It's not surprising that most of the people who enjoyed the 2016 Ghostbusters she-boot weren't big fans of the original, which is why the most passionate criticisms of the film were from long time fans who grew up with the original.
Other than a few online clips I have not seen the film in its entirety (the most I've seen of it is the recent "Everything Wrong With.." upload on Youtube).
But from what I've seen and based on the majority of reviews that didn't have an agenda , the movie is your typical Adam Sandler-type lowbrow summer comedy, only with women in the lead roles and the Ghostbusters IP slapped on to sell extra tickets to certain segments of the population. Take away the women and the GB license, and you basically have Pixels 2, which certainly wasn't the worst movie ever but was critically panned for its bland script and characters and blatant product placement (another hallmark of Sony's films).
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.
