For anyone looking for a fun movie with humor and action, then Ghostbusters might just be the right movie for the weekend. Is all of the negativity deserving?
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Once the first trailer dropped, out of the throngs of fans of the original confused about whether this was a remake or a reboot emerged a much more gross bit of fandom – misogynists slamming the movie for its “feminist agenda”.
The reboot – which stars Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones – hits theaters July 15.
To put it kindly, the trailers have been bad. The game is written by Ramis and Aykroyd, features numerous plot elements that tie into the original films, stars the original cast, leaves the door open for new ghostbustin’ opportunities and, perhaps most importantly, is a fun game to boot. The movie certainly has several moments that made me cringe because it felt too forced and unnecessary (Slimer’s companion). Thankfully, when the Ghostbusters look out at the city in the film’s closing images, what they see feels suitably sweeping and stirring. “It wasn’t as good as I had hoped, though”. Now the film is projected to bring in closer to $50 million, and with a budget of $140 million, that’s good news for the people at Sony. Well, now Ghostbusters is seeing quite the poor showing among IMDb users, with (as of this writing) an average 3.7/10 rating among over 6500 votes – a remarkable thumbs-down from viewers, considering it doesn’t screen for general audiences until Thursday.
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Sony’s all-female “Ghostbusters” will attempt to scare off the haters at the USA box office but faces a formidable foe for the no. 1 spot- the second session of “The Secret Life of Pets”, which will probably take in around $55 million. Because, even with the trailer backlash and still very present fan hate, Ghostbusters is still an incredibly strong brand, and the women fronting it are some of the most successful now working in Hollywood, especially in the case of Melissa McCarthy (every mainstream film of hers since 2011 has opened with 20m+). He worked for the student newspaper on campus, The Oakland Post, where he became the paper’s managing editor. Making a shoddy film is one thing, but attempting to remake a beloved classic with an incredibly inferior looking film is not going to make fans happy. Creating a big special effects comedy showcasing two SNL graduates and two unknowns was an iffy notion.
