But that’s Feig and his cast’s approach to comedy and it worked successfully in other movies. I assure you a hard cut after “suck it” wouldn’t have been funny either.
For me It’s emblematic of the movie has a whole. They linger far too long, don’t get out of the scene quick enough. The joke , the real joke, is the guy says “suck it”. There should’ve been a hard cut right after that to them leaving the building. Then he does the snoop dog hizz-out thing.
Or the “Mike Hat” stuff or the “put the cat back in the bag”. These aren’t jokes that have anything to do with the movie. It’s random stuff that drags and drags. Randomness for the sake of it.
It is impossible for comedy to be received well by an audience overanalysing and rooting against it. Eg Anchorman 2 - which had plenty of funny moments, but the audience was just rooting against it due to unrealistic expectation.
ATC is a Feig comedy with Ghostbusters set dressing. Lambasting it for not being a different type of comedy seems to be missing the point. The film was never aiming to be what the original Ghostbusters was.
There’s a single joke in this movie that works and it’s due to the performance of the actor. Andy Garcia being incensed at the comparison to the Mayor in Jaws.That’s an ok joke, it’s a surprising to me it gets singled out. Leslie Jones’ “he’s the fifth scariest thing on that train” was the standout gag for me.
Statistics: Posted by Chicken, He Clucked — February 17th, 2024, 9:03 am