Review of Ghostbusters (2016) by Phillip C — 02 Sep 2018
It's wholly unremarkable and totally forgettable.
Chris Hemsworth is pretty much the only funny thing in the movie.
The original Ghostbusters was made like a legitimate horror movie that happened to have funny characters who were just trying to do their job..
This one is made like a cartoon full of derpy wannabe superheroes. It's absolutely FULL of unfunny jokes,.
Everyone is trying waaaay too hard to be funny and failing, and McKinnon/Holtzmann is trying like 1000% too hard to be wacky and quirky and just coming off as mildly annoying.
Even Hemsworth's jokes only work because apparently he has AMAZING comedic timing and delivery.
The original had ghosts and monsters that genuinely were kinda freaky, and for the most part the effects still look great today.
The reboot is full of gaudy, cartoonish, neon ghosts that are poorly done.
It's a caricature of a caricature of a caricature of the original Ghostbusters, as seen through the lens of multiple versions aiming to make the franchise more and more kid-friendly. The lens of Ghostbusters 2, and then the Real Ghostbusters cartoon, and now THIS.
The villain sucks, and his plot is weak.
This took the place of a Ghostbusters 3 written by Max Landis and directed by Ivan Reitman.... The idea that we're never going to see THAT movie, and that we got THIS ONE instead.... What a waste....
It's not a terrible movie.
It's just not a good one either.
It's a waste of time.
Wasted potential.
This review of Ghostbusters (2016) was written by Phillip C on 02 Sep 2018.
Ghostbusters has generally received mixed reviews.
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