Review of Ghostbusters (2016) by Jack B — 21 Jun 2018

The fact this film is certified fresh is worrying to me because the film was everything but fresh. I'm not a fan of these all women cast remakes just because they seem very forced and very gimmicky. Whatever happened to organic feeling female lead roles like Sigourney Weaver in the Alien series or Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight?

From the start it was clear the humor wasn't going to be subtle, witty or clever and that instead it would substituted this with over the top, slapstick, haha-we-mentioned-Starbucks-how-relevant-because-thats-a-real-thing humor that films seem to go for these days.

The whole thing was very confused - the cast all seemed to be constantly vying for the "funny one" spot which just created this very 2D experience, there was no variation in character, the bad guy was completely forgettable and un-intimidating, the story was very "meh". The only thing that was funny was the fact that Chris Hemsworth's character only managed to get the job as the ghosterbusters' receptionist because they found him attractive! Can you imagine for one moment if it was the other way around? Alas, it's an all women cast so it's "empowering".

I'd like to comment on the plot a little more but it was honestly that forgettable. Overall, a waste of 2 hours and unfortunately I can't use that thing out of Men in Black to erase this from my memory.