Friday, November 26, 2021

Immediate Response: Ghostbusters- Afterlife

 Pro-Tip: see a Film at 2:45 if you're worried about crowds being unsafe.  All 7 of us in the Auditorium were fine as we saw...

The Good

* The Film tells a new Story that connects to the previous ones.

* The new Cast does a good job with the material, feeling very natural in a crazy story.

* The Story is respectful to the original Films, giving you the right amount of reverence while also doing its own thing.

* Great Special Effects, as well as a Soundtrack that always makes things feel right.

* A Film with ghosts, laser backpacks and ghost traps manage to mine legitimate emotion.


The Bad

* If you want a wholly original Film, you're in the wrong place.  It's half love letter/half new Film.

* One big name has a surprisingly-small Role that's basically a Cameo.  It's kind of funny...but weird.

* The Film reminds you how much people can age over 30 years.  Damn you, mortality!

* Another Ghostbusters Film asks you to accept that everyone just forgets moments like a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in NYC and The Statue of Liberty walking down the street.  How?!?

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