Review of Ghostbusters (1984) by Robbie G — 07 Jan 2019

A fun adventure catching ghosts.

Ghostbusters (1984) is the delightful comedy from director Ivan Reitman. His sense of humor and clever direction spice up this spooky comedy with hilarious jokes and neat set pieces. The beginning library sequence is a particular favorite of mine from Reitman. He uses long tracking shots around the corners of the bookcases with wonderful practical effects like the rest of the film. It's a neat entry into this unique little movie's ghost world.

The writing is filled with irreverent and witty banter from writers Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, and Peter Torokvei. They bring such funny situations to life with scientific jargon and goofy insults that made Ghostbusters a classic of comedy. The writing feels so sincere like these silly, but endearing characters of mess ups.

The actors are the real draw here as Bill Murray is a sleazy pseudo scientist that preys on women with his overbearing charms. Dan Aykroyd is the idiot scientist in over his head. Harold Ramis is the genius intellectual scientist that is socially awkward. Similar to Rick Moranis' awkward nerdy neighbor to the lovely Sigourney Weaver, who is eating up the scenery with scares and wild possession sequences. Then, there is the everyman average Joe type with Ernie Hudson to gawk at the insanity of what the Ghostbusters are doing.

I really feel like Ghostbusters holds up from the fun haunting visuals to the playful adult humor mixed with the sillier childish moments to connect to any audience. Ghostbusters (1984) is simply a great time with a well made comedy.