Why Everyone Needs To Relax About The Ghostbusters (2016) Reboot | In Defense Of ft KennieJD Ep 15

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[@mayas3422]

kennie not recognizing chris hemsworth is going on my list of reasons clark kent's disguise would work

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

cuz all white guys on the screen look the same and got there for having the same white face :)

[@pixiestxNyomouf]

@@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow had to reach for the top shelf liquor for that one, didn't ya? 😅 still funny tho

[@harlemraider3347]

@@pixiestxNyomoufno funny shit ALL his brothers got a career in Hollywood… the whole “he kinda look like him & he cheaper so let’s get him instead” thing been going on forever. I can’t really tell the Hemsworths brothers apart neither.

[@pixiestxNyomouf]

@@harlemraider3347 you seem to misunderstand my comment but it's okay

[@cycyj847]

I didnt like how the other actresses said mum when people were attacking Leslie and calling her such derogatory names. She had to shoulder that alone.

[@blakethesequel]

I remember that too. It was insane.

[@HonkeyKong54]

Leslie brought that on herself because she couldn't handle people trashing a garbage movie. She even blamed Trump lmao.

[@noless]

Why are all of the characters in this movie just stereotypes? Even the main characters barely have a personality!

[@ambriaashley3383]

@@HonkeyKong54 oh it's Leslie's own fault that people were calling her a dog, a gorilla, saying she deserved death, etc. for.... starring in a movie? Lmao ok sure bud. She blamed Trump bc it was a lot of his followers/fans being cruel. And the others were just being straight up racist & misogynistic, regardless of Trump or not. It's tough online for Black women with a platform. All online platforms can get hate, but usually only women receive rape threats, & only Black or POC women get RACIST rape & death threats. Ugh.

[@yowatchie]

Lol she did not “shoulder that alone.”

[@dramonmaster222]

YES! While Ghostbusters 2016 might not have been GOOD, the backlash over it was Ridiculous!

[@UniqueLibra1981]

Manufactured backlash so that if anyone had a critique it could be called “hating women” kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl7Sm4urabqhqbc

[@kelbh]

you know what though, we gotta thank this movie for the gift that dude from vine gave us of "i mean, 4 female ghostbusters? the feminists are taking over! (to the tune of ghostbusters) i'm an adult virgin"

[@emmettbattle5728]

a national treasure

[@mohmohthesmog7179]

fyi the dude is a groomer.

[@shriyamakeupvanity9166]

I love that meme 😂

[@browneyedgabi6030]

I found this movie funny and I actually liked it. Was the greatest movie ever? No, but it's Ghostbusters. Yes, I love the original movies and I even watched the cartoon and this wasn't a horrible awful reboot but it also wasn't a perfect reboot. It wasn't an ingenious reboot. It was just funny and different and there's nothing wrong with that.

[@OhWowThatsDumb]

So you liked the originals and then liked how this movie pretty much made a mockery of them and called them awful? Makes so much sense

[@browneyedgabi6030]

@@OhWowThatsDumb Well, aren't you touchy. I can like bad movies there's nothing wrong with it. And we all have our own opinions. I gave mine. If you felt that was insulting to the originals then that is your opinion. I'm sure there's someone else in the comments who agrees with you I would suggest having a conversation with them instead of me.

[@woobiefuntime]

@@OhWowThatsDumb i don't think that they did that at all .it was a funny movie from what I remembered. I saw the original ones as a kid and the cartoon series

[@queenamidala3620]

@@browneyedgabi6030 no worries girl this dude just proves male opinions are worthless!

[@browneyedgabi6030]

@@woobiefuntime Agreed. It was a funny movie, a different take on it. And unfortunately this is what happens to remakes. I don't love or even like remakes but I don't outright hate it. I'm of the opinion that I don't think remakes should be so popular or done this often but it what it is.

[@Cioara]

People got so mad, when they even carried over the tradition of the only non-white character being the only one in the main cast who isn't shown to be college educated

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

you called them out XD

[@beccaschull]

Just to be clear: women existing isn't "woke" 😂

[@mzgreenjeansapproves]

I feel that any ip/fandom older than 20 years can turn toxic because "they're messing with meh childhood" I found the movie entertaining, just like the original. As a matter of fact I like this movie better than the 2nd movie. Yeah I said it.

[@kyliesmith521]

I liked it more too……

[@Tareltonlives]

I actually liked this movie. It made me laugh, it had some cool visuals and metaphysics. that's all I need from a Ghostbusters movie. In some ways I liked it more than Afterlife; Afterlike was more about the sentiment, about being poignant, while this was in many ways truer to the original conceit of "comedians running after weird special effects". Sure, neither of these recent Ghostbusters movies are as good as the first two, but they're still good. For me, all Ghostbusters movies are good.

[@Tareltonlives]

The weak parts for me are that the characters weren't as memorable, the jokes not as consistent, and the music sucked. I wouldn't call that a failure, just not as good as the first 2. Not remotely the worst movie of 2015 for me. Like I liked it more than Jurassic World or Star Wars.

[@tmntaddict]

Hollywood: "it's a movie." Men: "..but it's all WOMEN!!!" (cue Monty Python): "I'm being repressed! I'm being repressed!" 👏👏👏

[@LifeOfTheAngels]

The way weirdos were tweaking out about this movie simply bc women were in it is just hilarious as if the original ghost busters isn’t a mid movie, you can argue that most movies from this era, that men tell us are good, were mid but as soon as women become the center focus all hell breaks loose like let’s be serious 🙄

[@aliairving]

Very reminiscent of the reaction over the little mermaid 🙄

[@spookberryshortcake1772]

no for real though i swear i want to like movies made during the 80s but they ALL have this really weird tone that makes them incredibly difficult to watch. I cant help but find myself bored and unable to get truly invested in them.

[@yowatchie]

Yeah it was definitely not “simply bc women were in it.” You have a tiny ass minority maybe that bitched but the majority of people called the spade a spade. It was an obnoxiously unfunny movie that barely put any time into the characters, world, writing and tried to ride the whole thing on the four actress’ improv and the nostalgia of the original. It’s a fucking terrible movie and it’s not because women were in it. Bridesmaids came out a couple years earlier and it was praised like hell. The movie just sucked. It literally ends with the four shooting a giant ghost in the dick. Like that should be funny but like the rest of the film it was painful to watch.

[@joangelica8024]

Just finished watching this movie for the first time. I enjoyed it. I think this was made when people were really bothered by remakes. Nowadays it seems every movie, show and song are just remakes. The SNL casting was smart, they work well together. A lot of the original cast scattered throughout the movie, which was a fun surprise. The move was even produced by Dan Aykroyd. If the original cast was behind this project then why were people so mad?

[@l.1586]

Honestly? I just didn't care. It was fine. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. It's a movie that exists. That's the extent of my opinion on it lol

[@RachelAnnPotter]

"It's a movie that exists" is the best review of it 😆

[@Rose1Hathaway]

The whole thing with Kevin’s glasses having no lenses had me crying 😭😭😭😭

[@Rose1Hathaway]

Also I’ve seen all the ghostbusters released and none of them are particularly great so it’s definitely misogyny fueling the response lmao

[@Marlay9183]

Even if I liked the first movie as a little girl (not the second one, that one gave me nightmares for a long time, I was too young and it was scary af) I really enjoy this reboot. Chris Hemworth was purr-fect as an ingenue secretary. I laught and I smiled. It was a nice movie. Good verdict ;)

[@emmettbattle5728]

wait okay i like both of them a lot but me too omg i remember being scared at night about the second one for a point

[@Marlay9183]

@@emmettbattle5728 right ?! The ghost in the painting and the slime in the pipes. I don't know why but that was so scary for me 😅

[@spookberryshortcake1772]

i remember being a newly out gay teen when this movie first came out and my then girlfriend asked me on a date to go see it, and how crazy and exhilarating it felt to hold her hand in public while watching this silly movie. 10/10 stars its not my favorite movie but will forever have a very soft place in my heart. (also personally i have seen the og ghost busters and i think theyre kind of boring in comparison)

[@razzledazzledingdong2979]

I haven’t even watched the whole thing but I already agree! People hated this movie too much just cause it was women instead of men. People are too quick to judge tsk tsk It wasn’t even that bad, it’s as enjoyable as any other movie, it’s not meant to be a masterpiece lmao

[@HonkeyKong54]

No they hated it because it's garbage actually. A stain on the franchise. Sony even left it out of the box set they released until the director cried on Twitter so Sony put a download code that nobody will renew lmao. Hollywood and journalists love to blame the fandoms for putting out mediocre movies.

[@razzledazzledingdong2979]

@@HonkeyKong54 Lmao you prove the videos point. I dont share the same opinion nor the same love for the original so you dont need to school me about how bad you think the movie is lol

[@HonkeyKong54]

@@razzledazzledingdong2979 wtf does the original have to do with how shit thus movie is?

[@razzledazzledingdong2979]

@@HonkeyKong54 cause you're on this video. Are you incapable of having a non hateful thought? I mean, I know you're a troll since you've been going up and down some comments to leave a completely negative comment cause your hate for this movie is ... Embarrassing?? Lmao Homie, the church is open every day, not just Sundays, talk to a priest to get that hate out your system lol not some movie that I think every person here neither hated nor greatly enjoyed lol

[@bluejaguar8626]

I only didn't like it becuse it wsa unlikeable. Don't care if the ghostbusters were going to be dogs or chipmunks.

[@pensivesoprano1637]

Here to say - your instincts are correct, Kennie, regular Ghostbusters is not that great 😂 They didn't exactly stomp all over a classic piece of art. It was fine. I haven't seen this new movie, but if it's anything like the old one, my expectations aren't high 😂

[@RachelAnnPotter]

I've never seen the original. Maybe I'll rewatch the remake and the original back to back to see what one was more enjoyable as an adult without GB nostalgia.

[@pensivesoprano1637]

@@RachelAnnPotter it's worth a shot! I watched as an adult last Halloween (first time I ever saw it). And like, it's fine. I didn't dislike it or anything, but with no nostalgia attached to it, it didn't do a lot for me.

[@RachelAnnPotter]

@@pensivesoprano1637 I assume nostalgia makes the movie significantly more enjoyable

[@HonkeyKong54]

Hahahahaha

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

i had a film class and they had us recreate shots on story board from script, my teacher asked if i saw the movie before, i laughed and said no, it has the creative direction of a talentless freshman in highschool with zero film experience 🤡🤡

[@kentokim]

I feel like if you say you (mildly) enjoyed this Ghostbusters people automatically assume you hated the original. As if you can't enjoy two pieces of media and this is coming from someone who grew up with the original and the cartoon series which I thoroughly loved. Lol my dad also has the original ghost busters theme song on vinyl.

[@curnies]

Heck yes! Love IDO and love Kennie! Cant wait for this one 🤩 gavel time baybeeee

[@Cookie-jl4st]

How did you not recognize Chris Hemsworth?😂😂

[@bmgoliath0081]

I now want to see a short film spoof of Jupiter Ascending starring KennieJD: A More Butter Production presents "JENNIFER RISING"!

[@EltedyBnguapo]

Yassss Kennie spilling the tea 🍵!!!!

[@vadalia3860]

The theatrical cut of the movie is good and the extended cut makes for a very good movie. I remember the social media/reddit/youtube trailer/etc run-up to the movie and it was heavily bombed before literally anything was out. I remember when the first promo pictures released with the 4 women in the jumpsuit uniforms & a male coworker of mine was repeating all the complaints men had about it looking so terrible and how it was a sign the whole movie was trash (again- these were just the very first promo pictures released before the movie was even done filming) but admitted, completely baffled, that I was right when I pointed out they were extremely similar to the jumpsuit uniforms worn in the original movie (he meant well, he was autistic & had difficulty understanding the concept of people making bad faith arguments so he genuinely believed all those guys shitting on the movie were just 100% authentically and in good faith sharing their totally normal opinions on this movie the same way they would any other movie, hence his confusion when shown evidence that those uniforms were functionally identical to one in the original and not, in fact, The Worst Thing Cinema Has Seen Ever) Granted, I had issues with some of the stuff in the movie, mostly Leslie Jones' character (just to be clear, nothing that was the fault of the lovely Leslie Jones herself) But it's kinda a difficult thing to parse- apparently a lot of what I had an issue with was stuff the actress was allowed to ad-lib. However, I'm aware that black actors know the (usually white) director probably isn't going to put anything in the movie that strays too far from expected stereotypes. So even if the "loud, angry black woman slaps the devil out of someone" thing was something Leslie came up with, would it be because she genuinely wanted to play that character or was it because she thought it was expected of her & that the director wouldn't like it if she tried, say, a kooky hippie spiritualist trying to hug-it-out with a malevolent ghost type of character? (think Professor Trelawney from Harry Potter kinda vibe)

[@RachelAnnPotter]

"It doesn't have to be a good movie: it's Ghostbusters" LOL

[@mhfromnh1421]

I actually preferred this one to the 80s one. this one didn't have Dan Aykroyd getting a ghost-beej.

[@odakotarose]

okay but is anybody truly expecting high cinema from a movie whose theme song made me hear the phrase 'bustin makes me feel good' with my own two ears? jeez people needa calm down

[@shimaabdo3301]

the music in the back is a little distracting, i kept thinking that another app was playing with the video 😂

[@mmmanal_]

Before finishing the video I have to say Kennie looks great in purple 💗

[@Artemis_in_the_Woods]

Yay! Another movie that isn't particularly great, but one I enjoy watching over and over again. Might be the fact that I'm in love with Kate McKinnon though....

[@grapeshot]

I thought the movie was okay of course not as good as the first one but I liked it it had funny parts in it. But we know how anti-sjws if the white guy isn't the center of attention at all time they scream it's woke. But then have the nerve to call everybody else snowflakes.

[@cooldragon1990]

I actually like this movie and found it funny. It was Patty (Leslie Jone's character) I didn't like and found annoying. She just served as an annoying black stereotype that got on my nerves and was the least memorable character for me. I loved Kate Mckinnion's character cause I love crazy characters and she had the most funny jokes that got to me. The internet hated this movie and it was actually pretty funny. If Patty wasn't in the movie or toned down to be less of a sassy black character walking joke... I would have liked it more

[@kissit012]

Stereotypes are not untrue just incomplete representations of groups of people. Leslie Jones basically played herself. She is fine the way she is. A funny, wild, free Black American Woman. Just because negative social connotations have been forced onto people about specific expressions of black womanhood and encouraged to be rejected, doesn’t mean we have to agree or accept it. And they don’t need to be a reason to discourage others from expressing themselves the way they feel comfortable. There are many other representations of black womanhood that are the opposite and everything in between, maybe you should look into those instead. She did well and so did the others (who are also playing stereotypes of other people, which you didn’t seem to notice). Her black is beautiful. (~A black woman)

[@HonkeyKong54]

Judging by Leslie's antics after the film bombed it's not a stereotype

[@cycyj847]

The movie was cool. I liked the special effects. Very cheesy, didn't like the character of the engineer really but it was ok. Thor, or was it his twin? Who played their secretary was so hilarious. Loved the villain.

[@Ch3rry6933]

Kenny’s edges are coming back with a vengeance. They look good!

[@BEEDRILL303]

I haven't seen any of the originals or this one but by dad rented the last one and it was way more serious than it needed to be with the lead of the movie being like 12

[@alexthelizardking]

Bill murray dying here is HILARIOUS when you know how awful he was to work with and what a creep Peter Venkman.

[@hakiymyoung2513]

Jennifer rising, the sequel to Jennifer's body

[@teddyvalentine2193]

my dad is 41 and the og ghostbusters is his favorite movie ever and genuinely he gets so pissed about people trashing the 2016 one. he obv knows that its not as good as the original but hes said to me so many times that the hate around this movie is bullshit

[@cyt8284]

I thought the Ghostbusters reboot was pretty funny. I saw it on an airplane and remember laughing out loud at some parts. Leslie Jones as an MTA employee was honestly hilarious on its own and they could have done a lot more with that. I also think they could have done more with Kate McKinnon in this movie. She and Leslie were really funny and underutilized.

[@biggie12444]

Can you do a in defense of episode on Smokin Aces

[@CombustibleCake]

ghosts and the paranormal i can believe exist, but women scientists??? absolutely impossible

[@lydiawalker0714]

I've never seen the movie, but the 5 Seconds of Summer song that came out for the film was great.

[@skinsey85]

She said Stay Poof Marshmallow... love it 😂

[@darkydoom]

I actually enjoyed the film. It had funny moments and plot line made sense and graphics were decent and similar feel to the originals. Haters just made it bad instead of just taking it as it's own

[@naveyistrying]

not the government gaslighting, gatekeeping and girlbossing ghosts lol

[@Ilostbestgirltoacar]

The movie was bad, but the men ranting about it where a lot worse, like the movie was mediocre but didn't deserve all that shit, like there's a lot worse movies

[@noless]

@Jem It deserved it. The actors made it political by showing a big sign saying "Girl Power" and the official Ghostbusters 2016 twitter endorsed Hilary Clinton over Donald Trump. The people behind this made it political first and poisoned the discussion. Not the fans. Not to mention all of the online feminists who were harrassing critics who didn't like the film and called them sexists. This made other reviewers afraid of saying that it was a bad movie.

[@Ilostbestgirltoacar]

@@noless You're conservative, huh 🙄

[@CeruleanAether]

I saw the "power of patty compels you" bit in the trailer and decided this movie wasn't for me 😅

[@phillove1015]

I had no desire to watch this movie, the original was good because of the time it came out. I just get tired of remaking classics just let them be.

[@ImmortalBroken]

I really enjoyed this movie! (And I grew up with the original and adore it.) It was funny. I saw it at a movie theatre in Puerto Rico and it got a great reaction from the crowd. The one kind of weak link of the movie is the incel bad guy, but honestly, if you think of him kind of representing all the misogyny against this movie before it even existed, him being the worst part of it is kind of appropriate and hilarious.

[@linusah]

The movie was fine. I read somewhere that it would have been a nice touch if one of the characters was the child/descendent of Dr.Peter, instead of making a remake with a new cast. It could give the movie some originality, so i found myself agreeing.

[@noless]

@Lina A. H. H. The movie is most certainly not fine. It barely seemed to have a script so the director just told the actors to improvise all of their lines. It bombed at the box office and is probably one of the most unfunny comedies I've seen in the last ten years. It constanly steals from the previous two films yet they claimed that this was going to be a brand new story. It's basically just a remake of the first movie. A shitty remake. Watch RedLetterMedias review on it here on youtube. They go into detail why this movie sucks.

[@tiffanykim2773]

The movie was entertaining and that was all it needed to be

[@music_YT2023]

'Corny like Mel Brooks' Yes! I still watch Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and, the stupidest of them all, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (and I will rap along with ALL the cheesy choral parts).

[@latebloomer4445]

Please watch supernova (2000) its so bad but in a fun way and Angela Bassett is in it

[@blakethesequel]

Since the clunky origin story was out of the way, I think a sequel would have improved upon everything.

[@KimandKamJam]

I'll say this before I watch. I didn't hate that the movie was being made so much that it felt like a "feminist" cash grab. Like a "look guys it's that old movie you like but with GIRLS now GIMME MONEY!!!" Also hated that the black woman couldn't be a scientist too. Like seriously 🙄

[@v3nus3_3]

wait does the JD stand for Juris Doctorate??

[@GothBarbie3000]

YYYYAAASSSSSS!

[@allye9865]

I enjoyed the movie but it was clear that a lot was cut

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

This movie was so fun and Chris Hemsworth was hilarious in it. They missed some bits in making it all work with the gender flipped characters, but the level of vitriol about it was ridiculous and unnecessary. This is absolutely on if my favorite popcorn movies. You are wrong tho, plenty of people are very very serious about their Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters lore. And they would have criticized even a male led reboot 😂😂. But that is any nerd 🤓 property. I say that as a proud nerd who could write essays about things many reboots got wrong. But I would say a good 95% of the issues with the gender flipped ghostbusters weren't valid and were from people who weren't ghostbusters lore fans, but instead from sexist men who think any female led thing is 'woke' and 'bad'.

[@roselover411]

I've mostly heard, other than the incel outcry, that it was decently funny. I'd watch it.

[@walterobrien8045]

Can we make a portmanteau of Misogyny and Nostalgia? Nostalgyny? Mistalgia? Misnostalgiagyny?

[@angelicavarela3126]

You have to do Jurassic park dominion , don’t even need to see the others to hate

[@emmettbattle5728]

this movie said accessible himbo employment rights and what more could you want

[@trashman11]

As a woman i just felt it was trying to be pondered to. It also just seemed real boring to me. I didn't watch it and still wont(mainly because i dont care anything about Ghostbusters in the first place) but i will agree the agro response was a bit much. Although i will say some people behind the movie REALLY didn't help their case with them saying thet anybody that disliked or didn't watch it was inherently anti woman. You make your bed of fake woke you lay in it.

[@TheElectricitychick]

I mean four female Ghostbusters? The feminists are taking over! I'm an adult virgin

[@briteboy6131]

this movie is a good example of how nerd fandom can be the fucking worst sometimes. sure it wasn't a great movie, but at worst it really just deserved to be forgotten if you didn't like it

[@vikkidc3859]

I actually found this movie highly offensive but because the misogynistic complaints were more problematic the problematic elements in this movie is ignored

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

I don't know who said that the original _Ghostbusters_ movie was the only good movie that wasn't about anything but I agree with that person. All other movies have a theme, they say something, and most of bad movies also have themes and say something, but are bad while doing it, all the other films who don't say anything are either to amateurish to be coherent or too cynically made to care about something aside from ticket sales/VHS rental sales/streaming views, and all the other movies in the franchise are about something (Ghostbusters 2 is about not letting cynisism consume the good in us, Ghostbusters 2016 is about glass cieling and "killing the part of us that feels cringe instead of the part of us that does cringe", Ghostbusters Afterlife is about coming to therms with the legacy of your dead father, hope you're feeling better now, _Jason)_ ... but the O.G. Ghostbusters never conected all their treats into a deffinitive statement, is more like a mood board of what 80s New York was like

[@rzn_rzn]

glad to see that a lot of people agrre that this movie aint that bad lol. i actually liked the movie. the fact that people get so mad over women being the lead characters is honestly concerning...

[@bjbilyk]

You should check out the original. It was good because it really wasn't a comedy. It was played pretty straight, and was funny because of the situations these "scientists" found themselves in. It was much more horror/sci-fi. The third (? - Cheech and the Statue of Liberty) suffered the same fate when they started leaning into the comedy too hard.

[@coreyrider8056]

Part of the reason for the response was that, up until the months before the reboot was announced, the studio and original creators were pushing for Ghostbusters 3, with new Ghostbuster recruits. According to the leaked 2014 Sony e-mails, originals films director Ivan Reitman wanted a sequel with a mix of male and female Ghostbusters, while producer Amy Pascal (the Spiderman movies) demanded an all-female reboot. It also ended up coming out that Sony was deleting comments off of trailers and promo material from female fans so as to further the misogynist, toxic fanboy angle to the media. All that, combined with it coming out during the height of the 2016 election, I feel like it made audiences feel like seeing what was supposed to be a fun comedy reboot turn into a gender/political issue: If you saw it and liked it, you hated the original and supported Clinton. If you didn't, you were a toxic fanboy who supported Trump. The movie itself is....fine. Honestly, what makes me angry isn't the all-female cast, it's that the cast and director are hilarious comedians who made great comedies before (like Bridesmaids), and it couldn't deliver for some reason.

[@quarentine_bishyt]

RIGHT?! i thought it was fun

[@ama4121]

For all the backlash ghostbusters got, all these haters are gone to complain about something else because there's a woman in it 🚶‍♀️ It's not a great movie, but it's fine that way. I do wish there was more interest in making female led movies that are original properties instead of a remake of a male led movie! But the remake machine is still going strong...

[@gothamtruecrime]

I don't like that the only female Ghostbuster of color, is the only one that isn't a scientist. That doesn't sit right with me.

[@sassythesasquatch1794]

people hated it because it was a nostalgia grab with crappy writing and after a month everyone forgot about it

[@Bionic_Webb]

If you were to rewatch ghostbusters it’s really not the movie all these people say it is

[@RealmsMedia]

The reason I hate this movie is all the wasted talent. I guess I went in with high hopes and expectations as a result of the main cast. It's like the director didn't even try.

[@kissit012]

Have you seen the originals? They weren’t that great, decent, cheesy, fun. This is on par with them. It didn’t do better, it didn’t do worse. It just did.

[@RealmsMedia]

@@kissit012 Yeah. it had that 80s cheese. I am not a big fan of the original one, but I can appreciate it. They went off the rails on the second one, and I can appreciate it. I think I just had higher expectations, and it was a missed opportunity to use their talent with a better director. I could have been a funny mess, instead, it was just a boring mess in my opinion. lol

[@braintrustslayton8755]

OK let's get one thing clear. Remakes are good NO MATTER who does them... IF.. THEY ARE DONE RIGHT. There are times Remakes surpass the Original.

[@Tareltonlives]

Remakes aren't necessarily bad- people seem to miss that. Ben Hur was a remake. The Birdcage was a remake. Stagecoach was a remake. Ten Commandmens. Homeward bound was a remake. Little Shop of Horrors was a remake. King Kong, Phantom of the Opera, Thief of Baghdad, and Mighty Joe Young had good remakes. Magnificent 7 was good.

[@PanRawr]

I greatly enjoyed Ghostbusters 2016--like you said, it was a stupid and fun jaunt, but given you didn't follow it so much, I feel it important to say that not only was the situation with the movie very misogynistic, it was also EXTREMELY racist in regards to Leslie Jones.

[@ft.meganmccarthy8865]

I'm very happy to see a movie led by women, but I did not finish this movie. I was watching with my brother, and had to go to work in the morning, so we had to cut it off towards the end with the intent to finish it, but I forgot about it entirely lol. I liked the original. I'm not sure why I was so bored by this one.

[@brit7914]

I don’t remember too much about the movie, but I do remember not finding it all that funny. It’s meh, but not terrible lol

[@Oonagh72]

I loved the 2016 Ghostbusters film. Melissa McCarthy only slightly got on my nerves and I’ll watch Leslie Jones read the phone book so I was good.

[@emmettbattle5728]

shes so good as spanish jackie in our flag means death

[@VampyBlood17]

I feel like this is a good study for analyzing how a camp cult classic can create the very thing it sets out to dismember. Serious moviegoers. Anyone who takes the original GB’s that seriously clearly didn’t get the premise of the reboot. You can still dislike the reboot for the simple fact it’s a reboot but to try and use talking points that could easily be hurled against the original kinda misses the mark in my opinion.

[@VampyBlood17]

Also I’ll admit I wasn’t too into the GB’s reboot when it came out but it was quickly forgotten by myself and many others as just a failed attempt at reviving an old franchise for those nostalgia bucks

[@datumzinememories]

I like afterlife but i grew up with the older Ghostbusters movies..in saying that positive on this movie I like Leslie she honestly reminded me of the older one her comedy wasn't over the top nor did she under act so I did enjoy her....the rest of the characters including thor made it very hard to get through that movie...and nothing to do with girls just bad writing it went camp version but just missed the camp.

[@kairos-049]

I think that one vine summarized people's reaction to this movie pretty well.

[@hope-cat4894]

It's an ok film, but nothing special and not well written. I feel like the controversy was blown out of proportion for advertising. Using bad publicity to promote the film instead of focusing on the good things about it. It was an annoying time to be on the internet. 😑

[@mellokitty8917]

It bothers me that the first conclusion to why people didn't like this is misogyny. I love watching all female casts, for me I get annoyed when anything is remade or rebooted because why not be original, but Im sure there where people upset about the other as well.

[@hope-cat4894]

I remember Angry Video Game Nerd saying he wouldn't watch the film because it felt like a cash grab and he got called a misogynist for it. Since when is it bad for people to not want to see a film based on a trailer? I do it all the time. I feel like legit criticism got lumped in with jerks online. Red Letter Media called it a non-troversy.

[@jamellnelson4460]

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[@sarath431]

Yes... To me, this movie has some potential. But in the end, got squandered big time.

[@TechnicoloredDayDreamer]

I genuinely love the original two Ghostbusters movies so much, I felt like the original cast meshed so well & they really managed to hit a sweet spot with their audience twice which is rare with sequels. When this reboot came out I was initially excited to see wut they would do with the content. I mean the original movies may be trash to some but for others who aren’t gender bias it’s something they hold dear so of course my only worries were if they would be able to hit the sweet spot again. Did they hit the sweet spot …no, but it wasn’t bad either. It was fun & it didn’t take itself to serious, like it had to be the exact same as the original & that was good enough. I see it as its own entity instead of trying to compare it as a continuation of their world because it doesn’t feel like it fits if I do. They made their own foot print with it & it’s awesome in that regard. Now Ghostbusters Afterlife with the grandkids storyline was such a perfect continuation & actually made me cry with how it was all connected, especially with how the payed homage to one of the main cast members who passed away in real life. They hit the sweet spot again with that one but that’s just my opinion as a fan🤷🏽‍♀️🥰👍🏽

[@matthewlavagna6080]

The reboot was awful. It entirely deserved the criticism and backlash that it recieved.

[@shelbymckinney8888]

While I think that this movies marketing was awful and I don't think a majority of people who didn't jive with this movie were misogynistic (and I'm kind of sick and tired people saying it was). This movie isn't the worst. My big problem is that the good jokes were just okay and the bad jokes were yikes. Plus I don't feel like the characters in this movie have any distinctive personalities like with the original. I didn't like the movie, but its not terrible.

[@CasualShinji]

The original team (writers, director, actors) couldn't even make another good Ghostbusters, and before the female Ghostbusters was even an idea rumors of another movie with different (male) actors in the role I don't think set the community too alight. Fans just really like the first movie with those characters and actors, and they want more of that, but the sequel showed how little you can push this concept and these characters beyond that first movie without devolving into arbitrarity (Is that even a word?). And people I guess conveniently forgot about that with the advent of Ghostbusters '16, blaming its quality on women and wokeness, eventhough the main message of Ghostbusters 2 was a rather corny 'there is too much hate, we must all be nice to eachother'.

[@SS-mk2yp]

This movie definitely isn't as bad as people like to act like it is, and it's interesting how loud the uproar was vs. the next to nothing I've heard about the new Ghostbusters that came out in 2022. It's almost as if everything women songs held to an impossible standard where they need to be perfect in every way or else it's considered a failure 🤔

[@itsthelasttime13]

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[@corps3punk]

UuuUuuum how am I JUST discovering this channel?! 💀💀 I saw the thumbnail and thought “man if that ain’t Kennie..they sure do favor..” 🪦

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

I think the problem it's because Paul Feig made this. Feig's comedy movies are mostly unfunny cringe (The Heat was the worst about that) and Melissa McCarthy is H-A-M. Wiig, Jones and MacKinnon can't do much against a terrible script and a lousy director.

[@corinnastoddard9558]

I don't think the negative opinions about the female cast came from "misogyny" or anyone feeling "oppressed". The issue was that it would be shitty because the focus wasn't making a good movie, it was about fake feminism and spreading a "woke" message, which is exactly what happened.

[@QueenKittles]

Let's gooooo