Ghostbusters remake
 

I found the truth. The great knowledge. Ghostbusters was poor because....!!!!....it was essentially an SNL movie which are always bad except for The Blues Brothers.

Boss, you dipping into DBad's stash?

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I liked it. I like the cast and director, and I don't have a huge attachment to the original.

I liked it too. The female Ghostbusters were funny enough and the action was exciting. What more could I ask from a movie like this? Also, I like the original but I've never been a fanatic about it.

I thought it was entertaining and I hate SNL. It was amusing enough to be enjoyable. I would have preferred a sequel rather than a reboot though.

I wanted it to be very good. The previews made it look fun. I have a decent amount of attachment to the original, but it has nothing to do with my thoughts on the film. I've seen various former/current(at the time) SNL cast make comedies that are always bad. Since a bunch of SNL people are in it I think that's what might have happened, why it become more cartoonish and comedy sketch like than it should have been. I think also the huge popularity of super hero like films relying a lot on special effects probably had an affect on the films style.

Awful Movie - went in with an open mind too.

You do know that Amy Pascal used the death of Harold Ramis to push Ivan Reitman off of Ghostbusters? So she can put Paul Feig on it then had the balls to dedicate this abomination of a movie to Harold Ramis?

I didn't like this pile of man hating shit to begin with but when I heard they took advantage of Harold Ramis death to kick Ivan Reitman on the street and replaced him with the extremely untalented Paul Feig then dedicated it to Harold Ramis that really pissed me off. They might as well went to Harold's grave and took a big steaming shit on it. Don't even get me started on them going out of there way to insult the fans of the original movies.

How would you like it if someone came in after you died took you best work that millions loved the way it was and made a mockery of it? Then when the fans said it wasn't good they insulted them then had the balls to dedicate it to you in the end credits?

This is coming from a long time A Nightmare on Elm St. fan and the remake to that was way better then this was to both the Ghostbusters franchise and to Harold Ramis.

Liked it
 

I kinda sorta liked the remake.

Awful movie, much preferred the original

Well I liked it.
 

Well first of all no Ghostbusters movie is really a horror movie.

And I liked the Lady Ghostbusters. I don't see what's not to like.

What is SNL?

I don't know where you got the misandry but I saw none. I'm a male who is very sensitive to misandry but I still never got that impression. How on earth is it insulting original fans? Is there a subliminal message saying "fans of the original read Ayn Rand"?


I am baffled. Just because someone doesn't a female lead movie doesn't make them a misogynist (have you seen "The Descent"?) but I'm beginning to think the hate for this movie is just the hate for women really being integrated into society and being written like make characters.

By this I mean that they are smart (3 PhDs) yet engage in reckless behaviour and sometimes are blatantly thinking with their clitorises. But they still save the day.

They weren't some obnoxious gate keeper of morality like Hermione Granger.

I was gutted when I found the new movie wouldn't be a return of the girls.

I see now
 

OK, I think I've found the problem.

People didn't hate this movie, they just had a fixed idea in their head what a new Ghostbusters movie should be (even a remake).

And so they held this not only to an impossibly high standard but felt it should be just like the original. If you want the original just watch the original. I've never seen it though.

You don't owe it to like it but you do owe it to watch it for it is, not what it isn't, because otherwise you miss out on a good experience.

Maybe it wasn't (entirely) misogyny after all.

Nice to have you on the forum, MT. Glad you liked Ghostbusters (2016). But you have to admit, the film makers named the film, "Ghostbusters"... and not only that, they took the gear and tons of other things from the GB-1984 film. It milked the old fans. And films tend to be compared with other films, and this film embraced the legacy of the first.

People who never saw the original are much more likely to enjoy this film. But for those who have already seen GB-1984, or like-films after it, are likely to find it mostly old hat, or even a lifeless hack. The rare folks who saw GB-1984 first-run know the film was quite original in many ways, and so making a film with the same name, without also being adventurously original is a poor leading hand.

Unfortunately, I think you're enjoyment of the original will be lessened because you saw the 2016 film. Can't relive an original experience, it's just a fact of life.