Thread 214370525

Is this perhaps one of the greatest movies ever?

Went to see this like opening day with two other friends. was about 16ish. We had no idea how fuckin funny this was going to be, neither did the theater. Saw it in the afternoon so it wasn't anywhere near packed but about half. That was the first time in my life I felt the energy of a room just explode with laughter. Everyone left with smiles and good vibes. was something.

I read something from somewhere about how it's the "most perfectly-paced film" ever in regard to shot-length or something something
>source: my ass but maybe someone can verify that shit

>>214370549
You saw Ghostbusters in 1984 at 16 years old? How the fuck old are you?

>>214370525 (OP)
It is the best movie about bustin' ghosts.
It is in my top 25 essential 80s movies.
Top 25 Halloween movies.
And it is a great comedy.

But lets not act like its on the same level of Avatar 3: Underwater Cat Farts

>>214370595
I know addition is hard but I believe you can work it out. Ask Grok if you get stuck.

>>214370604
>Avatar 3: Underwater Cat Farts
kek

>>214370615
That's not the part i have a problem with.
I have trouble believing someone born in 1968 would be on 4chan.
And I say this as someone born in 1980.

>>214370642
>And I say this as someone born in 1980.
Me and you baby!

>>214370549
dad wtf are you doing here?
I thought you were dead

>>214370642
He's lying. Even 50 on 4chan is pushing it. I'm 85 and I still think I'm in the older group.

>>214370525 (OP)
It was good until reddit ruined it. Same for Bttf.

>>214370525 (OP)
The original is perfect, but looking back 2 is pretty shit. It was more of a comedy.

>>214370797
I don't know what reddit does. I never go there.
Maybe you should go back.

I watched it and never understood why people love this movie so much, I think the sex jokes were cringe and the movie was mediocre overall

>>214370768
I was dead to you the minute you came out as trans.

>>214370795
There are older still that post here, you are pretty naive if you believe otherwise. Also get off my lawn.

>>214370892
Zoomer.

>>214370805
None of the sequels are good, unfortunately (I don’t play video games so I don’t know if it’s story is ok or not).

>>214370525 (OP)
Yes. Yes it is.
It's near perfect.

>>214370969
The cartoon sequel to the original movie was pretty good.

>>214370805
GB2 has more horror elements that its predecessor. The tunnel scene, the bathtub scene, the photograph developing scene, Janosz' eyes in the hallway during the blackout, Janosz as a ghost, Vigo's face stretching out of the painting behind Janosz. The Statue Of Liberty scene was kinda silly but there's way more supernatural menace in GB2 than the original.

>>214370525 (OP)
It's alright

>>214370907
pretty sure that's not how it works pops

>>214370604
>80s
soifaces
>Halloween
squee!
Seriously tho bill murray phoning in some lame quips to some superimposed ghost puppets <<<<<<< fucking Avatar

One thing that annoys me about nu-Ghostbusters is how they completely ignore 2 and pretend that the events of 1 are sone kind of secret urban legend that got memoryholed somehow. As if the confirmed existence of ghosts and demons wouldn't radically alter culture in any way at all.

>>214370525 (OP)
The 1980s is the best decade in movies.

>>214371087
Avatar is literal dog shit.

>>214371082
Been saying that to you ever since you put that dress on.

>>214371159
Cheeky fucker

>>214370525 (OP)
Anyone here watched this when it aired?

>>214371064
Also, as a kid the baby being kidnapped scene was pretty damn scary

>>214371159
dad you can't just come on here and call me a tranny in front of my friends just because I sold that sega genesis

>>214370525 (OP)
I don't know but it's a great movie. If you are like in your mid 30's or 40's or so, then you liked this movie as a kid, maybe forgot about it for a little while, but then loved it more as an adult. It holds up and it gets funnier the older you get. As a kid almost all the humor went over my head.

>>214371195
As an adult that scene was spooky.

>>214370525 (OP)
It's one of those lightning in a bottle films that happened by chance and never should've been sequelized. You could argue BTTF is the same.

>>214371246
>You could argue BTTF is the same.
I feel like Back to the Future gets a free pass for both the original and sequel. But the 3rd one shouldn't have been made, despite it having some good moments.

>>214371183
No, but I watched the Filmation cartoon

>>214370805
First half of part 2 is pretty good

>>214371256
BTTF3 is great tho

>>214371025
Real Ghostbusters? I don’t think that’s a sequel, the Ghostbusters movie is just a movie in that universe.

>>214371256
>>214371246
BTTF 2 is not canon. The first movie clearly stated everyone in the future is naked.

>>214371256
BTTF2 was eh... okay I guess, but losing Glover killed it imo.

>>214371195
>>214371212
Janosz' arm stretching out and his eyes turning red is still very eerie. It's a shame Vigo was defeated so easily in the final battle.

>>214371302
The REAL Ghostbusters picks up right after the conclusion of the film.

>>214370525 (OP)
>entire cast is performing at their absolute collective peak
>the perfect blend of horror and comedy
>Sigourney is THE hottest she’s ever looked on film
>only black guy in the film is actually based
>spawned and entire franchise of mostly great films, comics and toys
>birthed the greatest animated series of all time
>cemented Bill Murray as a comedic legend
>is still one of the most influential comedies ever filmed
>one of the most quotable films ever

It’s perfect and untouchable, in my opinion.

>>214371309
By that logic, none of the sequels are canon since every time they go back or forward it's a new timeline.

>>214370525 (OP)
even the fucking special FX still holds up to currentday slop

>>214371151
Correct

>>214371151
>>214371151
Early 90s counts too. To be honest 85-95 is golden. Kind of weird how you can pick any movie and it's enjoyable. Now it's either pushing some sort of agenda, or just a CGI-ridden piece of shit rushed to market for some quick money.

>>214370805
>2 is pretty shit

Opinion immediately discarded. GB2 is awesome.

>>214371672
Yup. Artistic integrity has moved to indie studios and low budget conscious filmmakers who focus entirely on great scripts and premises, from what I can tell at lest.

>>214371674
I always hated the start, where they're washed out since there's no longer any ghosts etc.

>>214370549
Can confirm. Similar experience for me. I was 13.
My friends and I went back 3 more times in the opening week. Even my grandma went and wrote me about how much she enjoyed it.
'On anon I really liked the library scene' Miss you grandma.

>>214371719
That’s literally one of the best sections of the movie. If you don’t think Venkman having a show called “The World of the Psychic” interviewing those schizo’s isn’t funny, then I don’t know what to tell you.

>>214371195
I think it was the weird arm stretch that made it more scary at the time, since effects like that weren't really common.

>>214370525 (OP)
It is indeed. It's also considered the best Lovecraft movie.

>>214372269
>okay now you all need to make a face like you've cum but she's still sucking

This is a better Ghostbusters movie than the sequels.

>>214370525 (OP)
It's the most American movie ever. When presented with hard proof that there's life after death and the occult is real, the movie is a story about a struggle to get a small business off the ground.

The sequel sucks because there's only one scene with proton packs and later they have backpacks for that goo stuff, it's just not the same.

>>214370525 (OP)
Like most Bill Murray movies, it's overrated

>>214372873
like all your other opinions,
this is shit too

>>214371064
>GB2 has more horror elements that its predecessor
Yeah as a kid I liked it more for that reason. As an adult I like the first act with the Ghostbusters doing other jobs the most, but it falls off after that.

It's just not funny
>inb4 Zoomer
No it's actually just not funny. It's lame quips from bill Murray like a fucking marvel movie
An actually good comedy from the 80s is Spaceballs or airplane or the naked gun, actual constructed jokes
Ghostbusters is just two hours of dated effects and bill Murray smirking to the camera

>>214372677
An obstructive busybody government bureaucrat also almost ends the world because he doesn't know what the fuck he's doing.

>>214372873
>>214373034

>>214372774
there's two scene's of only pack action and one scene mixed with both packs and slimeblowers

>>214373076
And the one who operated several unauthorized nuclear accelerators in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world were completely within their rights.

I used to love Ghostbusters 2, but as an adult I can't look at it the same way anymore after learning that the entire plot about the pink slime only existed because they had gallons of that shit to sell to kids.

As a child, I watched the GB2 VHS until it wore out. For some reason, it was less scary, more fun, and way funnier. I still uphold that thought today - if you look at it isolated from GB, it's a great flick. While the music and character dynamics change significantly to match the aesthetics of the highly successful cartoon, in a bubble, the horror is superior, the comedy is superior, and overall, the theming and dialogue are brilliant. The idea that pure positivity and the cooperation of man can defeat even ancient sorcerers hellbent on ruling the world from an ethereal throne is something that's inspiring day to day, even now.

Yes, the painting scene at the end is pointlessly dumb. Yes, the idea that the Ghostbusters get sued after saving the world once is dumb. Yes, Murray and Weaver breaking up and Weaver becoming a single mom in 4 years is dumb. But the quality of scenes like the early river of slime appearance, the court room scene (a judicial restrangement order!), the toaster scene, all of the horror shots mentioned before, and finally, activating the Statue of Liberty and its subsequent walk through NY streets blasting a modern version of Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher with the entire city out to support them and singing along? It's kino. Positively kino.

>>214373141
Just the courtroom scene

It's really good but I wish we could've seen Aykroyd's original vision. I think Aykroyd is a fascinating guy.

>>214373541
Based logical GB2 fan. It is kino.

>>214374013
there's also a scene where they try to get rid off the energy shield on museum and it leads to idea of possessing the statue

>>214371183
Never watched but I did see the 2016 reboot of it. Amazing how crazy animatronics have progressed. The gorilla was so life like.

>>214374058
Really wish it was an actual movie, like Dan and Harold wanted GBs in hell.
But also yeah the very first Dan's idea is fascinating

One thing I've asked for years is a GB show. Make it with a new crew(with cameos from the originals of course) dealing with the monster of the week. Hell I would straight up just steal episode ideas from the Real Ghostbusters cartoon. Grown up Oscar could be the MC who of course has issues with his Step dad Bill Murray. Dan works in the Occult bookstore and can give advice while Ernie runs dispatch from the fire house. 8 - 10 1hr episodes a season. This shit would print money.

>>214374058
Akroyd's entire family was obsessed with the occult and paranormal

>Aykroyd's great-grandfather, a dentist, was a mystic who corresponded with author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the subject of Spiritualism, and was a member of the Lily Dale Society.[64] Other than Spiritualism, Aykroyd is also interested in various other aspects of the paranormal, particularly UFOlogy. He is a lifetime member of and official Hollywood consultant for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Along these lines, he served, from 1996 to 2000, as host of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, which claimed to describe cases drawn from the archives of "The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research". In 2005, Aykroyd produced the DVD Dan Aykroyd: Unplugged on UFOs.

>On September 29, 2009, Peter Aykroyd Sr., Dan's father, published a book entitled A History of Ghosts. This book chronicled the family's historical involvement in the Spiritualist movement, to which Aykroyd readily refers. Aykroyd wrote the introduction and accompanied his father on a series of promotional activities, including launches in New York and Toronto, appearances on Larry King Live and Coast to Coast AM, and various other public-relations initiatives. Aykroyd also read the introduction for the audio version of the book.[66] In 1997, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry awarded Aykroyd in absentia the Snuffed Candle Award for hosting Psi Factor and being a "long-time promoter ... of paranormal claims". Following the awards, Joe Nickell wrote to Aykroyd asking for the research behind the "cases" presented on Psi Factor, particularly a claim that NASA scientists were "killed while investigating a meteor crash and giant eggs were found and incubated, yielding a flea the size of a hog".[67]

>>214374387
>This shit would print money.
Made these days?
lol

>>214374306
A parallel dimension known as “Manhellton”, if I remember correctly.

>>214374593
>Made these days?
I know I know current day slop is horrific.... but if done RIGHT a Ghostbusters tv show should be a lay up.

>>214375504
Kinda like if we could have a starship with no mass, we could reach the speed of light, yeah

>>214375805
You're implying that its impossible well GB were pretty successful on TV and let's say Supernatural series had a lot of it's elements from GB and were a huge success as well. So yeah with right attitude and good cast it can be huge.