Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
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Ghostbusters reboot
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Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
To be fair to James Rolfe (aka the angry video game nerd) he mainly reviews bad video games. He has a fan base who being part of this not so great audience really want him to to one of his angry rip it to shreds reviews like he does for atrocious video games. He just made a video explaining why he wasn't looking forward to the movie and wasn't going to review it.
also he has never reviewed a ghost busters movie. Just the games.
He is a big ghost busters fan and has done related videos but only really parody videos and the like
hi new video really does feel like a follow up to this video he made in 2007 talking about the possibilities of there being a GB III
Ghostbusters 3 – My Honest Thoughts
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Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
We saw this today and all agreed that it was rather fun.
The kids found it just terrifying enough and enjoyed the big guns etc and we liked the jokes that went over their heads and looking out for members of the original cast. Worth the ticket price, I'd say. Not a bad effort.
The kids found it just terrifying enough and enjoyed the big guns etc and we liked the jokes that went over their heads and looking out for members of the original cast. Worth the ticket price, I'd say. Not a bad effort.
Did you see it in 2D or 3D? Apparently it's well worth seeing in 3D
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
It was an odd way to market it, choosing all of the parts of the film that weren't funny or scary to put in the trailer, but somehow that seems to be what happened.
Poot
My wife thinks I work too hard
3D is lost on me since I can only see through one eye at a time. But there were lots of big "surprise" ghosts so it probably would lend itself to it very well. I'm afraid I have no idea how 3D works for others though - if you've never had any depth perception it's hard to imagine!
Favelado
J'adore South Shore
It was an odd way to market it, choosing all of the parts of the film that weren't funny or scary to put in the trailer, but somehow that seems to be what happened.
Better because the trailer normally makes the film redundant.
treefrog
Saddle up
I fucking LOVED it.
I cried at the end, not gonna lie. I was obsessed with Ghostbusters as a kid and this film was like every pretend-game and Ghostbusters story I ever made up about it. Seeing a film with women in the leads where none of them are raped, or assaulted, or mocked, or demeaned in any way, was so refreshing I didn't realise how much I needed to see it until it was up there on screen. It gives subtle, funny nods to the originals without making it clear HEY THIS WAS IN THE ORIGINAL FILM which meant if you'd never seen the 1984 film you're not going to miss anything. The script is hilarious, the cast are awesome, and there are some genuinely creepy moments.
I hope it's a massive, incredible success and the shitbag racists and haters now hounding the cast suffer seeing women being excellent in all films from now on, because that's the least they deserve.
I cried at the end, not gonna lie. I was obsessed with Ghostbusters as a kid and this film was like every pretend-game and Ghostbusters story I ever made up about it. Seeing a film with women in the leads where none of them are raped, or assaulted, or mocked, or demeaned in any way, was so refreshing I didn't realise how much I needed to see it until it was up there on screen. It gives subtle, funny nods to the originals without making it clear HEY THIS WAS IN THE ORIGINAL FILM which meant if you'd never seen the 1984 film you're not going to miss anything. The script is hilarious, the cast are awesome, and there are some genuinely creepy moments.
I hope it's a massive, incredible success and the shitbag racists and haters now hounding the cast suffer seeing women being excellent in all films from now on, because that's the least they deserve.
ferrelhadley
There is no love between us anymore.
Had zero interest in the Total Recall reboot, the Clash of the Titans, Man of Steel, Spiderman, Strawdogs, The Day the Earth Stood Still or dozens of other "reboots".
But now its a judgement on you not to like a reboot.
Did like the Christopher Nolan Batmans. The inference here is clear.
But now its a judgement on you not to like a reboot.
Did like the Christopher Nolan Batmans. The inference here is clear.
Reno
The In Kraut
Haven't we known this for well over a decade or two by now ?
Her theory about Ghostbusters and how the studio turned around the backlash sounds plausible but I'm not going to agree or disagree till I see it myself (which will be a while, it's not a priority and I'm not going to go to a cinema for this)
Most reboots have been crap, but some I liked. I think the new Planet of the Apes films are the best Hollywood blockbusters currently going. The Star Trek reboot films have also been well received (two out of three anyway) and I too liked Nolan's Batman films.
If audiences keep flocking to films which are part of known franchises and if they don't support original films then that's what we will be getting for some time to come.
Her theory about Ghostbusters and how the studio turned around the backlash sounds plausible but I'm not going to agree or disagree till I see it myself (which will be a while, it's not a priority and I'm not going to go to a cinema for this)
Most reboots have been crap, but some I liked. I think the new Planet of the Apes films are the best Hollywood blockbusters currently going. The Star Trek reboot films have also been well received (two out of three anyway) and I too liked Nolan's Batman films.
If audiences keep flocking to films which are part of known franchises and if they don't support original films then that's what we will be getting for some time to come.
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Favelado
J'adore South Shore
I think we should start calling them remakes again, rather than reboots. Lazy studio values shouldn't be rewarded with sexy new language.
I think Ghostbusters is perfect for an all female team. Whether it's any good or not, I don't know yet, but I fancy checking it out.
I think Ghostbusters is perfect for an all female team. Whether it's any good or not, I don't know yet, but I fancy checking it out.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Leslie Jones has received an absolutely disgusting onslaught of racist abuse on twitter, causing her to leave.
Silver lining, it finally got them to permaban that cunt milo.
Silver lining, it finally got them to permaban that cunt milo.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Just seen it. I kinda liked it.
It's mostly well put together but I felt the climax was weak.
The main problem was the humour. I found myself wincing almost as much as I smiled.
The dumb comedy kept booting me out of the movie.
It's mostly well put together but I felt the climax was weak.
The main problem was the humour. I found myself wincing almost as much as I smiled.
The dumb comedy kept booting me out of the movie.
ska invita
back on the other side
I think rehash is best.
To boot is to load a program, and I think reboot means restarting a series of films specifically, rather than a one-off remake.
Reno
The In Kraut
If Ghostbusters is successful, the purpose is to get a whole series of films going. Hollywood likes to make as a much money from as few ideas as possible and unless a film flops the idea always is to get a new franchise going.
They always tried to make more of a series of the previous Ghostbusters. The reason they never went beyond one sequel was because they didn't contract Bill Murray for more than one film and after the second film didn't turn out that well, he kept rejecting the screenplays for other sequels.Then a couple of years ago just as it looked they could get Murray to commit after all, Harold Ramis died.
Favelado
J'adore South Shore
That's right. In my more extensive missive to Kermode, I have made the same distinction and suggested "remake" for individual films with the same story, and "rehash" for returning series. I agree with you.
Fantastic. Bookmarked.
I'll deploy this the next time i wander on to G+ and get mauled by the whiny alt.right #freemilo cunts who think that feminism isn't needed in the US because...saudi arabia and burqas (or something).
That doesn't even make sense and i've forgotten the point I was going to make.
Interesting to hear the film is actually quite entertaining.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
an homage
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
After some thought I can't help but feel disappointed in the film. If you asked me bits of the film I disliked I could list a bunch but if you asked me to name stuff I liked I would struggle to name more than one or two things.
The film isn't a disaster and I kinda enjoyed it but it is a disappointment. I can help but feel a little dubious about the inevitable franchising they are going to attempt.
I reckon it might have been a marketing strategy to get everyone to hate it
There was a thing that it was going to be awful, then it turns out that it's ok, lots of people wanted it to be awful. If it hadn't been 'the most hated trailer ever' then probably nobody would have cared
There was a thing that it was going to be awful, then it turns out that it's ok, lots of people wanted it to be awful. If it hadn't been 'the most hated trailer ever' then probably nobody would have cared
tommers
Busta Rhymes is an unstoppable movement
Pretty sure it isn't the trailer which has caused the controversy.
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