Ghostbusters 3 (summer 2020)

[kunedog]

https://screencrush.com/ghostbusters-afterlife-images-plot/

Why would Egon of all people have a farm?!

he bought it

[Darth Geek]

https://screencrush.com/ghostbusters-afterlife-images-plot/

Why would Egon of all people have a farm?!

he bought it

[The Lurker]

[Darth Geek]

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/317382/confirmed-rick-moranis-sitting-out-ghostbusters-afterlife/

It's a shame, Rick Moranis was always great in the Ghostbusters movies. But he's been retired from acting for a while now, and if he doesn't want to do it I certainly don't want to force him.

[Cyrusso]

I would really love for him to come back. He is an amazing actor.

[Darth Geek]

I would really love for him to come back. He is an amazing actor.

Agreed. But he's got to really want it. And I can't blame the guy for enjoying his family life away from the chaotic movie industry.

[kunedog]

Boring and jarring at the same time.

I can't stand this dialogue that constantly oscillates between artificially awkward and unnaturally eloquent.  And I can't remember a single conversation that rang true, like an interaction between real people in a real world*.  Maybe they should have just copied Stranger Things, because this felt like they were aping the Marvel humor formula and failing at it harder than most.  It only got one (intentional) laugh out of me--the "bar" pun--and only because the girl pointed it out.

I have zero desire to watch it again, but I guess I'm in the minority because two friends can't wait to, and it seems to be doing fine on RT and metacritic.

The box office take seems on par with GB2016, but it might still be doing fine if it's true that the budget was waaaaay lower (though it didn't look much cheaper than GB2016 to me except for the rural setting).

* This goes double for all the casually unafraid interactions with poltergeist Egon.

[ScottotD]

Have the manbabies harassed the young girl in this into leaving social media yet?

[kunedog]

AFAIK, the fans and filmmakers (cast, crew, etc.) haven't attacked each other.  Neither have felt the need, I suppose.

The film itself has been successful, too . . . but that's just a coincidence, I'm sure.

IIRC someone tried to stir up some outrage over the box set, but that was over some other movie.