Ghost Busters (Ghostbusters)

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Ghost Busters (Ghostbusters)

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Ghost Busters (Ghostbusters)

Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis

Fired from their university research jobs, Drs. Venkman, Stantz, and Spengler promptly set up shop as parapsychologists specializing in psychic phenomena and soon they're ridding Manhattan of bizarre ...( read more  read more... )apparitions. But the talents of these spirit exterminators--Ghostbusters--are severely tested when beautiful Dana Barrett and her nerdy neighbor become possessed by demons living in their building.

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  • magnum32004
    October 10, 2006
    magnum32004
    Where would we be without "Ghostbusters"? It's a comedy classic on so many levels.
  • phubbs1
    November 3, 2009
    phubbs1
    I grew up with this classic, it was huge on release and I loved it (it scared me too haha) the effects still hold up today and make modern movies look poor..stil.
    Again another near perfect classic 80's flick.
  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    Ghostbusters is an excellent 80?s comedy classic and I love it.
  • Godless
    August 31, 2009
    Godless
    Among many things that are bad after revisiting them, this is not one of them. Still one of my all time favorites.
  • Passenger1986
    August 29, 2009
    Passenger1986
    Is there any moviegoer in this day and age who HASN'T heard of Ghostbusters? It's so well loved, it's one of the rare franchises to gain wide acceptance based on just two films (well, alright, there are a couple of cartoons but they don't appear to be in the same continuity as th...( read more)e films. Bring on the third film!) It has inspired many a video game too and as of posting this review, my copy of the video game has yet to arrive.the latest looks to be the most faithful yet, since the original cast reunite to voice their characters.

    I want to say right off that I know of the original script ideas for this film and I'm really glad they were rejected. The original conception involved the Ghostbusters traveling through time, space and other dimensions and using wands to fight ghosts. I can accept the far-out, wacky things on something like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but Ghostbusters benefits from being set in the modern day, on our planet. Similar to the Back To The Future trilogy, one of the films key charms is having fantastical science but not making the audience feel stupid while maintaining the idea that it could be possible to do this (though definitely not something that should be done at home. Unless you're a Mythbuster and I don't see Jamie and Adam going for this one just yet).
    Though, one idea I was sad to see go was the original idea for Gozer ("played" by Slavitza Jovan, a model. Her voice was dubbed over by Patti Edwards and was the worst aspect of the film in my opinion. The term "Narm" comes to mind when I think of the voice...). Gozer was originally supposed to resemble an ordinary looking man played by Paul Reubens.
    ... Why exactly did this not happen?! The potential for more laughs was right there! Play him as serious as possible, give him some great lines, how hard could it be?! What might have been, eh...

    Anyway, one of the other great ingredients of the film is the contrasting personalities of the characters. Dan Akroyd's Ray Stantz is like a wide-eyed optimistic child (he just loves that fireman's pole!); Harold Ramis plays Egon Spengler as stoic, scientific-minded and serious (but it's always a joy to see him smile. And I loved the ad-libbed line about the attempt he made to drill a hole in his skull "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me"); for the role of Winston Zeddemore, Ernie Hudson steps in to portray him as an outsider slowly seeping into a new world and essentially being the audience surrogate (and a damn good one at that); and of course, as smarmy almost car salesman-like Peter Venkman, Bill Murray takes on the role and it fits like a glove (although this is both a blessing and a curse as he would be typecast into similar roles for sometime. But then, if you are going to write one of these roles, you should get the best and Bill is without equal). Throw in Annie Potts as sarcastic secretary supreme Janine, Sigourney Weaver as the lovely Dana and Rick Moranis as lonely accountant Louis and you have an all star tour de force.

    Of course, even a great cast needs snappy dialogue to work with and this film is in no short supply. The entire scene in the mayor's office, the antics at the hotel, sharply written. Who could forget the infamous "Yes, it's true... this man has no dick" or what will happen to the city if Gozer is successful (my personal favourite possibility is the forty years of darkness). And I defy any of you not to laugh when Ray politely asks Gozer to leave New York.

    And the effects... they go unparalleled, even today. Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the librarian ghost. CGI may be the new thing, but Ghostbusters makes most CGI films look pathetic in comparison (Chicken Little, Robots, that means you in particular).

    And no review of Ghostbusters would be complete without mentioning the theme song. Too damn catchy to ever leave your head. No matter how much you want it to go, it ain't going. But it's easy to learn and fun to sing.

    A staple of the 80's, it transcends time. I will love this film until the day I die. Now come on, sing it with me, bustin' makes me feel good!
  • xnoneoftheabovex
    January 3, 2010
    xnoneoftheabovex
    It's true sir...this man has no dick...
  • franchiekeka
    December 28, 2009
    franchiekeka
    a must-see, at least once in your lifetime..:P
  • kcddck
    December 27, 2009
    kcddck
    One of the greatest movies to have ever come out of the eighties, with a great cast and so many memorable lines.
  • jscottcorley
    December 26, 2009
    jscottcorley
    Everything was cool until dickless here turned of the reactor. Is this true? Yes, this man has no dick.
  • daydr3am3r
    December 26, 2009
    daydr3am3r
    i know it's a "classic" and stuff and i tried to like it but i guess it doesn't work like this...

    silly, annoying but most of all boring
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