bluejake01
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I will say that I enjoyed it a lot more than the Reddit user did.
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Which when going back to this 2016 reboot is frankly one of the many criticisms, that it feels like a full blown comedy, which many fans attest is not what the franchise is.
But the actual physical rape of my childhood! But this new movie will crawl in my brain and erase all memories I have of the original and destroy all copies!Could you all be any more dramatic?
You'd think the sky was falling.
Sheesh.
If one more person says "You know what would have been better? A direct sequel with the original guys"...
The original guys didn't want to do it that badly. The original guys weren't going to do it. I'm not saying get over it...it certainly sucks on some level, but can we please stop with this same old tired rhetoric?
The original guys didn't want to do it that badly. The original guys weren't going to do it.
Wasn't so much a review as someone on the crew who decided to spill the beans, seemingly because they weren't treated well on the production. Take it with a grain of salt however.
I am really fed up with this Hollywood trend of late. Maybe we should just genetic-engineer our next generation of babies, take away all their sexual characteristics and make the whole human race biologically gender-neutral. Then everyone will be "equally" happy and no one will cry for a male/female reboot.
I can confirm that they described in detail the entire movie. They highlighted why they did not like it. I did enjoy it, but it is certainly not without flaws. Wiig is the weakest link, McKinnon steals the movie. I thought the cameos were fun. Actually, the villain is the weakest link, he is also the angle that sets the remake apart from the original.
I don't mind at all the cast being all females. But, they try so hard at promoting the gender equality that the movie seems to be more about political correctness than decent film-making. It would have been much better if there had been two male and two female ghostbusters. The chemistry among the four would be as great as in FRIENDS.
I am really fed up with this Hollywood trend of late. Maybe we should just genetic-engineer our next generation of babies, take away all their sexual characteristics and make the whole human race biologically gender-neutral. Then everyone will be "equally" happy and no one will cry for a male/female reboot.
I read the reddit review and it sounds absolutely horrid.
I can't say if the actual film is good or bad. To be honest, the trailer wasn't bad... It was at best "meh", while looking fine, even pretty good production design wise, surprising for a Feig film which tend to look pretty unspectacular.
Still... Sorry when I read posts like this it sounds like those that spend the time typing such missives out come across as though they feel, despite the enormous amount of films made in Hollywood in the past and currently that feature "White straight male protagonists under the age of 59", that these franchise films which do either a "gender/race flip" deal and which actually don't happen all that often (seriously... you can yell about this film and the Fox FF film all you want... Really how many of these are getting made that it troubles you all so?) that some how this is happening in the majority of Hollywood entertainment or something. Worse, there's this undercurrent that somehow, someway, such entertainments are "taking something away" from the individuals incensed by the mere existence of something like an all female GB or a black Johnny Storm. And not just in terms of not seeing another white male led film or film franchise. There seems to be an over the top reaction that makes me think that the loudest voices are crying out over a fear of some kind of cultural or actual physical annihilation that of course, is too silly to even consider seriously.
I don't mind at all the cast being all females. But, they try so hard at promoting the gender equality that the movie seems to be more about political correctness than decent film-making. It would have been much better if there had been two male and two female ghostbusters. The chemistry among the four would be as great as in FRIENDS.
I am really fed up with this Hollywood trend of late. Maybe we should just genetic-engineer our next generation of babies, take away all their sexual characteristics and make the whole human race biologically gender-neutral. Then everyone will be "equally" happy and no one will cry for a male/female reboot.
I can only take your word that you have seen it, but if it's true then that plot really does sound terrible.
I saw a test screening a couple of weeks ago. It was a rough cut with unfinished f/xWait so, you've seen it already?
I never thought I would see the day a ****ing Ghostbusters movie would be the basis for an actual politically charged debate amongst society.
how does it "salt the wound"?
if by jamming political agendas, you mean trying to reflect the current world we live in, then sure