The trailer to this seems to have been released years ago which is obviously not the case. But Hollywood does like a long run up and it had to have been the previous year?
What we got from the trailer was the world being attacked by some kind of ice ghost which could turn cities into an icicle, but not much else was on offer.
Obviously hopes were high based on the previous movie, but much like Ghostbusters 2, this was a bit of a disappointment.
The story concerns some kind of super ghost which has been trapped inside a metallic orb, which somehow lands in the lap of the Ghostbusters. Stuff happens and it gets out. No spoilers here.
So why isn't this as good as the previous film? Well for one the new Ghostbusters are the entire blended family. Which doesn't seem to fit with the lore, even if it does give Hollywood some licence to discuss blended family "issues". But seriously, this is a Ghostbusters movie so it just doesn't fit. Also Paul Rudd and the mother also being involved doesn't seem to work either, same can be said for the old receptionist. It seems they didn't learn the lesson from the female version they are still trying to shoehorn women into the Ghostbusters overalls. In short there are simply too many Ghostbusters in this movie for there to be enough story and character time for you to care about any of them. We don't need 10 Ghostbusters but that is obviously the DEI box ticking influence.
And that is the root of the problem. The narrative doesn't feel cohesive and as others pointed out, feels like a bunch of unrelated set pieces with some fan service added. For instance we see the mini stay pufts a number of times which simply seem free to roam unhindered. Probably because some panel discovered people like them and they can sell them as merch. But like Slimer they add zero to the story.
A major disappointment was that if you seen the trailer you have seen the biggest set piece of the movie, in its entirety. While it does have some charm it doesn't have the emotional engagement or even emotional punch of the first. If there is a third some serious thinking has to be done in order to focus on narrowing down the story to the kids and to forget the adult family dynamic drama and DEI inserts. This is supposed to be a kid movie that is good enough for adults to sit through. I am not sure either demographic would be satisfied at having to do so.
What we got from the trailer was the world being attacked by some kind of ice ghost which could turn cities into an icicle, but not much else was on offer.
Obviously hopes were high based on the previous movie, but much like Ghostbusters 2, this was a bit of a disappointment.
The story concerns some kind of super ghost which has been trapped inside a metallic orb, which somehow lands in the lap of the Ghostbusters. Stuff happens and it gets out. No spoilers here.
So why isn't this as good as the previous film? Well for one the new Ghostbusters are the entire blended family. Which doesn't seem to fit with the lore, even if it does give Hollywood some licence to discuss blended family "issues". But seriously, this is a Ghostbusters movie so it just doesn't fit. Also Paul Rudd and the mother also being involved doesn't seem to work either, same can be said for the old receptionist. It seems they didn't learn the lesson from the female version they are still trying to shoehorn women into the Ghostbusters overalls. In short there are simply too many Ghostbusters in this movie for there to be enough story and character time for you to care about any of them. We don't need 10 Ghostbusters but that is obviously the DEI box ticking influence.
And that is the root of the problem. The narrative doesn't feel cohesive and as others pointed out, feels like a bunch of unrelated set pieces with some fan service added. For instance we see the mini stay pufts a number of times which simply seem free to roam unhindered. Probably because some panel discovered people like them and they can sell them as merch. But like Slimer they add zero to the story.
A major disappointment was that if you seen the trailer you have seen the biggest set piece of the movie, in its entirety. While it does have some charm it doesn't have the emotional engagement or even emotional punch of the first. If there is a third some serious thinking has to be done in order to focus on narrowing down the story to the kids and to forget the adult family dynamic drama and DEI inserts. This is supposed to be a kid movie that is good enough for adults to sit through. I am not sure either demographic would be satisfied at having to do so.