Ghostbusters reboot cast announced

[Jerm]

Your new Ghostbusters are....

Kristen Wiig
Melissa McCarthy
Kate McKinnon
Leslie Jones

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/903196

Just knew McCarthy and Wiig would be in this...****ing kill me now.

How long until Kevin Hart is announced as Slimer?

[Bowser]

So it took an estimated 250 million worldwide to get this thing released, and in two weeks it's made 136 million worldwide?

Yikes. Flop, indeed.

[mcan]

I think it was a fun movie though. It feels a little out of place as "Ghostbusters" film, but it was definitely funny and had plenty to like. I hope it makes money on the back end and home video side, and people eventually come around on it.

It shouldn't go in the same pile as StarWars Prequels and Indiana Jones 4, which were bad movies. This one has issues, and doesn't have the same tone as the original (it feels more like a Judd Apatow film at times). But that doesn't make it bad.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

My wife and I went to see this today. We walked out about an hour in and got our money back via gift card. That's the first movie I ever walked out of early. And I'm easily entertained. It was compete shit. We didn't need to see anymore. It was like an SNL skit that was never ending. Horrible acting, etc. My wife was like is this a real movie? Lol

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by mcan

I think it was a fun movie though. It feels a little out of place as "Ghostbusters" film, but it was definitely funny and had plenty to like. I hope it makes money on the back end and home video side, and people eventually come around on it.

It shouldn't go in the same pile as StarWars Prequels and Indiana Jones 4, which were bad movies. This one has issues, and doesn't have the same tone as the original (it feels more like a Judd Apatow film at times). But that doesn't make it bad.

It's worse than those films apparently. NOBODY is seeing this piece of shit and i love every second of it.

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

It was like an SNL skit that was never ending. Horrible acting, etc. Lol

Isn't that true of most SNL skits anymore?

[Red Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by mcan

I think it was a fun movie though. It feels a little out of place as "Ghostbusters" film, but it was definitely funny and had plenty to like. I hope it makes money on the back end and home video side, and people eventually come around on it.

It shouldn't go in the same pile as StarWars Prequels and Indiana Jones 4, which were bad movies. This one has issues, and doesn't have the same tone as the original (it feels more like a Judd Apatow film at times). But that doesn't make it bad.

Yeah, I loved it. I'd say it's far better than any of the other movies you listed above. Can't wait for this thing to hit Blu Ray. Imma watch da fuuuuuuq outta thing thing.

[JD10367]

So I was 16 when I saw the original "Ghostbusters" and loved it. In hindsight, rewatching it nowadays, it's an awful movie. Dumb plot, badly written, not much in it really funny. So, comparatively, the new "Ghostbusters" (which I finally saw today) doesn't fare too badly. It's also a pretty awful movie, with a dumb plot, bad writing, and not much in it really funny. It's 100% pointless (as in, there was no point for making this film at all). On the good side, the effects were decent, and Wiig and McCarthy and Leslie Jones were toned-down versions of themselves. Hemsworth was also entertaining as a "dumb blonde" making fun with the reversed stereotype. And Kate McKinnon was definitely the strong point. I agree with a writer who said they were almost too deferential to the original film, treating it like it was "The Godfather" or something (instead of the silly trivial summer comedy it was). They didn't need the gratuitous cameos, the reuse of the song, the reuse of the logo, the reuse of the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man, the reuse of the little green gobliny ghost, the reuse of the fire station, the... well, you get the point. It's pretty much not a film I would even flip to if it were on television, that's how utterly pointless and forgettable it is.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

I'm gonna block this thread and pretend this turd doesn't exist.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by JD10367

So I was 16 when I saw the original "Ghostbusters" and loved it. In hindsight, rewatching it nowadays, it's an awful movie. Dumb plot, badly written, not much in it really funny. So, comparatively, the new "Ghostbusters" (which I finally saw today) doesn't fare too badly. It's also a pretty awful movie, with a dumb plot, bad writing, and not much in it really funny. It's 100% pointless (as in, there was no point for making this film at all). On the good side, the effects were decent, and Wiig and McCarthy and Leslie Jones were toned-down versions of themselves. Hemsworth was also entertaining as a "dumb blonde" making fun with the reversed stereotype. And Kate McKinnon was definitely the strong point. I agree with a writer who said they were almost too deferential to the original film, treating it like it was "The Godfather" or something (instead of the silly trivial summer comedy it was). They didn't need the gratuitous cameos, the reuse of the song, the reuse of the logo, the reuse of the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man, the reuse of the little green gobliny ghost, the reuse of the fire station, the... well, you get the point. It's pretty much not a film I would even flip to if it were on television, that's how utterly pointless and forgettable it is.

Not sure how you can say the original was an "awful" movie, but whatever. You are definitely in the minority there.

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

Not sure how you can say the original was an "awful" movie, but whatever. You are definitely in the minority there.

Have you watched it lately? Try it. It did not age well. Most stuff from that era doesn't (aside from the rarity like "Spaceballs"). Christopher Reeve's "Superman" is another film that I loved at the time and now I facepalm when watching it.

[Cheater5]

Originally Posted by JD10367

Have you watched it lately? Try it. It did not age well. Most stuff from that era doesn't (aside from the rarity like "Spaceballs"). Christopher Reeve's "Superman" is another film that I loved at the time and now I facepalm when watching it.

For me it's Blues Brothers. I thought it was one of the funniest movies in the history of ever back in the day. About two years ago I got halfway through before cutting it off.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Cheater5

For me it's Blues Brothers. I thought it was one of the funniest movies in the history of ever back in the day. About two years ago I got halfway through before cutting it off.

Now you've gone and pissed me off.

Blues Brothers never gets old. Seen it a good 50+ times, still catch it at least twice a year or so. Not to mention playing musical scenes when the occasion strikes.

Top 5 comedy all time.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Now you've gone and pissed me off.

Blues Brothers never gets old. Seen it a good 50+ times, still catch it at least twice a year or so. Not to mention playing musical scenes when the occasion strikes.

Top 5 comedy all time.

Agreed.

BB2000 on the other hand......

[Demonpenz]

The Blues Brothers sucks.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

The Blues Brothers sucks.