Ghostbusters (2016) (1 Viewer)

[TravisR]

My wife and I both thought BFG was a good movie but the public did not.

I don't think it's so much that the public rejected it or thought it was bad as much as they didn't even see it. Granted, not even seeing a movie is a rejection but it's not as if huge numbers of people saw it and hated it because they never even went. Since it's Spielberg, The BFG will have a fairly long shelf life and I think it will eventually be embraced by kids who can handle watching something other than movies that are for people with ADD.


To stay on the movie at hand, I think it's sad that Ghostbusters is probably the most talked about movie of the summer. It shows that people want to complain more than they want to talk about things they liked and I think it shows that movies that people generally liked (say Captain America or Star Trek) are becoming more and more disposable as those movies are fairly quickly pushed aside for the next new movie. I'm not taking any shots at anyone because I'm guilty of it too.

 

[Johnny Angell]

To stay on the movie at hand, I think it's sad that Ghostbusters is probably the most talked about movie of the summer. It shows that people want to complain more than they want to talk about things they liked and I think it shows that movies that people generally liked (say Captain America or Star Trek) are becoming more and more disposable as those movies are fairly quickly pushed aside for the next new movie. I'm not taking any shots at anyone because I'm guilty of it too.

You are right. People want to complain and criticize more than they want enjoy and praise. I don't know why.

 

[Tino]

Because they have black souls of course![emoji13]

 

[Mikey1969]

I was amazed to see this once-great franchise being so badly mishandled every step of the way with this new iteration and deserving of being the failure it was. Unfunny, poorly-written, blatantly misandrist, and with a cast of shockingly unappealing stereotypes, there are good reasons why people are staying away in droves and re-watching the originals to cleanse their palates. I'm sure the small clutch of fierce, man-hating, blue-haired lesbianic feminazis the films is so obviously aimed at enjoyed it, but it certainly won't be enough to keep it afloat at the box office.

 

[Tino]

And...........there you go.

 

[Johnny Angell]

I was amazed to see this once-great franchise being so badly mishandled every step of the way with this new iteration and deserving of being the failure it was. Unfunny, poorly-written, blatantly misandrist, and with a cast of shockingly unappealing stereotypes, there are good reasons why people are staying away in droves and re-watching the originals to cleanse their palates. I'm sure the small clutch of fierce, man-hating, blue-haired lesbianic feminazis the films is so obviously aimed at enjoyed it, but it certainly won't be enough to keep it afloat at the box office.

I expanded my vocabulary today because I had to look up misandrist. IMHO, it's a poor film, others may think it's a fine film and find the humor I missed. I'm a straight male, an old fart with no hair, I don't hate men or women, and I think the film was aimed at me. Too bad it missed the target.

 

[Mikey1969]

I'm not sure the film was aimed at men, as this group was demeaned, ridiculed and insulted throughout. Not too bright to alienate the largest part of their fanbase, IMHO.

I expanded my vocabulary today because I had to look up misandrist. IMHO, it's a poor film, others may think it's a fine film and find the humor I missed. I'm a straight male, an old fart with no hair, I don't hate men or women, and I think the film was aimed at me. Too bad it missed the target.

 

[KevinGress]

To stay on the movie at hand, I think it's sad that Ghostbusters is probably the most talked about movie of the summer. It shows that people want to complain more than they want to talk about things they liked and I think it shows that movies that people generally liked (say Captain America or Star Trek) are becoming more and more disposable as those movies are fairly quickly pushed aside for the next new movie. I'm not taking any shots at anyone because I'm guilty of it too.

You point about people wanting to complain is spot on.

I differ slightly on movies people generally like, though. While people do seem to move on to the next movie quickly, I think there is a lot of discussion going on - before it comes out. If you look, Civil War has almost as many pages as GB16, and Star Trek has about twice as many. With the advent of the internet it makes it much easier to get casting news, spoilers, early reviews, etc. That's where you get most of the discussion - while the whole of the movie is unknown. Once a person sees it, unless they know nothing about it and are just blown away, he or she will go on record, stating their like/dislike, etc. but they've already 'processed' or 'digested' most of their feelings for the movie by the time they see it.

So, in essence, I think good movies are talked about; they're just more 'front-loaded'.

 

[Johnny Angell]

I'm not sure the film was aimed at men, as this group was demeaned, ridiculed and insulted throughout. Not too bright to alienate the largest part of their fanbase, IMHO.

I didn't say it was aimed at men, I said it was aimed at me. It was a comedy (I like to laugh), it was a reboot of a favorite franchise (which I don't automatically oppose), I knew of and like two of the actresses (Wiig and McCarthy). So aimed at me.

Was Thor playing the secretary what you object too? Did you also object to the secretary in the Producers and countless other movies that weren't always kind to women? I thought the reversal of roles was a good idea. They just forgot to make it funny.

 

[TravisR]

I thought Chris Hemsworth easily scored the most and best laughs.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I'm not sure the film was aimed at men, as this group was demeaned, ridiculed and insulted throughout. Not too bright to alienate the largest part of their fanbase, IMHO.

I strongly disagree with this assessment of the film. I'm a male, and I don't feel that I was demeaned, ridiculed or insulted at any point during the movie. I agree with Johnny's assessment that it wasn't as funny as it should have been, but I do not feel that the movie was in any way an attack on my manhood.

 

[Tino]

Of course it wasn't.

 

[Johnny Angell]

I hope that they do a second one and get it right.

 

[Tino]

I thought they got more right than wrong. But definitely room for improvement.

 

[Tony J Case]

From the News That Shocked Nobody department, Ghostbusters fell 70 million short of breaking even, and the sequel has been shitcanned.

 

[Tino]

"Ghostbusters' Heading for $70M-Plus Loss, Sequel Unlikely"

Can't anyone add any more?

Budget $144 million
Break even is about $400 million
Current worldwide $180 million

I think that adds up to more than $70 million. [emoji12]

Too bad. Star Trek Beyond is in a similar situation.

 

[Tino]

This is their math.

". As of Aug. 7, "Ghostbusters" had earned just under $180 million at the global box office, including $117 million domestic. The film still hasn't opened in a few markets, including France, Japan and Mexico, but box-office experts say it will have trouble getting to $225 million despite a hefty net production budget of $144 million plus a big marketing spend. The studio has said break-even would be $300 million."

 

[DavidJ]

Even though I didn't think it was very good, I don't like seeing this. I think the cast has potential with a better script and better direction.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Because the all female Ghostbusters remake/reboot was such a smash hit they have decided to do more all female remakes/reboots! Next up we are getting an all female remake/reboot of the Oceans 11 series of films with the first film in the soon to be dead franchise being called Oceans 8!

It is so damn exciting and ingenious that they are remaking/rebooting films we've already seen with all female casts! How brilliant!

 

[TravisR]

Because the all female Ghostbusters remake/reboot was such a smash hit they have decided to do more all female remakes/reboots! Next up we are getting an all female remake/reboot of the Oceans 11 series of films with the first film in the soon to be dead franchise being called Oceans 8!

It is so damn exciting and ingenious that they are remaking/rebooting films we've already seen with all female casts! How brilliant!

I never really thought about it before but I think they really should be given some credit for trying to add some kind of new element to yet another remake. However, they should have known that people really only want to see the same thing over and over so making a change to the gender of the cast was too big of a change.