Ghostbusters (2016)

[WaylanderToo]

TBH I watched this today and was pleasantly surprised that it didn't suck - that being said it could have been funnier and (as in a lot of MM's movies) it does tail off a little towards the end. For me though the best characters were these 2... enjoyed the cameos (didn't see Dan A though) and references

 

[The Bluestocking]

enjoyed the cameos (didn't see Dan A though) and references

He was the cabbie that Erin Gilbert stopped in the middle of all the chaos.

 

[WaylanderToo]

 

[The Bluestocking]

On 19th July, Milo Yannopoulis, a notorious internet troll, led a tweeted harassment campaign against Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones for her role as Patty in the movie. Ms. Jones was pelted with a torrent of disgusting and disgraceful racist and misogynist insults and pictures hurled at her on Twitter to the point where she decided to leave Twitter.

Yannopoulis has now been permanently suspended from Twitter.

In response, the Ghostbusters fan community banded together to send Leslie lots of love and support via this awesome video:

 

[2DaveWixon]

I also read that McCarthy's original part was that of Leslie Jones character?

I had not heard that; but now, having just seen the movie, I'd have to say that it would have been a really good idea to do it that way! ICaveat: that might have made it difficult for have the fourth ghostbuster obtain their vehicle from her uncle's funeral parlor -- with the uncle being (as I think it was), Ernie Hudson.)

 

[2DaveWixon]

Looks like this flick may be funnier than the original. (Blasphemy, I know.)

Having now seen it: no.

 

[2DaveWixon]

it made me chuckle a little, which is (obviously) good. The issue for me is not that they've switched from male to female (though why they couldn't have had a mix is beyond me) it's just the apparent laziness of it all. As an aside I do like the African/American woman character

I would suggest that the total gender switch was not laziness, but an attempt to make a political point.

 

[2DaveWixon]

I have no interest in reboots, remakes, re-imaginings etc. If anything, I find it just a little insulting to the original movies, as though the writers/directors are saying 'Yeah, good idea, but I can do this better!'.
As with spiderman and so on, it didn't need a reboot, just a follow on. There would have been nothing wrong with this new team taking over from a retiring original team. At least then, an original plotline could have emerged.

While in general I agree with you that remakes are often failures, I have to admit that now and again they will turn out to be a terrific idea -- the first of the new series of "Mummy" movies springs immediately to mind, but there have been others I've enjoyed (much to my amazement, sometimes!)
It's true that there may be a certain "I can do this better than you!" element involved. But I would point out that much of both film and fiction books is about building on earlier works and ideas -- fields of entertainment, to put it simply, evolve, often by building on, or reinterpreting, past work...it's not an insult, it's homage! (At least sometimes...)

 

[The Bluestocking]

I had not heard that; but now, having just seen the movie, I'd have to say that it would have been a really good idea to do it that way! ICaveat: that might have made it difficult for have the fourth ghostbuster obtain their vehicle from her uncle's funeral parlor -- with the uncle being (as I think it was), Ernie Hudson.)

Not really - they could just have switched Dan Ackroyd and Ernie Hudson's cameo roles.

Also: there are plenty of families that have folks of different races via intermarriage and adoption.

 

[REBerg]

While in general I agree with you that remakes are often failures, I have to admit that now and again they will turn out to be a terrific idea -- the first of the new series of "Mummy" movies springs immediately to mind, but there have been others I've enjoyed (much to my amazement, sometimes!)
It's true that there may be a certain "I can do this better than you!" element involved. But I would point out that much of both film and fiction books is about building on earlier works and ideas -- fields of entertainment, to put it simply, evolve, often by building on, or reinterpreting, past work...it's not an insult, it's homage! (At least sometimes...)

True, nothing new under the sun and all that.
But, do we really need a reboot of MacGyver? Can anyone but Richard Dean Anderson really be accepted in that role?
We all have our limits.

 

[WaylanderToo]

On 19th July, Milo Yannopoulis, a notorious internet troll, led a tweeted harassment campaign against Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones for her role as Patty in the movie. Ms. Jones was pelted with a torrent of disgusting and disgraceful racist and misogynist insults and pictures hurled at her on Twitter to the point where she decided to leave Twitter.

Yannopoulis has now been permanently suspended from Twitter.

In response, the Ghostbusters fan community banded together to send Leslie lots of love and support via this awesome video:

I'd have taken issue with calling him an Internet troll - until his tweeting @ LJ. Up until that point his political website was interesting & good (though TBF it had been heading downhill), this behaviour however is beyond the pale (& not even clever/funny, just c/rude) and he deserves all the approbrium heading his way

 

[Phyrebrat]

I just saw this film tonight and absolutely loved it. Really made me smile and laugh, and the re-makery was well-considered and novel.

The ensemble cast were brilliant as were all the little nods to the original.

There’s a wonderful homage to Thriller.

It’s great to see the Patriarchy getting a bit of fun poked at it, too; clearly deliberate. All the men in the movie are inept and ineffectual and it’s done with humour, not spite.

Also, the stupid reliance of CGI in films these days works really well in this instance because it’s so cartoon-y in its soul.

I give it 8/10 and recommend it.

pH

 

[Caledfwlch]

I loved it too.
I liked the way it was basically a mix of a Reboot AND a sequel. It's set in the same Universe as the originals - you just know Pete, Egon, Ray and Winston are out their somewhere.
It had the perfect get out clause to allow it to be something knew, whilst not invalidating what came before.
I can't remember the specific lines, but the Mayor and his Assistant pretty much tell the Girls that "it's happened before, people forget" - clearly a nod suggesting that Egon etc existed in that world and dealt with Ghosts, but presumably it was all covered up "mass hallucination, terrorist nerve gas attack" whatever, the usual stuff.
I thought it was probably accidental/coincidence but it also felt like a nice nod to Doctor Who, which has dealt with that sort of stuff before - from people forgetting an Army of Cybermen storming through the worlds cities whilst Daleks flew through the air exterminating them, to nobody remembering, or being willing to remember the Loch Ness Monster swimming down the Thames through central London (classic Who - I think the story that introduced the Zygons)

And come on! Holtzman! my fave movie geek chick of all time. She felt like a mix of Egon, with Venkman's street smarts/hustling ways and trying to pick up any person of their sexual preference in sight.

I hope there is a sequel.

Oh and of course, Ozzy's wonderful little bit part - forget that whingy, whiny dude who's songs all sound the same, Ed Sheeran being in Game of Thrones - Ghostbusters 2016 showed how to do it! "Sharon, Sharon! I think im having a flashback"

 

[BAYLOR]

I finally got to see it. What an awful film. It wasn't even remotely funny.

 

[Vladd67]

I'd have taken issue with calling him an Internet troll - until his tweeting @ LJ. Up until that point his political website was interesting & good (though TBF it had been heading downhill), this behaviour however is beyond the pale (& not even clever/funny, just c/rude) and he deserves all the approbrium heading his way

Good job he didn’t do it here in the uk a guy just got an 18 weeks custodial sentence for trolling someone.
I started to watch the film but found it so bad I haven’t finished it, and last night I managed to sit through all of Tom Cruise’s version of the Mummy so you can see how low I set the bar.

 

[Caledfwlch]

Good job he didn’t do it here in the uk a guy just got an 18 weeks custodial sentence for trolling someone.
I started to watch the film but found it so bad I haven’t finished it, and last night I managed to sit through all of Tom Cruise’s version of the Mummy so you can see how low I set the bar.

Whilst it's right that people are being held to account for crimes committed on the Internet - the Judiciary is being a bit extreme in the sentencing it is making, compared to the "real world" equivalents of the crime.

Most Trolling I would say is akin to harassing and bullying someone in the street, Harassment & Public Order offences I imagine that is, and few would get 18 weeks Custodial for such a thing. There appears to be an attitude that doing things on the Web is somehow worse, and that's an injustice to the victims of the real world versions of the crimes involved.

 

[Brian G Turner]

*coughs*

Remember, this discussion thread is about the Ghostbusters (2016) film.

 

[BAYLOR]

*coughs*

Remember, this discussion thread is about the Ghostbusters (2016) film.

A film that will be forgotten.