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Ghostbusters Review Thread [Certified Fresh - 75%]
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SlickShoesRUCrazy
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Every time I see this girl, I just say wow.
That'll still mostly depend on box office now. Anything to really compete with in the upcoming weeks?
Watch let's talk about something interesting and fall in love.
WordAssassin
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I have a feeling that if it does well enough to get the sequel moving, then Sony is gonna pull an Out of the Shadows on us with the sequel and basically have it hit every note that fans wanted to try and pull things back on track. Which is a weird thing to even say considering what fans wanted was a direct sequel with the original cast, but they'll probably try to approximate to that as much as they can. New team, probably mostly men but hopefully still keeping women in the mix too, new story that isn't another retread of the first movie, etc.
Some of us had the feeling they were "casting with a wide net" so to speak with the trailers, and putting in all the loud slapstick shit to cater to the lowest common denominator. All of Feig's movies have brash and crass humor in them but they also have a lot more, and the a lot more parts don't always make for good trailer scenes when you're trying to push a comedy.
MHWilliams
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I mean, once you get above the $50 million (which is a lot of money), you need to convince a studio that your movie will succeed. That means big names (director or star) our an existing property you can point to.
Steeped in a Sea of Games
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The reviews have gotten my attention, but everything I've seen about this movie looks so awful. Still not sure if I should go out of my way to see it in theaters or wait.
Salty Rice
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Since it has some positive reviews i maybe gonna watch it in some years when its on free tv.
Robot Pants
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What's ASM?
Amazing Spiderman. It gets a pass from me because I love Emma Stone even though she was horribly miscast as Gwen Stacey when she's the most Mary Jane Watson actress there could be.
PurpleTwilight
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Age/Sex/Marriage
paragonpro
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Living up to the name.
PurpleTwilight
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QuantumZebra
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75% on RT and climbing is more than just "okay"
Same! I can't wait
Been too long since there was a good Ghostbusters film/horror comedy in general
Peter Ian Staker
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OK we reached peak NeoGAF right here
CadetMahoney
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Moving on. . . Now looking forward to the Box Office thread.
paragonpro
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Good to hear! Going go see it this weekend!
It still weirds me out how they apparently put the worst parts in trailers.
Don't worry, they'll find ways to spin it into the worst movie of the decade.
QuantumZebra
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Sony's American marketing division is bad plus it's hard to capture Paul Feig's "brand" of comedy in a trailer. It works better in context.
brandonh83
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Wuthering_Heights
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Don't worry, there will be plenty of defenders handy to shout down anyone trying to besmirch this films good name.
Zootopia did it best. It's hard for a comedy to show off lots of its best jokes in the trailer, because they've got to save some for the film. So Zootopia took a single joke, which might be its best in the film, showed the whole scene out of context, and didn't spoil anything else in the movie. Certainly got my ass in there
Yeah but that's when we just stop giving a shit about "them".
Milana Vayntrub, most known as the AT&T girl.
If you have even a mild interest in this film I'd encourage you to pay to see it. Unless you're happy with the endless stream of Marvel and DC flicks every Summer.
TheYoungHeroRises
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So according to your logic if someone criticizes a movie's quality that happens to have women in it then that person is sexist?
Dude that no makes logical sense whatsoever.
Why get so personal and attack someone for their opinion on a movie you haven't seen yet,
And weren't people super salty in the locked review thread yesterday over WrecklessEating's negative review of Ghostbusters?
I dunno calling someone salty when you yourself seem pretty salty comes off as kind of hypocritical.
excelsiorlef
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Up to 76% now.
Groovy.
Groovy.
Pretty sure it's the girl from those annoying AT&T commercials.
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Milana Vayntrub.
They're those weird videos while somebody clips their nails while you jerk off and ascend to a higher plane of existence or something.
heliosRAzi
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Which sucks. Adjust for inflation, Star Wars budget was $46 million. And I get the reason why. It just sucks
Eh. Crystal Skull has a 77%, so it's not like one can't dislike a movie just because it has a high-ish score. In the same way, high scores doesn't point to some conspiracy; just whether the reviewers liked it.
QuantumZebra
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excelsiorlef
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It's almost like he has a well known history or something....
Mundane Matt is prolific GG member.
His sexism is well established beyond and far prior to GB 2016. He's also promoting positive reviews are a conspiracy.
Come on. Maybe understand who we are talking about before you start accusing people of whatever generalizing you're accusing people of.
Dash_Riprock
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Is 4chan doing alright?
PurpleTwilight
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What do ghost taste like? I wonder if you can eat a ghost? Something about the look of GB ghost always screamed delicious pear taste to me.
A typical freenudemacusers post. Something meant to be funny but is far from it.
GabeTheGrouch76
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Are you talking about the very first Star Wars? Most major film studios passed on it and Fox was so sure it was going to flop, they essentially handed Lucas the key to the film's merchandising rights.
It was very much a risk at the time. Many people had no faith in the film whatsoever.
The post may not be funny (though kudos to using the term "nailed on a cross" in regards to BvS), but the reactions to it totally are.
ElBoxyBrown
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Matt has a history with being affiliated with GG and makes up a lot of BS when it comes to the topic of feminism and diversity.
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