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bwood
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"Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Jason Reitman, 2020)"


          

https://youtu.be/ahZFCF--uRY

A very underwhelming trailer. Looks like Stranger Things with Ghostbusters.

Plus the fandom kinds killed off any enthusiasm I had for this franchise.

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lol I had opposite reaction
Dec 09th 2019
1
yeah. Plus fuck Jason Reitman
Dec 09th 2019
2
was he up for the reboot? After Ramis died Amy Pascal and Ivan
Dec 10th 2019
5
      yeah, Reitman was first up
Dec 11th 2019
8
           proof?
Dec 11th 2019
9
                check imdb
Dec 11th 2019
10
not the greatest trailer but i like this tone better than a campy comedy...
Dec 09th 2019
3
you mean what Ghosbusters is?
Dec 10th 2019
6
      a franchise has never in history been rebooted in a different tone.
Dec 11th 2019
7
Holding out for the ghosts
Dec 10th 2019
4
Okay first half, but second half was bad to awful.
Nov 19th 2021
11
Yeah, the ending was very predictable.
Nov 22nd 2021
12
Thought it was a lot of fun as a epilogue/tribute to the first two
Nov 22nd 2021
13
Random uppage after having just watched with my kids
Jun 01st 2022
14

go mack
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Mon Dec-09-19 12:10 PM

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1. "lol I had opposite reaction"
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probably since expected to be underwhelmed. It looks kinda dope to me.

  

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BigWorm
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Mon Dec-09-19 01:38 PM

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2. "yeah. Plus fuck Jason Reitman"
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This is the same dude who passed on the first re-boot, saying that he'd be the wrong person to direct a Ghostbusters movie.

  

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tomjohn29
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5. "was he up for the reboot? After Ramis died Amy Pascal and Ivan"
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Tue Dec-10-19 01:06 PM by tomjohn29

  

          

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Am I missing something?

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BigWorm
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8. "yeah, Reitman was first up"
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He turned it down.

  

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tomjohn29
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9. "proof?"
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BigWorm
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10. "check imdb"
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I don't remember the article that it was in (this was a few years ago), but it's also in the trivia for the last Ghostbusters reboot in imdb.

  

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Soldado
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Mon Dec-09-19 02:02 PM

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3. "not the greatest trailer but i like this tone better than a campy comedy..."
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6. "you mean what Ghosbusters is?"
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Soldado
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7. "a franchise has never in history been rebooted in a different tone."
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not superman, not batman, not 21 jump street, not charlies angels, not the mummy, not the lone ranger, etc.

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4. "Holding out for the ghosts"
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Frank Longo
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11. "Okay first half, but second half was bad to awful."
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Basically free of laughs start to finish. Some of that's an intentional tonal shift by this movie, but some of it is just... bad writing. Reitman does fine with some of the character-y stuff in the first half-- even if the characters aren't memorable, they're charming enough-- but he can't do a big finale like he's trying to do here. Just an ugly mess of a finale with terrible CGI.

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12. "Yeah, the ending was very predictable."
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>Basically free of laughs start to finish. Some of that's an
>intentional tonal shift by this movie, but some of it is
>just... bad writing. Reitman does fine with some of the
>character-y stuff in the first half-- even if the characters
>aren't memorable, they're charming enough-- but he can't do a
>big finale like he's trying to do here. Just an ugly mess of a
>finale with terrible CGI.


For the most part I thought they were able to reference the first movie while letting the new story/characters do their own thing, but then the ending went way too far into nostalgia territory. The cameos were very shoehorned in. And like, let Bill Murray riff some stuff rather than scripting bad “This demon is my ex” jokes. I enjoyed it overall, but the lack of jokes will probably make this pretty forgettable tbh.

  

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Mon Nov-22-21 05:39 PM

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13. "Thought it was a lot of fun as a epilogue/tribute to the first two"
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but not really great as a standalone movie. don't think I'd ever really want to watch it again


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the mini stay-pufts were easily my favorite part. I thought since it leaned so heavily on the first two they should have just used Slimer instead of Metal Muncher...I would have enjoyed it more if opening the trap unleashed a new ghost/villain we weren't already aware was trapped, rather than just bringing back the Zuul/keymaster/gatekeeper. I felt kind of disappointed that they went with that

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14. "Random uppage after having just watched with my kids"
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My kids are Ghostbusters-obsessed so they were excited for this one

This movie is void of humor, fun, noteworthy performances, and through most of it even void of ghosts

It’s like a Force AwakenZzz take on Ghostbusters

Huge pile of trash

  

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