Ghostbusters 2016

I only go to the movies once or twice a year now so I won't watch this for a few months but I'm really curious to see how it does at the box office considering it had such negative hype.

I'm going to see it tomorrow. It's got a 73% currently on Rotten Tomatoes and people are saying how it's not the trainwreck people "needed" it to be. I don't understand the hatred it's gotten since before it even started filming. I love Paul Feig's work the past decade and I'm really looking forward to it and I'm sure I'll laugh more than once.

Surprised it took 4 posts to come up with that one.It never entered your mind that the movie might just not do it for many people. Not everyone will like every movie. Saw the original but never had any desire to see a reboot no matter who was in it. The first one was fun but now the whole thing just seems dated. If it appeals to you and other great>

Updated On: 7/16/16 at 07:01 AM

It wasn't just sexism. There was also the fact that they were remaking a beloved classic, which was bound to get a backlash no matter whom they cast.

I have no connection to the original, but I'm so excited to see this. All of these ladies are brilliantly funny, and McKinnon in particular has been my favorite on SNL for several years now. I'm glad to see her work singled out so much- she's a really gifted and unique performer.

sabrelady said: "hork said: "It wasn't just sexism. There was also the fact that they were remaking a beloved classic, which was bound to get a backlash no matter whom they cast."



Ya mean like the backlash Van Sant didn't get when he remade "shot for shot" Psycho?

What are you talking about? There was a huge backlash. If you didn't hear about it, it's because there was no social media and very little internet presence in 1998.

Or the reboot of the StarTrek franchise w new Kirk/Spock et al? Where was that vicious poisonous backlash?

Actually, a lot of Trek fans were angry about it. But the fact that it was a genuine sequel/prequel assuaged their bitterness. Ghostbusters, on the other hand, is a straight remake, which always pisses fans off. A lot of naysayers have said they wouldn't have a problem with it if they had just made it a sequel, with the new cast taking over from the old.

Surprised it took 4 posts to come up with that one.It never entered your mind that the movie might just not do it for many people. Not everyone will like every movie.

Roxy, no. You don't like a movie? GREAT. But you can't tell me you rationally DON'T like a movie since it was announced 2 years ago. There was not even any footage of until f*cking March. People were tearing it to **** from go. From the moment it was announced he was doing an all female version it's been lit torches against the movie.

Saw the original but never had any desire to see a reboot no matter who was in it. The first one was fun but now the whole thing just seems dated. If it appeals to you and other great>

Dated? How is it dated? Ghostbusters is actually a pretty timeless movie.

That TEXAS CHAINSAW remake is still hated on because it dared touch a classic film. But for me, I think it surpasses the original in many many ways and stands out as the best horror remake of the century so far. Every time I watch it, the scene with Biel and her boyfriend while he's on the hook still actually makes me cry. It's just great acting and a great script that lets you care about your characters.

The movie is a delight. It's refreshing, and funny, and just a lot of fun. It's such a nice breather from the tired Marvel/DC movies that populate the theaters in the summer. The foursome of women is excellent, especially since they have genuine chemistry and they are hilarious. I loved each of them, it's hard to single anyone out since Feig gives them all a moment to shine. I thought Kate McKinnon was genius, every look, every line reading, every reaction seemed to go against what the audience expected or how anyone would typically deliver the line, it seemed quite masterful to me. Oh, and Chris Hemsworth and particularly the women's reactions to Chris Hemsworth (which are all very different) were another highlight. The script doesn't make a lot of sense as Jordan pointed out, especially those last 30 minutes, and it absolutely should have been an R-rated movie to truly shine and let Feig do his thing. But I was grinning from the second it started until well after the movie was over.

I saw it yesterday and thought it was a ton of fun. The whole cast was amazing, but I'm definitely on board the train that found McKinnon a total standout.

The idea that the backlash that's been going on since the film was announced hasn't been largely rooted in sexism is ridiculous. Perhaps whoever saw that didn't see the overwhelmingly sexist and venomously misogynistic language that accompanied much of it. (It may very well have gotten backlash if it were a more traditional reboot with four guys, but trust me: the tenor of it would have been very different. There's a reason there's a huge gap in its user ratings on IMDB between men and women.)

Perhaps whoever saw that didn't see the overwhelmingly sexist and venomously misogynistic language that accompanied much of it. (It may very well have gotten backlash if it were a more traditional reboot with four guys, but trust me: the tenor of it would have been very different.

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This.

The Psycho crew didn't get the spew from the He-man Wimmin Haters Cub that Ghostbusters got.

And STrek fans can be mean but its mostly about picayune details like" What was the Measurement Dr Miranda Jones gave between herself and the door?" Seriously, Strek fanfic , which explored all sorts of different scenarios was among the earliest stuff on the Interweb ( after it left fanzines) so they can't have been too married to preserving the STrek world intact.

The backlash is so stupid to me. I told my friend who refuses to see it (purely based on them remaking it) to imagine in 1984 people freaking the f*ck out about remaking a movie from 1952. Because that's the same amount of time that has passed and it just sounds stupid when you look at it like that.