Ghostbusters is just flat out silly, zany fun.
Yes I saw the original and it was silly zany fun too. I am not going to
compare. As far as I’m concerned this movie stands on its own. Melissa
McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon are a strong group of
comedic women. Some nut case hotel janitor has designed equipment in the
basement to unleash the haunts of New York. Paranormal measurements are through
the roof, and McCarthy’s seeing the fruits of her labors. She and McKinnon have
been working on a shoe string budget out of a no-name school studying
polarities, vortexes, and other mumbo-jumbo that adds up to ghosts.
Wiig’s tried to climb the noble path of academia, but gets derailed by social
media and her former partner. Now she’s drawn back in for the sake of science.
And Leslie Jones works for the MTA. She encountered the
nutter AND a ghost creature in the subway. She’s a believer AND she has her
uncle’s vehicle to use – is it a hearse? Oh you bet. Yes, the women arrive with
equipment to capture ghosts. They stream a force field, etc. Yes, Wiig keeps
getting slimed. And cameos abound from the original – keep your eyes peeled for
Bill Murray, Annie Potts, Dan Ackroyd, Ernie Hudson, a bust of the late Harold
Ramis (comedy genius), and Sigourney Weaver. As I said, this movie is glorious
summer fun. Zingy lines, good effects, the New York skyline. What’s not to
like?
Kudos to Kate McKinnon – she absolutely cracked me up. As we
know from her Hillary sketches on SNL, she can do wide-eyed crazy very well. In
this movie, she steals scenes as you wait to see what she’s gonna do next. I
actually went into this movie with so-so expectations. I planned on being
amused, but frankly it had many laugh out loud moments. Ray cracked up too and
we gave it a thumbs up for our five dollar each matinee investment.
Who you gonna call for two hours of cool theater fun?
Ghostbusters…….I ain’t afraid of no ghosts.
