As someone who has genuinely loved every Ghostbusters project released thus far, from the original to RGB, GB2, EGB and the 2009 video game, watching Answer The Call was like a punch in the gut.
I knew there was trouble from that infamous first trailer. But trailers aren’t the finished movie. This was Ghostbusters damn it! Paul Feig! He knew how to make comedies. His resume is outstanding.
I still can remember the feeling in the pit of my stomach when I realized this was going to be a rough ride. This wasn’t the dry wit done in wide shots of Ivan Reitman. Everything was choppy and cut to pieces. The opening scene got no laughs. Which would be fine. The original didn’t get any laughs either most likely but it also wasn’t trying to be funny.
Anyways I mention this just to say I felt BAD. I didn’t like something Ghostbusters! & it’s not just any small thing. This wasn’t a game or cartoon. It was a movie. Thee movie! The first since ‘89. & not only did I not like it, I liked nothing about it.
I felt like I was betraying something I loved by disliking it. Seriously. I was angry! @ myself for not being able to just let go & just enjoy it, @ Bill Murray for dragging his feet so long to allow this travesty to happen. What’s also weird is I worried, what if this movie is loved by audiences? Is this what Ghostbusters will be now? Something I don’t like?
Which isn’t a good place to be in. I don’t want to actively wish ppl not like something just so I can feel like I’m right. But This was Ghostbusters. Was this how Star Wars fans felt during the prequel era?
Christmas came & holy crap I didn’t even ask for a single piece of GB merch. I did not foresee that. Not the blu ray. Not the extended cut. I envied all those who liked this movie so much that even though I didn’t ask for the movie, friends/family know me so well it was gifted to me. I watched it again. & again. Then the extended cut. & it went from passively disliking the movie to starting to hate it. “Hate!?!” Me? Ghostbusters!? That shouldn’t be possible.
Now maybe many of u are thinking, Guy, so what? All the other GB movies still exist. Go watch those. But the fact that there was new Ghostbusters media out there and it wasn’t just bad but almost everything I loath about modern film and comedy? It was maddening. This isn’t ghostbusters! Did they not see? Could those who liked this really not see?
It started feeling like politics. U know when u have an opinion on something political but someone is so far & away opposite on it u start wondering how could they not see what u see? Sure people have different opinions but look! It’s all right there! Open ur eyes!
Then the teaser & announcement for GBA came & it all just passed. Now it feels all rather silly. And felt like it was all meant to be. Without ATC we don’t get the beauty of GBA.
Now it all feels like it was meant to be. This was how it was suppose to happen. & the mistakes of GBATC got us the amazing GBA.
So did anyone else feel like they were betraying something they loved by not liking the new movie? Did you try to force yourself to like it? Better yet, did u succeed?
Did GBA mellow out ur feelings & reaction to GBATC?
I knew there was trouble from that infamous first trailer. But trailers aren’t the finished movie. This was Ghostbusters damn it! Paul Feig! He knew how to make comedies. His resume is outstanding.
I still can remember the feeling in the pit of my stomach when I realized this was going to be a rough ride. This wasn’t the dry wit done in wide shots of Ivan Reitman. Everything was choppy and cut to pieces. The opening scene got no laughs. Which would be fine. The original didn’t get any laughs either most likely but it also wasn’t trying to be funny.
Anyways I mention this just to say I felt BAD. I didn’t like something Ghostbusters! & it’s not just any small thing. This wasn’t a game or cartoon. It was a movie. Thee movie! The first since ‘89. & not only did I not like it, I liked nothing about it.
I felt like I was betraying something I loved by disliking it. Seriously. I was angry! @ myself for not being able to just let go & just enjoy it, @ Bill Murray for dragging his feet so long to allow this travesty to happen. What’s also weird is I worried, what if this movie is loved by audiences? Is this what Ghostbusters will be now? Something I don’t like?
Which isn’t a good place to be in. I don’t want to actively wish ppl not like something just so I can feel like I’m right. But This was Ghostbusters. Was this how Star Wars fans felt during the prequel era?
Christmas came & holy crap I didn’t even ask for a single piece of GB merch. I did not foresee that. Not the blu ray. Not the extended cut. I envied all those who liked this movie so much that even though I didn’t ask for the movie, friends/family know me so well it was gifted to me. I watched it again. & again. Then the extended cut. & it went from passively disliking the movie to starting to hate it. “Hate!?!” Me? Ghostbusters!? That shouldn’t be possible.
Now maybe many of u are thinking, Guy, so what? All the other GB movies still exist. Go watch those. But the fact that there was new Ghostbusters media out there and it wasn’t just bad but almost everything I loath about modern film and comedy? It was maddening. This isn’t ghostbusters! Did they not see? Could those who liked this really not see?
It started feeling like politics. U know when u have an opinion on something political but someone is so far & away opposite on it u start wondering how could they not see what u see? Sure people have different opinions but look! It’s all right there! Open ur eyes!
Then the teaser & announcement for GBA came & it all just passed. Now it feels all rather silly. And felt like it was all meant to be. Without ATC we don’t get the beauty of GBA.
Now it all feels like it was meant to be. This was how it was suppose to happen. & the mistakes of GBATC got us the amazing GBA.
So did anyone else feel like they were betraying something they loved by not liking the new movie? Did you try to force yourself to like it? Better yet, did u succeed?
Did GBA mellow out ur feelings & reaction to GBATC?
Statistics: Posted by GuyX — February 15th, 2024, 8:14 pm