Chris Hu said:
I think you probably need to rewatch it a couple of times before you realize how bad it actually is. People that say that it is a okay movie are not being honest with themselves. The movie has plot holes, the jokes are lame, its sexist towards man, the main villain is very weak, the CGI isn't that good, the overall script isn't very good, its poorly shot (not very cinematic), it has way to many jump cuts etc etc. If you want a professional opinon read Richard Ropers review he explains it in detail why it is a hot mess if you want a fan of the franchises perspective watch Angry Joe's review. |
I don't need to watch it 5 times, I took film studies for two years, I don't need to see a movie several times to know if its crap or not.
The 3D is quite impressive, the CGI is overdone at times but it's Ghostbusters the ghosts were never intended to look real. By the way there is one sequence in the film where the ghosts are bit more real, and it gets maybe bit scarier than a Ghostbusters film should be.
Richard Roeper and Angry Joe can have their opinions, that doesn't mean they invalidate everyone elses. Richard Roeper by the way liked Transformers, which is a steaming pile of shit as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather watch this Ghostbusters movie three times in a row than watch that crap, so it's not like his opinions are some holy decree, he has weird ratings for a lot of films.
If this is a 2/10 movie, then 70% of what's been released this summer is 1/10 or worse. It isn't sexist towards men unless you are so freaking sensitive about everything little thing, quite frankly the first Ghostbusters is probably more sexist when Murray says "lets show this bitch how we do things in downtown" or whatever that line was. Neither film has much of an agenda.
Again, maybe you should just watch the movie, and there's a chance you'll hate it, but I mean it's kind of ridiculous to have like 50 posts about about a movie you've never even seen. I don't think you can have an opinion on a film, or really any kind of informed opinion on a film if you haven't seen it.
Most of the people who have actually seen the film on this board have said it's OK, nothing special, but not terrible either, just a middle of the pack popcorn movie. And I'd agree with that assessment. And fuck no, did Sony pay me anything, I'm not Sony fanboy, I wouldn't mind seeing them crushed under Nintendo's boot, so quite the opposite (also every Sony movie being a freaking commercial for Sony products is annoying, not to mention wildly unrealistic). Seeing Nintendo's stock overtake Sony's actually made my day yesterday, lol.
