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Went to a 10am showing on Friday. Theater had bodies in, not many. Maybe 30-40 people. But 10am theaters being empty is pretty much why we go to movies at 10am.
This won't be popular, but the movie wasn't bad. It was even pretty good. Some parts (any time Chris Helmsworth was in the scene), were hysterical. I think I gave some heartier laughs at points in this movie than I did in the first two.
The special effects were... meh. This includes not only the obvious effects, but I was more annoyed by the obvious green screening. Particularly Bill Murray's cameo, which could have been eliminated all together.
As for the plot, it's fine for the film. The flow of the film follows the first one pretty closely, establishing the characters as academics and creating the company. The villain and motivations differ, but they're serviceable. For a movie like this, the plot isn't as important as making the whole movie funny, making the stakes something we care about, and making the characters chemistry work well together.
As for the four lead actresses. First, Leslie Jones wasn't terrible. Not break-out great, but not terrible. None of them were really break-out great for that matter. Kate McKinnon was funny at points, but also felt like she couldn't be in a scene without drawing attention to herself.
And of course they had to niggerfy the Ghostbusters song. Because updating a classic song always means nigger-fying it.
But those are the bad points. It has enough funny moments to make it worth seeing once. But once all hell breaks loose in NYC, you can pretty much fast-forward to when it's daylight again. Yes, they save the day (do I need a spoiler tag for that?), but you already knew that and everything that happens in that time kind of bored me. But there's another Thor scene at the end, and Thor was by far the funniest thing in the movie.
It isn't horrible by any means, but it is not a classic either.
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[–] WhiteSoIMustBeRacist 3 points 4 points 7 points (+7|-3) ago (edited ago)
Went to a 10am showing on Friday. Theater had bodies in, not many. Maybe 30-40 people. But 10am theaters being empty is pretty much why we go to movies at 10am.
This won't be popular, but the movie wasn't bad. It was even pretty good. Some parts (any time Chris Helmsworth was in the scene), were hysterical. I think I gave some heartier laughs at points in this movie than I did in the first two.
The special effects were... meh. This includes not only the obvious effects, but I was more annoyed by the obvious green screening. Particularly Bill Murray's cameo, which could have been eliminated all together.
As for the plot, it's fine for the film. The flow of the film follows the first one pretty closely, establishing the characters as academics and creating the company. The villain and motivations differ, but they're serviceable. For a movie like this, the plot isn't as important as making the whole movie funny, making the stakes something we care about, and making the characters chemistry work well together.
As for the four lead actresses. First, Leslie Jones wasn't terrible. Not break-out great, but not terrible. None of them were really break-out great for that matter. Kate McKinnon was funny at points, but also felt like she couldn't be in a scene without drawing attention to herself.
And of course they had to niggerfy the Ghostbusters song. Because updating a classic song always means nigger-fying it.
But those are the bad points. It has enough funny moments to make it worth seeing once. But once all hell breaks loose in NYC, you can pretty much fast-forward to when it's daylight again. Yes, they save the day (do I need a spoiler tag for that?), but you already knew that and everything that happens in that time kind of bored me. But there's another Thor scene at the end, and Thor was by far the funniest thing in the movie.
It isn't horrible by any means, but it is not a classic either.
[–] TelescopiumHerscheli 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Just heard the new version of the theme. Jesus H. Fucking Christ, it's an abortion!
[–] Antiracist10 ago
Hurf durf da Banach-Tarski pairodocks iznt uh serius peace o reasuning cuz o da achiomz lol. Me r smrt affeist maffematiffun mang yo.