This film doesn’t work for me, it attempts to be a comedy first but the jokes are poorly written and delivered in a drab manner. It’s like Rodney Dangerfield without any personality.
The amount of bigotry in these comments is disappointing but not all that surprising. I should be used to all these sensitive little bigots running around by now really but I'm not.
With that said the film just ok and a little on the boring side :thumbsup:
Slow, plodding and overfluffed for time. Could easily have been an okay 90 minute movie, but instead was a painstaking 2H47 minute slog. Action sequences were not adequate as a payoff and the themes and underlying messages were convoluted and all over the map in the wrong way. Couldn't sit through the whole movie, didn't miss anyhting significant when I took a break, and STILL found enough time again to get bored. Cannot possibly recommend.
Genius self-parody. I think a lot of people missed the point of what Joe Dante did here.
Say what you will about the 2016 version, but at least it understood that Ghostbusters is a silly high concept comedy from the funny people from SNL and not a serious, brooding drama with "lore" that needs exploring.
They should have released this in time for Halloween it’s the scariest thing I’ve seen all year
This film was everything I needed right now.
All of the things it borrows from are better. It was in desperate need of a Captain Jack over Jack Whitehall to help paper over some of the more generic aspects. The sound design was impressive even if the CGI - so much CGI - was a bit bland. The chemistry between the two leads was fine, but it had been overhyped and it's not as impressive as some of the pre-release chatter had implied. Overall, a decent enough way to kill two hours on a Sunday afternoon but instantly forgettable.
Decent enough documentary, with some interesting combination of archive footage and talking heads. It draws quite heavily on the podcast Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99, though I think the podcast does a better job of explaining and examining the broader context and some of the almost criminal negligence that went into organizing the festival.
I thought the premise - an algorithm wants to put a Basketball player in a WB project - was funny. That idea had lots of potential, especially given that the original shorts were so good at parodying popular culture of their day. But rather than run with that, all we get is "I got that reference" nods to those properties when it could have been so much smarter while still serving the kids. The original Stupor Duck short, for example, which is referenced here, isn't exactly the harshest satire, but it lands its visual jokes and puns and silliness in a way that Daffy dressing s Superman doesn't get anywhere near. It's such a shame, because it basically reduces the Looney Tune characters to very basic acme slapstick when the premise could have allowed those characters to do some really smart parodying of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and the rest.
These motherfuckers went to space in a car. 10 stars.
This movie was everything I hoped it would be. Waited 19 years for it. Definitely not disappointed.
B E T T E D A V I S (♥‿♥)
cinematic masterpiece of our generation
one of the greatest feminist films of our generation.
