Review of Ghostbusters (2016) by Edgar T — 19 Jan 2018
This movie was terrible. It is a failed attempt of a comedy that is not funny or has any charm. Not even once I laughed.
I did not like the characters neither. The women in this movie don't act like real human beings. For example, they see a ghost apparition that attacks one of them, yet they don't run like normal people do when attacked by an unknown foe. In the attempt to make the women in this movie appear as super brave they ended up portraying them unrealistically stupid.
Three of the main characters fell flat and boring. They lack any story arc or coherent motivation for do what they do. Patty played by Leslie Jones was for me the only character who acted like a real person and the only likable character in this boring neon plagued disaster of a movie. However, her character also lacks motivation.
The movie fails in every level: as a comedy movie, as a science fiction movie, as a horror movie. Where it excels is in bashing men and in portraying them as either idiots, incompetent or evil people.
The villain is a flat cartoon without any real motivation. Later in the movie he acquires powers of a demi-God for no reason other than emulate the original 1984 Ghostbusters' villain Gozer.
This movie is very bad. I lost 2 hours of my life watching this garbage. I will never watch this movie again.
This review of Ghostbusters (2016) was written by Edgar T on 19 Jan 2018.
Ghostbusters has generally received mixed reviews.
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