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What a huge disappointment! How could you have such a good cast, great history of a movie, and have such a weak story, script, and terrible directing??
We know that when we expect too much from a movie, it can be a let-down. When I saw who was in this, I did have high hopes, but at no point in this movie was I ever "wowed".
Where to start. The movie starts off without any real set-up, and it was almost like everyone assumed you'd love it from the second you saw the "Ecto1" (Ghostbuster ambulance).. but there really was no set-up or slightest bit of development between the last movie (Afterlife) and this one. (By the way, "Afterlife" was much better).
For me, this is the second worst behind "Ghostbusters Answer the Call" (with Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and Kate McKinnon).
The big problem with this movie is the storyline just stinks! Tired, old, unsurprising. The directing was poor at best, and a ton of dumb inconsistencies (like people standing around in T-shirts outside in freezing weather.. but not cold???)
Where Rick Moranis was great in the first movie as the funny bystander to all the ghostly happenings, Kumail Nanjiani was lame in his role in this movie as "Nadeem".
The worst part is that Paul Rudd, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray were nothing short of campy and hammy playing their roles. I WANTED to love these guys re-living these characters, but couldn't have been less interested in them due to the poor character writing and development on this script.
No movie.. no matter what it's "predecessor" movie or history can ever be good if the script stinks and the direction is terrible.. and this definitely had both.
Booooo! (both a ghost pun and what I thought of the movie!) I'd give "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" a 4 out of 10. Watch it at home for free, but not worth a $9 movie ticket and $20 worth of movie snack!!
What a huge disappointment! How could you have such a good cast, great history of a movie, and have such a weak story, script, and terrible directing??
We know that when we expect too much from a movie, it can be a let-down. When I saw who was in this, I did have high hopes, but at no point in this movie was I ever "wowed".
Where to start. The movie starts off without any real set-up, and it was almost like everyone assumed you'd love it from the second you saw the "Ecto1" (Ghostbuster ambulance).. but there really was no set-up or slightest bit of development between the last movie (Afterlife) and this one. (By the way, "Afterlife" was much better).
For me, this is the second worst behind "Ghostbusters Answer the Call" (with Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and Kate McKinnon).
The big problem with this movie is the storyline just stinks! Tired, old, unsurprising. The directing was poor at best, and a ton of dumb inconsistencies (like people standing around in T-shirts outside in freezing weather.. but not cold???)
Where Rick Moranis was great in the first movie as the funny bystander to all the ghostly happenings, Kumail Nanjiani was lame in his role in this movie as "Nadeem".
The worst part is that Paul Rudd, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray were nothing short of campy and hammy playing their roles. I WANTED to love these guys re-living these characters, but couldn't have been less interested in them due to the poor character writing and development on this script.
No movie.. no matter what it's "predecessor" movie or history can ever be good if the script stinks and the direction is terrible.. and this definitely had both.
Booooo! (both a ghost pun and what I thought of the movie!) I'd give "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" a 4 out of 10. Watch it at home for free, but not worth a $9 movie ticket and $20 worth of movie snack!!
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