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Ghostbusters
Jul. 17th, 2016 10:34 amGhostbusters is so, so good. Here are the highlights:
I don't know what it is about Paul Feig as a director, but he makes Melissa McCarthy shine like the beautiful star she is. I fucking love Melissa McCarthy.
I understand that some people are upset about Leslie Jones being cast as, essentially, Leslie Jones, but she carried the weight of this movie. I think the people who are concerned about her character being "street smart" have their heads too far up their asses to appreciate that she is overtly characterized as smart smart. While the three "scientist" characters spout unintelligible streams of sci-fi gobbledygook, Leslie Jones is the one with the Sherlock Holmes level of actually knowing what's going on. If the entire movie were just her talking, I would have been happy.
There are a ton of jokes in the movie about how attractive Chris Hemsworth's character is. All of these jokes land perfectly, because Chris Hemsworth is very attractive.
Neil Casey gets the best villain monologues. He is cheesy and over-the-top and ridiculous and wonderful, and I could listen to him pontificate (with brilliantly timed comic interruptions) for hours.
When the Ghostbusters discover that Neil Casey is the villain, they storm the art deco hotel where he works to infiltrate his underground steampunk lair. I'm not gonna lie, the double rainbow of stage setting porn got me hot and bothered. Buying the Blu-Ray disc so that I can watch the infiltration scene on repeat might be a thing I do in the near future.
Kate McKinnon's character is a goddess. Kate McKinnon is a goddess. She's like Jim Carrey if Jim Carrey were less coo-coo crazy and more talented. Everything she does is a joy to watch.
There's this scene toward the end in which Kate McKinnon dual-wields blaster pistols while the Ghostbusters theme plays on maximum volume. It was amazing. I came at least three times.
I'm not going to spoil it, but Chris Hemsworth does this thing during the closing credits that made me very happy. You think there's going to be like maybe thirty seconds of Chris Hemsworth doing the thing, but then he keeps doing it and it just keeps getting better.
In conclusion, I don't understand why the Ghostbros don't like this movie, because all it wants to do is be silly and have fun. Kristen Wiig is not Bill Murray, but let's be real, not even Bill Murray is Bill Murray anymore, and that's okay. The character Bill Murray plays in this movie is a better commentary on how it's no longer 1984 than I could ever write, so instead let me just say that all the Ghostbusters movies, including this one, are forever fabulous.
I don't know what it is about Paul Feig as a director, but he makes Melissa McCarthy shine like the beautiful star she is. I fucking love Melissa McCarthy.
I understand that some people are upset about Leslie Jones being cast as, essentially, Leslie Jones, but she carried the weight of this movie. I think the people who are concerned about her character being "street smart" have their heads too far up their asses to appreciate that she is overtly characterized as smart smart. While the three "scientist" characters spout unintelligible streams of sci-fi gobbledygook, Leslie Jones is the one with the Sherlock Holmes level of actually knowing what's going on. If the entire movie were just her talking, I would have been happy.
There are a ton of jokes in the movie about how attractive Chris Hemsworth's character is. All of these jokes land perfectly, because Chris Hemsworth is very attractive.
Neil Casey gets the best villain monologues. He is cheesy and over-the-top and ridiculous and wonderful, and I could listen to him pontificate (with brilliantly timed comic interruptions) for hours.
When the Ghostbusters discover that Neil Casey is the villain, they storm the art deco hotel where he works to infiltrate his underground steampunk lair. I'm not gonna lie, the double rainbow of stage setting porn got me hot and bothered. Buying the Blu-Ray disc so that I can watch the infiltration scene on repeat might be a thing I do in the near future.
Kate McKinnon's character is a goddess. Kate McKinnon is a goddess. She's like Jim Carrey if Jim Carrey were less coo-coo crazy and more talented. Everything she does is a joy to watch.
There's this scene toward the end in which Kate McKinnon dual-wields blaster pistols while the Ghostbusters theme plays on maximum volume. It was amazing. I came at least three times.
I'm not going to spoil it, but Chris Hemsworth does this thing during the closing credits that made me very happy. You think there's going to be like maybe thirty seconds of Chris Hemsworth doing the thing, but then he keeps doing it and it just keeps getting better.
In conclusion, I don't understand why the Ghostbros don't like this movie, because all it wants to do is be silly and have fun. Kristen Wiig is not Bill Murray, but let's be real, not even Bill Murray is Bill Murray anymore, and that's okay. The character Bill Murray plays in this movie is a better commentary on how it's no longer 1984 than I could ever write, so instead let me just say that all the Ghostbusters movies, including this one, are forever fabulous.
