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Harold Ramis already died before they filmed this movie. With permission of his family, they took scans of Harold when he was younger and slowly aged him until it looked good and CGI his face on a physical stand-in. It was a fantastic way to say goodbye.
My own grandfather died in 2018. I cried at the ending because Egon was the one Ghostbuster most like him. This felt like a sendoff to him as much as Egon to me. He was a teacher, a mathematician, he taught people in jail to try to reduce recidivism, he went to sick kid’s houses to teach them if they couldn’t get out of bed… he was a great man.
Brought our daughter to watch this in the theatre twice, she has loved Ghostbusters since she was 3, collects the action figures. Phoebe Spengler is her doppelganger; the hair, the glasses, the dry, deadpan sense of humor. This movie has become so special to us. She has added Phoebe's jokes into her repertoire.
Without question they did the franchise right!! The best sequel to a storyline after decades of waiting and it was well worth the wait!! 👏👏👏 Freaking ENCORE!!
@@PickleBread355 there's the Star wars franchise with 16 years until the prequels and then 10 years after Revenge for the continuation with the sequels. Then there's Tron (1982) to Tron:Legacy (2010)
All four kids are basic reflections of the original guys. Phoebe, with her nerdiness, and lack of social skills, is absolutely "Egon." Podcast, I believe, was supposed to be the reincarnated "Ray," and they kind of drove that home with Ray Stanz being an actual fan/subscriber of Podcast's shows. Phoebe's older brother was definitely "Peter Venkman redux," though definitely not as much of a sleezeball as the original Peter was. And the other girl (I forget her name at the moment) was definitely "Winston Reloaded." And appropriately, she, like Winston originally, had the fewest lines, but had way more common sense than any of them.
I'm glad you guys touched on the emotional aspect of Harold Ramis' ghost appearing at the end. I'd go a little bit beyond "emotional." I remember TEARS streaming down my face, for a good solid five minutes, as that entire ending scene played out. I especially fell to pieces when Egon's daughter, who had spent the entire movie resenting her old man, finally buried the hatchet, and gave his ghost a powerful hug... and then Egon's specter disappears into the sky. I probably embarrassed myself in the theater, with how hard I was crying at that point. And I don't cry easily at movies!
@@BaddMedicine Murray and Ramis had a falling out some time before Ramis passed, but they got the opportunity to mend fences before then. But I feel like all three of them sincerely felt like it was an opportunity to say a proper goodbye to a good friend.
This happened to me watching Coco with my son. We were both bawling out eyes out. My son got a very warm look from a mother sitting next to us, and I got a "woah dude, it's just a movie, get a grip"
That Egon reveal (at the end) is a serious kick to the gut! Ghostbusters is one of my favourite 5 movies, I’m not ashamed to say that I definitely teared up.
If I had to guess in theory, in the first movie when the ghostbusters destroyed the dimensional gate on top of the building in New York along with destroying Gozer's avatar, the energy blast from the explosion must have infected Egon mentally, and started to have premonitions and visions of Gozer returning to Earth somewhere between ghostbusters 2 and afterlife. That is how he knew what was coming.
Paul Rudd was amazing in this. This was 32 years too late though. They painstakingly re-created Harold in an amazing way! They handled that VERY well. Jason Reitman was in Ghostbusters 2 during the kids birthday party
To the fans, this was a monster hit. They gave it a whopping 95%. Means a lot. Where the 2016 remake had failed miserably, GB Afterlife will succeed. So it did. As predicted 👻
I cried, I cried hard ever time I’ve watched it. This film hits me hard as I grew up with the franchise. Went and saw it twice on the big screen it was that good.
They actually did more practical effects than almost any other recent movie! Lots of videos about it. Terror dogs were real. 200 farm traps were real. Gozer was real. Underground temple & house were real.
I feel so bad for the cast of that movie. It was nowhere near this good, but not for any of the reasons people complain about. Paul Feig could not do this franchise justice. All of "his best work" has been Melissa McCarthy's genius, not his: Bridesmaids, The Heat, and Spy were all good because of what SHE brought to the film. He was just along for the ride as a fairly pedestrian director, and got a lot of credit for her brilliance. Melissa and Kate McKinnon especially were so, so consistently good in his Ghostbusters, and yet the script gave them nothing to work with and the direction was a mess. I was 100% ready to watch and enjoy an all-female Ghostbusters team, if it had been anything even remotely as good as this. It wasn't. Here again we have a female protagonist, and that's fine and great, and much needed. There will be girls at comic conventions for years in full Phoebe Spengler costumes: McKenna Grace is terrific in the role. I am 100% here for her role as the new lead Ghostbuster if the franchise goes on, and I think most people I know of all genders would agree. When we hated the 2016 Ghostbusters, people painted the fan dislike as misogyny: we "weren't ready" to see female ghostbusters and we're obviously just a bunch of sexists who complain about anything "woke." That wasn't it at all. I was totally ready for female Ghostbusters, and still am. I wanted more strong female characters in this franchise, and I think they're needed and deserved. I just wanted to see it done RIGHT, and to recapture the spirit of the original films. This movie hit all the right notes. They did the series justice. I hope people don't get the wrong ideas about what we are or aren't "ready for," just because we want to see it done well instead of terribly.
@@tamara_diamonds422 I'd like to repeat george luca's back cover review of the star wars holiday special "if I had time and a Hammer, I'd destroy every copy" alas we live in a digital age where we can never truly delete something. sad. This film was an apology, and an apology was needed. 30 years of waiting for that disgusting mess in 2016 was practically unforgivable.
@@tamara_diamonds422 What almost EVERYBODY in the world FAILS to realize about the 2016 reboot is that it was NEVER meant to be cannon and was simply a parody of the original in the same vain as Weird Al Yankovic parodies songs. It featured what is known as "intelligent humor" which most people could not grasp. For Example: The very members of the cast of ghostbusters were 4 males & 1 female operator in the original, however in the remake it was 4 female ghostbusters & 1 male operator. Also it takes it a lot further. In the original the operator was not only female, but highly intelligent, but in the remake the male operator was dirt-sh*t stupid as a box of rocks. Another difference was the body shape of the original ghostbusters was 3 slender to fit males with Ray being somewhat over weight, however in the remake it was cast with 3 plus sized females & 1 slender woman. These are not the only examples of "intelligent humor" jokes found in the 2016 film as I could easily go on & on for quite a while about the numerous jokes it contained. I also thought that the 2016 remake parody was an excellent movie & had an amazingly fun time spotting all the "intelligent humor" found within the film.
Way better than I thought it would be! Got me emotional at the end with Ghost Egon as well. Been a fan since I was 8, when the first film came out. I hope they make another sequel. And in Ghostbusters II, a young Jason Reitman was in the opening scene, when Ray an Winston have to go to a kids party. Jason is the kid who tells them "My dad says your full of crap"
One of the exceptionally *RARE* sequels, that absolutely honored, respected, and paid due homage to an original Actor/Character, with STYLE/CLASS!!! Loved it!
My grandpa showd me ghostbusters a long time ago and we watched all the movies together do the Ghostbusters franchise has a deep emotional connection to me and being able to see the old team together again made me so happy and being able to see harold made me miss him so much more than I did but all out I loved this movie and what it did for my childhood Once a ghostbuster always a ghostbuster Rest in peace harold💐
One thing you should know, Egon used the PKE transformed taser to sacrifice himself so that the hellhound won't possess his body and find where the ghost trap egon hid.
When Ernie said he'll always be a Ghostbuster, that was the role that made him famous. He had other roles before that, but Ghostbusters put him on the map
Ghostbusters 1+2 were a massive deal to me as a kid, I was 24 when Harold Ramis died and never truly knew why it affected me so much. When I saw this film in the cinema (and cried my heart out) it dawned on me why. This is the goodbye to Harold we fans never got, and the fitting tribute to his memory that the 2016 version could never claim to be
Here's a fact a lot of people don't realise, the song on the end credits, 'Haunted House', was written and performed by Mckenna Grace, none other than Phoebe Spengler herself
i really love this movie, it nails the spirit of the 80s kids adventure movies like Explorers and The Goonies as well as being a perfect love letter to one of the greatest comedies of all time
Given the circumstances, the crew, cast and Harold Ramis' family gave us the sequel and reunion we waited for so long. And finally, they gave us the fans the chance to say goodbye to not just Harold Ramis, but to the legendary Dr. Egon Spengler. Here's hoping we get more sequels now that the legacy franchise is passed on in good hands. If not, then Afterlife is a satisfied book end. Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman, gone but not forgotten. Until then, see you on the other side.
I never had any of the toys but I did have a pair of pajamas when I was in like preschool. The front of it was the cartoon Ghostbusters and Slimer was on it. A real big Slimer that glowed in the dark. To this day I still think those are the coolest pajamas I've ever owned.
Nostalgia done right. Egon showed up but didn't say a word: silence is golden? Certainly in this case. On the other hand seeing Ecto-1 and the proton packs would not have been so great without hearing them as we remember them. I loved it, not all of it but overall it's the best Ghostbusters we got since the eighties and I'm thrilled about it.
I watched it a few weeks ago. Im 55 and was a fan of the originals in the 80s. This one had it all right and the feels and sounds and sights. Loved it!!
I'm I'm my early 20s and I'm a huge ghostbusters fan. I have been ever since my parents showed it to me when I was a kid. Since then I've made a couple costumes and even wore one to the premier of this movie! It delivered so well as a good movie, sequel, and tribute to Harold. I'm so glad yall enjoyed it and I hope they make another one!!
When the movie finally came out I had been wanting to see it for well over a year (since it was first announced), but I wanted to watch it with someone, so I asked my mom. Turns out she’d never seen the original, so we watched the original first and then a few days later we went to the theater and watched Afterlife. We still haven’t gotten around to watching the second one, so she can see that one, too,but we will. I forget what it was, but we definitely got a full theater reaction to the three remaining Ghostbusters on the screen. Everyone was excited to see that happen.
This movie is a proper love declaration to the old movies, as well as a dignified and heartfelt sendoff for Harold/Egon. Loving this movie. Watching this also made me redownload the video game for some nice ghost busting.
Gozer is the Ghostbusters' greatest arch-nemesis. In the 80's animated series, the real ghostbusters, Cthulhu is an ancient powerful entity who said to incredibly powerful than Gozer.
I love the homage to Ramis/Egon. I feel they honored him rather than 'used' him. It was a great sequel and I can't wait for Frozen Empire now. Also, I think it's great that they kept Venkman and Dana together rather than the usual trope of them being apart.
I hve said it many times, so did you. Even the first time in cinema.... Peter "I knew you´d show up", Rays "Im sorry, i didnt believe you" and Wins "I should have called, i miss you" To me, that wasnt the characters, thats was Bill, Dan and Ernie saying "Sorry Harold, we should have done this, while we had time"
I've just read online that Ivan Reitman the original director for Ghostbusters 1 and 2 passed away couple days ago. It was really shocking and sad to have read from it.
@@BaddMedicine Glad you guys also enjoyed it!!!!! I saw this movie twice in theaters, and I still enjoyed it, can’t wait to get it on blu ray which btw comes out tomorrow!!!!!!!! Love what they did with Harold Ramis character Egon Spengler!!!! Nice touching tribute, and the CLASSIC GHOSTBUSTERS!!!!!! Love the music/song which I agree with you that will NEVER GET OLD!!!!!! This is FAR MORE BETTER THAN Ghostbusters 2016!!!!! I also love the callbacks that it made, the nostalgia!!!!
The kids with the gadgets remind me of Data in the Goonies. I LOVE this movie - they absolutely did the franchise justice and saw it in the theatre. Sooo many hilarious lines and goodness that Stay Puff Marshmallow scene in the store had me laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. The only disappointing part was not having Slimer but the munched instead.
Idk if you guys know this but the main reason this took so long to produce is because Bill had a bit of a fued with Harold after Groundhog Day. As a result Bill used his veto power to keep the 3rd film in Development hell. Two of those scripts had ideas that did get produced in 1 form or another. The first was the Ghostbusters training new people, and traveling to a hell dimension(was modified and used in the 09 game Harold co-wrote with Dan). The other idea was have a Ghostbuster die(in that early version it was gonna be Peter) who then shows up in spectral form to help an adult Oscar(who became a Ghostbuster) in the climax in the film. Knowing this kept my expectations for this film......rather high. Especially after the trailers started coming out. Armed with my mini Proton pack, decked out in my Ghostbusters t-shirt, I sat down for a showing at 3:30pm that afternoon. Holy F**K was I blown away. I sobbed so hard when we saw Egon. So, people have been saying that Afterlife erases GB2 from the timeline. This despite things like Ray's Occult and the Gigameter are in the film. For me the bigger reveal is about math and portraits. The Temple entrance where Egon set the Neutrona wands to guard the gateway had a series of years. One sets this film in 2021(aka the present year). (Mini rant but bear with me)Think back now to Gary's line about Psychokenetic events. He says 30 years. Ray says that was the reason they couldn't pay the rent/mortgage. If we do the math, that puts the last disturbance in 1991. The same year we dawn a pack in the acclaimed video game. Now I bring this up because Shandor looks like a portrait in the game. His coffin was at the Temple. He rose from the dead before getting ripped in half by Gozer. Could this mean the Shandor Thanksgiving event happened, but because it was rather quickly contained it didn't make occult records? Remember the credits dialogue from the game acknowledged the slowdown causing the rookie to be a franchise owner. (Ok rant over). I really feel they lucked out with casting McKenna Grace. Her mannerisms were SO like the late great Harold that I often forgot that the 2 were separated by decades and not actually related.
@@BaddMedicine I've been following the development of Ghostbusters 3 for many years(well before I met Dan himself.....he signed my VHS of the 1st film). Btw that game(which received a remaster 3 years ago now) is fantastic, and was the last time we heard Harold as Egon
I loved this movie so much! I honestly wasn't expecting to. I certainly wasn't expecting to get teary eyed. The dad part and seeing the old guys got me. It's especially heartbreaking knowing Harold isn't with us. RIP Harold Ramis 💔 I'm definitely excited for the next movie. I thought everyone was fantastic in it. Kudos to the kids! They stepped into these roles like pros. Great nostalgia!
This is the only movie I've seen where I can remember the audience in the theater clapping at the end. They didn't even do that for Endgame. At least not where I saw it
The effect of egon was so convincing i literally googled during the movie (i wasn't at a theater) to see if harold ramis had filmed parts of this before he died
I can not tell you how good it sounded in the theater when they powered up the proton pack. It was glorious HD surround sound with tons of little details and that whirring whine. Deep rumble under it. This movie was done EXACTLY the right way. So very good.
The man that stood in for Harold Ramis's hologram was Ivan Reitman. the father to the director Jason Reitman and the director for original Ghostbusters movie.
It made me want to dig out my old toys from the attic, I know I still have the stuff from the play sets, I'm guessing they're worth something but I'll be displaying them in my game room when I get my hands on them. It took me back and I love it.
That's awesome! The answer has mentioned he also had quite a few toys. I don't think he has them anymore. But if you have the proton pack and trap you most definitely should display that! 🤘
@@BaddMedicine oh absolutely, I know I have the car, I think I might still have the play doh set they put out, either way they'll be dusted like I'm dusting a Picasso lol.
Yes. Land has value. For farmland, you'd want to cash rent, and never sell. My grandpa drilled that into our heads before he died. We rent his farmland out to 3 other local farmers. So if all the corn and barley and stuff was actually Egon's land, they could make some money renting that land to other farmers in the area.
Fun fact: A lot of the effects are PRACTICAL: Like the close ups of the terror dogs, and the chase in Walmart where they actually threw a lot of stuff up in the air. The CGI is actually VERY impressive. Especially with Egon’s ghost.
That was the only time in the movie where they used MODERN CGI. For all the rest, like the energy coming out of the proton packs, and the ghost effects, that was all CGI that the ORIGINAL Ghostbusters utilized, so this movie could have done just as well having been made in 1984, as it did last December. That's what I like most about the effects.
This was a fantastic tribute to the original. The pathetic attempt in 2016 was literally painful to watch. It took me several tries to view that entire movie. I tried to give it a fair chance, but I'm sorry......it SSUUCCKKKEEDDDD!!! I can't wait for a sequel to this one
They did a great job with this movie. Really kept to the vibes of the original. They created Muncher as a replacement for Slimer. Slimer was supposed to be like Muncher but the cartoon series ruined it.
Oh second thought.... I also think I thought Gozer was bad and cheezy in this one - the original was way cooler. The tribute at the end had me in tears - so beautifully done!
You are welcome. As a fan of the original 2 movies, and I was a year old when the second one came out, this was a beautiful love letter to us fans and a tasteful goodbye to the late Harold Ramis. I have no complaints from this movie and our favorite terror dogs with Gozar ware just lovely.
folks were so kinda bumbed about the last two films, I had to literally cram this one down their throats, to make sure they gave it another chance. I hope i did OK.
I have to ask guys....When watching the 1984 Ghostbusters, did any of you ever click to what is, without a doubt, one of the most superbly hidden jokes in cinema history? That Louis Tully, destined to be the Keymaster of Gozer, was forever locking himself out of his apartment?
Yeah, the year in the tomb of Gozer was originally supposed to read 2020. But release of this movie was delayed due to COVID, so it was edited to read 2021 instead.
Harold Ramis was sadly deceased at the point of this movie. They used prosthetics to make the director (Jason Reitman) father, Ivan Reitman (the director of the first two) to look like him, as well as CGI.
In the original film, they wanted to cast Grace Jones as Gozer, at the time; GJ was infamous for her “flat topped” haircut, hence “aim for the flat top!”
During the pandemic, I watched the original Ghostbusters and Back to the Future with my grandmother. She loved it, but I’m not sure when to show her this movie just yet.
I am picky about CGI and do agree some movies are ruined by it. I do not feel this was at all and had a very authentic vibe and energy. They absolutely SMASHED this.
Guys, GREAT reaction. However, as Guys I am a bit disappointed you did not fully support the totally reckless opening of the trap...simply because: (Italics) it would be really cool.
I come from the future, the movie has already been confirmed, it still does not have an official name (it is like firehouse) for December 2023, with the same cast
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What was the post-credit scene trying to say with the hand on the car
He didn't say anything they showed his hand on the car and then cut to the old alarm. But they gave the impression he bought the old building back.
@@BaddMedicine That was the containment unit that they used to deposit all the ghosts they captured into.
I for one enjoyed it.
A great tribute 👏 to Harold Ramis in my opinion 👍
And yes, they ought to do a follow up to the film.
@@SolracRing they kind of are planning on making a follow-up because they made a new company(?) called Ghost Corps to help make this movie
Harold Ramis already died before they filmed this movie. With permission of his family, they took scans of Harold when he was younger and slowly aged him until it looked good and CGI his face on a physical stand-in. It was a fantastic way to say goodbye.
Pretty impressive.
So AI or not? I ask because I heard some recent movies were using it for the wrong reasons.
i thought tha studio coulda used his image from Knocked Up (2008) he had tha older look in dat flick
@@danamarvelstarAI wasn’t nearly as powerful when this film was made, so no, no AI.
@@XxThePhantomFreezexXi think they wanted to go with egon still being skinny, cuz harold definitely got that dad weight by then.
My own grandfather died in 2018. I cried at the ending because Egon was the one Ghostbuster most like him. This felt like a sendoff to him as much as Egon to me. He was a teacher, a mathematician, he taught people in jail to try to reduce recidivism, he went to sick kid’s houses to teach them if they couldn’t get out of bed… he was a great man.
Brought our daughter to watch this in the theatre twice, she has loved Ghostbusters since she was 3, collects the action figures. Phoebe Spengler is her doppelganger; the hair, the glasses, the dry, deadpan sense of humor. This movie has become so special to us. She has added Phoebe's jokes into her repertoire.
Without question they did the franchise right!! The best sequel to a storyline after decades of waiting and it was well worth the wait!! 👏👏👏 Freaking ENCORE!!
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I definitely agree.
Just off the top what other movies had sequels that came out decades later? I can only think of like blade runner
Good question, blade runner, anchor man 2 & dumb & dumber 2. Those are the ones that come to mind right away.
@@PickleBread355 there's the Star wars franchise with 16 years until the prequels and then 10 years after Revenge for the continuation with the sequels. Then there's Tron (1982) to Tron:Legacy (2010)
Phoebe is just like her grandfather Egon Spengler; her looks, her personality, her love of science, and her intellect like his.
They did great with her character
All four kids are basic reflections of the original guys. Phoebe, with her nerdiness, and lack of social skills, is absolutely "Egon." Podcast, I believe, was supposed to be the reincarnated "Ray," and they kind of drove that home with Ray Stanz being an actual fan/subscriber of Podcast's shows. Phoebe's older brother was definitely "Peter Venkman redux," though definitely not as much of a sleezeball as the original Peter was. And the other girl (I forget her name at the moment) was definitely "Winston Reloaded." And appropriately, she, like Winston originally, had the fewest lines, but had way more common sense than any of them.
@@jacob4920 I think you have it pretty accurate, but I think Travis was more like Winston and girl was more like Venkman.
One of the doubles for Egon was original director Ivan Reitman. As you may have heard, he passed away on 12 February, 2022. RIP
Yes. May he RIP.
@@BaddMedicine Didn’t he pass away last year? Or a few years before? Just asking.
@@morganspider-manmarvelfan6110He passed away almost two years ago.
I'm glad you guys touched on the emotional aspect of Harold Ramis' ghost appearing at the end. I'd go a little bit beyond "emotional." I remember TEARS streaming down my face, for a good solid five minutes, as that entire ending scene played out. I especially fell to pieces when Egon's daughter, who had spent the entire movie resenting her old man, finally buried the hatchet, and gave his ghost a powerful hug... and then Egon's specter disappears into the sky. I probably embarrassed myself in the theater, with how hard I was crying at that point. And I don't cry easily at movies!
It was very emotional! So cool to see them send him off like that and Dan, Ernie, & Bill talking to him didn't even feel scripted.
@@BaddMedicine Murray and Ramis had a falling out some time before Ramis passed, but they got the opportunity to mend fences before then. But I feel like all three of them sincerely felt like it was an opportunity to say a proper goodbye to a good friend.
It felt that way
This happened to me watching Coco with my son. We were both bawling out eyes out. My son got a very warm look from a mother sitting next to us, and I got a "woah dude, it's just a movie, get a grip"
That movie hit me so freaking hard. The story was so well done.
The feels just come out of nowhere
As a massive fan of the originals as a kid this movie was amazing, great job guys.
Thank you, Joel! Thanks for watching🤙
That Egon reveal (at the end) is a serious kick to the gut! Ghostbusters is one of my favourite 5 movies, I’m not ashamed to say that I definitely teared up.
It was definitely hitting the emotions
Totally this. I also did a salute when the "for Harold" appeared on screen. Proper sendoff for both Egon and Harold.
If I had to guess in theory, in the first movie when the ghostbusters destroyed the dimensional gate on top of the building in New York along with destroying Gozer's avatar, the energy blast from the explosion must have infected Egon mentally, and started to have premonitions and visions of Gozer returning to Earth somewhere between ghostbusters 2 and afterlife.
That is how he knew what was coming.
That's a good theory
U forgot the vkdeogame gozer returnd again and i think that made it stronger
@@creativenamesmth The video game is no longer canon thanks to this movie, unfortunately.
Paul Rudd was amazing in this. This was 32 years too late though.
They painstakingly re-created Harold in an amazing way! They handled that VERY well.
Jason Reitman was in Ghostbusters 2 during the kids birthday party
To the fans, this was a monster hit. They gave it a whopping 95%. Means a lot.
Where the 2016 remake had failed miserably, GB Afterlife will succeed. So it did. As predicted 👻
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For me this felt like a combination of The Goonies regarding the kids and Ghostbusters with everything else. Loved every minute of it.
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I cried, I cried hard ever time I’ve watched it. This film hits me hard as I grew up with the franchise. Went and saw it twice on the big screen it was that good.
It was an emotional ending and much deserved!
They actually did more practical effects than almost any other recent movie! Lots of videos about it. Terror dogs were real. 200 farm traps were real. Gozer was real. Underground temple & house were real.
Definitely gotta look up the behind the scenes
This felt like a love letter to fans and a heartfelt apology for that mistake they made in 2016.
I agree!
I feel so bad for the cast of that movie. It was nowhere near this good, but not for any of the reasons people complain about. Paul Feig could not do this franchise justice. All of "his best work" has been Melissa McCarthy's genius, not his: Bridesmaids, The Heat, and Spy were all good because of what SHE brought to the film. He was just along for the ride as a fairly pedestrian director, and got a lot of credit for her brilliance. Melissa and Kate McKinnon especially were so, so consistently good in his Ghostbusters, and yet the script gave them nothing to work with and the direction was a mess.
I was 100% ready to watch and enjoy an all-female Ghostbusters team, if it had been anything even remotely as good as this. It wasn't. Here again we have a female protagonist, and that's fine and great, and much needed. There will be girls at comic conventions for years in full Phoebe Spengler costumes: McKenna Grace is terrific in the role. I am 100% here for her role as the new lead Ghostbuster if the franchise goes on, and I think most people I know of all genders would agree.
When we hated the 2016 Ghostbusters, people painted the fan dislike as misogyny: we "weren't ready" to see female ghostbusters and we're obviously just a bunch of sexists who complain about anything "woke." That wasn't it at all. I was totally ready for female Ghostbusters, and still am. I wanted more strong female characters in this franchise, and I think they're needed and deserved. I just wanted to see it done RIGHT, and to recapture the spirit of the original films.
This movie hit all the right notes. They did the series justice. I hope people don't get the wrong ideas about what we are or aren't "ready for," just because we want to see it done well instead of terribly.
I liked the female version. I watched it all the time.
@@tamara_diamonds422 I'd like to repeat george luca's back cover review of the star wars holiday special "if I had time and a Hammer, I'd destroy every copy" alas we live in a digital age where we can never truly delete something. sad. This film was an apology, and an apology was needed. 30 years of waiting for that disgusting mess in 2016 was practically unforgivable.
@@tamara_diamonds422 What almost EVERYBODY in the world FAILS to realize about the 2016 reboot is that it was NEVER meant to be cannon and was simply a parody of the original in the same vain as Weird Al Yankovic parodies songs. It featured what is known as "intelligent humor" which most people could not grasp.
For Example: The very members of the cast of ghostbusters were 4 males & 1 female operator in the original, however in the remake it was 4 female ghostbusters & 1 male operator. Also it takes it a lot further.
In the original the operator was not only female, but highly intelligent, but in the remake the male operator was dirt-sh*t stupid as a box of rocks.
Another difference was the body shape of the original ghostbusters was 3 slender to fit males with Ray being somewhat over weight, however in the remake it was cast with 3 plus sized females & 1 slender woman.
These are not the only examples of "intelligent humor" jokes found in the 2016 film as I could easily go on & on for quite a while about the numerous jokes it contained.
I also thought that the 2016 remake parody was an excellent movie & had an amazingly fun time spotting all the "intelligent humor" found within the film.
Seeing Harold was like a big red bow wrap up on the big gift & saying Ghooooostbusters! Thank u Ivan & Harold for making my childhood great!
Im an 80s kid and my sentiments exactly 🚫👻
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Amen!
Way better than I thought it would be! Got me emotional at the end with Ghost Egon as well. Been a fan since I was 8, when the first film came out. I hope they make another sequel. And in Ghostbusters II, a young Jason Reitman was in the opening scene, when Ray an Winston have to go to a kids party. Jason is the kid who tells them "My dad says your full of crap"
We hear ya on the emotional part! It got the feels.
This film played out the fantasy of every 80s child who loved Ghostbusters. Kids being ghostbusters? Hell ya!!!
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sup dad
One of the exceptionally *RARE* sequels, that absolutely honored, respected, and paid due homage to an original Actor/Character, with STYLE/CLASS!!!
Loved it!
My grandpa showd me ghostbusters a long time ago and we watched all the movies together do the Ghostbusters franchise has a deep emotional connection to me and being able to see the old team together again made me so happy and being able to see harold made me miss him so much more than I did but all out I loved this movie and what it did for my childhood
Once a ghostbuster always a ghostbuster
Rest in peace harold💐
Great stuff here!
Saw this at the theater. A rare fun movie to go see these days. A great Tribute and send off for Harold.
That post-it note observing his daughter's doubled freckle count is just so Egon.
Lol yup
One thing you should know, Egon used the PKE transformed taser to sacrifice himself so that the hellhound won't possess his body and find where the ghost trap egon hid.
Very interesting on how they did that
I thought the one in the trap was Vinz, not Zuul
@@JamesRhed935 wasnt it kinda obvious vinz only posses males zuul females
People complain about the CGI not being realistic but ask yourself "how are you going to make 'ghosts' look real?"
I keep coming back and rewatching this movie every couple of weeks. This puts it in my top tier list.
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When Ernie said he'll always be a Ghostbuster, that was the role that made him famous. He had other roles before that, but Ghostbusters put him on the map
Ghostbusters 1+2 were a massive deal to me as a kid, I was 24 when Harold Ramis died and never truly knew why it affected me so much. When I saw this film in the cinema (and cried my heart out) it dawned on me why. This is the goodbye to Harold we fans never got, and the fitting tribute to his memory that the 2016 version could never claim to be
Here's a fact a lot of people don't realise, the song on the end credits, 'Haunted House', was written and performed by Mckenna Grace, none other than Phoebe Spengler herself
Oh nice. That's what we get for scrubbing through the credits to to find post credit scenes.
i really love this movie, it nails the spirit of the 80s kids adventure movies like Explorers and The Goonies as well as being a perfect love letter to one of the greatest comedies of all time
Well said
Anyone noticed Paul Rudd grabs a Baskin Robbins tub? In Antman he worked in Baskin Robbins.
Didn't see that. Good call out.
Baskin Robbins always finds out
Given the circumstances, the crew, cast and Harold Ramis' family gave us the sequel and reunion we waited for so long. And finally, they gave us the fans the chance to say goodbye to not just Harold Ramis, but to the legendary Dr. Egon Spengler.
Here's hoping we get more sequels now that the legacy franchise is passed on in good hands. If not, then Afterlife is a satisfied book end.
Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman, gone but not forgotten. Until then, see you on the other side.
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I never had any of the toys but I did have a pair of pajamas when I was in like preschool. The front of it was the cartoon Ghostbusters and Slimer was on it. A real big Slimer that glowed in the dark. To this day I still think those are the coolest pajamas I've ever owned.
Light blinking at the end of film: "That's not good"......."YES!" lol- you guys are hilarious. Stay safe.
Nostalgia done right. Egon showed up but didn't say a word: silence is golden? Certainly in this case. On the other hand seeing Ecto-1 and the proton packs would not have been so great without hearing them as we remember them. I loved it, not all of it but overall it's the best Ghostbusters we got since the eighties and I'm thrilled about it.
I watched it a few weeks ago. Im 55 and was a fan of the originals in the 80s. This one had it all right and the feels and sounds and sights. Loved it!!
I'm I'm my early 20s and I'm a huge ghostbusters fan. I have been ever since my parents showed it to me when I was a kid. Since then I've made a couple costumes and even wore one to the premier of this movie! It delivered so well as a good movie, sequel, and tribute to Harold. I'm so glad yall enjoyed it and I hope they make another one!!
Absolutely loved this movie. Pure fun and a great send off at the end. Plus, the marshmallows were so adorable. Mischievous little buggers.
I saw this one twice in the theatre!! Sooooo worth seeing there! The dialog and lines are hysterical and brilliant! Great writing! Great cast!
When the movie finally came out I had been wanting to see it for well over a year (since it was first announced), but I wanted to watch it with someone, so I asked my mom. Turns out she’d never seen the original, so we watched the original first and then a few days later we went to the theater and watched Afterlife. We still haven’t gotten around to watching the second one, so she can see that one, too,but we will.
I forget what it was, but we definitely got a full theater reaction to the three remaining Ghostbusters on the screen. Everyone was excited to see that happen.
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This movie is a proper love declaration to the old movies, as well as a dignified and heartfelt sendoff for Harold/Egon.
Loving this movie.
Watching this also made me redownload the video game for some nice ghost busting.
Rest in peace Ivan Reitman.. And Harold Ramis. :(
Gozer is the Ghostbusters' greatest arch-nemesis. In the 80's animated series, the real ghostbusters, Cthulhu is an ancient powerful entity who said to incredibly powerful than Gozer.
Great. so Cthulhu was also more powerful than Vigo, the villain in GB 2....
@@janudtujan35 Vastly more powerful.
That end scene gets me every time, not crying... just dusty
Lol.... just Sinuses
I love the homage to Ramis/Egon. I feel they honored him rather than 'used' him. It was a great sequel and I can't wait for Frozen Empire now. Also, I think it's great that they kept Venkman and Dana together rather than the usual trope of them being apart.
I hve said it many times, so did you. Even the first time in cinema.... Peter "I knew you´d show up", Rays "Im sorry, i didnt believe you" and Wins "I should have called, i miss you" To me, that wasnt the characters, thats was Bill, Dan and Ernie saying "Sorry Harold, we should have done this, while we had time"
Saw this in theaters and love Ghostbusters so much.
Even if I'm not the biggest fan of the series, this was an awesome sequel. The ending made me emotional.
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I've just read online that Ivan Reitman the original director for Ghostbusters 1 and 2 passed away couple days ago. It was really shocking and sad to have read from it.
Saw that last night. May he RIP.
@@BaddMedicine I really hope you guys rewatch and react to Ghostbusters 1 and 2, as a way of honoring his memory.
Not a bad idea.
WHO YOU GONNA CALL???? GHOSTBUSTERS!!!!!!! This is one of my favorite movies of 2021!!!!!!!!!!!
It was surprisingly good! Really love his they did this one. And that theme music will never get old!
@@BaddMedicine Glad you guys also enjoyed it!!!!! I saw this movie twice in theaters, and I still enjoyed it, can’t wait to get it on blu ray which btw comes out tomorrow!!!!!!!! Love what they did with Harold Ramis character Egon Spengler!!!! Nice touching tribute, and the CLASSIC GHOSTBUSTERS!!!!!! Love the music/song which I agree with you that will NEVER GET OLD!!!!!! This is FAR MORE BETTER THAN Ghostbusters 2016!!!!! I also love the callbacks that it made, the nostalgia!!!!
Agreed! And that siren will never get old either!
The kids with the gadgets remind me of Data in the Goonies. I LOVE this movie - they absolutely did the franchise justice and saw it in the theatre. Sooo many hilarious lines and goodness that Stay Puff Marshmallow scene in the store had me laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. The only disappointing part was not having Slimer but the munched instead.
Idk if you guys know this but the main reason this took so long to produce is because Bill had a bit of a fued with Harold after Groundhog Day. As a result Bill used his veto power to keep the 3rd film in Development hell. Two of those scripts had ideas that did get produced in 1 form or another. The first was the Ghostbusters training new people, and traveling to a hell dimension(was modified and used in the 09 game Harold co-wrote with Dan). The other idea was have a Ghostbuster die(in that early version it was gonna be Peter) who then shows up in spectral form to help an adult Oscar(who became a Ghostbuster) in the climax in the film. Knowing this kept my expectations for this film......rather high. Especially after the trailers started coming out. Armed with my mini Proton pack, decked out in my Ghostbusters t-shirt, I sat down for a showing at 3:30pm that afternoon. Holy F**K was I blown away. I sobbed so hard when we saw Egon. So, people have been saying that Afterlife erases GB2 from the timeline. This despite things like Ray's Occult and the Gigameter are in the film. For me the bigger reveal is about math and portraits. The Temple entrance where Egon set the Neutrona wands to guard the gateway had a series of years. One sets this film in 2021(aka the present year). (Mini rant but bear with me)Think back now to Gary's line about Psychokenetic events. He says 30 years. Ray says that was the reason they couldn't pay the rent/mortgage. If we do the math, that puts the last disturbance in 1991. The same year we dawn a pack in the acclaimed video game. Now I bring this up because Shandor looks like a portrait in the game. His coffin was at the Temple. He rose from the dead before getting ripped in half by Gozer. Could this mean the Shandor Thanksgiving event happened, but because it was rather quickly contained it didn't make occult records? Remember the credits dialogue from the game acknowledged the slowdown causing the rookie to be a franchise owner. (Ok rant over). I really feel they lucked out with casting McKenna Grace. Her mannerisms were SO like the late great Harold that I often forgot that the 2 were separated by decades and not actually related.
Didn't know that. Interesting. And yes... Very luck to have her play this part. She did fantastic!
@@BaddMedicine I've been following the development of Ghostbusters 3 for many years(well before I met Dan himself.....he signed my VHS of the 1st film). Btw that game(which received a remaster 3 years ago now) is fantastic, and was the last time we heard Harold as Egon
I read an article saying they’re doing a sequel. Fingers crossed it has as much love and care this one had
I loved this movie so much! I honestly wasn't expecting to. I certainly wasn't expecting to get teary eyed. The dad part and seeing the old guys got me. It's especially heartbreaking knowing Harold isn't with us. RIP Harold Ramis 💔
I'm definitely excited for the next movie. I thought everyone was fantastic in it. Kudos to the kids! They stepped into these roles like pros.
Great nostalgia!
Funny, I didn’t realize Ray’s Revelations 6:12 tattoo when I first saw the movie but I noticed it here. That’s a cool detail!
This is the only movie I've seen where I can remember the audience in the theater clapping at the end. They didn't even do that for Endgame. At least not where I saw it
as a fan since kid on the first movie, the tribute hits hard for me. Kuddos to everyone in the movies, and you guys too!
The effect of egon was so convincing i literally googled during the movie (i wasn't at a theater) to see if harold ramis had filmed parts of this before he died
I can not tell you how good it sounded in the theater when they powered up the proton pack. It was glorious HD surround sound with tons of little details and that whirring whine. Deep rumble under it. This movie was done EXACTLY the right way. So very good.
18:42 She's Drunkly Bored, Gary. 😵🤣
The man that stood in for Harold Ramis's hologram was Ivan Reitman. the father to the director Jason Reitman and the director for original Ghostbusters movie.
Fun fact in the movie she wasn't lying. She's actually in real life, his granddaughter.
I finally went back into the theaters and I waited for 2021 to see this movie it was a huge treat too see and I had a great time and it was emotional.
Hell yeah! 🤙
It made me want to dig out my old toys from the attic, I know I still have the stuff from the play sets, I'm guessing they're worth something but I'll be displaying them in my game room when I get my hands on them. It took me back and I love it.
That's awesome! The answer has mentioned he also had quite a few toys. I don't think he has them anymore. But if you have the proton pack and trap you most definitely should display that! 🤘
@@BaddMedicine oh absolutely, I know I have the car, I think I might still have the play doh set they put out, either way they'll be dusted like I'm dusting a Picasso lol.
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RIP harold ramis
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This is how you say good bye the perfect way I cry
Wow that was fantastic i absolutely enjoyed that & the original ghostsbusters showed up how awesome
They did awesome on this one.
Outstanding flick! Loved it!
No matter how many times i watch the end of this movie i cry when Egon shows up....
It was very well done! Perfect goodbye.
@@BaddMedicine i completely agree... it was tasteful... 🥰
Where was this channel hiding, awesome!
Haha ... Glad you found us Cameron! 🤘
This was simple and wonderful
Yes. Land has value. For farmland, you'd want to cash rent, and never sell. My grandpa drilled that into our heads before he died. We rent his farmland out to 3 other local farmers. So if all the corn and barley and stuff was actually Egon's land, they could make some money renting that land to other farmers in the area.
Fun fact: A lot of the effects are PRACTICAL:
Like the close ups of the terror dogs, and the chase in Walmart where they actually threw a lot of stuff up in the air.
The CGI is actually VERY impressive. Especially with Egon’s ghost.
That was the only time in the movie where they used MODERN CGI. For all the rest, like the energy coming out of the proton packs, and the ghost effects, that was all CGI that the ORIGINAL Ghostbusters utilized, so this movie could have done just as well having been made in 1984, as it did last December. That's what I like most about the effects.
Agreed! Egon was fantastic.
@@BaddMedicine not a lot of people realise when Egon ascends at the end, he takes the form of the ghost in the Ghostbusters logo
You mean that wasn't a real ghost?
This was a fantastic tribute to the original. The pathetic attempt in 2016 was literally painful to watch. It took me several tries to view that entire movie. I tried to give it a fair chance, but I'm sorry......it SSUUCCKKKEEDDDD!!! I can't wait for a sequel to this one
I love this reaction
Much appreciated 🤘
They did a great job with this movie. Really kept to the vibes of the original. They created Muncher as a replacement for Slimer. Slimer was supposed to be like Muncher but the cartoon series ruined it.
Ahhhh... Ok. That makes some sense.
Oh second thought.... I also think I thought Gozer was bad and cheezy in this one - the original was way cooler. The tribute at the end had me in tears - so beautifully done!
33:37 YES! This Is What I Call Payback! 🤣
Ok...I hung in there..chicken that I am...RIP Harold...
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This is a great reaction. Truly a great, tasteful and wonderful movie.
Thank you and thanks for watching. They did a wonderful job on this one. 🤙
You are welcome. As a fan of the original 2 movies, and I was a year old when the second one came out, this was a beautiful love letter to us fans and a tasteful goodbye to the late Harold Ramis. I have no complaints from this movie and our favorite terror dogs with Gozar ware just lovely.
Good way to put it🤙
Well of course. Though Callie I can understand why she was bitter. However Podcast I can see be their generation of Ray.
Do you guys. I've though the mother
folks were so kinda bumbed about the last two films, I had to literally cram this one down their throats, to make sure they gave it another chance. I hope i did OK.
I have to ask guys....When watching the 1984 Ghostbusters, did any of you ever click to what is, without a doubt, one of the most superbly hidden jokes in cinema history? That Louis Tully, destined to be the Keymaster of Gozer, was forever locking himself out of his apartment?
Battery life of the RC ghost trap probably came from the same source that powers the trap itself.
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Yeah, the year in the tomb of Gozer was originally supposed to read 2020.
But release of this movie was delayed due to COVID, so it was edited to read 2021 instead.
Ahhh ok. We were thinking that, but we weren't sure.
Did they have to get rid of the little marshmallow guys lol they could have let them keep running around lo!
The role of Dr. Peter Venkman may be so natural to Bill Murray. He didn't lose a beat.
No he didn't🤙
That's pretty asinine. Of course playing Venkman would be natural to Bill Murray. He IS Venkman. Moron.
Beautiful review!
Thank you! Much appreciated! 🤙🤘
Such brilliant casting!
AND NOW WERE GETTING ANOTHER ONE!!!
I would love to see another one, but only if it's written to this level
Harold Ramis was sadly deceased at the point of this movie. They used prosthetics to make the director (Jason Reitman) father, Ivan Reitman (the director of the first two) to look like him, as well as CGI.
RIP Ivan & Harold
There is no mom, only Zuul!
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I now understand the "Aim for the flat top" line in ghostbusters 1.
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In the original film, they wanted to cast Grace Jones as Gozer, at the time; GJ was infamous for her “flat topped” haircut, hence “aim for the flat top!”
During the pandemic, I watched the original Ghostbusters and Back to the Future with my grandmother. She loved it, but I’m not sure when to show her this movie just yet.
Any time is a good time for this!
Podcast was my favorite character in this movie. Me and my friend loved him.
He was great! Lots of charisma.
I am picky about CGI and do agree some movies are ruined by it. I do not feel this was at all and had a very authentic vibe and energy. They absolutely SMASHED this.
Guys, GREAT reaction.
However, as Guys I am a bit disappointed you did not fully support the totally reckless opening of the trap...simply because:
(Italics) it would be really cool.
I’ll be very disappointed if they don’t do a 4th one
I hope they do 1 more with this cast
I come from the future, the movie has already been confirmed, it still does not have an official name (it is like firehouse) for December 2023, with the same cast