Ghostbusters

Reality vs the internet. In the movie theater: a continuous volley of laughs, a constant delight at how well it's been transferred to the present day, how wonderful the cameos and blessings of the original team are (I only missed Peter MacNicol). There’s also a geyser of obvious and clever allusions to the current and then-current pop culture (some of the best puzzles are the two Patrick Swayze films). Most importantly - and something which should be applauded by all the suffragettes of the world - the reverse roles work great, including the dumb blonde. On the Internet: "Girly Ghostbusters with Melissa McCarthy? We won't tolerate that." Discerning viewers can decide how they see fit. ;) (03.08.2016)

At first, I thought that the comedy genre should be removed from databases since the gags were completely missing me, but fortunately, it got a bit better. Overall, it's really a terrible bunch (Kate McKinnon absolutely annoyed me, and I never want to see her again, although when I saw her on Saturday Night Live later, it wasn't as terrible as here), but despite the dragging parts and a huge wave of displeasure (Leslie Jones poor thing suffered brutally) I wanted to approach the movie soberly and possibly find something good in it because Paul Feig has directed several mediocre comedies in a similar style, but last year's Spy I quite liked. What I need to praise about the movie is the color filter (which also suited me well in Amazing Spider-man 2) and the very well-executed special effects, which in the final act save as much as possible and somewhat mask the absence of the original crew, simply focusing on the relentless battle of the Ghostbusters against ghosts. Overall, it probably couldn't have turned out better, and that notorious final nail in the coffin was firmly and irreversibly nailed in the summer. PS: Only Bill Murray and maybe a word from Dan Aykroyd in cameo pleased me. PPS: I really like the colorful palette of ghosts, and maybe Marvel can only envy. 6/10 (02.11.2016)

I was really looking forward to a cheeky female thrashing, but I only got a moderately slimy and totally collapsed action movie without humor, with a burned digital visual and desperately untapped potential. I don't know why Ghostbusters seemed like a good platform for Feig for diss machismo and misogyny, because the original humorously broke the category of male heroism. But if he wanted to subvert, at least he should have done it properly. Chris as Barbie is not funny even in the first minute, and if it is a deeper concept, i.e., it has to show the viewer how stereotyping is not fun, then at least the rest of the film could work this way. But it doesn't work. The talented cast poses rather ostentatiously, the slapstick jokes fall a bit by the wayside, there is tension nowhere, and almost all of the ideas are just a poorly recycled original. The use of old veterans is uncertain rather than intelligent. The Ghostbusters built their campaign on hate, and one would like them to stoke the diss with something better than complete carelessness and zero adrenaline. Unfortunately, they're just running around with the most stereotypical crap about idiots without a guy who solves problems with a fist. P. S. If removing Chris's dance was really the most difficult directing decision, Paul has a pretty sweet life. (26.07.2016)

A colorful reboot for which Gozer's servant Zuul wouldn't even bother to crawl out of the fridge. The jokes are delivered at a much higher cadence than Reitman's original, but there are far fewer successful ones than there are abdominal plates of the dim-witted secretary (also meaning a piece of furniture) Hemsworth. The hatred on social media sparked by the trailers may have been exaggerated, but so is the opinion that it stems from misogyny and anti-feminism. This is simply just a bad movie. (21.06.2021)

Probably the first movie that would make me feel sorry if I gave it a worse rating than I actually gave. At the same time, it would undoubtedly deserve it. It actually shamelessly copies the legendary Ghostbusters from the 1980s, from which it borrowed everything and didn’t bring anything new to the table. Except for the fact that it’s pretty well shot, and the special effects also aren’t worthless. On top of that, Chris Hemsworth excels here and makes this into a real comedy. I would be lying if I said I didn’t laugh. Unfortunately, it wasn’t because of the girls. It’s obvious that Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy have a completely different movie training than Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. Particularly Kate was very off. Anyway, I was curious about the result, what can I tell you. In the end, however, it wasn’t worse than I expected, and I also lived to see the cameos of the old cast in the end. Nobody should mess with the theme song ever again, though. That would be really nice. (21.12.2016)