Review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) by Trecs — 19 Nov 2021

I think this might be the first movie review post I’ve ever made. Went and saw Ghostbusters Afterlife tonight, and wanted to say a little about it. I’ve read a lot of the reviews, but felt oddly compelled to write my own.

I’m a lifelong, Grade A Ghostbusters-obsessed fanatic. They were my heroes. The first movie I ever saw in theaters was GB2. I have a ridiculous collection of GB stuff; hell I recently put $500 on a proton pack that I won’t even get for a year.

I didn’t dislike GB2016. Keep that in mind. So, to keep it short, I just wanted to say that I felt like Ghostbusters Afterlife is a movie that was made literally just for me. It became more and more emotional to me, for a myriad of reasons, as the film went on.

I had an unexpected, deep feeling of the realization of my own mortality tonight. In a really positive way. But seeing my GB history like that, knowing it would be the last time MY Ghostbusters would have such a direct impact…it was powerful.

I realized I had been waiting over 30 years to know what happened. Maybe even just to feel that spark again. I don’t know. The last scene, post credits…it said it all. Time to park the past and turn a wonderful eye to the future.

While my era of busting ghosts closed in many ways tonight, a whole new saga has just strapped up and switched on. Yes, I could poke holes in plot points, but I didn’t show up to dissect a script. I came to feel the magic one more time.

I’m a Ghostbuster, and tonight I finally got the chance to know that it means as much as I always thought. We all have those treasures, this one is mine.