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So much hope for this movie. All squandered.

yhwx said:

So much hope for this movie. All squandered.

I’m not bothered by it, but I don’t see why you would be excited for it based on the trailer. Was the part where she gets thrown up on and then says “oh no, it got in my asshole” the part that convinced you that it would be great?

Angry Joe has a review out already and trashes it for an hour across two videos (one kinda sorta spoiler-free and the other not). RLM mentioned it in their Re:View of the original Ghostbusters, and they didn’t seem too hopeful about it.

I’m not sure which person said it, but “cynical cashgrab” seems right on to me.

Tyrphanax said:

Angry Joe has a review out already and trashes it for an hour across two videos (one kinda sorta spoiler-free and the other not). RLM mentioned it in their Re:View of the original Ghostbusters, and they didn’t seem too hopeful about it.

I’m not sure which person said it, but “cynical cashgrab” seems right on to me.

To be fair, I think that there’s an amount of people who will hate it no matter what and people who will love it no matter what, regardless of quality, which is why I bet Jeremy Jahns (who just reeks of a people pleaser to me; no offense to anyone that likes him) gave it a “good time if you’re drunk” rating. Just based on the trailer it looks like a cynical cashgrab and the humour is terrible! I was really pissed off by the people online claiming that the only reason no one liked the trailer was because of misogyny. Either way, I’ll check out Joe’s review and then RLM’s inevitable review.

You have to click on the top critic heading to see it.

TV’s Frink said:

I’m seeing it tomorrow night. Not super excited but trying to be open minded.

Yeah, I was happily open-minded about it until I saw the first trailer and it just looked like absolute dreck with no respect for the source material.

I don’t like how it’s been made into some kinda political battleground, either.

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yhwx said:

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Why do you post things and then delete them and replace it with a period?

moviefreakedmind said:

yhwx said:

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Why do you post things and then delete them and replace it with a period?

Because they’re not relevant anymore.

Leave them, because having a bunch of posts that are just a “.” make you look slow and are just confusing.

Any ratings below 60% have always been “rotten”, or green. Ghostbusters gets a red bar “positive” rating even when at a 57.

TV’s Frink said:

I’m seeing it tomorrow night. Not super excited but trying to be open minded.

I’ll be very curious to hear your thoughts on it. It has doubleofive’s stamp of approval already.

TV’s Frink said:

Obviously the rating is based on all critics, not top critics. Unless you have an example of another movie that is handled differently, I still don’t see what you are bitching about.

Jesus Christ it just a fucking comment.

Haven’t seen new Ghostbusters, but the best review I’ve read came from someone on twitter and he (as best as I can remember) said: “Some love it, some hate it, but idk how anyone could have any kind of strong reaction to it.”

Apparently the humor is incredibly low-brow. Based on specific examples, it sounds like humor I’d expect from a direct-to-video American Pie sequel. Also, it sounds like a remake, not a reboot.

I’m reading reviews of the Ghostbusters remake and all of these assholes (including whoever writes on Roger Ebert’s site) are all talking about how everyone (their words, not mine) is just pissed off because they hate women. Bullshit. Is it really that impossible for these fuckers to comprehend that perhaps people don’t want to see a classic movie remade in a way that looks (based on the trailer) to be shit? I’m also seeing people hating on the original movie too; the hack who runs Roger Ebert’s website talks about how dumb it is that Sigourney Weaver turns into a dog, and how all these evil kids are refusing to buy a ticket because they hate women. I’m not going to spend 25$ on an outing to the theatre to see something that doesn’t look good. If someone remade Star Wars and the trailer had a scene in which Han Solo (who is played by Amy Poehler) says “Darth Vader threw up on me and it got in every crack,” and Luke screams, “GET OUTTA MY FRIEND YOU DAMN GHOST! The power of Christ compel you!” I wouldn’t see it either, not because I hate women but because it’s a remake of a beloved movie that looks terrible.