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  • GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (no spoilers)

    From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 14 10:22:08 2022
    Like its departed spirits, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE returns from the
    dead, but really has no place to go. The movie trudges forward in audience-anticipation of the original cast's reappearance, which is
    delayed to the max and rather rote when it arrives. Though there's some
    humor along the way, as well as vigorous production quality, it all
    feels like less a new chapter than a reprint. Somewhat recommended.

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  • From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to moviePig on Tue Mar 1 13:31:10 2022
    On 2/14/2022 9:22 AM, moviePig wrote:

    Like its departed spirits, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE returns from the
    dead, but really has no place to go.  The movie trudges forward in audience-anticipation of the original cast's reappearance, which is
    delayed to the max and rather rote when it arrives.  Though there's some humor along the way, as well as vigorous production quality, it all
    feels like less a new chapter than a reprint.  Somewhat recommended.

    The script's choice to make the primary protagonists
    middle/high-schoolers just didn't work for me. And yeah, when the
    original Ghostbusters finally appeared it was as though they'd dropped
    in from a different movie, which I guess they had. This movie had a
    GOONIES vibe best enjoyed, I think, by kids but not so much by me.

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Tue Mar 1 16:00:08 2022
    On 3/1/2022 2:31 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    On 2/14/2022 9:22 AM, moviePig wrote:

    Like its departed spirits, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE returns from the
    dead, but really has no place to go.  The movie trudges forward in
    audience-anticipation of the original cast's reappearance, which is
    delayed to the max and rather rote when it arrives.  Though there's
    some humor along the way, as well as vigorous production quality, it
    all feels like less a new chapter than a reprint.  Somewhat recommended.

    The script's choice to make the primary protagonists
    middle/high-schoolers just didn't work for me. And yeah, when the
    original Ghostbusters finally appeared it was as though they'd dropped
    in from a different movie, which I guess they had. This movie had a
    GOONIES vibe best enjoyed, I think, by kids but not so much by me.

    Yeah, this was franchise-protection ...from which, God save us.

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