Ghostbusters the reboot (2015)

[Kete]

It's weird, but TV shows like Will and Grace and Modern Family helped make homosexuality more accepted.

[Compound]

Eh, better than Fallout Boy.

[Nunyerbiz]

Ghostbusters Box Office Projections Could Spell Loss
http://flicksided.com/2016/06/25/ghostbusters-box-office-projections-spell-loss/

just wait and see is all i can say.

I don't know, this seems like the kind of movie that will at least break even in the US due to nostalgia, and then make a ton of money overseas.

I don't think it does much overseas business... but I think overall the movie will come close to breaking even and might turn a modest profit. I don't think it's going to be a terrible movie... but the die was cast the minute it was a reboot and not a project blessed or produced or whatever by Ackroyd / Murray. And big time lol that they had to spend $150m or whatever... You better make damn sure the old school gen-x nerds who grew up with the originals in the 80s would be on board before you starting signing those kind of checks.

[Edward J Grug III]

Ghostbusters Box Office Projections Could Spell Loss
http://flicksided.com/2016/06/25/ghostbusters-box-office-projections-spell-loss/

just wait and see is all i can say.

I don't know, this seems like the kind of movie that will at least break even in the US due to nostalgia, and then make a ton of money overseas.

I don't think it does much overseas business... but I think overall the movie will come close to breaking even and might turn a modest profit. I don't think it's going to be a terrible movie... but the die was cast the minute it was a reboot and not a project blessed or produced or whatever by Ackroyd / Murray. And big time lol that they had to spend $150m or whatever... You better make damn sure the old school gen-x nerds who grew up with the originals in the 80s would be on board before you starting signing those kind of checks.

Aykroyd is a producer, and Murray and Aykroyd have blessed it. They've both praised it.

[Nunyerbiz]

I learned something new today.... didn't know that Ackroyd had a producer credit.

[ScottotD]

Yep, you definitely want the influence of the writer/director of 'Nothing But Trouble'

[RoninFox]

Any call for this to be anything other than a reboot should have died with Harold Ramis, there is no classic Ghostbusters without Egon.

Yep, you definitely want the influence of the writer/director of 'Nothing But Trouble'

And if it were to be a continuation of the old films with a missing or replaced cast member, we'd also be in the wheelhouse of that all time classic "Blues Brothers 2000".

[Darth Geek]

Any call for this to be anything other than a reboot should have died with Harold Ramis, there is no classic Ghostbusters without Egon.

Agreed!

[The Lurker]

Oh yeah!

[Pak-Man]

http://www.wired.com/2016/07/open-letter-from-ghostbusters-ii/

(I personally love Ghostbusters II for no really good reason, but the point stands.)

[RoninFox]

http://www.wired.com/2016/07/open-letter-from-ghostbusters-ii/

(I personally love Ghostbusters II for no really good reasonfor Peter MacNicol, but the point stands.)

Not sure if this fits your reasons, but I fixed it for mine.

Okay, Peter's not the only reason I love it, but it's a damn good reason.

[ScottotD]

As long as a ghost goes down on one of the Ghostbusters it'll be fine

[Cyrusso]

I have a simpler approach: if it's funny overall, it's a good movie. That's all I am asking for.

[ScottotD]

I have a simpler approach: if it's funny overall, it's a good movie. That's all I am asking for.

I honestly can't tell you if Ghostbusters is funny, I've shown it to people as an adult and results have been 50/50.  I think it's the charm and special effects that carry it but for me it's 90% nostalgia

[The Lurker]

For me, it was the team dynamic they had going on and the atmosphere.