Original stars appear in the Ghostbusters Franchise Movie.
Starring
Paul Rudd
Carrie ****
Finn Wolfhard
Mckenna Grace
Kumail Nanjiani
Patton Oswalt
Celeste O'Connor
Logan Kim
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Ernie Hudson
Annie Potts
It shouldn't be as it was a Powhatan Native American name for that creature that was then adopted by English settlers. It is also known as a washbear and a trash panda:
Really looking forward to this, reviews might not be great but it’s my birthday on Saturday and me and the fam are off to watch it.. I even had the gun when I was younger 😂
The last one was only ok imo, but I’m surprised to see this one receive such negative reviews. It shouldn’t really be too hard to make a good Ghostbusters movie. The original wasn’t exactly complicated.
Entertaining enough, A little slow to start and resolution was quite quick but decent enough. Still think Afterlife is the better of the two & nothing compares to the original. 7/10
It wasn't as bad as most of the reviews are saying but it was definitely a disappointing follow up to Afterlife. To be honest the trailers did nothing for me in the slightest, so it was a little better than I personally expected, but it very much felt like "as long as it's better than Ghostbusters 2016 it'll do". It's actually a shame because it could have been a great follow up to Afterlife, if it weren't for a few problems that were just too great to ignore.
First of all, the CGI is extremely hit and miss - it's fine for the most part but some of it is very poor. The CGI in the first 20 minutes is quite frankly some of the worst I've seen in years (worse than The Marvels), and Garraka looks like it's been composited in from a Disney animation. Also there's too many plot points going on, too many characters, and they aren't given enough to do in order to stand out.
It was great to see Janine as a Ghostbuster but she turned out to be a massive let down, as soon as she put on the uniform she was given nothing else to do.
Possibly the most irritating thing was all the completely unnecessary fan service for the sake of it. Slimer, the Stay Pufts and the ghost in the library are all there, for absolutely zero reason. They didn't contribute anything to the plot or even play a peripheral part in it, they were just there for nostalgia bait and took up far too much screen time at the expense of more action. They even recreated the original title screen, included the original theme tune and had a cringeworthy scene where Paul Rudd speaks the lyrics in conversation. None of this made up for the fact that Bill Murray was once again in "can't be arsed" mode, phoning in a (mercifully short) performance.
Finally - James Acaster can't act for shit. He was just being his usual Kevin the teenager meets Jack Dee act from his stand up shows, while wearing a Ghostbuster jumpsuit. He was actually worse than Conor McGregor in the Road House remake, because at least Conor McGregor looked like he was enjoying himself.
Other than that, it did make me chuckle a few times, and Paul Rudd, McKenna Grace, Carrie C00n and Ernie Hudson were great as always.
I found it an incredibly boring watch, I don't want long drawn out expository dialogue and character monologues I just want some entertaining ghostbustin action. I preferred the 2016 version to this. At least that was a fun entertaining film.
Comments
The trailer for me looked poor.
She has an unfortunate surname that often gets censored for obvious reasons.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4689420/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Carrie C00n.
I wonder if Racoon is censored?
It shouldn't be as it was a Powhatan Native American name for that creature that was then adopted by English settlers. It is also known as a washbear and a trash panda:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72PiAcSb4g4
https://www.skedaddlewildlife.com/location/milwaukee/blog/pandas-and-raccoons-related/
Was she in this?
https://youtu.be/T-iA0JYlmTY
😉
(The Raccoons cartoon intro)
Film got a big old Kermode rant.
Found it very funny. Bill Murray gets a very funny scene which calls back to two bits from the original.
I can take the slow pace if the films clear world building leads to better future installments...
4:15 Showing at light cinema walsall
The movie flew by so quick.
I do think the kids will enjoy more then the adults.
There is mid credits scene, which I saw (not sure if there is one at the end of credits aswell)
First of all, the CGI is extremely hit and miss - it's fine for the most part but some of it is very poor. The CGI in the first 20 minutes is quite frankly some of the worst I've seen in years (worse than The Marvels), and Garraka looks like it's been composited in from a Disney animation. Also there's too many plot points going on, too many characters, and they aren't given enough to do in order to stand out.
It was great to see Janine as a Ghostbuster but she turned out to be a massive let down, as soon as she put on the uniform she was given nothing else to do.
Possibly the most irritating thing was all the completely unnecessary fan service for the sake of it. Slimer, the Stay Pufts and the ghost in the library are all there, for absolutely zero reason. They didn't contribute anything to the plot or even play a peripheral part in it, they were just there for nostalgia bait and took up far too much screen time at the expense of more action. They even recreated the original title screen, included the original theme tune and had a cringeworthy scene where Paul Rudd speaks the lyrics in conversation. None of this made up for the fact that Bill Murray was once again in "can't be arsed" mode, phoning in a (mercifully short) performance.
Finally - James Acaster can't act for shit. He was just being his usual Kevin the teenager meets Jack Dee act from his stand up shows, while wearing a Ghostbuster jumpsuit. He was actually worse than Conor McGregor in the Road House remake, because at least Conor McGregor looked like he was enjoying himself.
Other than that, it did make me chuckle a few times, and Paul Rudd, McKenna Grace, Carrie C00n and Ernie Hudson were great as always.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife 124mins long
BBC1 version last night 115mins long
Had no problem incl. the word asshole yet some spooky scenes were heavily edited. Disappointing.
I was wondering given the 7:05pm start time if it would be edited.