day I had both a straight woman and a gay man I know making the almost exact same tweet about their confused feelings for her.
I'm only posting because there's a page of "this movie sucks" consensus, dragging up a movie from 2 years ago to beat on it again when we know that it came out under a cloud of deliberate and obvious orchestrated hate campaigns. It's important to note that there are plenty of us who love GB2016 and one of my biggest regrets is that there will likely never be a sequel.
I especially love the complaints about the film being bad because it was improvised, when loads of other highly praised films like Ragnarok etc did the same. Again, if you didn't enjoy the results, didn't laugh at the jokes, fair enough. Other comedy films are available, and I'll probably sideeye you for some of your faves in return. But I've legit seen (and I'm talking the last two years in general, not just this thread) the fact that it was improv based listed as why it was bad so many times now when successful films of all genres were often mostly created on the fly.
I love all the special features on the digital version because even with the extended cut, there's a solid 30 mins + of other material that wasn't included, but that could have been, and I'm hoping for a fan super-cut that weaves all this other stuff into it. The full version of Kevin's interview is almost 14 minutes of deliciously dry humour and Hemsworth is goddamn hilarious. If you enjoyed Ragnarok, then you owe at least part of your thanks to GB2016 as this is where Hemsworth learned how to be funny. Or more accurately, learned how funny he already was given the license to let it out. (No, really, he's pretty open about how worried he was about trying to improv with the SNL women. They said "don't worry, leave that to us" and then he surprised everyone by being brilliant at it.)
Anyway, when you're doing your "ugh, this movie sucks, who even likes this garbage?" I just wanted to raise my hand and let you know that me, and many people I know, love this film. I've seen all of them multiple times over, like them all (I've been a lonely defender of GB2 for many years even), but I'll never be moved from the position that Girlbusters is Bestbusters.
I don't feel there is any value in trying to convince people something is funny if they think it isn't. You didn't laugh? Fair enough. I did though. Comedy is very subjective and we all laugh at different things. One of my best mates absolutely hates it too, and I know he's judging it on his own merits without any other motives. All the rest of my social circle loved it same as me though, and kids in particular are super into it. Two separate 7 year olds, one boy and one girl, both think it's brilliant. Holtzmann in particular was one of the best recieved characters I've seen, she single-handedly moved a lot of people on the Kinsey scale. No word of a lie, one day I had both a straight woman and a gay man I know making the almost exact same tweet about their confused feelings for her.
I'm only posting because there's a page of "this movie sucks" consensus, dragging up a movie from 2 years ago to beat on it again when we know that it came out under a cloud of deliberate and obvious orchestrated hate campaigns. It's important to note that there are plenty of us who love GB2016 and one of my biggest regrets is that there will likely never be a sequel.
I especially love the complaints about the film being bad because it was improvised, when loads of other highly praised films like Ragnarok etc did the same. Again, if you didn't enjoy the results, didn't laugh at the jokes, fair enough. Other comedy films are available, and I'll probably sideeye you for some of your faves in return. But I've legit seen (and I'm talking the last two years in general, not just this thread) the fact that it was improv based listed as why it was bad so many times now when successful films of all genres were often mostly created on the fly.
I love all the special features on the digital version because even with the extended cut, there's a solid 30 mins + of other material that wasn't included, but that could have been, and I'm hoping for a fan super-cut that weaves all this other stuff into it. The full version of Kevin's interview is almost 14 minutes of deliciously dry humour and Hemsworth is goddamn hilarious. If you enjoyed Ragnarok, then you owe at least part of your thanks to GB2016 as this is where Hemsworth learned how to be funny. Or more accurately, learned how funny he already was given the license to let it out. (No, really, he's pretty open about how worried he was about trying to improv with the SNL women. They said "don't worry, leave that to us" and then he surprised everyone by being brilliant at it.)
Anyway, when you're doing your "ugh, this movie sucks, who even likes this garbage?" I just wanted to raise my hand and let you know that me, and many people I know, love this film. I've seen all of them multiple times over, like them all (I've been a lonely defender of GB2 for many years even), but I'll never be moved from the position that Girlbusters is Bestbusters.
I loved the film and found it hilarious. I have no love or attachment to OG Ghostbusters, so maybe that influenced my enjoyment. I saw it multiple times in theaters with friends and family and everyone I knew enjoyed it.
I agree with Hong Kong Hermit that a lot of it comes down to finding it funny or not, and I'm not going to try to convince anyone it was good or funny when they don't believe so. I just personally enjoyed it and think it's worth a watch.
I agree with Hong Kong Hermit that a lot of it comes down to finding it funny or not, and I'm not going to try to convince anyone it was good or funny when they don't believe so. I just personally enjoyed it and think it's worth a watch.
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I loved it, I want a sequel. Once again the nerd hivemind is completely wrong about something, surprise surprise.
I liked GB 2016, but I will readily admit it's a very different type of movie...a lot more slap-stick, juvenile (queef joke) comedy.
The extended cut puts the dance number back in.
OG Ghostbusters is still one of my top 3 favorite movies of all time, but I enjoyed my time with Ghostbusters 2016.
The extended cut puts the dance number back in.
OG Ghostbusters is still one of my top 3 favorite movies of all time, but I enjoyed my time with Ghostbusters 2016.
I enjoyed Kate Mckinnon's character, but that's really about it. Redbox'd the movie and it's one of the few I regret Redboxing, along with the new Independence Day(which is so much worse than GB).
I have only seen it once in theathers, and found it to be passable but heavily flawed. Would have liked to see a sequel, since the cast was great. Will probably buy the new comic books based on the movie characters.
The one thing that sucked was seeing the Ghostbuster fandom harrass the cast and crew, it's own gamergate style meltdown made sure I never tried to interact with fans ever again.
The one thing that sucked was seeing the Ghostbuster fandom harrass the cast and crew, it's own gamergate style meltdown made sure I never tried to interact with fans ever again.
We get to see Mike Hat in the IDW OG GB/2016 GB Crossover series comic.
Made me giggle.
Had all the hopes in the world because of the cast, but the script just let them all down and it lacked a good focus on character arcs and relationships - just vignettes and rough ideas that didn't feel fully formed.
No idea why they cut that, I thought it was a great scene and really fun, plus that part of the movie needed something like that and it would have helped the pacing.
No idea why they cut that, I thought it was a great scene and really fun, plus that part of the movie needed something like that and it would have helped the pacing.
I honestly thought it was a pretty fun movie. Some of the gags really didn't work (wontons are never funny), but the characters, action, plot were decent by me. And some of the humor really did hit, like "Never compare me to the Jaws mayor! Never."
Honestly I find this film pretty charming. It's quite a dry, low-key comedy that comes across as likable a lot of the time rather than laugh-out-loud funny, and it certainly has some flaws (most of the action sequences near the climax add nothing to the film except budget) but it's leagues ahead of the cynical by-the-numbers retread that was Ghostbusters II.
It was never going to be the original but the original was a lightning-in-a-bottle film and you can't recapture those.
Kate McKinnon is especially great, and Chris Hemsworth is fantastic.
It was never going to be the original but the original was a lightning-in-a-bottle film and you can't recapture those.
Kate McKinnon is especially great, and Chris Hemsworth is fantastic.
I still have no idea how this turned out so unfunny and just overall dull.
I'm certainly not dying to have more remakes, but if you're going to do it, this seemed like a great way. All female cast of A+ talent paired with a franchise with lots of possible directions. At worst it should have been "pretty good." But this thing was just an unfunny mess and just not enjoyable.
I'm certainly not dying to have more remakes, but if you're going to do it, this seemed like a great way. All female cast of A+ talent paired with a franchise with lots of possible directions. At worst it should have been "pretty good." But this thing was just an unfunny mess and just not enjoyable.
I liked the movie the first time I watched it but quickly soured on it. Kinda sad that the main four have the show stolen from them by Chris Hemsworth.
Just felt like a by-committee comedy with an hilariously bloated budget. Also not sure why it needed to be 2 hours long.
Just felt like a by-committee comedy with an hilariously bloated budget. Also not sure why it needed to be 2 hours long.
Dogshit film. The 'Mike Hat' joke is basically every toddler when they begin to create their own jokes when their brain starts forming basic word/sound associations. In fact I may have heard a child use that very joke before, or one functionally identical, and that was where the movie peaked.
It was dead for 20 years and they should have never brought it back to begin with especially after Harold Ramis passed. The movie is a chore as OP says; the jokes fall flat, the acting is off at all times, and the plot is extremely weak.
I still haven't seen it and thanks to the internet I have no intention to.
I loled
It is interesting to hear about how much of Ghostbusters was composed of improv'd scenes, and around the same percentage was done on Thor Ragnorak. The two movies even share an actor (Hemsworth). I'd want to say the difference is maybe the director, Paul Feig vs Taika Waititi, and who has a better sense in their head of what is working and what is not, but of course I have no idea if thats true or not.
Its really difficult though to believe the cast from a mostly improv background (SNL) did a worse job than a cast of mostly regular actors, which is why I assume the director is the one who has to ultimately bear responsibility.
Its really difficult though to believe the cast from a mostly improv background (SNL) did a worse job than a cast of mostly regular actors, which is why I assume the director is the one who has to ultimately bear responsibility.
I completely missed this at cinemas but caught it on digital much much later. You know what? I quite enjoyed it. I laughed at enough of the jokes for it to be a thoroughly acceptable comedy. I'd even watch it again. Not going to try and convince people it's funny because if it's not your sense of humour it's not your sense of humour. All I can say is that there's far worse films out there that have proclaimed to be comedies, and I'm as happy to watch this one as I am Ghostbusters 1 or 2.
Ehhh he really isn't as Spy was just awful to watch and he wrote and directed that.
He only directed it, the script was written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo whereas with Ghostbuster he co-wrote it along with someone who have never watched the original movies.
Yeah I remember that, which was dumb as he explains why he wasn't interested in the new movie and it was simply because it wasn't a continuation of the original series thus he wasn't the target market and had no interest in the movie.
The backlash wasn't because the cast were female, though I assume that it was for some, but rather because fans had waited years for Ghostbuster 3 and they were getting something different that didn't look good.
Bullshit. It was 90% sexism. People who actually watched it and didn't like it, that's different, but the backlash was almost entirely cast driven.
I agree with the comment that it has the same problem other "soft reboot" films do, but disagree most of the complaints were due to sexism.
Its just... too meta.
It knows what the original ghostbusters is, and expects you to know that too, so it just gives up on worldbuilding or explaining anything, because all that was done in another film 20+ years ago.
Oh, they've got guns that can catch ghosts? How does that work? Like it did in the other film (that this is not in any way connected to), duh!
Its just... too meta.
It knows what the original ghostbusters is, and expects you to know that too, so it just gives up on worldbuilding or explaining anything, because all that was done in another film 20+ years ago.
Oh, they've got guns that can catch ghosts? How does that work? Like it did in the other film (that this is not in any way connected to), duh!
I don't like ghostbusters(2016), it is a very poor movie. I don't think many people like it and even with such a talented cast. they dropped the ball hard. I think it all has to do with Paul Feig being not very good.
I know people like to rail on GB2 but it's vastly superior to 2016 ghostbusters in every single way.
Agreed, she tried to salvage it the best she could.