Ghostbusters Afterlife (Jason Reitman)

I was thinking the same thing about the phone call - some more thought should have been put into why no one believed Egon. I think they could have had them gone their separate ways first and given Ray some reason to not believe Egon.

I disagree the reunion was shoehorned in - it was a nice way to have the old team come to the rescue without having outshine the kids.

If they had a scene of Ray reaching out to the others it would have ruined the surprise

Saw it earlier today and after a really good first 20 minutes or so it just decended into meh after that. Its not a terrible film but not a good one either. Ghostbusters was lightning in a bottle, it had a magic you just can't reproduce and I'm thankful for that because it leaves film making in the realm of art and not manufacturing. Hollywood will always try to replicate previous successes but it rarely if ever works and here it just doesn't work. Personally I think it was a mistake having the new Ghostbusters be kids. The original cast were all grown men and its easy to get behind grown men as heroes saving the world. I just couldn't get on board with children being the heroes. The music score was good, I actually thought it was john Williams and it looks great. The acting is solid but it's all a bit flat and even the scenes that were meant to tug at the heartstrings left me feeling cold and slightly manipulated.

I think its a Jaguar/Leopard growl, increased in pitch and reversed and speed up.

Oh I agree it was nice to have them back and help without outshining the kids but maybe a quick scene with Ray realising he may have been wrong and trying to get a hold off Peter & Winston but with little success as they are now leading busy lives. Show him panic a bit and leave us wondering can he get the band back together for one last tune ... Then when it looks like the kids have bitten off more than they can chew in steps the old guard.

To be honest it's fine the way it is and the newer generation won't care much the way it was done, just the fan in me that's waited 32 years to revisit these characters I would have liked to see a bit of interaction between them before going into battle one last time.

An absolute love-letter to the original and the fans. We took the kids on Friday, neither a big fan of the originals tbh but both Stranger Things fans and the 16 year old of pretty much everything 80's at the moment (I can't believe kids these days are now looking on the 80's in the same way I looked at the 60's in my own youth!). They absolutely loved it and so, I have to say, did I.

The throwbacks to the original weren't overly jarring imo: finding the ghost-busting gear was always going to be necessary for the next generation (it stretched credulity having Phoebe repair a proton pack - albeit with assistance from the ghost of her grandfather - re-inventing one would have been ridiculous, particularly when the family were shown to be broke). The most egregious case of "memberberries" was the Stay Puft man and given that there were cheers when they appeared in our screening, it was well done fan-service.

The Mark Kermode review is more a response to his perceived unfairness of the drubbing the 2016 got than a balanced review of this film. The 2016 reboot was ill-conceived (having nothing more than a gender swap to offer is never going to deliver real results) and while it was unfailry derided online before it even hit the screens: crucially, it did nothing to rebut the criticism: it was a sexist, beat-for-beat remake that was ultimately a waste of a good cast.

Finally had time to go myself tonight. Went in with fairly low expectations and it came out a small bit better then expected, mostly for the first act which kind of works I feel. To the extent that it kept my attention, there was a bit more humor then I was expecting which was good. Maybe a few too many characters (honestly the brother and love interest are almost pointless) but if it's going somewhere it's a solid footing.

Then the first ghost chase happened and the film peaked and it was all downhill pretty much after that. I was somewhat confident who the film was made for in the first half, in the second half I honestly couldn't tell, there's dropping nostalgia beats and then there's going through the some plot motions of the original with none of the charm. So is it for people who dont know the original film and all these plot details are new? Or is it fans who just like the idea of knowing whats going to happen in advance?

I'm not as harsh as Johnny Ultimate overall but he is right on the film's third act being a trainwreck. Though I am probably not as harsh because I was well prepared in advance for the 'reveal' of a specific character. But it just becomes all so boring and not just because it's repeating plot points, it's also just not very well shot or exciting in the last third.

Which made me realize this ironically has the same problem as Ghostbusters 2016

the actual ghostbusting is not very interesting or well done in either film. I didnt find the action set pieces very exciting in either film and to be fair neither director is known for shooting action so that might explain that.

so it's a 5/10 or 6/10 film, I liked Mckenna Grace and a fair bit of the first half, but I was bored when it became clear they were rinsing and repeating*

*on a side note

I wonder if anyone has pointed out to Kermode that he is one the one being unfair this time :p

Saw it last night. Im a massive fan of the original and its something I watch at least once a year. Afterlife, its something I will probably watch again at some point in the future when my own kids are old enough but other than that, Id have no real inclination to revisit. Some subtle and not so subtle nods to the original, its certainly geared towards fans of the original but will it resonate with a new audience in 2021 the way it did in 1984? I doubt it. Twas a grand, passable, relatively enjoyable way to spend 2 hours. It was also a nice tribute to Harold and I'll admit to having a small lump in my throat at the end. 6/10.

Pheobe’s jokes were not supposed to be funny. That was the point. They even brought it up very early in in the movie. Callie is trying to get the kid to be something she is not in order to fit in. And Pheobe’s real sense of humour is dry.

You are not the first person to complain about Podcast’s name and it is a complaint that I don’t understand - what is it about the Podcast that is stupid? Are people offend that the movie is mocking “podcast culture”?

I find these two things to be very odd points to base an opinion on.

Can we have a Goonies 2 now like?

:p

Saw it last night on IMax - the sound was incredible with the seats shaking pretty much most of the movie - make sure to watch somewhere with decent sound!

When it comes to TV - make sure to try these big films with headphones! (I watch Netflix through XBox with cheap earphones and you get almost free 3D Dolby Atmos surround sound - which adds so much depth to the movies)

I thought it very good - like a mix of Goonies and the First Ghostbusters - I avoided all trailers, so lots of surprises -

just watched now the trailers ones posted here - and some scenes from the first and second trailers never make it to the movie (eg. "only one with an engine" and lots more like ground breaking up under the car)

I missed the last end scenes - cinema shut off projector mid-credits... boo.

Adam Savage (Mythbusters/Tested etc) got to make the Death Whistle - and it was shoehorned into the movie - he did a video on youtube about making these and has lots other videos about the making of the props used (the backpacks etc) - I thought it interesting..

link

it was expanded on more in the after credits scene- (which my odeon failed to show- grr)

RIP Ivan

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/14/ivan-reitman-ghostbusters-and-animal-house-director-dies-at-75

and ivan seemed to be very involved in the new movie which was great to see

thought afterlife on reflection was complete nonsense.. the end credit scenes were the best thing about it.