Director Jason Reitman. Cast: Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard. 124 min. Comedy/Fantasy.
- I was surprised, excited, and entertained. Properly reviving an (in my humble opinion) so-so 40-year old fantasy movie franchise, playing those nostalgia themes, and polishing and repackaging the same old story elements and dialogue (a task which failed disastrously with the recent Star Wars trilogy), is no small feat.
- The movie is not just a continuation of the Ghostbusters story. It's an homage to the Spielbergian sci-fi/fantasies of the 80s: the prominent role of the Ghostbusters' "Ectomobile" is so Back to the Future, the attack of the baby marshmallow men at the grocery store is right out of Gremlins, and the mother figure here is none other than the mom in E.T. Even one of the main kid roles is played by Finn Wolfword, who was the hero on the Netflix show Stranger Things - itself entirely an homage to 80s sci-fi.
- Best scene? Mid-movie Ectomobile ghost chase scene. Perfect action choreography and editing.
- To fully enjoy this, you need to know well or re-watch only the first 1984 Ghostbusters. To fully enjoy, do NOT look at the movie's cast list other than what I have listed above, as a very cool ending surprise will be totally spoiled. And that includes a post-credits scene.
MoGo's rating: 7/10
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