Ghostbusters Afterlife (Jason Reitman)

"Chewie, we're home.." How'd that work out for ya? Beware the 'memberberries, to dissapointment that path leads.

Perhaps I just have a heart of stone. Also, why do the ghosts look like absolute $h1t in all these trailers? For some bizarre reason both this and the 2016 version somehow managed to make the ghost effects from 1984 look superior. They seem kind of opaque and an action scene involving ghosts in very bright daylight just feels off.

Absolutely brilliant from start to finish.

I was wondering what the fan opinion was.

what age were you when you saw the original?

there was a couple with a very small child at the screening I went to - way too young for the original even - but there wasn’t a peep out of her.

I thought the same thing when seeing Weaver’s name - a moment of wondering how I could have missed something like that.

The screening I went to had a lot of kids at it, one even came with his dad and they were both dressed up with proton packs. One kid, a little girl who I'd say was less than 8 was sitting in the same row as me was excitedly pointing out the characters on screen from the original and asking whether Muncher was Slimer. Even heard her ask if Carrie Coon's character was meant to be Holtzmann from Ghostbuster 2016 which was sweet. There was a few moments she found a bit scary or intense though. Heard more than one person now say there were plenty of kids going to see it with their families.

It's very interesting to see and think they've struck a good balance here in a way.

Yes it is easy to forget that Indy, Goonies, etc. are like that.

there are a few times in Afterlife though where some nasty scenes of 80s horror films are showing on a TV.

I have a question - Is this a spoiler free thread?

Not related to this movie - been a long long time since I’ve seen either of the originals. Is Ghostbusters 2 ambiguous about whether Venkman is the father of Dana’s baby or is he definitely not the father?

I can’t believe they put that but in a trailer .

I was expecting Ackroyd to be in it in some fashion - although Annie Potts’ early appearance did make me think that she was going to be the only one of the original - and after the way the call with Pheobe ended I knew he would show up in person to help near the end but I certainly wasn’t expecting a reunion.

very glad I didn’t know it was coming.

were the proton packs home made or bought?

Marks another one who's still up in arms over the treatment the 2016 reboot got that he's allowed his judgement over this new one to cloud his review of Afterlife, I mean come on to say the 2016 version was doing something fresh while critizieing Afterlife as nostalgia bait is a bit rich.

I agree I normally find Kermode to be a good critic but he was off with this one in my opinion. When he said the 2016 one turned things on it's head he completely lost me.

Venkman wasn't the father. He asks Dana in GB2 "whatever happened to Mr right?" She says that they were having problems and he got a job offer from an orchestra in London so he took it and left.

That's true, the controversy was ridiculous and totally unwarranted. Having rewatched it for the first time recently, it's not terrible. Honestly enjoyed it more than Ghostbusters 2 on a rewatch. It's not good but it definitely didn't deserve all the screaming and shouting. It is totally misguided but totally unoriginal as well. That was my problem with Kermode's critique. Saying that the 2016 one turned things on it's head is an incredibly shallow observation. The only way it turned things on it's head was swapping the gender of the characters, aside from that it's got the same structure and beats and has as much fan service (if not more) than the new one. I do think Afterlife has plenty of the same criticism (especially in the second half) but treating the 2016 film like it tried something new is disingenuous.

Then again in the review he says he doesn't care much for the original film either. Maybe he's frustrated that many people are seeing this film as 'toxic fandom' winning but I do think that when you're reviewing a film you should be objective and remove the context outside of the film it said when giving an opinion. I like the Last Jedi though so what do I know.