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This film doesn't deserve all the hate it is receiving. Don't get me wrong, it's a terrible film, but people are hating it for the wrong reasons. Who cares that they reboot the film with women? As long as the film is funny, entertaining, tells a good story and has likeable characters with a strong antagonist. Ghostbusters, has none of these things.
I don't know where to really start, but let me just say that everything about this film feels uncomfortably forced. The cameos, the call backs, the winks and nods...everything. I cringed at every little "hey, look at us acknowledging the original" comedy bit. Seeing Dan Aykroyd exclaim how 'He ain't afraid of no ghost' is not funny, but sad. You can tell that they tried to 'honour' the original, but it doesn't feel honoured in the slightest.
When the film was announced and the female cast was revealed, the internet trolls went on a sexist tirade. So what does Feig and company do? They incorporate it all into the story. First, they introduced Kevin, played by Chris Hemsworth and make him the stupidest character cinema might has ever seen. A bit where he covers his eyes not to hear something is used twice within 2 minutes. Second, they quote actual youtube comments when they post a ghost online. Third, Jones pulls the female AND race card when she crowd surfs and no one catches her. If they wanted to tackle the hate head on, they needed to make a stronger film to shut these people up, not half assed comedy remarks and hateful attacks on a gender out of spite.
Jones does her angry black woman schtick that she uses on SNL, maybe if I didn't know who she was or what she does, I might find her tolerable? Wig plays up the awkward comedy bits that she does so well and McCarthy does her female Chris Farely physical comedy bits. People seem to be praising Kate McKinnon, but I found her character to be zany for the sake of tired comedy antics. She says and does something zany and then introduces a new ghost busting tool for them to use. That's the extent for her character. She has the best 'look' down, but nothing else stands out.
I'm trying to remember the villain here, but he was so dull and boring that I forgot everything about him. Seriously, they couldn't of thought of something interesting for this movie? You have a lot of creative ideas at your disposal for a villain that deals with ghosts and we're given whatever the hell they want to call it here. I give the filmmakers props for the ghost designs, that's one aspect of the movie that I did find interesting. The rest of the film is a mess of epic proportions.
Ghostbusters
(Paul Feig)
(Paul Feig)
This film doesn't deserve all the hate it is receiving. Don't get me wrong, it's a terrible film, but people are hating it for the wrong reasons. Who cares that they reboot the film with women? As long as the film is funny, entertaining, tells a good story and has likeable characters with a strong antagonist. Ghostbusters, has none of these things.
I don't know where to really start, but let me just say that everything about this film feels uncomfortably forced. The cameos, the call backs, the winks and nods...everything. I cringed at every little "hey, look at us acknowledging the original" comedy bit. Seeing Dan Aykroyd exclaim how 'He ain't afraid of no ghost' is not funny, but sad. You can tell that they tried to 'honour' the original, but it doesn't feel honoured in the slightest.
When the film was announced and the female cast was revealed, the internet trolls went on a sexist tirade. So what does Feig and company do? They incorporate it all into the story. First, they introduced Kevin, played by Chris Hemsworth and make him the stupidest character cinema might has ever seen. A bit where he covers his eyes not to hear something is used twice within 2 minutes. Second, they quote actual youtube comments when they post a ghost online. Third, Jones pulls the female AND race card when she crowd surfs and no one catches her. If they wanted to tackle the hate head on, they needed to make a stronger film to shut these people up, not half assed comedy remarks and hateful attacks on a gender out of spite.
Jones does her angry black woman schtick that she uses on SNL, maybe if I didn't know who she was or what she does, I might find her tolerable? Wig plays up the awkward comedy bits that she does so well and McCarthy does her female Chris Farely physical comedy bits. People seem to be praising Kate McKinnon, but I found her character to be zany for the sake of tired comedy antics. She says and does something zany and then introduces a new ghost busting tool for them to use. That's the extent for her character. She has the best 'look' down, but nothing else stands out.
I'm trying to remember the villain here, but he was so dull and boring that I forgot everything about him. Seriously, they couldn't of thought of something interesting for this movie? You have a lot of creative ideas at your disposal for a villain that deals with ghosts and we're given whatever the hell they want to call it here. I give the filmmakers props for the ghost designs, that's one aspect of the movie that I did find interesting. The rest of the film is a mess of epic proportions.