Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig Director: Paul Feig
Budget: 154 million
OK I went to watch it, right i've added to the films recuperation's of its budget.
Well what can I say. First i want to say a massive fuck you to feminists because I love women, i'm a nerd I'm happy to be with someone anyway they want to be, that's enough about my sad life.
More on the feminist stuff later though, because it's just not fair with some of the shit they pull in this film.
Right there's a lot to get through here. So this film is blatantly an obvious money grab aimed at kids but with flimsy cameo's and call backs to try and interest the older buster's fans.
I don't know WHY they didn't spin this off as a ghost-busters 3 considering they jumped through hoops to get most of the original cast back like that. Especially Bill Murray, which is now totally wasted if they ever want to get to him back again.
So Wiig is friends with McCarthy they believe in ghosts and when they actually start to invade they form a team with Kate's character who is a nuclear physicist. Then Leslie Jones character basically bullies her way into the fourth position.
Lets talk about one of the funniest parts of the movie, for me at least Chris Hemsworth he is a lovable idiot, which draws me to the first-ish feminist point. Now Wiig's character is a simpering fawn to him and they even make allusions that all men should be like him?
Now thats totally unfair yes men should be taking a better of themselves, me in particular but we don't need it shoved in our faces that that is the perfect man. Not only that do women turn into simpering idiots when a massive good looking men are around?
Isn't that unfair on women?
OK next part, the bad guy is the blandest part i've ever seen he's just the most simple bit of rubbish ever, a destroy the world type. He's responsible for the ghosts, i wont say how as not to spoil anything major.
There's a genuinely funny part when they are testing the proton packs, also scary too, until some totally unfunny shite suddenly detracts from it unfortunately.
Right lets get to meat of the movie, This is a typical Paul Feig movie, him and McCarthy work great together, i'm sorry but i do love the woman, She's a bigger lady which is great and pretty with it too and that acting/comedy talent is just the icing for me. I know she's not everyone's cup of tea but well that's the same with everyone each to their own.
Wiig is also decent in her role as are the other two, in fact i'd say McKinnon's character is grossly under used compared to the presence she had in earlier trailers. So yes typical, which means for me this was bridesmaids acting as ghost-busters. If this film had been called anything other than the cash grab use of a nostalgic name, it wouldn't have had this backlash.
It's ten times better than pixels in that respect, these women are good in their roles where as Sandler's crew was awkward. So calling this specter-hunters would have been a much better thing than trying to rely on a name and cameo's to pull in the punters.
So the punters this is by far aimed at kids and not adults as such, though the original one was aimed at teens. Saying that it did have some genuine scary moments and at points the ghosts were actually quite scary. Again the trailer showed neon cgi monstrosities another thing the trailer did bad (that's just the last act) so yes some are scary the underground, the mirrors etc very TWD inspired.
Spoiled again by the last act of the film where yes it's just neon colored VERY CGI mess.
OK this may be slightly spoilery but I have to bring up, both of these things. Right Kate licking her gun, that is a clear phallic send a shiver up boys spines moment, again feminists?
Isn't this playing to the woman performing oral on a man?
Also the way they defeat some ghost's one in particular, but if i mention which that it's just spoiling. This ghost is beating by them shooting it IN THE CROTCH emasculating isn't? For women blowing a ghost away by destroying it's (make believe) dick?
Now as for innervation in the movies technology the proton bomb, shotgun, fist are amazingly thoughtful. There's so much i tried to like and some much that fell flat on it's face though, again i'll mention the cameo's and even the scene comparisons to the original too. So that's what i have to say on this movie. Also it does actually show that Feig didn't want to do this film asked three times?
So funny? Yes occasionally
Good Acting? Yes the ladies are established in their roles especially the roles Feig usually writes for his girls.
Does this film succeed? Unfortunately no, just in my books it doesn't know where it stands with it's fan base. Does it want new ones or does it want to pander to the old ones with stupid cameo's and scene parodies.
I do intend to write something of an addition to this film that I think in my books would have worked and pleased everyone to a much bigger degree.
So with this My score if this had been an original Feig work it wold have been a weak three out of five, but now as a cheap cash grab? Sorry it's a two star affair.
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