12/4/2023 0 Comments Ghost buster movie spoilers![]() Standing ovation here for director Jason Reitman for making such a wonderful “true to the spirit” film that extends his father’s (Ivan Reitman) 1984 comedy classic into 2021. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (PG-13) - A stunningly nostalgic and respectful sequel to the original 80’s classic comedies keeps the busting business all in the family. I wanted to like this more than I did is my main issue.Ī little late than never - From my review page ORBI-WAN GOES TO THE MOVIES: Ultimately I still think the video game might be the follow-up I still enjoy the most. I think the main thing with this film is that it really made me wish we would have gotten a proper third film in the nineties or early 2000s. It was great seeing Venkman, Stantz, and Zeddemore at the end. The nods to the original film didn’t bother me too badly, but at the same time I wish they hadn’t completely reused the same villain plot over again.Īlso the random Walmart sequence and the product placement was cringey. I know that the spirit of Spengler was guiding Phoebe along and all, but it still didn’t completely work for me. I would have been more accepting if the original three cast members showed up earlier to help the kids figure things out. It just felt like the kids very easily fell into being Ghostbusters to me. That was my high school in the late 80's.except ours was on film or reel to reel. Ps.The scenes with Rudd showing Cujo and Child's Play on VHS were fucking awesome. Let's just hope that if they do a sequel, they will try to be more original like the first 2/3 of this movie. This was a kid's movie made for kids/tweens but without enough nostalgia for adults to still enjoy. The original GB is a kid's movie made for adults. I saw this movie at an AMC Prime and the sound was rocking as others have said! Some of the best bass I have heard lately and that includes all the recent comic book flicks.Īnyway.good, fun movie. But I can see some may complain it was too on the nose. I felt Rob Simonsen did an excellent job of capturing the soul and main themes of the original score by Elmer Bernstein without completely copying it note for note. Rudd was great and the ending scenes with Harold Ramis were touching. The humor mostly hit well and the podcast kid was pretty damn funny without being annoying which amazed me. The little girl was the best actor in the movie. It was doing so well up until that point.Įven my 17 year old son turned to me at the end and said that the best parts of the movie were the discoveries made by the main little girl and that the end was too similar to the first movie. I still enjoyed it as a whole but they could have done the reunion without having to copycat the first movie. The movie then just became a retread of the original which was disappointing after such a great beginning 2/3. It just seemed suddenly out of place with no reason at all (except for fan service for the marshmallow men and for Rudd to have a similar scene to Moranis). I saw it yesterday and was really enjoying it until the Wal-Mart scene began.
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