Yavar Moradi 2,599 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 8/25/2021 at 2:52 AM, Nick1Ø66 said: I actually thought Feig's Ghostbusters was pretty funny, and I personally don't know anyone who didn't enjoy it. It can't hold a candle to the original of course, but it was much better than Ghostbusters II. The hate it got was petty and stupid. My wife and I both enjoyed Feig's Ghostbusters well enough, but it had some really weak elements that fell flat, like the two main characters (played by Wiig and McCarthy) and their relationship. I expected much better after the absolute hilarious (and unexpected) delight that was Feig's SPY. I want to see the Ghostbusters movie that Kate McKinnon thought she was in, because that movie looks absolutely BONKERS and fun as hell. Her character stole every fucking scene, but alas was not the focus of the movie and instead it was Wiig/McCarthy who I couldn't care less about. Leslie Jones was pretty good but totally underused (just like Ernie Hudson in the original), and Chris Hemsworth obviously had a TON of fun playing a ditzy guy, and his enthusiasm and charisma in the role had me go along for the ride with him too. But yeah, mainly Kate McKinnon was 75% of the entertainment value in Feig's Ghostbusters, IMO. A film that didn't deserve the level of hate and backlash it received, but also still a disappointment. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 I really thought that movies was horrendous Being unfunny is its biggest scene. And the type of humor they tried to do was completely wrong for the franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Sony moves Ghostbusters: Afterlife back from Nov 11 2021 to Nov 19 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,389 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I can live with a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Nice posters: Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Still seems strange to me after 3 Ghostbusters films set very specifically in NEW YORK CITY they made this one set in the exact opposite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tallguy 3,389 Posted September 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, Jay said: Seems seems strange to me after 3 Ghostbusters films set very specifically in NEW YORK CITY they made this one set in the exact opposite Strange? Well, there have been stranger things. Giftheck, Kasey Kockroach and Edmilson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Tallguy and Kasey Kockroach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Reviews have started to come in. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghostbusters_afterlife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,348 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 New international trailer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 1.03 This looks a whole lot better than GHOSTBUSTERS 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Ghostbusters 2 was pretty bad because it had too much Rick Moranis. Giftheck and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Never too much Rick Moranis. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Romão 2,274 Posted November 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2021 This clip is doing something that tends to grate on me on these nostalgic-reliant projects: showing reverence for some aspect which was never revered in the original film. The reverence was outside the movies, it existed only among the fans of the movie. Case in point, the ghost trap. Seems like a small thing, but normally it informs what the general aproach will be like Joe Brausam, Tom and Cerebral Cortex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 Final trailer I quite like that they're only teasing the OG Ghostbusters instead of just full-out showing us. It's less than a couple of weeks away anyway, so it doesn't really matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I completely forgot this was coming out so soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 Next Thursday here, Friday elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, Giftheck said: Final trailer I quite like that they're only teasing the OG Ghostbusters instead of just full-out showing us. It's less than a couple of weeks away anyway, so it doesn't really matter. I'm genuinely looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mstrox 6,651 Posted November 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2021 There’s a weird reverent tone to these trailers that feels very unlike the irreverence of the first two movies - like the characters in the movie are fans of the film series and not like, the four schmoes the movies were about. I’m sure that’s the intent - to push the fans’ endorphin buttons - although for the movie’s sake it doesn’t seem like it will feel much like a comedy. crumbs, Docteur Qui and Romão 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Wha'?! @mstrox Mike, you don't think that a mini Mr. Staypuft Marshmallow Man getting blitzed, isn't funny?! Giftheck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I think in isolation it’s funny, but does also seem a bit dumb that the Stay Puft guys and the big effing dog beasts (who were both specific to the circumstances of the first movie and also not, like, sucked into a trap to be released 30 years later) would appear in this movie. Another contributor to the “Remember the old movies!!!!?” vibes. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Unclench those cheeks, Mike; it's only a movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I’m mad and today it’s about Ghostbusters !!!!!!!!!!! Kasey Kockroach and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 Two tracks from the score have released as a preview Disco Stu and TSMefford 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 That first one ("Lab Partners") reminds me of something you'd hear in a comedy score of the 60s or 70s. Kinda refreshingly old-fashioned. I like the second one too! I had zero expectations for this score (I've never heard anything from Simonsen) but I think I might be into it! TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 The second sounds very much in the vein of Bernstein's score for the original film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Yeah! It's certainly nothing that wowed me or anything, but it's nice. I liked the analog-sounding electronic effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Isn’t the first one just Bernstein’s original Ghostbusters theme with a bit punchier piano and some noodling around? The first half of the second also sounds somewhat referential to Bernstein’s score although I can’t place a specific cue. The second half of the second track is really nice - doing it’s own thing and glancing at Bernstein’s original instrumentation Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, mstrox said: Isn’t the first one just Bernstein’s original Ghostbusters theme with a bit punchier piano and some noodling around? The first half of the second also sounds somewhat referential to Bernstein’s score although I can’t place a specific cue. The second half of the second track is really nice - doing it’s own thing and glancing at Bernstein’s original instrumentation Yeah for some reason I wasn’t expecting this score to be so reverential. Obviously I should have given this seems like it’s TFA but for Ghostbusters. Somehow his updates to the theme in the first track make it sound more 60s than 80s to me. It’s a choice I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 I hear a little bit of The Goonies in the second one a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 Okay, I saw the film today. No spoilers, but I really liked it. I feared it would just 'The Force Awakens' the story of the first, and while I can sort of see it, the way it's set up takes it out of that territory for me. There is one part I'm in two minds over. Without spoiling, I'll just say you'll know it when you see it. The thing I like most is that this film doesn't sequel-bait. They resolve the main conflict, it's done, there's nothing to set up more. Even the mid-credits scene is just a funny little thing. It sets nothing up. I will say that it definitely contradicts the video game. So you can either take the Ghostbusters game as the conclusion, or Afterlife as the conclusion. Personally, I'm good with both. artus_grayboot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,961 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Giftheck said: Okay, I saw the film today. No spoilers, but I really liked it. I feared it would just 'The Force Awakens' the story of the first, and while I can sort of see it, the way it's set up takes it out of that territory for me. There is one part I'm in two minds over. Without spoiling, I'll just say you'll know it when you see it. The thing I like most is that this film doesn't sequel-bait. They resolve the main conflict, it's done, there's nothing to set up more. Even the mid-credits scene is just a funny little thing. It sets nothing up. I will say that it definitely contradicts the video game. So you can either take the Ghostbusters game as the conclusion, or Afterlife as the conclusion. Personally, I'm good with both. Not sure if you'd like this. But there is another end credits scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 I didn't know that. However, I did look a description up... I would say that it's 'extra'. It doesn't take away from the closure the film had, at least for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,961 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I though the film was terrific! Very funny. Special effects were outstanding. And the cast were very good. I also felt sometimes that it looked and felt like a early Spielberg film. In a very good way. Rob Simonsen's score was so much better than i thought it would be. I only heard one score of his and that was very different than this one. It's probably one of my favorite scores of the year. artus_grayboot and Giftheck 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 I worried that it was going to copy Bernstein's score too much. But it actually balances using that material with new material quite well, I think! Thinking about the ending, truthfully, I'm leaning more towards being okay with it. A thing I thought was actually quite funny in execution: Spoiler After the OG Ghostbusters turn up, Gozer says 'are you a God?' to Ray. There's a brief pause where you - and Peter and Winston - think he's going to make the same mistake as last time and say 'no' again, and then he says 'yes'. Winston chimes in 'yes, we're all Gods'. Spoiler Also, rip Ivo Shandor. No, I mean rip. Gozer ripped him in two. artus_grayboot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I thought it was a little too reverential and played it a bit too safe to avoid angering the diehard Ghostbusters fans that had their knives out for the 2016 film. But enjoyable. Jason Reitman put his heart into it and it feels like a natural progression from his father's two films. And it doesn't feel cynical or ham-fisted in its comedy (thank God Rick Moranis didn't show up). Rob Simonsen's score is also equally reverential. Not only does he use Elmer Bernstein's material but channels Williams, Silvestri and Horner in the grand 1980s tradition. Simonsen even managed to get Cynthia Millar back for the ondes martenot solos. artus_grayboot and Giftheck 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovygoth666 669 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Matt C said: I thought it was a little too reverential and played it a bit too safe to avoid angering the diehard Ghostbusters fans that had their knives out for the 2016 film. But enjoyable. Jason Reitman put his heart into it and it feels like a natural progression from the his father's two films. And it doesn't feel cynical or ham-fisted in its comedy (thank God Rick Moranis didn't show up). Rob Simonsen's score is also equally reverential. Not only does he use Elmer Bernstein's material but channels Williams, Silvestri and Horner in the grand 1980s tradition. Simonsen even managed to get Cynthia Millar back for the ondes martenot solos. Agreed, for me it definitely leaned to much on the original in what seemed to be playing it safe but not quite Force Awakens (something I was worried about). But what it did in expanding the lore was interesting and creative. The humour was in keeping with the originals but perhaps had more laughs per minute (not necessarily a bad thing). The score definitely shines when it's not lifting wholesale from Bernsteins original, the tracks that play with his original theme's where more interesting to hear, although I felt it leaned to heavy on copy and pasting tracks from the original which always took me out of the film. And those that are original do capture that feeling of a score from that era brilliantly. Honestly overall I liked it, there are small parts I didn't, but those are personal grips, this is probably the best Ghostbusters sequel film there's been so far and with an after credits sequel tease I'm very much looking forward to where this goes next. artus_grayboot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbeck 123 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Listening to it and enjoying. The main basis of the score are the Berstein themes, but in some of the action tracks it seems like a Predator ghost will enter in the movie. Probably lots of Silvestri temp tracking. artus_grayboot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Just now, danbeck said: in some of the action tracks it seems like a Predator ghost will enter in the movie LOL ok I gotta check this out on Spotify now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WampaRat 1,105 Posted November 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2021 Finished my first listen. Just dripping with the trappings of 80s orchestral film scoring without it being too much of a pastiche. There were times I thought I was listening to a long lost Silvestri, Goldsmith, or Horner score. The Bernstein themes are used abundantly. It all works beautifully. Looking forward to the film to give a bit more context to some of the motifs I started to notice. Bravo Rob! **** artus_grayboot, TSMefford and Once 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Giftheck 916 Posted November 22, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2021 I think it works really well against the film, even the material Simonsen quoted from Bernstein's original score to Ghostbusters works really well - the usage of that material feels like it belongs, it feels appropriately-utilised, as opposed to just being chucked in there as a 'hey, remember this theme?' thing. I don't recall the actual Ghostbusters theme being used in the same heroic context it's used here (I might have to re-listen to the 1984 score again to be sure of that) but I think it really works the way it's used. Simonsen's new material is very evocative of 80s scores as mentioned above. I love that he brought back the ondes Martenot too, using it not just with the Bernstein material, but with his new material too. Overall, it's a score that winds up feeling a lot like something Bernstein could have written (the use of his material notwithstanding), it definitely fits in that musical universe. TSMefford, artus_grayboot and Yavar Moradi 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 Looking through some stuff for the Wikipedia article I put together for the soundtrack CD, and it's no wonder that Simonsen did good with this score. Simonsen got Peter Bernstein in as the score consultant. Also, Cynthia Millar, who played the ondes Martenot in the 1984 score, plays the ondes Martenot for Afterlife too! This is probably my favourite track to incorporate Bernstein's material in the score, it just fits together surprisingly well. The sort of balance Simonsen found with this score, I think, should make Michael Giacchino green with envy. And I say that as a fan of Michael Giacchino. artus_grayboot and Yavar Moradi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert 475 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Are there any Edelman quotes from GB2 in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Giftheck said: Looking through some stuff for the Wikipedia article I put together for the soundtrack CD, and it's no wonder that Simonsen did good with this score. Simonsen got Peter Bernstein in as the score consultant. Also, Cynthia Millar, who played the ondes Martenot in the 1984 score, plays the ondes Martenot for Afterlife too! This is probably my favourite track to incorporate Bernstein's material in the score, it just fits together surprisingly well. The sort of balance Simonsen found with this score, I think, should make Michael Giacchino green with envy. And I say that as a fan of Michael Giacchino. The Gozer theme is such a great theme. Left quite an impression on me when I was a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo 54 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Laserschwert said: Are there any Edelman quotes from GB2 in there? I didn't hear any GBII quotes. Although my mind was immediately taken to the exact scene where every GBI quote was used from the first film. I remember hearing one cue that was referenced that was not on either of the score releases. For the music alone it was an interesting experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1,105 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Not sure if this interview with Rob Simonson and sound editor Will Files has been shared already. Really informative. A great technical analysis into what makes some of these classic scores of the 80s sound the way they do (other than the obvious reasons;) Finally saw the film. Really enjoyed it. I could see why it would get passed off as just re-packaging your nostalgia for the original. But when something is made with this much care and craft, it’s hard for me not to be won over by it. artus_grayboot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Heavy snowfall prevented me from getting to the GHOSTBUSTERS press screening this morning. Damn! Does anyone know if it's planned to premiere on any streaming service before the year is over (and sorry if it has been mentioned before)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovygoth666 669 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 On 30/11/2021 at 9:43 AM, Thor said: Heavy snowfall prevented me from getting to the GHOSTBUSTERS press screening this morning. Damn! Does anyone know if it's planned to premiere on any streaming service before the year is over (and sorry if it has been mentioned before)? No announcement on a streaming release date yet. Probably won't be before the end of the year as Sony's one of the few studio's that are sticking to having a gap between theatrical release and streaming release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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