Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) (1 Viewer)

[ManW_TheUncool]

So guess I definitely need to finally buy Afterlife (and actually watch it) before this comes in ~2.5 months?

I was gonna buy the 4K during holiday shopping, but missed a brief, decent sale on it. Might have to just bite the bullet this time I guess...

So combo of Dune: Part 2 (probably x2-3 at the Lincoln Square IMAX ) and this alone (at whichever best screen) will make my AMC A-List membership more than pay for itself for March, heh...

_Man_

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Looks cool...

I see what you did there.

 

[Alex...]

New pic

 

[Alex...]

 

[spshultz]

My body, mind and soul are SOOOO ready. Easily one of my most anticipated movies of this year.

 

[Alex...]

International trailer (Some more new footage)

 

[Sam Favate]

It looks like fun. Is it just the trailer or do the original Ghostbusters have bigger parts this time?

 

[SD_Brian]

The trailer feels like the filmmakers have forgotten that the original Ghostbusters was a comedy. There's nothing inherently wrong with going another direction, but it feels like they are taking this all a bit too seriously. I had the same thought about the Afterlife trailer, but I enjoyed the actual movie more than I thought I would when I finally saw it. However, while it was good for a chuckle here and there, I don't recall Afterlife having any big laughs.

 

[Clinton McClure]

Afterlife certainly wasn’t on the same comedy level as 1984, but it was still a good movie and my second favorite GB film (especially since I don’t acknowledge GB II and 2016 exist). I’m not expecting much from Frozen Empire, mostly because it didn’t really need to be made and I don’t like Paul Rudd, but I’ll still go to the movies to see it.

 

[Joe Wong]

It looks like fun. Is it just the trailer or do the original Ghostbusters have bigger parts this time?

I’m not expecting the original guys to be the main characters, but I would like to see them have more screen time than the ~5 minutes they showed up for in Afterlife.

 

[TravisR]

I’m not expecting the original guys to be the main characters, but I would like to see them have more screen time than the ~5 minutes they showed up for in Afterlife.

That was a damn good five minutes though.

 

[Alex...]

Popcorn bucket tease

 

[darkrock17]

What is with these dumb popcorn buckets of lately?

That thing is massive

 

[Malcolm R]

Probably a new revenue stream for theaters as they can charge extra for the "limited edition" container.

Similar to steelbook packaging for blu-rays.

 

[Alex...]

New poster

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I remain skeptical that this'll be especially good, but I feel a bit buoyed by the latest trailer.

 

[Desslar]

The trailer feels like the filmmakers have forgotten that the original Ghostbusters was a comedy. There's nothing inherently wrong with going another direction, but it feels like they are taking this all a bit too seriously. I had the same thought about the Afterlife trailer, but I enjoyed the actual movie more than I thought I would when I finally saw it. However, while it was good for a chuckle here and there, I don't recall Afterlife having any big laughs.

I didn't end up seeing Afterlife because the trailer didn't really sell me on the comedy or the spectacle (looked a little indie-ish). This one looks a little more promising with bigger action/effects, but still a little skeptical about how funny it will be. The music is quite serious.

 

[Malcolm R]

Afterlife was definitely less comedic than the prior three films. Seems like Reitman wanted it to be centered as a family drama, with some comedic moments:

“Historically, Ghostbusters movies were always about people going into business. It was about people starting a ghostbusting business together,” Reitman, son of the original two films’ director, Ivan Reitman, told IGN. “I suppose I knew immediately from the beginning that I wanted to make a movie about a family.”

The memory of original Ghostbuster Egon Spengler, played by the late Harold Ramis, looms large in Ghostbusters: Afterlife as the character has now passed away. “This is a movie about the Spengler family. And the Spengler family is disconnected. This movie is about why,” Reitman said. (IGN)

 

[Desslar]

Afterlife was definitely less comedic than the prior three films. Seems like Reitman wanted it to be centered as a family drama, with some comedic moments:

“Historically, Ghostbusters movies were always about people going into business. It was about people starting a ghostbusting business together,” Reitman, son of the original two films’ director, Ivan Reitman, told IGN. “I suppose I knew immediately from the beginning that I wanted to make a movie about a family.”

The memory of original Ghostbuster Egon Spengler, played by the late Harold Ramis, looms large in Ghostbusters: Afterlife as the character has now passed away. “This is a movie about the Spengler family. And the Spengler family is disconnected. This movie is about why,” Reitman said. (IGN)

I think Jason Reitman is great at introspective human dramas, but I wish he would go back to the kind of biting satirical comedy he did in Thank You for Smoking. That film is hilarious.

 

[Alex...]