The New Ghostbusters - Part 9

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[Jay Beezy]

A negative Twitter review.

https://***********/EarlyBirdCritic/status/751610406834049025

 

[bluejake01]

A negative Twitter review.

https://***********/EarlyBirdCritic/status/751610406834049025

Is that what qualifies as a review? One sentence that at best paints a picture that the movie is uneven? Or is there more to the review and I'm too old/invalid to understand Twitter?

 

[BeserkerHilf]

Welcome to 2016.

 

[Guts]

Someone made a recap of the review, nothing super spoilery, tagged just in case

Spoiler

Main villain is an anti-social nerd.

That reminds me of somebody.

 

[Mike_D202]

spoilery review. HINT: he hated it

EDIT:

deleted the video due to language, just realized people in the previous thread posted the jist of it.

 

[bluejake01]

If it really matters, Ed Bagley Jr. Isn't an ******* and Cecily Strong is a female character and she is a total *******.

I think the point is that most of the world treats them like crap and are dismissive of them, not that all men are bad.

 

[DyeLorean]

Is there a "guess the Tomato-meter" thread or something?
I'd say it will be between 25-40%.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Twitter reaction has little to no barring on the quality of a film imo. Good or bad, it is very reactionary.

Reviews hit Monday right?

 

[bluejake01]

Rowan is is such wormy, uncharasmatic, void. He doesn't actually become good as a villain until Chris Hemsworth is playing him. Really bad casting on him.

 

[Zero_Effect]

Twitter reaction has little to no barring on the quality of a film imo. Good or bad, it is very reactionary.

Reviews hit Monday right?

Tomorrow.

 

[Zero_Effect]

Max Landis @Uptomyknees

my friend's review of the new ghostbusters:

*chuckles weirdly*
*stares into the distance*
*shakes head*
"it's not as bad as Suckerpunch"

 

[Mysteryman]

Max Landis @Uptomyknees

my friend's review of the new ghostbusters:

*chuckles weirdly*
*stares into the distance*
*shakes head*
"it's not as bad as Suckerpunch"

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

I'll say it again, Max Landis' whiffed idea for a Ghostbusters 3[/URL] would've been great, despite a few things that could've be reworked during a rewrite.

http://www.maxlandiswrites.com/ghostbusters-iii/

 

[Sithborg]

Who the $#@%^ cares about Landis? I'm sure he and his friend are completely unbiased in their opinion.

 

[Kyle]

I'm confused by the whole villain thing... Thought Hemsworth was the villain from the promotional materials? That was literally the saving grace I saw about his character from the trailer.

 

[Jay Beezy]

I'm confused by the whole villain thing... Thought Hemsworth was the villain from the promotional materials? That was literally the saving grace I saw about his character from the trailer.

Actually, it clearly shows Hemsworth getting possessed. That doesn't make him a villain any more than Zuul making Sigourney Weaver a villain in the original.

 

[Snow Queen]

Max Landis @Uptomyknees

my friend's review of the new ghostbusters:

*chuckles weirdly*
*stares into the distance*
*shakes head*
"it's not as bad as Suckerpunch"

Typically what I have to say about Max Landis movies.

 

[Jay Beezy]

Who the $#@%^ cares about Landis? I'm sure he and his friend are completely unbiased in their opinion.

Then what about Devin Faraci? He's clearly on the "Haters are misogynists no matter why they're haters" bandwagon.

 

[Kyle]

Actually, it clearly shows Hemsworth getting possessed. That doesn't make him a villain any more than Zuul making Sigourney Weaver a villain in the original.

I stand by what I said. Chris Hemsworth is shown playing a villain. What's confusing now is are there two villains?

Spoiler

One of the villains is defined as an anti-social nerd. I don't see that defining Hemsworth from what they've shown - he seems to be overly extroverted and that seems like an odd way to define a ghost. So who's the main villain or villain number 2?

 

[GuestStar2004]

I stand by what I said. Chris Hemsworth is shown playing a villain. What's confusing now is are there two villains?

No one villain

Spoiler

I believe it was said the main villain is killed at some point in the film and becomes a ghost possessing Hemsworths character

 

[Kyle]

No one villain

Spoiler

I believe it was said the main villain is killed at some point in the film and becomes a ghost possessing Hemsworths character

Ah, that makes sense.

 

[bluejake01]

I stand by what I said. Chris Hemsworth is shown playing a villain. What's confusing now is are there two villains?

Spoiler

One of the villains is defined as an anti-social nerd. I don't see that defining Hemsworth from what they've shown - he seems to be overly extroverted and that seems like an odd way to define a ghost. So who's the main villain or villain number 2?

Spoiler

The villain's name is Rowan and he is using Wiig and Mc Carthy's research to create reality bombs which weaken the barrier between our world and the spirit world. He kills himself after the Ghostbusters help the police track him to his basement workshop/doomsday machine, rather than be taken into custody. After that he possesses McCarthy, gets slapped out of her and settles in Hemsworth for awhile.

 

[AllEights]

Hey jake - I saw a review similar to the one posted here in opinion but more tame. Both of these reviews cite an anti-male agenda and I just don't get that from the screening we saw so I am not sure if things were majorly changed or these reviewers are looking through this with a certain prism. I heard that the stupid dance sequence has been dropped from the final cut though.
And as always agree with you, the character of Rowan, actor playing him, totally disposable.