Surely I can't be the first person to write a Ghostbusters review?
It's a difficult one to talk about, because people are so precious about stuff. The forget that in reality, the original is often quite dull and the second film is awful. However, there's so much love because it's such a great film for kids. It has a lot of character and charm and a great mix of family comedy and scares.
It's also difficult because Ghostbusters introduced me to Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis and everything that they ever did afterwards. How can a life filled with the joys they brought from the original film ever work now?
Fortunately, I can distinguish between fondness and that happy old memory place and reality and keep them distinct.
I enjoyed the film. I was never at any time really into it (apart from the balloon bit), but I didn't find it a drag. It was entertaining, fun enough and felt like a proper old film. It didn't seem as cookie cutter produced as a lot of Hollywood blockbusters. So definite plus points.
I think the thing that stopped me from really enjoying it though was that it lacked "charm". The CGI was "good CGI", which means it's CGI and it's brash, shiny and obvious. It always felt unreal (well, durr) and kept dragging me out of the moment.
I guess comparing it with the original, the first one never really shied away from the fact it was a faux horror. There was always an undercurrent of solid fear/terror behind the light story and jokes. The Zuul/fridge moment with Weaver haunted me for years.
This one sides more with The Real Ghostbusters, which I think is to it's detriment.
Other than that though, it isn't awful and well worth going to see - with an open mind
It's a difficult one to talk about, because people are so precious about stuff. The forget that in reality, the original is often quite dull and the second film is awful. However, there's so much love because it's such a great film for kids. It has a lot of character and charm and a great mix of family comedy and scares.
It's also difficult because Ghostbusters introduced me to Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis and everything that they ever did afterwards. How can a life filled with the joys they brought from the original film ever work now?
Fortunately, I can distinguish between fondness and that happy old memory place and reality and keep them distinct.
I enjoyed the film. I was never at any time really into it (apart from the balloon bit), but I didn't find it a drag. It was entertaining, fun enough and felt like a proper old film. It didn't seem as cookie cutter produced as a lot of Hollywood blockbusters. So definite plus points.
I think the thing that stopped me from really enjoying it though was that it lacked "charm". The CGI was "good CGI", which means it's CGI and it's brash, shiny and obvious. It always felt unreal (well, durr) and kept dragging me out of the moment.
I guess comparing it with the original, the first one never really shied away from the fact it was a faux horror. There was always an undercurrent of solid fear/terror behind the light story and jokes. The Zuul/fridge moment with Weaver haunted me for years.
This one sides more with The Real Ghostbusters, which I think is to it's detriment.
Other than that though, it isn't awful and well worth going to see - with an open mind