Review of Ghostbusters (2016) by Shawn D — 04 Jan 2019
This movie was to the original Ghostbusters movie what MacGruber was to MacGyver, namely a parody of the original. The problem is that it was not marketed as a parody, it was marketed as a reboot. The original Ghostbusters movie was unique, funny, had genius pacing with the jokes and had great believable characters.
The Ghostbusters reboot had over-the-top silly over-dramatic acting that made the characters unbelievable and unrelatable. The only really funny parts in this movie where the cameos by the original cast, because, they contained the same level of genius acting in delivery and timing of the jokes as in the original Ghostbusters movies.
Had this movie been marketed as a parody or the original, I would have given it 3.5 for being what a parody should be but failing to be funny. But marketed as a reboot of the original, this is an insult to the original movie.
The original is still extremely funny and well-done when I watch it today, it has aged well. The Reboot is like just an extended Saturday Night Live sketch with a higher special effects budget (but even with the special effects lookiing cartoonish and silly compared to the original movie's effects which look way much better).
This review of Ghostbusters (2016) was written by Shawn D on 04 Jan 2019.
Ghostbusters has generally received mixed reviews.
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