ok let's drop some truth bombs
number one is the new Ghostbusters movie any good
it's a solid B summer popcorn movie
yes it's seven points it is totally as lame as the trailers and clips have made
it look but at other points
it's laugh out loud funny genuinely scary and it has a lot of heart
number two will it silence the haters?
most of them i think it will now some haters are going to be personally
offended by the choice of villain but for everyone else
the movie is so harmless and so middle of the road there simply isn't anything TO hate!
number three is the movie overwhelmed by girl power
I don't think it is but there definitely is girl power at play and I honestly
feel that female movie goers and men who have daughters sisters or care about how
women are represented in film will probably give the movie of b plus a
minus as I personally do because towards the end of the film
there's this hero moment which I'll discuss in my spoiler review that made
the movie very special for me and for that I am very grateful grateful to Paul
five but finally truth bomb number 4
that being said I wouldn't hire him to direct and or right
probably to produce on the sequel that the after credits scene sets up because
there are problems with the movie very clear obvious problems which of course
as we all know it is becoming a trend in hollywood where you're like how do you
not see these in the script or the test screening etc etcetera how do these make
it to the Final Cut but anyway speaking of making it to the Final Cut problem
number one is it that too many lame jokes made it into the final cut like
jokes were clearly improvised on set and they should have kept improvising
because it
no they didn't didn't get good enough ones in the spit balling that they did
do I number to the cinematography has a weird nineties sheen to it which is
inferior
I is to the like the gray new realism
of the original Ghostbusters and because that's on everyone's mind
this looks even weirder like it worked for movies like let's say Miss
Congeniality right but not for Ghostbusters I mean that kind of
nineties Sheen robs the movie of the epic grandeur that it should have
because it's freaking Ghostbusters number three the ghosts while cool to
look at are they all look the same
and also they look kind of theme park ii and the original Ghostbusters again and
hate that movie is on everyone's mind so the comparisons are totally fair this
movie can't exist on its own but those ghosts to seem very authentic and
they're all different kinds of ghosts but here again
it's a theme park there's a theme park quality to the film in that regard and
then problem number 4 is that the movie really needs a lot more star power like
significantly more star power and get it again you're like that actor is cool but
why would you choose them because they just make this seem more and more like
TV right like there were countless opportunities to have cameos and just if
so do it spent like an extra 20 million dollars they could have had a cast more
along the lines of spy like this movie desperately needed the star power of
like jason statham and jude law and even to some degree Rose Byrne who feels more
cinematic that many of the actors chosen here i will talk about my MVPs a little
bit later in this review and in depth in my spoiler review but i have to say
overall I had a good time watching it and I actually plan to pay to see it
again because it's a fun ride and I want to be part of the opening weekend
experience
I want to see how everyone else reacts to the movie because it's become so
culturally significant
it's so controversial and I do think that it's an overall pleasant surprise
because it's not horrible and they're nice elements to it so I am a little
worried that some people might ruin the movie going experience for others this
weekend so be on the lookout for haters in the theater and I particularly feel
bad for anyone bringing kids to see this movie because i hate to see their
experience marred by that but it's going to definitely be an experience and
speaking of experiences
let me tell you about a little something that happened in New York press
screening because i think it's relevant to reviewing the move
as a whole so the press screening in New York was at AMC lincoln square on the
imax screen and they're like oh we're showing it to you in 3d and we're all
very excited was very hard to get in huge lines because of course this is the
you know big one of the big movies of the summer because of that contract
controversy
so I get my seat everyone's all excited in the movie starts
and it's not in 3d and unfortunately the microsoft windows bar is running across
the bottom of the imax screen so you just feel like you're watching a giant
desktop screen so everyone's like I whatever
so after 15 to 20 minutes of this this the reps from Sony come in and they say
you know this isn't the way we want you to see the movie we're going to you know
stop the movie and restart it from the beginning and the whole audience groans
we were all like oh please don't make us watch the first 15 to 20 minutes again
and you know we're already into the film but then they said free popcorn and soda
for everyone and everyone instantly got into a great mood and ran out and you
know there was a lot of chaos there as well
but you know what and I question whether or not so he should have done that
because you know not everybody got free food because there wasn't enough time to
give it to everyone
so if someone does gives us a really harsh review from New York they might
have not gotten their free popcorn and soda
but I was like you know overall Sony was right to do that because this is a movie
that needs the 3d and it needs the popcorn and soda
this is a big on screen all the bells and whistles all the snacks you can get
experience because you know and it needs that but i have to say in addition to
that i liked the movie because of the message and it ended up having you know
I said it has a lot of heart and this message pertains to heroes
so I think we always like to imagine that we would be like Sarah Connor
right or like furiosa or or roughly right I'm talking about female heroes
but you know guys you have your equivalents
but i think that for most of us real life men and women we would be heroes
like these women are here and that's really cool to see in a movie right and
that puts across the message that if you apply yourself if you work hard if you
go after your goals like actually pursue them and you put yourself out there if
you take the risk
then you can be the hero you can accomplish your goals you can do
something maybe it's catching ghosts maybe it's just whatever your your your
dream your particular dream might be and I think that's a wonderful message I
think that's a wonderful message for men and women and i do wish that this film
had a mixed cast that it had men and women is ghostbusters
so that it didn't have to seem like it was for one or the other you know the
first one didn't and i understand that the flipping you know to mirror that for
the for the services redo but I think if they really truly wanted to move forward
they should have had men and women ghostbusters MVP's Kate McKinnon Leslie
Jones and chris hemsworth who is amazing here i have never seen a movie so
perfectly capture what it's like to talk to a hot dumb confident guy
it was any woman who watches this movie will be like oh my god I can't believe
you perfectly captured that will discuss more in the spoiler review but thank you
for joining me for this i would recommend i would actually recommend you
go and see Ghostbusters in 3d with a lot of snacks and you see an opening weekend
because that's going to be part of the fun be part of that experience have your
own Ghostbusters story and I do think that you will enjoy and particularly
kids I think kids are going to have a great time because as I said it's
actually scary and some parts and very very funny and some parts as well you'll
just have to sit through the not so good parts
all right that's my review again stay tuned for the spoiler review each check
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