Ghostbusters II
1989 Directed by Ivan Reitman
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We're back!
Five years later, the Ghostbusters have been plagued by lawsuits and court orders, and their once-lucrative business is bankrupt. However, when Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement only to be promptly arrested. The Ghostbusters discover that New York is once again headed for supernatural doom, with a river of ectoplasmic slime bubbling beneath the city and an ancient sorcerer attempting to possess Dana's baby and be born anew.
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Wow, this was one of the most bizarre rewatches I've had in quite some time.
When this first came out I had already practically destroyed my VHS player by playing the first film over and over and over again. So when halfway 1990 the sequel finally reached the cinematic wasteland we call the Netherlands, I was first in line to watch it. And boy did I hate its guts. I'll be honest, I really can't remember what my fifteen year old self disliked about it so much, all I know is that I had never watched it again until now.
And yes, I think my fifteen year old self is an idiot.
This film, while never truly recreating the magical…
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Why would people give this is a hard time?!
Ghostbusters 2 is about equal to the original. Only this time we get lots of free-wheeling Bill Murray. Which is NEVER bad. It does ramp up the action to levels of pure ridiculousness at times, but its a sequel, and that is sequel rule número UNO. It all works.
I could watch this film for the rest of eternity.
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Ghostbusters 2 is not a good sequel. It changes established characters with absolutely no explanation. Lewis is now a lawyer for no other reason than the script thinks it'll be funny (which, to be fair, it is). Janine has gone from a hard-nosed, take-no-shit secretary with a crush on Egon to a complete ditz with a thing for Lewis (even as a kid that one confused me). It tries to recycle the Meeting-With-The-Mayor/Thrown-In-Jail plot development and Ghosts-Run-Amuck Montage wholesale and without a hint of irony. The whole, Slime-based plot seems very cynically aimed at selling more toys ("KIDS LOVE SLIME? GIVE 'EM SLIME."). The fact that there's ANYBODY in this world that doesn't believe in ghosts after the events of…
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Ghostbusters 2 is good movie, with fantastic special effects, Bill Murray on fantastic form again and great lines, While not as great as the first film...what we get is a solid comedy for the whole family and is streets ahead of alot of recent family flicks. Who you gonna call?
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Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd are comic geniuses.Fact.
Add Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis to the mix and you have all the ingredients for greatness. Though not quite hitting the heights of the first movie,this does have it's moments. From Peter MacNicol's hilarious Dr. Janosz Poha to the crazy plot of a river of slime and the reincarnation of an evil seventeenth century magician intent on world domination,this has it all.
Funny, and with Murray especially on manic form the one thing they messed up was having Bobby Brown redo the theme-tune. What a fuck-up. -
10/10 for funniness and great acting. The Ghostbusters are back, but sadly they're stuck in a story that doesn't live up to their on-screen funniness and some wonderful lines. Luckily watching Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis appear to have fun making the film made up for the the poor plot.
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This movie has a bad reputation but I love it. Of course it's not as good as the original, but it's got a lot of wonderful moments.
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Yay childhood.
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I know I watched this when it was released but, unlike the first movie, I saw it only once, now I remember why. It tries way too hard to repeat the successful elements of the first movie instead of developing something new. Also all of the characters (except Moranis') come off as caricatures. It's a shame but it's just not good.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd are comic geniuses.Fact.
Add Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis to the mix and you have all the ingredients for greatness. Though not quite hitting the heights of the first movie,this does have it's moments. From Peter MacNicol's hilarious Dr. Janosz Poha to the crazy plot of a river of slime and the reincarnation of an evil seventeenth century magician intent on world domination,this has it all.
Funny, and with Murray especially on manic form the one thing they messed up was having Bobby Brown redo the theme-tune. What a fuck-up. -
I've always been mad at this film for really scaring me as a child. You could argue that I was a pussy child, and you'd be right, but I would still argue that a lot of the imagery in this film is FUCKED UP and way too scary for kids.
Now I'm all growed up, I have to admit I enjoy watching this. Obviously not as good as the original, but it gets kicked down a lot. It's still funny, the chemistry is there, just overloads on the spookiness.
Also I love the Statue of Liberty bit, IT'S AWESOME COME ON.
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"Do... Re... Egon!"
Incredibly fun, entertaining and hilarious.
Lacks the initial punch of the first film but it's just as charming.
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I've somehow never seen this until now. Lacks the humour and energy of the first movie, leaving it to Bill Murray to provide the majority of the fun, only he's not firing on all cylinders here. Messy plot, and sloppy editing which keeps draining scenes of their liveliness, but, overall, it's still a fun watch.
I didn't like the fact that they used the updated Ghostbusters logo on the Ecto-1 and uniforms. It made no sense. And the use of the very 1989 sounding Bobby Brown songs made it feel more dated than the original.