what's going on to all my movie fans out there and ghostbusters fans out there and welcome back to
my channel movie files elliott back again with a brand new early movie review and today we'll
be breaking down a very big film part of a very beloved franchise we're talking about ghostbusters
afterlife a film i got the opportunity to check out early the other night and i'm really excited
to let you all know what i thought about the film and let you know if it's worth checking
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let me know how excited you were for this film but more importantly once you've seen it
what'd you think about it let's talk about your pros what'd you think of the new characters the
story the direction do you want to see more from this franchise let's talk about some of your
criticisms were you disappointed will you not invest in the story do you not want to see more
let's talk about it all in the comments below but also since we're talking about three films in the
main continuity i'm not counting 2016 because that's not part of the canon but out of the
three ghostbusters films that we now have on our docket what's your rankings let's talk about it
in the comments below so for me personally i was pretty excited about this film this is coming from
i'm a fan of the ip i'm a fan of the ghostbusters but i'm not a die hard fan but i did take it upon
myself to watch the first two ghostbusters i love the first ghostbusters the second one not so much
still love the characters but not a big fan of that second film but we're not talking about that
we're talking about my excitement level for this third one i was really excited for it love
the trailers carrie [ __ ] who was part of the best one of the best shows of all time leftovers
big fan of mckenna grace big fan of flynn wolfhard paul rudd jason reitman's a great director i was
really looking forward to this one guys was very excited for what did i think about it starting off
my positives let's talk about the man behind the camera who also wrote this film and jason reitman
the son of ivan reitman who directed the first two ghostbusters and many great films in his career
he did a pretty impossible job he did what to me what mike flanigan did with dr sleep
a couple years ago which i love that film and i love the shining what mike flanagan
was able to do and pay an homage to the the first shining to pay homage to the book while
telling a story from a book telling his own narrative is essentially what jason
reitman did for this film this is a very beloved franchise and i thought that he did a perfect job
of playing in the realm of nostalgia of the first two ghostbusters more so in the first ghostbusters
but at the same time pushing the narrative forward world building opening up the world
more introducing us to some characters that's the thing about ghostbusters to me personally i love
the characters even if i'm not a fan of the second ghostbusters i still love these characters and i
love these new characters that they introduce as well as without swelling thing bringing back some
you know a couple characters that we may have seen in the past two films i'll just kind of
leave it at that but i thought jason reitman just he knew what he was doing man i thought that he
did what you you know you're gonna hear a lot of fan service when it comes to this film i thought
that he did fan service right he didn't rely on the fan service he just knew how to implement it
in the story without heavily landing hey remember this remember that hey he knew how to put in the
fan service while still moving the story forward with telling his own story so i thought that jason
reiman did a great job and again whether it's this film tully juno up in the air this man is a great
director and just knowing that he was on the set with his dad making the first two you can tell
that the man has some ghostbusters in his vein and i thought he did a great job of for if you're a
die hard fan you will not be disappointed in the direction of what he does with the story which
brings me to again i talk about the love of these characters and love these new characters starting
off with even like smaller characters such as like carrie [ __ ] who's essentially the dana of this
story she's the mom of our two leads with finn wolfhard and ken and grace she's a mom we've seen
before she's cool relaxed she's not all into the business of her kids you know very stereotypical
mom uh with money issues she has to move her family out to this farm you know she just learned
that her dad which isn't a spoiler system trailer is egon and she has to inherit this form that he
left behind and not knowing who her father was so very stereotypical on the paper type
of character but carrie [ __ ] brings something unique to the to the role again i love her as
an actress if you haven't seen leftovers i can't stress enough it's one of the best shows of all
time but i love her in this movie but it was her chemistry not only with her kids but her chemistry
with the world's sexiest man out there and paul rudd who plays gary the scientist who is the
summer school teacher just so great i love paul rudd man it's just it's the charm it's
the charisma he is almost like kind of the pseudo version of lewis in the first two ghostbusters
and when you see the film you know exactly why i'm referring to him as that character but
i really enjoy paul rudd his chemistry with everyone but he was fantastic so
our our two main adults in the film was great but the kids man starting off but i want to talk about
this young man who goes by the name of podcast played by logan kim who this is my first time
being introduced to logan this little kid you talk about charm and charisma and landing the jokes
i don't know the kid looks like he's no older than 9 or 10 years old he was funny man and
collectively speaking comedy is very subjective with my theater whenever that kid laid in a joke
he's a podcaster believing in the supernatural i thought that young man was fantastic but his
chemistry his back and forth with the lead of this movie which seriously let's talk about
mckenna grace she can't be no older than 15 and everything i've seen her in whether it's
small roles like sabrina captain marvel she was fantastic and hunting on hill house she was great
and gifted with chris evans listen to this she is a 15 year old girl given the task of carrying
and introducing it to a new audience i'm talking about the ghostbusters franchise while having the
older audience accept her as the lead she did a great job she stole the movie for me which
speaks so highly so we're going to talk about carrie [ __ ] paul run there's a couple other
legendary actors in this movie and she was able to hold her own that speaks so highly of the bright
future that she has but as the character oh yeah she is egon's daughter granddaughter i should say
she has the wit of egon the intelligence the intellect the you know the sarcasm of egon while
still being her own character in her own right i thought again every time she was on screen
her little jokes again how she was able to figure things out her you know her courage her you know
her hero moments i thought again but kitty grace i can't speak highly enough of that young girl
she has such a bright future but she absolutely stole this movie i thought she was fantastic so
again from the direction the performances the narrative in this film i've again just revisited
the first two uh ghostbusters again love the first one not a fan the second one something that this
film has that and you might disagree with me in this statement this has the most heart of
any ghostbuster film i've seen and an emotional heart and it's earned and it has such a great
moment in this film without diving too deep into it again we're dealing with the death of egon and
dealing with a real life death and the actor that passed away you know seven years ago responsible
of the first two ghostbusters being having harold having his hand in the uh the screenwriting but
there is a moment in this film that literally left tears in my eyes this is without giving
too much away what star wars the the new sequels weren't able to do with having you know having
han and luke and leia sharing the screen that was this is a crime against that franchise but
i'll just say this the fact that we were able to see legendary characters share a great moment in
this film just put it and not even being a die-hard fan it meant something to me which
speaks something again when you are a die hard fan of this franchise there is a momentous film
you will love and i'll just leave it at that but what i love about the narrative besides the family
dynamic the heart that the film has it's the the theme that that really shines through with
me in this film is there is love to be found in grieving there's love to be found in death
and again dealing with the death of egon we have carrie [ __ ] who didn't know her father she felt
like he left the family behind we have the two grandkids that didn't know their grandfather but
learning who he is what he meant to the world with ghostbusters and the legacy he carried and just
again being able to find love and death was such a beautiful thing that was done beautifully in this
movie so i love the narrative i love the story i can go on about the production the cinematography
great score great soundtrack the special effects of the ghosts were just flawless so really enjoyed
this film but there were some criticisms now i mentioned how i enjoyed the actors and the
performances it is not that i didn't enjoy the performance but i'm talking about finn wolfhard's
character as trevor the older brother he to me was like the pseudo version of winston in the
first two ghostbusters but mostly in the first one where he really didn't have that much to do that's
trevor in this movie and again it's not the fault of the actor who i'm a big fan of finn wolfhard
and against stranger things and all that stuff he's bringing that phantom to this franchise was
great but i just didn't feel like the character had that much to do like he was literally there
to drive a car and i'm jokingly saying that but i just didn't feel like he had the most development
as the other characters did and even his like love story that gets thrown in there it just wasn't as
developed as i it could have been in my opinion again there's a lot of characters in here i just
didn't feel like he was the most developed in my personal opinion which is a small thing because
there's not a lot of faults that have this movie again this film is able to play in the realm of
giving us nostalgia giving us great fan service but i have to say at points there were moments
where i'm like wow that is very very very familiar to the franchise which almost makes it almost too
unoriginal for my personal taste because there's a lot of creative choices and a lot of you know uh
original stuff that jason brings to the story but i feel like there was too many there was a couple
points in the film like literally this character reminds me of this character this is literally
almost of a similar plot to the first one uh with obviously some nuances from jason wrightman's
script so there are moments where i have to say for me personally it was like it was almost
too familiar and and it was so much originality that the familiar familiar points kind of stood
out like a sore thumb in my personal opinion so outside of those things man i really don't have
much negatives to say about it so before i give you all my overall thoughts on my score if you
haven't already make sure to like share comment subscribe to the channel if you haven't already
and hit that notification bell that way you don't miss any future content overall man ghostbusters
afterlife put a big smile on my face it made me laugh it made me cry i am not even a die-hard fan
but there are moments that i just really resonated with again the story of finding love within death
the story of family the story of just having a good time and just having ghostbusters being
brought back in the way it should be was just something good to see ladies and gentlemen so with
all that being said i'm gonna give ghostbusters afterlife a four out of five which brings me to
my personal rankings again this is not no hate of the 2016 it's just it's not part of canon if you
all have seen that film so based on the three ghostbusters film this is my second favorite
ghostbusters movie ladies and gentlemen and you know obviously the first one is my favorite this
one is my second favorite and number two again i'm not a fan of the film i like the character
but the film just doesn't work for me but this new film is number two for me personally but i want to
know your rankings once you all see ghostbusters after life i want to know your pros your cons your
thoughts on the characters the ghosts i want to see more which is a great thing to see but do you
want to see more let's talk about your criticism and everything in between in the comments below
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