It goes without saying that this movie was probably the most scrutinized in advance movie of all time. Any time that you are "rebooting" one of the most beloved movies of all time you are going to go through that. Ghostbusters is probably one of my favorite movies of all time and I was beyond skeptical about them being able to pull this off. I was fine with the all woman cast and I'm actually a huge Melissa McCarthy fan and love Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones on SNL too. I've never been a big fan of Kristen Wiig so that was lowering my expectations for this alot too. Regardless - all of the knocking of the movie in advance ended up being wrong as this movie was actually good. Not great - but good. It didn't destroy the movie or whatever that they were all women. I was fine with that. My only real complaint was that Melissa McCarthy was kind of wasted by playing the straight character. She could have delivered much bigger laughs in the Bill Murray-ish part as opposed to the Dan Aakroyd one. And Kristen Wiig was the exact disappointment that I expected. It was like they both played the Dan Aakroyd part honestly. Kate McKinnon was easily the best part of the movie and stole every scene she was in. Leslie Jones was good. The cameos were all good. Again - the movie was good. Not great - but good. And the bottom line is that this movie is more for the next generation not ours. My niece who is 10 years old saw this movie with us and watching her reaction to it all was exactly how I remembered reacting to the original one. She was crazy scared at the ghost like parts but loved the movie overall and was talking so excitedly about it. That is what Ghostbusters is all about.
Pretty sure that most people are going to see this regardless of my review. It was a good watch. The knocking of it ended up being unwarranted. The women were funny. It could have been better but it was still enjoyable and the new generation will undoubtedly love this movie.
