Good that it flopped.
It was Paul's worst film as he did a few good comedies like The Heat or Bridesmaids but he was outside his comfort zone on this movie as he needs to stick to his own original material and R-rated comedies than PG-13 event blockbuster films.
Face it, the film was just a disappointing, juvenile, soulless, tasteless, sexist, racist, poorly paced, unfunny and poorly written piece of crap cashgrab remake with no chemistry for the characters as they are all stereotypical with no life in them, lifeless direction, cheesy CGI (i've seen better CGI), weak acting, making men look like idiots and buffons (Chris's character as Janine is a good example in the original of a lady who is attractive and smart as she has brains as beauty who is a good example of a female character unlike the ladybusters here, terrible villain compared to Gozar or Viggo, pop culture references that are explained to you in your face, Chris is a handsome guy to the ladies but portrayed as a male moron for the lady GBs to like whom they don't act like scientists, reverse sexism, and braindead humor with none of the intelligence of the original especially of the brilliant script of the original which was laced with smart humor including lacks the grittiness/dark of the originals plus it missed the point of what Ghostbusters really is, it means busting ghosts like cops would bust criminals then catch them here they just destroy them. Not to mention the lifeless banal script this movie has and an insult to the franchise even with the Ghostbusters logo as the monster but gets shot in that certain area is insulting. The original was about passion and love in good filmmaking (trust me i know good movie making), this one is a corporate cash-grab for money nothing more that made me slap my forehead during the film and melt like the river of slime with no joy.
My pick for worst film of the year as me and Ocpcommunications agree with and the original will be remembered as a classic, the new one will be forgotten in a year and some things should be left alone. Hollywood already has new franchises like Jason Bourne, Marvel Studios films, Equalizer, John Wick and more that are fresh
