Movies GHOSTBUSTERS Thread v.2 (Honest Trailer; Dragonlord's Review)

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Update: July 15, 2016

Dragonlord's Review of GHOSTBUSTERS (No Spoilers)

From the moment they announced that Ghostbusters was undergoing a reboot but this time with four women as the lead characters, the negative reaction was overwhelming. The negativity went into overdrive after the underwhelming first trailer debut.

I'm sure you can nitpick and over-analyze scenes propagating feminism and whatnot but I'm just going to discuss the merits of the movie only.

The story is a retread of the original, revisiting many of the narrative structure from the 1984 film. There's nothing wrong with that as the story about a bunch of lovable losers whom are ridiculed by the public ends saving the day never gets old. The problem is most of the jokes are not funny and characters often behave in an off-putting manner. The dialogue felt like they're ad-libbed and some of the scenes resembled an improv, which are the norm for a Paul Feig film, but it just fell flat in here.

Melissa Mccarthy, who usually plays a loud, obnoxious character in her other movies, turns out to be the most likable among the team. Leslie Jones thankfully didn't channel her booming, abrasive, unpleasant, predatory Saturday Night Live persona and was fairly likable in the film. Kristen Wiig was pretty decent. Kate McKinnon was the "worst" among the girls, often acting in a forced wacky manner and talking balderdash just to try to get a cheap laugh. But due to her charm and being extremely telegenic in here, she gets away with it somewhat.

Chris Hemsworth was terrible as the hunky but dumb secretary. At first his schtick was humorous but it quickly gets old and I just ended up being annoyed with the cartoonish character. They overdid it by making him to be the stupidest guy in the world. Was hoping for a redeeming moment for the character but there was none.

The VFX were great and the ghost effects were a vast improvement over the original films, naturally. The gadgets were cool. Some of the action scenes at the finale was pretty good. The cameos by the original cast members were enjoyable but could have been written better.

Overall, Ghostbusters was disappointing since the potential was there if it was just written better. Having directed the hilarious R-rated Bridesmaids and Spy and the somewhat funny The Heat, I felt Paul Feig lost a lot of his edge due to the PG-13 family friendly restriction in here.

Rating: 5/10
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Update: August 10, 2016

GHOSTBUSTERS Heading for $70 Million-Plus Loss, Sequel Now Unlikely

Immediately upon the opening of Ghostbusters in mid-July, top Sony executives boldly declared a sequel to Paul Feig's all-female reboot of Ivan Reitman's 1984 classic was a given. "While nothing has been officially announced yet, there's no doubt in my mind it will happen," said RoryBruer, president of worldwide distribution at Sony.

That was the studio's last public mention of a sequel. As of Aug. 7, Ghostbusters had earned just under $180 million at the global box office, including $117 million domestic. The film still hasn't opened in a few markets, including France, Japan and Mexico, but box-office experts say it will have trouble getting to $225 million despite a hefty net production budget of $144 million plus a big marketing spend. The studio has said break-even would be $300 million.

Sony hardly is alone in suffering from audience rejection of sequels this summer. But film chief TomRothman and his team, along with partner Village Roadshow, had high hopes for launching a live-action Ghostbusters "universe." Now they are preparing for steep losses (think $70 million-plus) and an uncertain future for the franchise.

Sony won't comment on whether it has banished a sequel to the netherworld, but perhaps tellingly, a rep says the studio actively is pursuing an animated Ghostbusters feature that could hit theaters in 2019 and an animated TV series, Ghostbusters: Ecto Force, which is eyeing an early 2018 bow. Both are being guided by Reitman, who firmly is back in charge of the Ghostbusters empire via Ghost Corps., a subsidiary with a mandate to expand the brand across platforms. (It was former Sony film chief AmyPascalwho first embraced Feig's vision for the live-action reboot, not Reitman or Rothman.)

"Ghostbusters is on ice until further notice," says box-office analyst JeffBock. "I just can't fathom the creative talents behind it — Feig, McCarthy, Wiig, etc. — slogging out another one when the reception to the first one was so mediocre."



'Ghostbusters' Heading for $70 Million-Plus Loss, Sequel Now Unlikely


Link to previous Ghostbusters thread: http://forums.sherdog.com/posts/117304189/

 

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Update: July 13, 2016

GHOSTBUSTERS Denied Release in China Due to Subject Matter

After months of debate, anticipation and heavy marketing, Paul Fieg's all-female Ghostbusters reboot has finally arrived.

But the world's most populous nation — and No. 2 film market — won't be joining the fun anytime soon. The Sony tentpole has been denied a release in China, sources close to the decision-making process in Beijing tell The Hollywood Reporter.

China's official censorship guidelines technically prohibit movies that "promote cults or superstition" — a holdover from the Communist Party's secular ideology — and the country's regulators occasionally have been known to use this obscure provision as rationale for banning films that feature ghosts or supernatural beings in a semi-realistic way.

The original Bill Murray-starring 1984 classic, which never screened theatrically in China, was translated as "捉鬼敢死队," five characters literally meaning "Ghost Catcher Dare Die Team." The sequels followed suit. The reboot, however, has been reworked as "超能敢死队," meaning "Super Power Dare Die Team."

But sources close to China Film Co., the dominant state-owned film body which handles the import and release of all foreign movies in the country, tell THR that censorship wasn't the determinative issue.

"It's been confirmed that Ghostbusters won't be coming to China, because they think it's not really that attractive to Chinese audiences," says one Chinese executive. "Most of the Chinese audience didn't see the first and second movies, so they don't think there's much market for it here," the exec adds.

'Ghostbusters' Denied Release in China Due to Obscure Cesorship Guidelines Involving Ghosts
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Update: July 10, 2016

First Critics' Reviews for GHOSTBUSTERS

Rotten Tomatoes: 74% Approval Rating (32 out of 43 critics like it)

Critics Consensus: Ghostbusters does an impressive job of standing on its own as a freewheeling, marvelously cast supernatural comedy -- even if it can't help but pale somewhat in comparison with the classic original.

Empire Magazine - An effectively spooky opening gives way to a film that's fun, funny and full of energy. 3/5

Digital Spy - Paul Feig's female-fronted Ghostbusters retool is a funny, good hearted, well-performed and highly enjoyable movie that isn't the original, but isn't some childhood-destroying travesty either. 4/5

Entertainment Weekly - Is the new Ghostbusters funny? The answer is: Kind of, but not nearly to the degree it should be considering the talent involved. C+

Den of Geek - One starts to get the same feeling one had watching The Amazing Spider-Man a few years ago: why are we telling this story again, just with different people and a few remixed aspects? 3/5

IGN Movies - The new Ghostbusters is a fresh take on the franchise, with four strong leads and an interesting new entrypoint into the series. 6.9/10

HeyUGuys - While undoubtedly flawed, Ghostbusters makes for a riotously entertaining cinematic experience. 3/5

HitFlix - It's not easy to make a good comedy, but it's really not easy to make one this beautiful on a visual level that also still feels loose and funny enough for improvisation and random left turns into lunacy. - A-

IndieWire - For all the value that may be contained in an intellectual property, it's worthless if it can't make old ideas feel new. C+

The Playlist - If the original scrappy "Ghostbusters" represented the colorful bodegas of a graffiti-riddled 1980s New York, then 2016's version represents the alarmingly homogenized Starbucks version of the Big Apple. C-

Newsday - The female-led cast is a promising idea, but this reboot of the 1984 classic isn't as fresh or funny as it could have been. 2/4

We Got This Covered - This isn't a monumental Ghostbuster redux, but a reimagining worth its weight in gooey slime nonetheless. 3.5/5

Daily Telegraph - The 2016 vintage of Ghostbusters speaks to its time with the same withering comic accuracy and hot-air-balloon-sized sense of fun as the 1984 original. 4/5

CinemaBlend.com - No, Paul Feig's Ghostbusters is not as good as Ivan Reitman's 1984 hit. But it is still a fun blockbuster worthy of curiosity and delivering a great number of laughs. 3.5/5

 

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Update: June 23, 2016

Listen to Fall Out Boy's GHOSTBUSTERS Theme Song; Full Soundtrack Track List Released

Fall Out Boy, with some help from Missy Elliott, have released their new version of theGhostbusters theme song. The track will be a part of the soundtrack for Paul Feig’s upcoming female-led Ghostbusters movie.

The full soundtrack track list has also been released. There are literally four songs called "Ghostbusters" on the soundtrack, plus two more with "Ghost" in the title. It is noted, however, that two of those don't actually appear in the film, perhaps just in the final credits or on the album as "inspired by" tracks often do.

At least the original by Ray Parker Jr. makes the cut as well as the other takes, and thank goodness someone is keeping DMX relevant in 2016. The full track list follows:

01. Ghostbusters – WALK THE MOON
02. Saw it Coming – G-Eazy x Jeremih
03. Good Girls – Elle King
04. Girls Talk Boys – 5 Seconds of Summer
05. wHo – ZAYN*
06. Ghostbusters – Pentatonix*
07. Ghoster – Wolf Alice*
08. Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid) – Fall Out Boy featuring Missy Elliott
09. Get Ghost – Mark Ronson, Passion Pit, & A$AP Ferg
10. Party Up (Up In Here) – DMX
11. Rhythm of the Night – DeBarge
12. American Woman – Muddy Magnolias
13. Want Some More – Beasts of Mayhem
14. Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
* Does Not Appear In The Film



Listen to Fall Out Boy And Missy Elliott's New Ghostbusters Theme Song; Full Ghostbusters Motion Picture Soundtrack Track List Released
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Update: May 30, 2016

Dan Aykroyd Says GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot Has More Laughs and Scares Than First Two Films


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Update: May 18, 2016

2nd Improved Trailer for GHOSTBUSTERS Features Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Sony has released the second domestic trailer for Ghostbusters. And yes, it is a marked improvement over the first teaser trailer that debuted with much fanfare in early March. The pacing is tighter. The cast has obvious chemistry. The horror beats and fantastical imagery are a big step up from the last reveal and emphasize the “bigness” of this big-budget reboot.

And, most importantly, this trailer is stepping out on its own untethered by franchise nostalgia or the need to justify itself. Yes, there is a bit too much “why we bust” narration, but the whole “altruism” angle is something that will set it apart from its explicitly capitalistic predecessors.

Come what may, Ghostbusters, starring Melissa McCarthy (a face-in-the-trailer movie star in her first PG-13 franchise play), Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig, a gif-friendly Kate McKinnon (who will presumably steal the film), and Chris Hemsworth, opens July 15..





New 'Ghostbusters' Trailer Is Funnier And Scarier Than The Last 'Ghostbusters' Trailer

 

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Update: April 30, 2016

GHOSTBUSTERS is the Most Disliked Movie Trailer in YouTube History

Paul Feig's Ghostbusters is not boding well with audiences based on the film's first official trailer on YouTube.

Released March 3, the trailer, viewed 29.2 million times and counting, is the most disliked movie trailer in YouTube history, according to the social platform's "Most Disliked Videos" list that was last updated April 16. (Justin Bieber comes in at No. 1 with 5.99 million dislikes for "Baby.")

Coming in at No. 23, the reboot — starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth — more than doubles its number of dislikes than likes (208,606).

YouTube user Crippled Camel penned of his opinions of the trailer, "I signed in under both of my accounts so that I could dislike this twice" — his comment has been liked by more than 1,000 fellow users.

Not only does Ghostbusters have the most dislikes for a trailer on the social platform, but it also makes the top 25 most disliked videos overall.

'Ghostbusters' Is the Most Disliked Movie Trailer in YouTube History, Lands Top 25 Most Disliked Videos Overall

 

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Update: March 8, 2016

GHOSTBUSTERS Animated Movie Nabs CLASH OF CLANS Commercial Director

Not content with its upcoming all-female revival, Sony Pictures has been quietly developing a Ghostbusters animated movie via its Sony Pictures Animation, and that project has taken one step closer to reality.

Fletcher Moules, the rising animator and helmer behind the hugely popular animated Clash of Clans commercial spots, has signed on to direct the movie. Ivan Reitman, co-creator of Ghostbusters and one of the stewards of the franchise, would act as one of the producers.

Sony, a studio with fewer franchises than some of its rivals, is betting big with Ghostbusters. Apart from the new movie, which opens in July, the studio created the Ghost Corps, a collective with Reitman and Dan Aykroyd, to head up the expansion of the franchise and to create a Ghostbusters cinematic universe.

The studio is already in development on a movie that would potentially star Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt with Joe and Anthony Russo, the duo behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier, to produce and direct it.

Ghostbusters owes some of its popularity and longevity to the animation medium. DiC Enterprises produced The Real Ghostbusters, a very popular series that ran from 1986 to 1991 and continued the adventures of Venkman, Spengler, Stantz, Zeddmore and Slimer.

'Ghostbusters' Animated Movie Snares 'Clash of Clans' Commercial Director (Exclusive)

 

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Update: March 3, 2016

First Trailer for GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot Featuring the All-Female Main Cast

The first trailer for director Paul Feig‘s Ghostbusters has been released online by Sony Pictures. Scripted by Feig and Katie Dippold, the long-developing reboot finds Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, and Leslie Jones taking over the franchise as four new characters with a knack for bustin’ ghosts.

The trailer shows off each of the women’s distinct comedic style, with several genuinely funny moments. But other aspects and comic beats just feel like a regular blockbuster, and we’ll have to see if is can distinguish itself as something more. The four leads seem to have great chemistry, too, and all in all it looks like it’ll be a fun (and maybe a little bit spooky) movie, which ultimately, is really all it needs to be.

The film also stars Chris Hemsworth, Andy Garcia, Michael Kenneth Williams, Matt Walsh, Charles Dance, and Cecily Strong, Ghostbusters opens in theaters on July 15, 2016.



First ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer Proves These Ladies Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts

Comments: The trailer was underwhelming but still have hope in co-writer-director Paul Feig and that the actual film will be better than what was previewed. I thought Leslie Jones' character working as a subway token worker was very clever. It's their parody of the token black guy part, or in this case, girl.

Reminds me of Adam Sandler's Pixels trailer that was released last year. (Basically Pixels was a Ghostbusters film but against video game characters.) I liked the Pixels trailer but didn't like the actual film. Having a good trailer helps, but it doesn't automatically mean the film will be good. The 2nd Ghostbusters trailer will probably give us a better sense of the film.

As I said, I do have confidence in Paul Feig since he has been on fire with Bridesmaids, The Heat and Spy. But I do have apprehensions that maybe what made those films worked was they were rated-R and that the Ghostbusters' PG-13 rating would hamper his comedic style.

 

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Update: October 7, 2015

Rick Moranis Reveals He Turned Down GHOSTBUSTERS Cameo

When the new all-female Ghostbusters reboot arrives in theaters next summer, nearly all the living actors from the original 1980s films' Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, et al. - will be doing cameos. But not Rick Moranis, who was offered the chance to appear in a walk-on role but turned it down.

"I wish them well," says the 62-year-old comedic legend, who's so stunned by the outcry over his absence in the film that he decided to grant a rare interview with THR. "I hope it's terrific. But it just makes no sense to me. Why would I do just one day of shooting on something I did 30 years ago?"

Contrary to what it says on his Wikipedia page - and to the fact that he barely has appeared onscreen in the past two decades - Moranis is not retired. Not exactly, anyway. He did take an 18-year hiatus from acting after his wife, Ann, died from breast cancer in 1997 to focus on raising his two young children. But now that his kids have grown, the actor is thinking about stepping back in front of the cameras again.

"I took a break, which turned into a longer break," he says. "But I'm interested in anything that I would find interesting. I still get the occasional query about a film or television role and as soon as one comes along that piques my interest, I'll probably do it. [But Ghostbusters] didn't appeal to me."

Rick Moranis Reveals Why He Turned Down a Walk-on Role in 'Ghostbusters' Reboot

 

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Update: July 29, 2015

New GHOSTBUSTERS Film from Russo Brothers, Channing Tatum, Chris Pratt Confirmed

A few months ago, it was reported that Sony Pictures was separately working on another Ghostbusters movie that would possibly be lead by Chris Pratt and Channing Tatum with the Russo Brothers possibly directing. MTV caught up with screenwriter Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation) who revealed that the other Ghostbusters project exists, and he has written a bible of the script.

“I’ve finished my work on that in the last couple weeks,” he said. “Obviously it’s top secret, but there’s a gigantic bold idea that I came up with, and the Russo brothers — who did ’Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ and are doing ’Civil War’ at the moment — and Ivan Reitman, who did the original movie, are going to take that and run with it. Obviously I cannot tell you what it is, but hopefully in one year’s time you’ll know!”

Even better, he wasn’t even a tiny bit coy about the dream cast for the film. Who ya gonna call? Might it, in fact, be Chris Pratt and Channing Tatum as rumored? “That’s definitely the cast we’ve been thinking about as we approach the project,” Pearce confirmed, but added, “Whether that happens or not is very much above my pay grade. It’s just my job to give them something exciting that maybe they’ll do.”

The writer revealed that “there’s been a lot of chat” amongst producers about how and how much of a franchise this will be — and yep, he’s totally pulling for a single universe. “My personal inclination is to try and make everything occur in the same ’Ghostbusters’ universe, because I feel, as a fan, that’s what I would want,” he said. “Standing here in New York, you just wanna tie it all together. Whether that happens or not we’ll see, but I’ve certainly given them the tools to do that, I hope.”

That Other Ghostbusters Is Totes Happening, And Guess Who They're Gonna Call

 

[mushishi]

Just saw the trailer. It's not that bad. I'm gonna check it out on netflix or something haha

 

[JosephDredd]

I thought the first trailer sucked, but this trailer looks better than all the trailers I just saw before X-Men: Apocalypse.

 

[Loiosh]

Newest trailer is really, really funny.

Looking forward to this.

 

[minute bull]

Dan Aykroyd once tried to sell me the watch I was wearing at the time. I said Dan, I came in with this watch, he said, BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: June 9, 2016

Old and New GHOSTBUSTERS Cast Unite on Jimmy Kimmel Live

 

[Peteyandjia]

Newest trailer is really, really funny.

Looking forward to this.

 

[Kardashians]

im excited tbh. realized it comes out next month and yayyy

 

[Kardashians]

omg them all dancing is so cute
got me hyped o:

 

[heavyarms21]

@Peteyandjia

Yeah no


This remake Can go fuck itself

 

[Loiosh]

It was a big step up from the previous trailers.

This isn't going to be a great movie, but then, 99.9% of comedies aren't great. Comedies are hard. I thought this trailer was funnier that most of the stuff being released these days, and I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.

 

[Morning Star]

I'm not bothered about the female cast as much as I am about another reboot. Total Recall, Point Break, as well as constant remakes and reboots are the biggest reason I go to the theaters probably only about 3 times a year now. This is coming from someone that would go around 3 times a month a decade ago. This looks awful. I hope it tanks, fucking lazy studios.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Jimmy Kimmel is whoring for the new Ghostbusters movie. So far the video has 17,414 dislikes and only 2,448 likes. I cannot wait to not watch this movie when it is released.