Ghostbusters (1984)
I haven’t watched this for a while and it was surprising how little I enjoyed it this time. The characters (Egon, Janine and Tully would have been a better focus for me) are rather bland. The effects go from brilliant (like the devil dog puppets) and the awful (like the devil dog stop motion). The dialogue is the best bit. The few sight gags are beautifully mounted by wit.
Sigourney is so much more fun as Zuul then Dana where she just delivers her default Sigourney performance.
When I was a kid Peter Venkman seemed cool. Now he seems kind of creepy. The most impressive thing about the film for me is how despite wasting much of the movie with shots of religious stereotypes excitedly jumping up and down and celebrity journalist cameos they get some interesting world building in there. I’m tempted to watch Ghostbusters 2 now just to see if it’s anywhere near as bad as I remember.
37 Balls.