Aug 5, 2016
THE WAIT IS OVER! This week, Brian, John, and Elaine deliver part 1 of our epic Ghostbusters (2016) review. This movie has been a lighting rod of controversy, setting up a war between fans of the original and Director Paul Feig and cast; with cries of "misogyny" and "femi-nazi" being thrown from various groups over the movie. This movie is without a doubt the proverbial hornet's nest of cinema....And we are geared up to kick said hornet's nest very very hard. So grab your proton pack, don't cross the streams, and enjoy part 1 of our epic 2 part review of Paul Feig's Ghostbusters.
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Ghostbusters (2016)
Disclaimer
In light of the controversial nature of the film, we felt it was
necessary to give a bit of a disclaimer on our review.
Our review of the film is an HONEST review. All three of us
watched the film and came to our own conclusions. This is our
opinion, you can agree or disagree with it. But we welcome
discorse and debate.
Keep in mind, this is only a movie. If the energry used to
battle this movie was used to combat real sexism (ie. pay equality,
etc.) a lot of those problems could be dealt with.
Ghostbusters is a "meh" movie
Brian and John hated it.
Elaine didn't love it, but also didn't hate it
Not nearly as terrible as the trailers lead us to believe.
Cameos were pointless
You could set your watch to the next cameo from an original cast
member (estimated around 15-20 mins).
Bill Murray quite literally phoned in his performance.
Annie Potts was the only good cameo.
The cameos took you out of the movie and reminded you that 1. this
is in fact a remake. And 2. that the original is far superior
and acts as a cloud over the movie.
Movie says "fuck you" to fans of the original while still marketing to them
Studio manufactured the controversy by deleting youtube comments
of anyone critical and only allowing sexist comments to pump up the
manufactured narrative of sexism.
The villain in the movie is the proverbial overweight, pasty,
ghostbusters fan that the controversy was based around.
To add insult to injury, the villain then turns into a a giant
killer version of the Ghostbusters logo that is defeated by being
shot in the dick.
Sexism in the film
The film does present men as being assholes or idiots.
The positive side of this is that it does give male audiences a
taste of some of the treatment that women deal with in other
films.
This does unfortunately get in the way of the story.
Terrible writing and directing
The female leads are fantastic comedians in their own right, but
are hindered by terrible writing and directing.
The movie suffers from very predictable and unfunny writing (ie:
queef joke / wanton running gag)
Direction is more akin to a Saturday Night Live improv sketch
rather than a Ghostbusters movie.
Holtzman (Kate McKinnon) shines through a lot of the bullshit, but
unfortunately ends up coming across as overly goofy by the middle
of the film.
There are wasted opportunities to turn the movie into something
positive.
The mention of the fake ghost adventures tv show in a scene of the movie could have been used to break out into a much more compelling and a better story all around.
PART 2 NEXT WEEK!!!
"Why should I go see Ghostbusters" By Erin Deer--Medium.com
Ghostbusters (2016)- Trailer #2
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