Ghostbusters: Afterlife — Review Thread

2016 gave us Doomsday’s favorite movie, Paul Feig’s acclaimed reboot of the Ghostbusters starring Melissa McCarthy. But it also gave us Rogue One. A movie that would lead to the Emmy award winning Mandalorian featuring visual effects by Doomsday. Rogue One brought back to life dead actors and now that seems to be all the rage in Hollywood. It’s a great time to be dead, famous and have a family eager to cash in on your likeness.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is literally just Ghostbusters (1984) but set in Oklahoma, home of dirt farmer Frizzo the Clown, instead of New York City. And it stars children instead of former SNL / SCTV cast members. Although yes, all four original Ghostbusters are predominantly featured — including Harold Ramis.

This is all rather lame but the movie surprisedly overcomes all that. It is exactly what the trailer said it is. It’s a throwback to 1980’s Spielbergian films. That’s been another trend in recent years. But this movie actually pulls it off better then the rest. This actually felt like an 80’s movie. It’s very impressive… and touching. I loved the cast and all the emotional beats. Objectively, it’s a really good movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I think you will too. Unless you’re a sour puss like Dracula & PG Cooper.

But it is funny that a comedy from the 80’s starring the top comedy stars of its day has failed twice to recapture its magic. How difficult is it to get Ryan Reynolds to do a goddamn Ghostbusters movie? Instead we get feminist Ghostbusters and Spielberg Ghostbusters. And people say Ghostbusters II is “the bad one.” Get the fuck outta here.