Feig has several very good comedies under his belt already, so it’s no surprise Ghostbusters has plenty of laughs.
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On top of being a fantastic film, we remember it because a storm passed overhead while we were in the theater. She ends up tagging along with Abby and Holtzmann to check out a haunting report. No mere copy of the original, the movie tells a new story that successfully updates the concept for our era while at the same time offering the same kind of ghostly butt-kicking awesomeness I remember feeling when I first watched the original. And Chris Hemsworth, whose comedic timing has been an asset for his otherwise straight-arrow role as Thor, really gets to play here as Kevin, the handsome and terribly vapid Ghostbusters secretary.
Exit polls and audience reviews for director Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot have been largely positive, according to Hemsworth, so critics of the female cast have been proved wrong. It consists of just a stark home-page containing a rudimentary sketch of her face and the following proclamation: “Kristen is not on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Myspace or any other social networking website”. They try to set up reasons for what he’s doing, but he only comes across as a character thrown in so the movie can say, “See this guy?”
I was proudly raised on Bill Murray comedies, but the preciousness many have over a “Ghostbusters” remake is nevertheless mystifying.
It transpires that a demented misfit called Rowan North (Neil Casey) is summoning ghosts to create a vortex between the living and the dead.
Murray wasn’t enthusiastic about a sequel in general and demanded that his character be killed off after five minutes.
It’s amusingly ironic. Senseless haters attacked the movie for casting four women, and the behavior of those trolls in turn influenced the creative process to address them directly.
The film’s loaded with references to the original movie and without giving away spoilers, fans of the 1984 comedy from director Ivan Reitman will feel all warm and fuzzy when certain characters (both live and CG) appear on screen. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in his use of 3D. The 3D is also surprisingly good, which makes all the action more fun.
But what really shows the best of McKinnon is the fact that she can imitate somebody who isn’t as much in the public eye, such as veteran tennis player, Billie Jean King, and churn out a hilarious performance.
Based on early Friday returns, the big-budget reboot – arguably the most talked-about film of summer – looks to open anywhere from $45 million-$48 million for the weekend, a less-than-spectacular start considering the movie’s $144 million net budget (rebates and tax incentives brought it down from $154 million). And if you are still content with it, if you still adamantly believe that you are not going to see it because you think its not amusing or that the four female leads are not amusing, then this review can not change your mind. If Ghostbusters meant a lot to you as a child, you’re probably nearly 40. “Instead what we get whats seem like an unlimited supply of very bad remakes of Ray Parker Jr.’s original Ghostbusters theme”.
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Make sure you stick around until after the credits roll, if you want a premonition of ghosts yet to be busted.
