necrosapien87 wrote:philmorgan81 wrote:
LOL! Yeah it is hard to discuss any criticism with this film at times. The more I have read though it seems that any genuine criticism that people had with the movie are pretty unified. The issues that you mentioned above are the same ones that I have read with many other fans. It is exactly the same with the people that address what they loved about the movie. I know so many people that are not fond of the movie, but really love the part where Holtzman whips out the Duel Proton Pistols and wrangles her way through that hord of spirits with that variation on the theme is playing. It is hard to not feel pumped during that part.
I think you put it quite well. Sometimes when I watch the movie I am sitting there thinking, "Wow I can't believe someone read the outline to this story and said Yeah this is perfect." . There are moments where I think this should have been scrapped in favor of something else.
Again I am glad that this film wasn't universally panned. I believe that the fact that audiences were so split on it is the reason that future projects are even being considered. This movie could have easily killed the franchise. I mean if it bombed like John Carter or Mars Needs Moms (To name a few infamous bombs.) Sony probably would have pulled the plug on Ghost Corps. Thankfully that didn't happen.
It's funny you mention the dual proton pistols because the tech is something small that bugged me that I didn't mention. Don't get me wrong, I loved the gadgets in the film (minus the chipper), but what bugged me is we go from her having a barely functioning proton pack on a large cart, to her figuring out how to condense into something easily carried which was expected. But then suddenly she has all these other gadgets ready to go. I feel like most of the other gadgets could have been left for a sequel. I also had the trap design.
That's understandable. Yeah I thought it was weird the way that she cooked up that extra equipment so fast. I hated the new design of the Proton Pack, Ghost Trap and PKE Meter. I liked the look of the Pistols, the Chipper, Gauntlet and Ghost Grenade. Those worked for me because they were new equipment. I like the look of the Chipper, but it's use is questionable with the rules established, but hey at least that was covered in the comic. I think the new equipment was put in this film because fans had waited so long to see another Ghostbusters movie, but since Feig decided to reinvent the wheel we get a detailed story about how the basic equipment is designed and how it works and a few scenes later we are introduced to new tools of the trade without any explanation as to how or why she got the idea to develop it. I am speaking of course about the theatrical cut of the film and not the Extended Cut. It is a good thing that they didn't wait for a sequel to introduce the new equipment because a sequel with this team feels unlikely. They may proceed with Leslie Jones and Kate Mckinnen, but I don't think Mcarthy and Wigg would return if a sequel to ATC was green lit.
I say this because Kate seems to be the favorite flavor of the year. She was in Ghostbusters, Christmas Office Party, Rough Night and she is voicing 3 characters in that foreign cartoon Leap! So since she is everywhere they would probably have her return.
It will be interesting to see what happens in Future live action films. Either a sequel to ATC or a sequel to the original series. I believe either of those would be better than ATC because they don't have to spend time reminding us who the Ghostbusters are.
Heck who know maybe it will be a coexisting thing. Animated movie to represent the original world. If it is a hit maybe they can pump some of those out every three years and ATC can do the live action films. Then there is whatever world Ecto Force will take place. That is of course if that idea isn't scrapped altogether. The best case scenerio of course is if Ivan Reitman can find a way to plausibly make ATC and the Original world ONE. I love how it worked in the comic, but what works in a comic may not work on film. Here I go rambling again. My apologies.