Well hey there fellow Geekers! My nerdy film geek mind
ventured into the Imax Theater with the expectation that this film would be a
complete reboot of the movie I loved as a child (giving my age away here) and
lo and behold, the movie did not disappoint! Ghostbusters remake successfully
stuck to its nostalgic roots while maintaining comedic moments on its own.
Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, and Kate
McKinnon have amazing chemistry as three scientists and a history-loving MTA
employee who take on the ghosts of New York City. All actresses are Saturday
Night Live veterans, which helps to solidify that, if nothing else, you will be
thoroughly entertained. Ghostbusters managed to please me much better than
those pesky bad reviews that preceded its release led us to believe.
The film begins with an eerie opening scene of a museum tour
guide who is attacked by a ghost after closing for the night. Wiig and McCarthy
play scientists rekindling their friendship after their book on the paranormal
puts the two on completely different paths (Wiig a scientist with a prestigious
university and McCarthy and McKinnon as scientists working on a college campus akin
to Animal House).
If you're geek eye is in full force, you'll notice a quick nod to the negative comments
made online regarding the movie (we see what you did there Ken Feig).
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Chris
Hemsworth is hired as a ditzy receptionist for Ghostbusters, Inc. and provides
doses of comedic and klutzy eye candy. Through strategic cameo placement and
nice CGI effects, Ghostbusters is a fun ride as long as you remember that this
is a reboot and not an exact remake of the original movie. Both Leslie Jones
and Kate McKinnon stood out in this film in almost each scene they were a part
of.
A few middle fingers
and breast references need not deter the kiddos, fellow Geeks. The little ones
may not understand the throwback inside jokes, but they will love all of the
ghosts in their CGI goodness.
But dang it....no Keymaster?
Overall, I give the reboot a grade of A-. Cameos from the original
cast and nice homage paid to the original? That's two thumbs up. Now….who ya
gonna call?
Writer: Quandria Stephens
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