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 NorseSig wrote:
I will not see this movie. The only way I ever intend to see this movie is if someone gives me lots of money to do so. Like say $500,000 tax free. Scratch that, make it $20,000,000 to cover the emotional and mental trauma I would suffer from watching it.

First off it all feels like a mocking parody of the original.

Second, none of the actors appear to be any good in these roles, pay zero homage to the originals; and are nothing but a bunch of horrible stereotypes.

Thirdly, the jokes fall flat. They aren't funny. They feel forced and lack any of the wit of the original.

Fourth, the cgi and graphics somehow ended up being worse than the effects of the original. They look and feel fake by comparison.

Fifth, The new uniforms are horrible, and the ghostbusting equipment looks silly. Scratch that on the uniform it reminds me of old prison uniforms, which is where all of these "actors" belong with how horrible they are in this movie.

Sixth, the response to the community dislike of this movie by Sony, Fieg, and the actors. Their insinuation that if you don't like or want to see this movie you are a sexist, maybe a racist, and definitely a Nazi really ticks me off. Makes we want to not see it out of spite alone.

I agree with all you said, especially the last part, that is just pathetic and sadly Hollywood is resorting to that. who cares if it was a crappy movie?if you say it was then you are a sexist and such, welcome to the Politically Correct.

My biggest problem with this movie? I like all the actresses. I just think this is overall a bad move, career wise, comedy wise, etc.

That is a nice lego set.

 jreilly89 wrote:
I just think this is overall a bad move, career wise, comedy wise, etc.

SHHHHHH! Saying that makes you both sexist AND racist. Just ask Sony!

 kronk wrote:
Is that some epic level SJW reasoning?

I've seen a bit of that nonsense. I even tried nudging them to go buy Mad Max: Fury Road instead, but they were having none of it.

lonestarr777 wrote:
So, I'm ready for this gak show to come and go because I'm really tired of being just dismissed by my circle of friends for "Oh, you just don't like it because of girls."

I don't like it because it looks like a tired and unfunny by the numbers garbage, And because Paul Fiege is an donkey-cave but yeah no, clearly mysoginist.

Fingers crossed this film goes nuclear. I hate it now not because its (probably) a bad film but because of the jackassery its inspired in people I know.

Anyone else getting this high and mighty attitude over this film?

The Wife really wants to see it. She's taking her coven of wimminz to it. I'd rather see Mad Moms myself, and of course Secret Life of Pets.
I can't stand at least one of these players.

Its amazing how we have fallen. I watched Lord Olivier's film version of Hamlet the other night (with a baby Jean Simmons) that won big awards when it came out. Yes. Hamlet.

I was interested in seeing it until the trailers came out. I forget who said it looked like a Scary Movie film, but he or she was dead-on. The only ghosts that need busting in this film are from long-dead jokes.

My wife wants to see it even less than I do.

So there was a review embargo placed on Ghostbusters by Sony until tonight....not a great sign for a film really. You'd usually want to be shouting it from the roof tops that people think your comedy film is hilarious. The cats out of the bag now though. The Ghostbusters remake has been panned.

Here is what the Hollywood Reporter say

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ghostbusters-film-review-909313

It's pretty damning, and confirms my very worst fears about the film, especially Hemsworths role in the film.

Plenty of other gakky reviews online too.

There are also a couple of good ones too, but it's easy to see that they are pretty agenda driven. The guardian for example gives it four stars, but leads with a diatribe about the trolls and misogynists rather than the film itself. Den of Geeks similiarily talks more about the films critics than the film itself, almost as if there's a mechanism at play to prove people wrong rather than actually review the film at hand.

The Nerdist's revieew was basically, "it's fine."

They go on to say, (and I'm paraphrasing cause I misplaced the link) "they wish it was an amazing comedic masterpiece to shut up all the complaints about the casting, but the truth is, the films fine, not outstanding, not terrible, fine."

They also say that if you like Paul Feige films, you'll really enjoy it, if you dislike Paul Feige films, you'll still dislike it.

Of course, I'm sitting there going, "Who's Paul Feige?"

Rotton Tomatoes has critic ratings at 74%. I guess we'll see on the 15th which of those critics were right and which need to consider a career change.

 Breotan wrote:
Rotton Tomatoes has critic ratings at 74%. I guess we'll see on the 15th which of those critics were right and which need to consider a career change.

I expect that to be considerably lower by the end of the week lol.


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https://youtu.be/vBVmb5Nmg28

This one sums it up pretty well....ugh.

When he compared it to Pixels I gotta admit... I smiled... like Mr. Burns.

 Compel wrote:
The Nerdist's revieew was basically, "it's fine."

They go on to say, (and I'm paraphrasing cause I misplaced the link) "they wish it was an amazing comedic masterpiece to shut up all the complaints about the casting, but the truth is, the films fine, not outstanding, not terrible, fine."

They also say that if you like Paul Feige films, you'll really enjoy it, if you dislike Paul Feige films, you'll still dislike it.

Of course, I'm sitting there going, "Who's Paul Feige?"

Same here. I have nothing against the director, the actresses, whatever. I have no personal bias against the movie going in. All I care about is if the movie is good. Unfortunately, it sounds more and more that it's neither good nor bad, just "fine". Which is a pity, really. Mediocrity is not something that should be aspired to when rebooting a beloved franchise. At least if the movie was a horrible flop, that would still be something, at least.

All the reviews I've read that have been "positive" seem to be more, "eh, it's okay, but we won't say anything negative because of the backlash."

 cincydooley wrote:
All the reviews I've read that have been "positive" seem to be more, "eh, it's okay, but we won't say anything negative because of the backlash."

Sony will sue you for affecting their profitability of the movie due to your negative review.. In other words.. don't say anything.. just to be safe..

 Genoside07 wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:
All the reviews I've read that have been "positive" seem to be more, "eh, it's okay, but we won't say anything negative because of the backlash."

Sony will sue you for affecting their profitability of the movie due to your negative review.. In other words.. don't say anything.. just to be safe..

That sounds about right. I admit while I am curious to see how bad it is (whole train wreck thing), I REFUSE to give my money to someone who said if I don't like the trailers I am a sexist, racist, troll. That kind of BS just does not fly with me.

apparently they're saying the new ghostbusters will be a "limitless series" etc it's like the possiability the movie won't do well is something that never entered their thoughts

lonestarr777 wrote:
When he compared it to Pixels I gotta admit... I smiled... like Mr. Burns.

Lol this cheered me up no end. Thank you.

But he's SO right.

Apparently Devan Faraci loved it. Shocking.

So yeah, I'll preface this by saying, "I'm still not going to see it" and not particularly inclined to watch it when it comes on TV either. However, at least they're right in something good come out of the film.



That is something that's good to see more of. Although, I'm thinking maybe they should have made a better film for it, you know, one that wasn't a 12A either...

 General Kroll wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
Rotton Tomatoes has critic ratings at 74%. I guess we'll see on the 15th which of those critics were right and which need to consider a career change.

I expect that to be considerably lower by the end of the week lol.

You may be right, but it's actually gone up 2 more points since then.

Perhaps I again can be cautiously optimistic.

 Compel wrote:
So yeah, I'll preface this by saying, "I'm still not going to see it" and not particularly inclined to watch it when it comes on TV either. However, at least they're right in something good come out of the film.



That is something that's good to see more of. Although, I'm thinking maybe they should have made a better film for it, you know, one that wasn't a 12A either...

Yup, but those girls could have still had strong female heroes to look up to without this film, and the promotion and talk surrounding it being a massive slap in the face to fans of the original and geek culture as a whole. Those girls could still have had strong female heroes the way I had strong male heroes of the original ghostbusters back in the late 80s when Ghostbusters 2 came out, had this been a sequel and not a remake. They could have still had a positive strong female role model had this movie been a passing of the torch movie instead of a bland Hollywood retread.

In short, Paul Feig could have made everyone happy, instead, he's made a garbage movie that in ten years time very few people will look back on fondly, that will be in the same bargain bin as the Karate Kid remake, the Robocop remake and the Willy Wonka remake.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Apparently Devan Faraci loved it. Shocking.

Well, then I know I won't.

If you go with professional critics instead of anyone that decided to write a review on RT it is 50% instead of 78%.

Alot of summer blockbusters are blockbusters cause china. However in this case, china has a strict no ghost policy.

Honestly I expect after the opening weekend and the 'basement dwelking misogynists' dragging their feet go see it, itll get the lambasting its earned.

Thats important to remember btw, love a movie or want it to do well? See it opening weekend when the bean counters are paying attention. Iffy on it or just seeing it for how bad it is, give it a week.

 Compel wrote:
So yeah, I'll preface this by saying, "I'm still not going to see it" and not particularly inclined to watch it when it comes on TV either. However, at least they're right in something good come out of the film.

Spoiler:

That is something that's good to see more of. Although, I'm thinking maybe they should have made a better film for it, you know, one that wasn't a 12A either...

Cynical about this stuff as I am, that photo looks staged to me. It's the kind of thing I'd probably do if I was in PR and handling publicity for this film. *shrug*

Honestly, this movie may be (probably is a little?) better than we're giving it credit for. I just think the original is perfection for what it is, and never needed a sequel, let alone a reboot.

 Ahtman wrote:
If you go with professional critics instead of anyone that decided to write a review on RT it is 50% instead of 78%.

Do you mean the "Top Critics" option? That went down for a short while and returned with less rotten reviews apparently, so it's currently almost on par as the All Critics.

Never mind.

 MrDwhitey wrote:
so it's currently almost on par as the All Critics.

I just checked again and Top Critics is 53%, which I don't believe is on par with 79%.

Just a general shorthand but this is how the jargon seemingly translates:

Top Critics = aggregate of professional film critics
All Critics = aggregate of professional film critics + people with an internet connection and keyboard

I don't really get the argument about women (or girls) dressing up as Ghostbusters meaning that it has an impact because I have seen female Ghostbuters cosplay for some time.

Personnaly I am going to have to wait to hear from some people I trust the opinions of to decide whether to see it or not.

 gorgon wrote:

 Compel wrote:
So yeah, I'll preface this by saying, "I'm still not going to see it" and not particularly inclined to watch it when it comes on TV either. However, at least they're right in something good come out of the film.

Spoiler:

That is something that's good to see more of. Although, I'm thinking maybe they should have made a better film for it, you know, one that wasn't a 12A either...

Cynical about this stuff as I am, that photo looks staged to me. It's the kind of thing I'd probably do if I was in PR and handling publicity for this film. *shrug*

Honestly, this movie may be (probably is a little?) better than we're giving it credit for. I just think the original is perfection for what it is, and never needed a sequel, let alone a reboot.

To be fair, you're right. This film isn't going to be the death of cinema or the end of the world. But I loathe it for all the garbage it's added to the internet and the tactics they have used and the general vitriol that's been spewed over this film.

Like say how Jame's Rolfe, the AVGN was pretty much crucified when he made a video stating he would neither see, nor review the new ghostbusters. People from Patton Oswalt, which is sad because I love him, and Dane Cook, because he's desperate to be relevant again, jumped on twitter and blasted him as the internet tore into him and painted the man as the picture perfect woman hating man baby. Rolfe however refused to acknowledge this gak storm and has come out the better man for it, along with a large number of his friends on youtube jumping to his defense.

Meanwhile, Comic Book Girl 19 has not only trashed the film repeatedly but also done it in a more crude manner than Rolfe did in his one video. And yet, she wasn't drug through the muck for it and insulted publicly by celebrities.

And then there is my own personal circle of friends. I admit, when I heard this movie was getting made I had just been suckered into the new TMNT, so I was fresh from having all my nostalgia burnt off. I stuck my nose in the air and said I wasn't interested and wished that hollywood would stop cannibalizing the graveyard. Fast-forward and now that's being thrown in my face ON-TOP of the fact apparently I'm just an donkey-cave who thinks girls have cooties. Mostly the cootie thing though. Every point I make, trailer looks terrible, leaked script sounds dumb as balls, McCarthy and Fiege are jack wagons. Nope, just a donkey-cave who hates girls!

But you know it's cool... because,

So yeah, I guess I'm a bit bitter over all this.