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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 345525" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh, I tempted fate by saying this.Probably off the back of The Frighteners, my partner had a yen to watch Ghostbusters. And not the Ghostbusters, but the 2016 gender-reversed reboot (or reimagining, or re-whatever). Ah well, I&#039;ll try almost anything once.
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Expectations were mercifully low. It raised a smile or two, but it mostly felt self-congratulatory and smug. Almost every line was delivered in tones that said &quot;Aren&#039;t I cute?&quot;/&quot;Aren&#039;t I quirky?&quot;/&quot;Aren&#039;t I edgy?&quot;/&quot;Aren&#039;t I sassy?&quot; And the answer is invariably a resounding &quot;nope&quot;.Only two of the four leads had any kind of character, but even those felt like stereotypes (the &quot;Aren&#039;t I sassy&quot; black woman and the &quot;Aren&#039;t I quirky&quot; large lady... and if you&#039;ve seen one thing with Melissa McCarthy in, you&#039;ve seen them all. She&#039;s exactly the same here as she was in Samantha Who?).Meanwhile, the other two women were instantly forgettable. One had to be dressed in steampunk glasses to add a modicum of interest and the other... did some stuff and spoke with vocal fry.Naturally, there was a pseudo-feminist undercurrent to the whole thing. Mostly, the women&#039;s lights shone brighter as a result of snuffing out those of men around them. If the males in this film aren&#039;t embittered authority figures they&#039;re evil world destroyers. Or complete wusses (let&#039;s laugh at the stiff concert organiser with the high pitched scream and the tour guide who soils himself upon seeing a ghost). Or they&#039;re completely stupid.The last category is filled by Chris Hemsworth, whose character is beyond ridiculous in being shown to be thick (he covers his eyes to block out sound. And that&#039;s just the tip of the iceberg). He&#039;s there to be objectified and the script reminds us of this at every opportunity, but that&#039;s OK because he&#039;s a toxic male and misandry is fair play. It&#039;s pretty sickening.*A &quot;joke&quot; about a fanny fart early in the film&nbsp; was probably the low point, barring the inevitable headache-inducing CGI fest at the end.I&#039;m glad I didn&#039;t know about the cameos from the original cast ahead of time,&nbsp; because their seal of approval would have suggested a better film than what we got. As it was, they were nicely spaced bright spots in an otherwise cringeworthy film.* It&#039;s also ironic that Hemsworth is far more tolerable here than he is in his role as the increasingly dumb caricature comic relief Thor in the MCU. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 345525, member: 23"] Oh, I tempted fate by saying this. Probably off the back of [I]The Frighteners,[/I] my partner had a yen to watch [I]Ghostbusters[/I]. And not [B][U]the[/U][/B] [I]Ghostbusters[/I], but the 2016 gender-reversed reboot (or reimagining, or re-whatever). Ah well, I'll try almost anything once. [CENTER] [IMG width="480px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fatomicjunkshop.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F12%2FGB-poster.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=6ec1931bec5736fdd3269f1ca430e0988efbacee191d5c30dfaa4c276b8d72b8&ipo=images[/IMG] [/CENTER] Expectations were mercifully low. It raised a smile or two, but it mostly felt self-congratulatory and smug. Almost every line was delivered in tones that said "Aren't I cute?"/"Aren't I quirky?"/"Aren't I edgy?"/"Aren't I sassy?" And the answer is invariably a resounding "nope". Only two of the four leads had any kind of character, but even those felt like stereotypes (the "Aren't I sassy" black woman and the "Aren't I quirky" large lady... and if you've seen one thing with Melissa McCarthy in, you've seen them all. She's exactly the same here as she was in [I]Samantha Who?).[/I] Meanwhile, the other two women were instantly forgettable. One had to be dressed in steampunk glasses to add a modicum of interest and the other... did some stuff and spoke with vocal fry. Naturally, there was a pseudo-feminist undercurrent to the whole thing. Mostly, the women's lights shone brighter as a result of snuffing out those of men around them. If the males in this film aren't embittered authority figures they're evil world destroyers. Or complete wusses (let's laugh at the stiff concert organiser with the high pitched scream and the tour guide who soils himself upon seeing a ghost). Or they're completely stupid. The last category is filled by Chris Hemsworth, whose character is beyond ridiculous in being shown to be thick (he covers his eyes to block out sound. And that's just the tip of the iceberg). He's there to be objectified and the script reminds us of this at every opportunity, but that's OK because he's a toxic male and misandry is fair play. It's pretty sickening.[B][SIZE=5]*[/SIZE][/B] A "joke" about a fanny fart early in the film was probably the low point, barring the inevitable headache-inducing CGI fest at the end. I'm glad I didn't know about the cameos from the original cast ahead of time, because their seal of approval would have suggested a better film than what we got. As it was, they were nicely spaced bright spots in an otherwise cringeworthy film. [B][SIZE=5]*[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=3] It's also ironic that Hemsworth is far more tolerable here than he is in his role as the increasingly dumb caricature comic relief Thor in the MCU. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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