Current Events > Well, Afterlife was depressing. (Spoilers)

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It makes literally the same mistake as Ghostbusters II: "Our heroes have done nothing since 1984 but sit in the mud and feel sorry for themselves because there are no more ghosts and most people don't believe they ever existed."



Ghostbusters is one of the all-time feelgood movies. Winston, covered in marshmallow, raising his hands in the air and shouting "I love this town!" is on a even higher cloud than Rocky's iconic "Adrian, I did it!" (I will die on that hill.) Now you're telling me that few people believed them, nothing has happened since 1984, and Egon became a deadbeat dad who abandoned his friends and family alike to go on a personal multi-decade mission to stop Gozer? Bullshit!

Bullshit.

The mini Mr. Stay Puff scene was brilliant. All of the other highlights were beat for beat retreads of the original movie. The Key Master growls, chases, and possesses a cornered victim. The Gatekeeper possesses a woman and says, "There is no (name/title), only Zuul!" Gozer pets the Terror Dogs and asks, "Are you a god?" They capture a voracious but mostly harmless ghost which escapes by film's end. I don't feel like I'm watching a sequel which closely follows the original. I feel like I'm watching a clip show which repeats literally the same footage.

It's unavoidable that Egon had to die between films. They didn't have to say though that he spent the last decades of his life in isolation and ridicule. And there's no real reason for the lack of new content. If you lack imagination, steal from another source. A scene lifted from Jurassic Park or Alien is going to feel more fresh in the Ghostbusters universe than a scene lifted from Ghostbuster 1.

Honestly I think and have always thought that Ghostbusters sucks. It's just total ass.

It might have been funny if I was like 8 and still watching stuff like Earnest's Christmas or some shit. I wouldn't be caught dead watching this crap now.

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I see a lot of high praise for the mini Mr. Stay Puff scenes, but I don't see the appeal. As a funny scene with slapstick humor it's fine, but story-wise I don't get it. Why did they, specifically, come alive? Did all the store's merchandise come alive? Because I didn't really notice that. Why those specifically? And what purpose did they serve in the store? They seemed to just be hanging out.

And then why did they appear again in the van and on the proton pack? If Gozer sent them, why those? Surely there were other, more formidable ghosts that could have taken down the van electronics than these tiny things.

Overall, the ghost takeover in this movie felt very subtle. We saw like two other ghosts outside of the Mr Puff thingies. I just felt like some scenes were missing.

Really, the whole movie felt like a much longer movie that was cut for time, as the pacing from scene to scene was often very quick with little explanation between them.

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I thought this was going to be about the Ricky Gervais show which is genuinely depressing.

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Thanks for the review.

I'll keep my childhood intact then.
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I've heard it's really nothing more than a film than for Ghostbusters "fans" to go "Oh my god I know that thing!". Mckenna Grace is meant to be good in it though.

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Afterlife is fantastic. Simultaneously hilarious and heartwarming. A big step up from Derek, imo, which i just found cringey and kinda boring.
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AzurexNightmare posted...

Honestly I think and have always thought that Ghostbusters sucks. It's just total ass.

The first one is really good but i dont get why its such a beloved franchise when everything else after has been shit

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I4NRulez posted...

The first one is really good but i dont get why its such a beloved franchise when everything else after has been shit

I've said similar things about Highlander.

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SuperShake666 posted...

I've said similar things about Highlander.

Do people like the other Highlander movies? I didn't even think the first one was that beloved lol

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The first Highlander was legit.

I liked Highlander III, but I haven't seen it since I was 12.

I thought it was really good and it seems so do many others going by its user score on RT.

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It was good.

McKenna Grace will be a force to be reckoned with in the industry.

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HagenEx posted...

It was good.

McKenna Grace will be a force to be reckoned with in the industry.

I have no complaints about Phoebe or the way she was depicted.

I did get emotional at the ending.

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