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Honestly the only thing people will remember this movie for in a few years, if they do at all, is the backlash and controversy that came from it.
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Or "remember when they made a sequel shittier than 2?"
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We'll probably have some people talk about how the reception of the movie has been tainted by the happenings around it.
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Damn men, hating on a movie that all women everywhere know was an amazing movie.
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We just watched this is movie night.
Holy shit, it is a stinker.
Holy shit, it is a stinker.
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Wow, I really overshot how long it was going to take, didn't I?
Can't say it was the smartest thing to do though, this just invites more people to slag her off.
That, and Ghostbusters is much more well-known than Sahara. It should be annihilating that kind of competition under ideal circumstances, especially if they wanted to spawn a cinematic universe out of it.
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Summary of Ghostbusters (2016) at the box office:
In other news, take it with a grain of salt but 8chan posted this image for Friday:
Wonder how badly it's going to be crushed by Star Trek and Ice Age tomorrow...
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Deets? Don't leave us hanging.
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Apparently Cussler sued the production company, feeling that a lack of creative control was the reason the movie failed (courts have repeatedly ruled against him). While Sahara and Ghostbusters may have been fan disappointments, Sahara (the movie) can stand up by itself as a popcorn flick and can be enjoyable if you've never read the books. Ghostbusters on the other hand...even if you've never heard of the franchise, it probably will look like a dumb comedy at best that you wouldn't care to see again.
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The four mains can't act their way out of a rape. The worst offender is the brown-haired professor. There is a scene when she recalls a traumatic childhood incidence, and god I've seen more subtle and convincing emotes in a grade school play. Throughout the movie she keeps harping about "the scientific method", but nothing she does is about the scientific method (this is hardly her fault though; the film just had an idiotic screenplay). It turns out that the gorilla gives the best performance among the four, but that wasn't saying much. The villain is cardboard ridiculous, but perhaps he was instructed to act camp.
During the movie night session people kept commenting on the bad pacing, and while this is true I think the bigger problem is that there is no sense of crisis. and thus no dramatic tension. At no point do we sense that the protagonists' mission might fail, or that they'd be in mortal danger. Some government goons "suggest" the Ghostbustesses to keep mum, but they are really paper tigers -- they won't even threaten their professorship, for example. While the big boss ghost demolishes buildings, it is pretty gentlemanly towards the Ghostbustesses, and not a piece of debris is hauled. Troubles are resolved with deux ex (deflating a Macy float with a swiss army knife, anyone?). Even Zootopia has more dramatic tension.
The worst scene? There is one stupid exposition where the Ghostbustesses find an old book (which was co-written by two of them) in the villain's lair. The brown-haired prof leaves through it, and finds some really pathetic drawings of monsters which look like doodles from a teenage DeviantArt user. Somehow that sends her into great panic. I've no idea what this scene adds to the film as the villain announced his intention already.
The good things? Bill Murray's cameo steals the show; it is always nice to see Chris Hemsworth; Slimer eats out of a dumpster and that reminds me of Phil, and there is a gadget that looks like a spinning, glowing vagina that generated a few chuckles during movie night. So the film is not 100% turd -- but for everything that should have mattered, the film stinks.
During the movie night session people kept commenting on the bad pacing, and while this is true I think the bigger problem is that there is no sense of crisis. and thus no dramatic tension. At no point do we sense that the protagonists' mission might fail, or that they'd be in mortal danger. Some government goons "suggest" the Ghostbustesses to keep mum, but they are really paper tigers -- they won't even threaten their professorship, for example. While the big boss ghost demolishes buildings, it is pretty gentlemanly towards the Ghostbustesses, and not a piece of debris is hauled. Troubles are resolved with deux ex (deflating a Macy float with a swiss army knife, anyone?). Even Zootopia has more dramatic tension.
The worst scene? There is one stupid exposition where the Ghostbustesses find an old book (which was co-written by two of them) in the villain's lair. The brown-haired prof leaves through it, and finds some really pathetic drawings of monsters which look like doodles from a teenage DeviantArt user. Somehow that sends her into great panic. I've no idea what this scene adds to the film as the villain announced his intention already.
The good things? Bill Murray's cameo steals the show; it is always nice to see Chris Hemsworth; Slimer eats out of a dumpster and that reminds me of Phil, and there is a gadget that looks like a spinning, glowing vagina that generated a few chuckles during movie night. So the film is not 100% turd -- but for everything that should have mattered, the film stinks.
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I think you guys might like The Filthy Critic's review of the film (he's the great grandaddy of angry reviewers). Basically, what Nostalgia Critic and The Angry Video Game nerd do, he did it first.
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Having watched this film yesterday at Movie Night, the movie is a 4/10 at best IMO. Most of the jokes suck, the actresses have zero chemistry whatsoever, they blatantly sexualise one of them when she suggestively licks one of her dual proton pack pistols for no reason and the pacing feels so off.
Not to mention the fucking pop culture references. There was an exorcist joke, "THE POWAH OF PATTY COMPELS YOU!" which made my teeth hurt and there was even a moment where the words 'Say hello to my little friend' were uttered in reference to a proton pack. The fact that they did those references comes across as SOOOOO fucking lazy!
HOWEVER, I will give them credit, there were a few jokes that were pretty funny. Though the funniest ones of all were made in Teamspeak while everyone mocked this shitty comedy.
Not to mention the fucking pop culture references. There was an exorcist joke, "THE POWAH OF PATTY COMPELS YOU!" which made my teeth hurt and there was even a moment where the words 'Say hello to my little friend' were uttered in reference to a proton pack. The fact that they did those references comes across as SOOOOO fucking lazy!
HOWEVER, I will give them credit, there were a few jokes that were pretty funny. Though the funniest ones of all were made in Teamspeak while everyone mocked this shitty comedy.
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For everyone who missed Ghostbusters on Friday...
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I had some friends who watched this and said it was decent. They didn't give a shit about the controversy and thought it was the trailer's fault for not hooking anyone in. I'm considering it.
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Come to the ultra special movie night tonight then and watch it for free.
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Yep, it's being shown again tonight, I recommend coming, it's much more fun with snarky comments in the stream chat.
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I can vouch for that. I just watched it with some friends and I think it is almost Green Lantern levels of bad.
I am not even bothering with the actresses here to be honest, cause in a bizarre way, I think they would do okay if the script wasn't that terrible. And it is. Like, this is so bad, it belongs in a Fairly Oddparents parody of the Ghostbusters instead of the actual movie screen. Stuff happens, for the most part it feels like there is no real tension and I don't know if others feel the same, but I had the feeling that there was a lot of shit left on the cutting floor. Cause at some parts I felt like they needed to extend scenes and motivations, but it was just cut together. For a two hour movie, it just felt short and lacking any story.
The only "good" part was in my opinion the villain, cause this oh so great take that against the trolls who hated the very idea of the reboot had still the smartest non chalant snarky lines in the entire movie. Not doing a great job if the cartoonishly creepy and evil dude is still the best thing in your movie.
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It still has atleast six weeks to go, before we can make a final judge-
oh who am I kidding. Even if the movie makes the actual budget back (which I am at least willing to believe) considering the overall costs for marketing and merchandise, this thing is the biggest stinker based on a franchise associated with nerds since Fantastic Four. And with the studio wanting at least 500 millions before considering a sequel... congrats. Feig busted the Ghostbuster franchise.