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LudicrousSpeed said:
One of the worst movies I've ever seen. And I say that as a big McCarthy, Wig, and McKinnon fan. Just a terribly unfunny script with poor characters and cringe worthy cameos. Somehow there is a GB film worse than GB2.

I really don't get the hate that GB2 gets... while it's not as good as the original, it is nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be.  Watch both GB1&2 back to back sometime... GB2 is almost beat for beat the same as GB1 in terms of overall plot, and all the main characters are basically the same as they were in the original.

I think people were expecting this massive summer action flick with state of the art special effects when GB2 came out, not realizing that GB was never that type of film... you only really see them battle two ghosts in the original,  Slimer at the hotel and Stay Puft / Zool at the end of the film.  Same thing in the sequel... they fight the two ghosts in the courtroom halfway through, and then the anti-climactic showdown with Vigo at the end, which was pretty lame compared to the finale of the original.  In between there's some plot development and witty dialogue, the GB get arrested / get committed, and then get released by the mayor for the big showdown at the end, same as the original.

GB1 > GB2 > GB She-boot.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

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I've never seen Ghostbusters, and like the Emoji Movie, it's on my very slim list of boycotts. I just never liked the reception fans or defenders of the first trailer kept spewing online. It's not because it's women that replace men that I refuse to watch it, but rather I refuse to watch it because it looked bad. Kind of turned me off from the movie altogether.



@fei-hung that's my problem with the originals, in can't remember a single moment when they were funny, and as a comedy, that I'd poor. They were entertaining, but not funny



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@nightdragon83 so let me ask you, why do you consider the originals so good? What's set them apart?



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Never seen it, and not really planning on doing so anytime soon. From everything I've seen of it the film just seems like a painfully average and unfunny slog.



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Brutalyst said:

@nightdragon83 so let me ask you, why do you consider the originals so good? What's set them apart?

What made the original so good was the writing of Harold Ramis who also did mega hits like Animal House and Caddyshack, and chemistry of SNL alums Murray and Aykroyd.  Ghostbusters wasn't a comedy in the same vein as movies like Animal House or Caddyshack because it didn't rely on R-rated style raunchy humor and gags to carry the film (aside from the ghost BJ scene).  It was played like a horror film but with comedic elements and the juxtaposition of Bill Murray's sarcastic one liners with Ramis and Aykroyd who played the straight & serious roles as scientists made for hilarious dilague and situations.

GB 2016 on the other hand was trying to be an R-rated comedy like Feig's other workd but dressed as a PG-13 summer action flick, and ended up looking like Scooby Doo 3 with more fart jokes.  If fart an queef jokes are your kind of humor, then more power to you.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

It's a completely different style of humor.

Ghostbusters has this dry style, to this day I still laugh at Murray's delivery.

Dr. Raymond Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.
Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!
Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes it's true.
Dr. Peter Venkman: This man has no dick.

The reboot had none of that style. It felt like they went for a younger audience with Thor being not just dim, but cartoonishly stupid. I didn't laugh once, but I can't argue if you did.

For reference I think the British have the best style of humor. I consider "Hot Fuzz" to be an absolute masterpiece in comedy and even after 20+ viewing I still marvel at how immaculated crafted it is. Yet, I know people who shrug at it as poor to okay.



It was a terrible movie. The queef joke made me want to walk out.



It was a piece of shit movie contrived and invented to capitalize on the social justice fad. Glad it bombed... glad it's dead.



gave up after an hour because I didn't laugh once

one of the worst movies i've seen in the last few years