11-25-2017, 03:09 AM
Ghostbusters III (2016/TM2YC)
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My mother and I watched Mr. Cinema's fan edit cold, neither of us having seen either official cut. We found the edit pleasantly enjoyable, albeit utterly devoid of anything beyond the barest wisps of a story. Why is NYC so weirdly unpopulated? (Most of the movie was filmed in Boston and/or backlots.) Why do so many scenes, including scenes of hauntings, take place in broad daylight when literally any other weather would have been more atmospheric? (It's cheaper, and easier to record endless improv that way.) When we literally see no one actually harmed by a ghost, where is the tension during the climax? (There is none.) Why does the movie turn into an MCU-style action carnival? (Because Marketing demands action shots for the previews.) How the f*ck did this cost $144m to produce? (I have no goddamn idea.)
One of the things that makes Ghostbusters '84 great (I assume - I haven't properly watched it in decades) is that one can subtract all the jokes and still have a solid if unremarkable genre story left. Take out all the many, many improvised lines in this edit, and one gets... some dweeb who schemes to become a ghost monster because... why? We don't ever see him bullied, or yearning for something he can't have. Say what you like about Malekeith in The Dark World, Dude, but at least he had an ethos. As for the leads, they're fine, but none felt entirely believable. (Why does Patty quit her MTA job instead of Ghostbusting on the side, again?) And I have no idea why Mr. Cinema removed the "Ghost Corps" logo but left in the joke-free post-credits Zuul sequel tease.
C+. Not time wasted, but I've got no wish to see any follow-up.
My mother and I watched Mr. Cinema's fan edit cold, neither of us having seen either official cut. We found the edit pleasantly enjoyable, albeit utterly devoid of anything beyond the barest wisps of a story. Why is NYC so weirdly unpopulated? (Most of the movie was filmed in Boston and/or backlots.) Why do so many scenes, including scenes of hauntings, take place in broad daylight when literally any other weather would have been more atmospheric? (It's cheaper, and easier to record endless improv that way.) When we literally see no one actually harmed by a ghost, where is the tension during the climax? (There is none.) Why does the movie turn into an MCU-style action carnival? (Because Marketing demands action shots for the previews.) How the f*ck did this cost $144m to produce? (I have no goddamn idea.)
One of the things that makes Ghostbusters '84 great (I assume - I haven't properly watched it in decades) is that one can subtract all the jokes and still have a solid if unremarkable genre story left. Take out all the many, many improvised lines in this edit, and one gets... some dweeb who schemes to become a ghost monster because... why? We don't ever see him bullied, or yearning for something he can't have. Say what you like about Malekeith in The Dark World, Dude, but at least he had an ethos. As for the leads, they're fine, but none felt entirely believable. (Why does Patty quit her MTA job instead of Ghostbusting on the side, again?) And I have no idea why Mr. Cinema removed the "Ghost Corps" logo but left in the joke-free post-credits Zuul sequel tease.
C+. Not time wasted, but I've got no wish to see any follow-up.
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