Without Harold Ramis, it was never going to capture the same lightning in a bottle. And since Ivan Reitman passed away, forget it. It has no soul or sense of anarchy anymore. His son just ain’t got it and needs to put this thing away now.

You can tell that Bill Murray was not happy to be there

I think I'll save the money I was gonna spend on the new Ghostbusters, and buy that Miskatonic shirt instead.

Nobody can be funny in the way Rick Moranis was in ghost busters or on sctv. "Yes have some" lol.

I can go the rest of my life without seeing Patton Oswalt in movies.

Chris Stockman wants you to be nice so he has a career at Sony

"Soulless, empty, studio product" is a brilliant description. It's not a movie. There is no art. There is no joy. It's the visual equivalent of a McDonald's hamburger. Also. Don't kill yourself.

We're seriously getting to a point where fetishization for nostalgia is becoming too common place in today's media landscape. We need something new, we need risks & we need true innovation from people brave enough to try something of their own. I'm not a Ghostbusters fan but it really sounds like this movie is just aggressive wanking for the past.

I'm going to see Late Nate With the Devil instead this weekend

These ghostbusters movies are the best thing to happen to ghostbusters 2 that movie is a masterpiece compared to anything that has come after

I’m a Trekkie and spent a solid year trying to convince myself that Star Trek Into Darkness was a good movie. It wasn’t. These days, if it’s bad, I’ll just bail and not look back.

At least Dan Aykroyd got lucky with Kim Basinger in my stepmother is a alien for the scene where he is in bed and Kim comes in very seductive wearing a white nightdress in slow motion to the song pump up the volume by M.A.R.S in 87 pure legend scene it was.

Oh, don’t forget the crows coming

I’m surprised to hear you didn’t like afterlife. I thought how they handled Egon was very touching

You are so right. Ghostbuster 1984 is a Movie . You can watch over and over again.

Liked the 1st Ghostbusters. 2nd one felt like a rehash. Didn’t see the female version or Afterlife. I’ve heard great things about Afterlife so maybe I’ll watch that one. Great video as always!

As a borderline middle-aged dork. I have to kind of agree with this review. Also, as a huge fan of this franchise, I am critical, not tribal, and if we are making a Ghostbusters movie, popping out two, after a 40 break, not counting 2016 as it chose to be its own thing. Then this worries me. It took 5 years between the first two, and even that felt rushed. This one was close, though even being back in NYC, ECTO and Peck, this one, yet again felt more like a side story, that if they still wanted to, they could call the next one Ghostbusters 3.

Thanks James for this honestly scathing review. I was 25 when the original came out, so all the sexual innuendo cracked me up. Sigourney Weaver excelled as the ‘damsel in distress’ There is no Dana, only Zool❤️

Sounds more like a new Marvel movie.

This video should be required watching for every idiot that works at a studio or in a production in hollywood.

Hopefully the fall guy will be good even though it’s based on the show that a lot of people don’t remember but I remembered it and I liked it

Cool, I’ll be seeing Dune again this weekend 😎🍿

I could not agree more with your sentiments. I am so fucking sick of remakes, it is worse than laziness, it is active ghoulish appropriation of a corpse for cash, long after the Spirit has left this Earth, obscene and disgusting.

Sad to hear but I guess we're at that point. Your jabs make me laugh though. I guess there was some entertainment value at the end of it in the yt space.

Have you watched XMen 97 ? If so I can’t find your review

Retiring the original and starting a new modern franchise should have been done in the one movie, that's what I was missing from Afterlife.

As Rich Evans said "it's time to start putting some of these franchises down, it really is"

I hate those mini Stay Pufts.

This review 😂 I love the dig at family friendly movies and the idea of safety. I felt seen.

Frozen empire was written and directed by Ingmar Bergman’s spirit.

Looks like in the first meeting the writers had a big list from a committee of everything they had to put in the movie. 📝

There is a 2015 remake of Poltergeist?

Unless the next one gets a ton of good buzz, this is the last Ghostbusters movie I'm ever going to spend money on.

Peeing your pants IS cool.

Blind fanboyism is rampant in Ghostbusters. That really wasn't apparent to me until fairly recently.

This film is getting a lot of bad reviews.

Oh James, I'm sorry to hear how bad this movie is. 🎬📺😬👁🙄👀🙌🏿💪🏾💚🐲

Ha, rare form with this review😂 Love it! Saw the coming attraction for this when we went to see Dune 2 recently. Both my wife and I were laughing out loud at how bad it was.

I heard that robert zemeckis and bob gale have stated they have protected back to the future from getting any reboot what so ever just in case anybody has anymore bad ideas

They even have a scene with death and the girl playing chess

Obsessed with the OG as a 10 year old when it came out. Have no interest in this one but my fam have asked me to take them to see it next week. Pray for me.

It’s now about redelivering something familiar without injecting spice. Franchise should now make producers shudder.

James is not falling for that nostalgia bait. I keep hearing that this movie is just a rehash of Afterlife. Hard pass. I share your disdain for "safe" entertainment. I miss when PG and PG-13 movies had some teeth. Even in a kid's movie like the Monster Squad, you'd get lines like "Wolfman's got nards." Could you imagine the helicopter parents of today losing their minds over that line? Meanwhile, our parents sat with us during Ghostbusters and laughed out loud at the humor that was clearly meant for them, and probably thought, "Eh, my kids will know why that's funny someday" without clutching any pearls. Thank you for your review, James.

It's not good. It IS forcefully nostalgic. I DID have SOME fun, though; I won't deny that. So, for a ONE-TIME popcorn flick, it was OKAY.

I had no plans to see.this the moment I saw the trailer. And those plans are still in tact.😬

Beautifully stated!

It felt lie I watched Madame Web but she is a ghostbuster now.

Fans are enjoying it as with afterlife

I loved GB 1 and GB 2 so much as a kid. They're still awesome. GB 2016 was an abomination. I never bothered to see Afterlife and I don't care about this new one. If you look at the summer 1984 theater marquees and 2024 marquees, a Dune and Ghostbusters movie were out. Hollywood creativity is dead.

It was pretty fun.

Ingmar Bergman’s ghostbusters

Good I hope they don’t touch the wraith

Earthy and folksy are now “yucky” even though every family home on earth is a tiny tribe full of earthy and folksy realities.

I wonder how much they paid Bill Murray lol. It’s obviously a paycheck movie for Bill Murray and Paul Rudd.

Would’ve done this one. It would’ve been good.

Cant believe this mr peanut is trying to compare ghostbusters to marvel

Can't wait to see Redlettermedia rip into this one

Thats why in choosing to go see love lies and bleeding this weekend

I think this is more egregious than the 2016 "lady" ghostbusters

Maybe Craven might be fun

Still think he made an AI version of himself, and he didn’t even show up

Who would of thought... what a pile of crap we knew it would all be...

If you didn’t grow up in the 80s or watch the real ghostbusters then it’s obvious you’re going to trash this movie every ghostbuster fan i know loved it now is it a perfect film no its not but it was very exciting and entertaining and i loved the direction there taking it . The ending with big bad was very short i get that but also in the original ghostbusters movie the final battle with gozer was short as well

first madame webb now this, sony is on a roll this year

Christopher Nolan must direct Ghostbusters.

Want more Dune

It's interesting to compare what fan boys and big yt channels think compared to people who just want to see genuine good movie making. Lying to yourself because "Ghostbusters" is a very weird way to see things. My other gripe is how Sony is still making films? Are they selling drugs or selling body organs? You think about all the brilliant creators let down by terrible ideas. *Sighs.

This trend of 80s and 90s Stars have been reprising all there old roles look at Harrison Ford....Blade Runner, Indy, and two Star Wars films. I agree we need edgy and attempts at trying new things this decade....Risky in this climate but even more so needed. We need a Tropic Thunder curveball film, comedy is dying on the vine

I find myself less and less interested in movies tied to ANY IP, especially from the big studios. It feels like the writers are essentially playing a game of Mad Libs, using the same old tired story template😪 But they're gonna keep making them until people stop watching them🤦🏻‍♂️ Telling a good or even decent story is nowhere near the top of the list for these studios, unfortunately👎🏻

Without sigourney Weaver and Rick moranis it's not Ghostbusters and having a little girl boss really sucks the last three Ghostbusters movies have been garbage.

Ugh. I so wanted this to be good.

So... the trailer is better than the film. Eeek

Ghostbusters has been dead to me since GB 2.

That’s why I’m choosing not to go see this and I’m choosing to go see blood lies and bleeding because that’s a movie for grown-ups

Well I thought the movie was wonderful

Carefully definitely did not like the remake of poltergeist. I hate that remake.

ghostbusters is frozen empire

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was a fantastic movie. I loved it! This movie has been getting some undeserved hate from critics and I would like to speak out on that. I don’t think that any so-called “Film Critic” should review a movie based on their own expectations and what they think it should be. If they think they can make a better movie, then by all means, go ahead because they sure can’t make a good film review video or write a decent article. At the end of the day, this is Ghostbusters. It’s a film that shouldn’t be taken too seriously and should be enjoyed as it was intended. These films are made for their target audiences, but there is plenty of room for everyday movie goers to enjoy it too. I personally saw the film with a jam-packed theater. There were laughs, smiles, and fun times all around. At the end, people actually stood up, clapped, and enjoyed the experience. Isn’t that what a “Good” movie is supposed to do? Don’t listen to any critic that throws hate at Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. They are wrong, and their false words should not deter you from seeing this extraordinary film. Is it perfect? No. But it’s damn good!

Patton Oswalt 👎

Chris Starkman wants you to be nice because he can have a career with Sony

Good. I had ZERO interest in these movies anymore. Pass.

This film was such a mess, no atmosphere, terrible pacing, scenes just felt flat, poor acting, unnecessary plot points and characters, the battle at the end was laughably bad, so clunky. Truely awful.

I loved Afterlife. I'm not ashamed to say so cause it's was fan service to my childhood. But this one , I had fun, I had anticipation but it was awkward to get that much fan service again. One movie, ok, but second one, go somewhere else. I also wonder how Lucky ended up where she is, that doesnt make any sense. Podcast and Trevor wouldnt be in the movie and it wouldnt matter much. I loved Dan and Mckenna a lot. I dont want to spoil anything but we saw in the trailer that there's the firehouse and some research facility and how they connect each other is kinda stupid. The end scene felt like a B movie also. I loved the main vilain thread also. I'm a sucker for ancien lore/legends and history but again, if your Patton Oswald and you know what he knows, you tell yourself, why the heck I'm doing this job... Movie could had been great but theses little things got me out of it. Cant wait to see it again but will not pay a penny more for it.

Watch them cast the next James Bond as a black woman from Pakistan!

yeah you keep telling yourself this

Just saw this. It was boring. Not funny at all. Totally unnecessary.

If the critics hate it, it must be good

I never understood the popularity and success of Ghostbusters. Even the cult first movie from 1984 was overrated, mediocre rubbish for me.

Imagine being this butt hurt about a new Ghostbusters movie. LMAO. It wasn’t that bad. Holy shit baldy, chill out.