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Awful derivative crap

posted 13 days ago by Heisenberg (6398)
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The bar is so low nowadays that an uninspired mess like this is almost considered ok, because it's better thanGB 2016.......well, my turds are better than that, I do not expect people to watch them.

This failed at everything GB:
interesting story/characters/ghost =0.
Funny moments/lines =0.
Good action/effects =0.
Scary moments =0.
It really gives you nothing.

It's just a timid, boring and derivative exploitation of a good franchise, that tries to not offend anyone but has no plan, idea or inspiration for what to do. It's as deep and underdeveloped as a clip show.
Its sole purpose of existence is "hey, it's a new ghostbusters movie, give us some money because of that, and that's it".

[–] TandyMan (10478) 13 days ago

I had a pretty good laugh at the haunted Spin Doctors CD line. That's one one laugh in two movies. Not bad.

Didn't hate the movie much, but the over the top use of the old soundtrack was invasive and unwelcome. Rather than being nostalgic or lending a connecting feel, it just constantly made me think of the good first movie. Poor Paul Rudd was running around trying to hold things together like a sailor with a roll of duct tape on the Titanic. He desperately needed some other adults to riff off instead of an annoying family.

[–] Heisenberg (6398) 13 days ago

Good for you that you had that 1 laugh.
I found that Spin Doctors joke to be genz lame at its maximum: let's use a one hit wonder from the 90s as a target, those old folks are so old for us young and hip har har har.
Other than kissing this lame as fuck generation's collective ass, it did not do anything for me, like the rest of the movie.
Paul Rudd, which I like, was wasted, limited and felt as old as the old GB (which is weird for him). He was there to play this lame shoulder to the cool heroes of the movie: the kids. And my God, those kids are more insufferable and unfunny than the women in GB16.
This movie is a tragedy in filmmaking.

[–] Puvwall (1239) 12 days ago

Yea this one was very un inspired. Vapid comes to mind

[–] Heisenberg (6398) 12 days ago

Yes, vapid is very appropriate, a vapid movie about ghosts.

It needed solid creative input like the first GB (great writers, director, actors, producers) who could think on two feet and improv their way into a classic.
The ones behind this turd are some talentless kids that got their homework handed to them and could not even copy it properly.