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Musical numbers operate beyond logic regardless, so might as well do something original instead of riding existing coattails.

Not a musicals fan but ‘reinterpreted jukebox hits’ sounds waaay less interesting than original numbers. Songs people already know is the path of least resistance

Is ghostbusters even making 200m ww? Surely even Sony won’t think it’s worth carrying on if that’s the ceiling…

but it is there. They’re the most popular replies on the ghostbusters subreddit. I’m sorry that’s an inconvenient truth, and I agree it’s a shame that’s where some of them ended up, but it’s still fair game to comment on. #NotAllGhostbustersFans

Nothing manufactured - there’s post after conspiratorial post on the subreddit taking that stance. https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostbusters/s/NvAj45GLli Like it not, that’s the online fanbase right now, such as it is.

Not going to say my age but suffice it to say GB’84 was a cultural touchstone for me on par with star wars for 70s kids. Proton pack toys, figurines, lunch boxes, the lot. doesn’t stop me looking at the mental gymnastics going on from big chunks of the current fanbase right now and thinking “fucking hell”

The ghostbusters subreddit is convinced critics are being harsh over this because they’re still sore from the audience rejection of the 2016 film. Which, on the pathetic scale, must put them up there with the Snyder fandom

I rewatched it recently for the first time in at least 20 years. My main reaction was that it was way more adult than I remember despite ostensibly being an edgy family movie, to the point where if it came out today it’d probably get (unfairly) criticised for being tonally inconsistent. My second reaction was “I forgot Hollywood used to allow films to be short”

I suspect Levi’s directing this in the same way Kosinski directed top gun maverick: technically in charge but all meaningful decision run by its producer-star

I adored the 2016 movie. Not having a written script with setups and punchlines was such a radical, exciting approach

Trailer creators not using a slowed-down, haunting rendition of an upbeat pop song challenge. It’s beyond parody now.

This is now the second time gosling has said “I’m not the hero of this story” in a movie.

Reading the meltdowns on the ghostbusters subreddit and it’s striking how much they act like superhero fanboys. Because, I suppose, that’s essentially what sony has turned the franchise into: an earnest action film rather than a silly comedy

Can’t even be bothered to be snarky. So I’ll just say: this was fuckin predictable

His next film should be a live-action remake of the Simpsons

well, I’ve never made that argument. 🙂 To me saying the films are objectively very popular and that popularity often isn’t reflected in their internet presence isn’t a qualitative statement, it’s just a fact. And an interesting one in relation to modern box office because it’s so unusual.

I think it’s fine to acknowledge avatar is insanely popular while being slightly baffled at not seeing, literally, a single meme for it. In 2024 that is objectively odd. Trouble is, when you say that, some avatar fanboys think it’s an insult and get defensive. But it’s not. It’s just noting an aberration. When I don’t see other billion dollar grosses I still often feel like I have through online osmosis. I haven’t seen barbie but can pretty much guess the story beat for beat and reel off a few quotes by now. Put a gun to my head and tell me to do the same for avatar 2? I’m dead. To me that’s not a bad thing, it’s intriguing. The franchise exists beyond the internet.

Old joke by now, but if this alliance seems impossible to you then world war 2 will blow your mind 😃

She definitely was, but actually I think the movie needed a bit of that. It would more staid without it. She was the star wars element to the otherwise somber sci-fi

The audience has come out. It’s making about as much as this kind of film can reasonably make.

Patel’s career insane. So he’s the next great action director? Sure, why not!

Garland’s a good filmmaker so I can believe this is great, but I do find it weird how every reaction for every film coming out of this festival is a rave.

I know it’s almost a decade old now but I still can’t believe what a case of blue balls Jurassic World was. Your entire gimmick is the park being open to the public and you end up showing barely 5 minutes of the guests being terrorised en masse. Extras are expensive I suppose.

The trailer was painfully desperate to be a meme. Definitely feels like critical reception could go either way.

I thought this was a very convincing argument on why the talented mr ripely feels so emotionally rich while Saltburn feels vacuous despite both ostensibly being about the same thing.