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Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 12:26 am
by BurtReynolds
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Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:08 am
by Kaius
Kate McKinnon is the greatest actress in the universe.
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:14 am
by Kaius
This movie was fun. I think I liked it more than Jorge. 8/10. Good visuals and sound. Good use of the 3D. Some clunky writing to be found throughout, especially in the opening act, and a few flat jokes ("...and sometimes you just need the Swiss army..."), but the characters were great top to bottom (MCKINNON! OMAR! TYWIN! LESLIE! MCKINNON!), the action was good to serviceable, and I laughed a lot. It got cheesy but it was good cheese. The cat out of the bag bit was funny.
7.5/10
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:16 am
by Kaius
KATE MCKINNON
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:18 am
by Jorge
Oh I hated that cat out of the bag bit so much. It's the Paul Feigiest joke in the movie.
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:19 am
by Simple Torture
theplatypus wrote:Feigiest
How would you pronounce this word?
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:24 am
by Kaius
I don't really know who Paul Feig is so
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:31 am
by Jorge
Simple Torture wrote:theplatypus wrote:Feigiest
How would you pronounce this word?
Just add "-iest" to "Feig".
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:31 am
by Jorge
Kaius wrote:I don't really know who Paul Feig is so
The director of this movie who also made the witless comedic sinkhole that is Bridesmaids
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 1:44 am
by Kaius
theplatypus wrote:Kaius wrote:I don't really know who Paul Feig is so
The director of this movie who also made the witless comedic sinkhole that is Bridesmaids
Ah. Yeah. I didn't like that movie. It wasn't very good. Not like this year's masterpiece, "Ghostbusters".
KATE MCKINNON
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 2:17 am
by Mecca
@SkitchP wrote:Mecca wrote:
God I hate this.
what? just accept that this movie is the crux of gender equality
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 2:22 am
by Simple Torture
Mecca wrote:@SkitchP wrote:Mecca wrote:
God I hate this.
what? just accept that this movie is the crux of gender equality
That's the feigiest thing I've ever heard.
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 2:28 am
by Mecca
Simple Torture wrote:Mecca wrote:@SkitchP wrote:Mecca wrote:
God I hate this.
what? just accept that this movie is the crux of gender equality
That's the feigiest thing I've ever heard.
jorgiest post ever
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 6:59 pm
by epilogue
Because I know you're all just dying to know (hahahahaha)....
I really enjoyed the movie. Not only is it actually a good movie -- yes, there is some cheese and cringy moments; it's not flawless by any means -- but it's also an important movie. I've never seen a major Hollywood film that portrayed women and their relationships this way. They aren't sexualized but they kick all kinds of ass. They don't cry while eating ice cream and dream about boys. They are smart, action hero, women who drive the plot and save the world.
It's absolutely better than Ghostbuseters 2. I don't like it as much as the original, but a lot of that has to do with the fact that it's a recycled idea. But the cast is great. KM, especially. The soundtrack is fun. The visuals are great. It's a unique tone and vibe and style of humor so it manages to seperate itself from while celebrating the original.
If you care at all about how women are depicted on screen in major Hollywood Blockbuster cinema, I'd strongly suggest you go see the movie. Like it, love it, hate it. It's important that you go and see it. This movie could be a big turning point.
Here's a post I shared on Facebook from a women (Erynn Brook) whom I don't know but says it better than I just did (and I borrowed a bit from her).
- Spoiler: show
On Ghostbusters:
I have to say something, I have to, because for the first time in my life I felt something that I had never felt before. I sat in that theatre and though I've been watching movies my entire life I saw and felt something completely new.
It started about an hour in when it really began to sink in that I was watching women being funny, quirky, hysterical even, but not cute. Just hilarious.
Then I noticed that they weren't talking about guys. Not much, a bit here and there, a little joke about Chris Hemsworth peppered in like seasoning, but it wasn't hours of 4 women fighting over him or trying to figure out why they weren't married yet.
And then, the fight sequence at the end. Kate McKinnon just... I sat there gaping. She was badass, WITHOUT BEING SEXUALIZED. She was a woman in coveralls and combat boots with no cleavage or hourglass figure in sight fucking kicking ass and it was so awesome and amazing and for the first time in almost 30 years I saw a woman doing something badass without also being sexy at the same time.
When action sequences always sexualize women, women grow up learning that the things they do are only important if they look good doing them.
I'm almost 30 and last night was the first time I saw a movie where a woman fucking did a thing and was funny without crying into a pint of ice cream and was badass without being a pinup and all I could think was... I really didn't know that was an option. I really didn't know you could save the world without looking like you're trying to pose for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition at the same time. I have never, in 30 years, seen a major movie that didn't reinforce the message that how I look is more important than what I do.
30 years is way too long.
And that's why it matters.
Go see Ghostbusters. Love it, hate it, I don't care. Go see Ghostbusters. It matters.
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 7:21 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Who gives a shit? Why can't we just focus on what matters???
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 7:23 pm
by epilogue
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Who gives a shit? Why can't we just focus on what matters???
This does matter, friend-o. I know Kanye wasn't invovled but don't let that deminish it's impact for you.
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 7:24 pm
by Strat
I want to see this.
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 7:25 pm
by LoathedVermin72
where is ghostbusters comment on blm
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 7:33 pm
by epilogue
Strat wrote:I want to see this.
I don't believe you.
Re: Ghostbusters (2016)
Posted: Mon July 18, 2016 7:41 pm
by Strat
durdencommatyler wrote:Strat wrote:I want to see this.
I don't believe you.
i actually do! My interest was piqued with all the great reviews.