Love how Dana kisses Egon on the cheek, and smiles. It’s like he doesn’t realize that he actually does have friends and people do like him and respect him, because he’s so into his studies, and hobbies and work
Does anyone else crank the volume for the intro of this? The Ghostbusters theme has extra bass to it and the combination of the ECTO-1 siren gives me goosebumps every time I watch this.
Agreed. Ghostbusters II will always have a special place in my heart. Mostly, because it was released in 1989, which is the same year I was born. Except Ghostbusters II was released on the 16th of June and I was born on the 26th of July.
Fun fact: the kid who says they're "full of crap" is actually Jason Reitman who is directing the upcoming "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" movie and is the son of Ghostbusters 1 and 2 director Ivan Reitman.
@@WaxScum I have a feeling you're going to be wrong, considering its sitting at 79% on Rotten Tomatoes and is directed by someone with some appreciation for the franchise
Notice how brilliant this is: in the first ten minutes, they've established a threat, introduced and defined the characters, with scenarios that establish their personalities and priorities, filled with "show, don't tell". They don't have to tell us that Ray is sympathetic and compassionate, Winston is a bit cynical and jaded, Egon values science over emotion, or Peter is a sarcastic jerk. They create these moments that allow us to see the characters in action. Yes, the movie was flawed, but there was a lot of good about this movie too. It will always stand in the shadow of the original, but it actually has some pretty good moments in it.
And it foreshadows how the goo is affected by emotions, with it rising up out the cracks, getting stuck to the carriage, and then being exposed to a series of angry moments between multiple groups of people (ranging from disagreeing with a ticket to demanding a specific job be done asap
I thought it was ok, but certainly not anywhere near brilliant. Also we already know these characters, it's more about checking in with them, seeing where they are now 5 years later and letting the audience know the Ghostbusters have closed shop and gone their separate ways.
@@nighthawk0077 Remember, though: this came out in 1989. Not everybody had a VCR in 1989, and theatrical re-releases didn't happen often, so if people didn't happen to catch ghostbusters on TV, they might not have seen it. My comment "brilliant" wasn't about the quality of the dialog or the quality of the movie (which were pretty far from the original), but rather I thought it brilliant from a writing standpoint that they hit the important points of character introduction. I see a LOT of movies these days that simply TELL you about the characters through exposition rather than showing you.
Sigh ! 1980s & 1990s ! The best part of my life as far as TV viewing and movies are concerned. Miss those days ! Fortunately we can relive once again at least a little bit by watching these movies.
I never saw the original Ghostbusters in theaters, but i grew up watching and loving The Real Ghostbusters every Friday night at 7 PM (yes, they showed it at our country during primetime). So you have NO Idea how excited I was to see Ghostbusters 2 in theaters. I can never forget seeing Egon Spengler for the first time on the big screen (he's my favorite).
It very likely had to do with taking a shot at Filmmation that studio behind He-Man as they did an animated show called The Ghost Buster a rendition of the Old The Ghost Busters dated back in 1975 that coincidentally had the same name it had a gorilla similar to Scooby Doo it was weird nothing to do with these films, as a rebuttal the team behind these movies did an animated spin off tittle The REAL GhostBusters
@@nah....6151 Born in 87, the turtles were hot as shit in 90, they were probably in fear of a copyright strike because the turtles movie was already being shopped around and funded.
I like GB2. I appreciate the fact they advanced the narrative and didn't just go after the same laughs. I think its a great movie. What truly derailed it was Batman coming out. That was its own event and nothing could stand in its way once that happened.
GB2 is a great movie - you can watch it on its own plus its fun and entertaining. 1989 was a great year for movies - Indiana Jones was also released the same summer…
They should have moved it to later in the year, especially since the movie takes place around the holidays. That summer was very crowded with Batman, Indiana Jones, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, and Ghostbusters all in cinemas simultaneously.
Young Jason Riteman: "You know my dad said you guys are full of crap and that's why you went out of business." Present Jason Riteman: Director of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and producer of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
Jason in 1989: “My dad says you guys are full of crap.” Jason in 2021: Co-writes, co-produces and directs the best Ghostbusters movie since the original, which his dad also produces.
Well Jason Reitman was in the second film and he did his father proud when he did Ghostbusters afterlife. Let's only hope that Jason Reitman will direct the next one because the rumors are true there is another Ghostbusters movie. Let's hope they make it really interesting where they enter the ghost dimension but this isn't necessarily the fourth Ghostbusters movie This is actually going to be the 6th Ghostbusters movie even though the Remake doesn't count as a sequel it does fall in line with the Ghostbusters Cinematic Universe. But there was also the television series that counts as the miniseries and you also have to count the video game as the true third movie. And of course you had to get the okay from Dan Aykroyd and the late Harold Ramis. They created Ghostbusters and it was Ivan Reitman who brought the story to the screen. To this day Ghostbusters is considered an American phenomenon and possibly the greatest bit of entertainment since Live Aid.
I agree. I liked it, and it seemed about as good as the original. Though, the entire fan base looks divided on it, but everyone agrees it’s better than the 2016 one.
Because the first movie was VERY memorable if you watched it as a kid but I don't remember a THING about this second one, and I KNOW I watched it multiple times growing up. What's that tell you? It's forgettable. And honestly after watching this first 10 minutes, I have no interest in watching the rest. I get some people like it because it's connected to some nostalgia, but now you need to get why the rest of us don't care about it.
I can still remember getting ready to leave to see it on opening day. The anticipation for a new GB movie was at a fever pitch. I wish I could go back.
Who else could give such perfect comedic timing deliver every line perfectly except these guys. Egon you will be surely missed it's just not the Ghostbusters without you :(
I like it, but compared to the original this really is the weaker film by a long way. When people say "the sequel is never as good." they are talking about films like this. Beat for beat repeat, but with less passion from those involved. But as I said, I still like it - the villain is great and that painting scared the shit out of me as kid.
Easily better than the first film in my opinion!!!! Ghostbusters 2 is my all time favourite movie & it's a misunderstood Masterpiece!!! First film i ever saw in the Cinema aged 5!!! Greatest movie ever to me
i can't say it's better than the first. I thought the plot was a bit weak, but the characters are all back, and Bill Murry was fantastic in 2. But I still feel 1 is the better film.
Honestly that intro where the carriage keeps rolling is way more terrifying than the entirety of Ghosbusters, that scene gives me a heart attack every time...
@@juanrisa945 Oh yeah. Well, in that case, she isn't a human being. She also needs to be introduced to this little thing called "Blunt Trauma", and I think a right hook on my part would oblige succinctly.
@Tyco Zer0 I'm also worried about it focusing on nostalgia from the other ones instead of a solid new movie. Sort of like what the Terminator franchise did ever since T2.
@@dbsti3006 nothing can ever be as bad as how badly they fucked up terminator... well, except for Star Wars. I have hope that because this is still a family affair, GB:afterlife will have that magic, and yes, we're seeing terror dogs and gozer again. We haven't seen gozer since 1984. it's not like it's marvel MCU regurgitating the same shite over and over again, there is a serious gap in years here, and I have faith they will be filled to satisfaction for the GB Faithful.
@@Mikebuster Gozer taking the form of their thoughts which was the Marshmallow man, was awesome and original. The Statue of Liberty walking through Manhattan was awesome and original. I can't see this movie doing anything new. I'm still giving it a chance though. It's not often that theatres get my money the past 10 years. And yeah, The Terminator franchise ended with T2 in my view.
Kevin Dunn’s character was in the movie for 30 seconds but he knew about Vigo and his plans. I totally glossed over this scene and it’s just ironic. Peter should have paid more attention to that guy.
I always get a kick out of the ECTO 1 blaring down the street with one random dude just walking and not even acknowledging the vehicle saved for it sounding beat up and crappy and the noise coming from it. Ivan filmed that perfectly.
I would of killed to see this on the big screen. I was lucky to see the original in cinemas for the 35th anniversary, but I'd love to see GB2 on the big screen. my favourite. Too young to go see them in the cinema, but not too young to of been utterly obsessed with ghostbusters in the early 90s
I love this movie to bits. The first one may be the best movie overall, but this one retains a special place in my heart, maybe because it's the first I saw in theaters back when I was 8 years old. I come back to it from time to time, it truly is a comfort movie ❤
I felt so bad for Ray and Winston when i first watched Ghostbusters 2, still willing to do birthday party visits even though they are possibly making embarrassments of themselves
Ray and Winston: (sing) "If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?" Kids: (shout) "HE-MAN!!!" (chant) "He-Man! He-Man! He-Man!" Ray: (angrily) "Fine! But don't call us if He-Man can't battle ghosts or demon dogs or a 100-ft. marshmallow man!" (Both Ray and Winston leave in a huff).
I don't care how bad this movie is, I think it's really great. Bill Murray cracks me up as Prof. Peter Venkman, Dan Aykoryd is hilarious as Prof. Ray Stanz, Harold Ramis is a legend as Prof. Egon Spengler and Ernie Hudson is a comedian/2nd in command as Officer Winston Zeddemore
3:37 And who would've thought the boy claiming that his father says they're full of crap would go on, decades later, to direct the sequel that would redeem the franchise.
Lol Jason Reitman was cute back in 1989 and a little bit cheeky^^ And now he made the third one Ghostbusters - Afterlife, together with his Dad as Co-Producer.
As someone who has loved and defended this movie all my life, it's great reading comments like those below that show people don't buy into the false hate this movie gets. The haters who troll this movie are not gonna get a green card with those attitudes anymore. So don't let anyone's negative attitude turn your slime pink!
Underrated sequel. The humor is a bit tamer, but other than that it has so much charme, great actors and chemistry. Todays lackluster and mediocre sequels just prove how good GB2 really is.
The moment the theme starts to kick in is cinematic gold. Just imagine how good that was for cinema audiences in 89, i bet they were cheering that moment. Pretty please let Frozen Empire start with the actual theme tune like the first two movies did.
Opening 20-30 mins of this movie is great. Venkman as talk show host, etc. Really great stuff that fits in with the first movie and expands on it. Once the Vigo story hits and the effects kick in, it kind of falls apart though and gets lost in an action/special effects movie.
I actually kind of blame Aykroyd. He loves all the sci-fi / effects stuff, but it's really the camaraderie and character stuff that made the first movie so good and it gets lost in the sequel.
I don't know what's more remarkable; the fact that 2016, the proposed "end of the world" was when that unspeakable reboot came out, or the fact that Jason Reitman is not only at the birthday party, quoting his dad on the Ghostbusters being full of crap, but ultimately being the one to save the franchise with Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
Save the franchise? Not even close. For background, Jason's previous five films (2011's "Young Adult", 2013's "Labor Day", 2014's "Men, Women and Children", and 2018's "Tully" and "The Front Runner") all underperformed commercially, and "Afterlife" looks set to continue his "losing streak", considering what the film's up against, both in terms of the films released in the same time period AND the costs of the film. A film's budget (also called the "PRODUCTION budget") includes all costs relating to its development, production, and post-production, but production costs don't cover distribution and marketing, which adds another $35 million or so on average. Also, consider that movie theaters get roughly half of the profits from ticket sales, with the studio and/or distributor getting the other half. Given "Afterlife" 's $75 million PRODUCTION budget, hypothetical advertising budgets of $35 million, $37.5 million, and $50 million would bring the total cost of the film to $110 million, $112.5 million, and $125 million, respectively. Also, there will be extra costs to move the film away from the worst months of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic (the idiomatic "elephant in the room"), which happened 4 times in total. In those scenarios (which ignore the costs of Covid-related delays), "Afterlife" would have to gross at least $220 million, $225 million, and $250 million at the worldwide box office, respectively, to break even and become a commercial success. Taking into account the costs of Covid-related delays, "Afterlife" would have to gross at least $275 million dollars to break even commercially and become a success. The 2016 female reboot just got a bad rap, simple as that. It did reasonably well with critics, and the ladies of the reboot even stated that they were huge fans of the 1984 original film. It closely followed the fundamentals of the 1984 original, while also allowing for room to stand out in its own right, and it had its own tributes to deceased original cast member Harold Ramis, who passed away in 2014. Harold's son Daniel has a cameo as a metalhead, and his likeness is used on a bust outside Erin Gilbert's office. Unfortunately, it got caught in the crossfire of controversy, especially with the political climate of 2016 and whatnot, along with outrage from fans of the original films, who labelled the reboot as "sacrilegious".
The Ecto-1 car that was seen in the opening scene is coming back in Ghostbusters afterlife with a few upgrades: a gunner seat and a ghost trap on wheels. Now in Frozen Empire, it's been repainted and has a drone with a ghost trap on it.
3:39 This Same Kid would grow up to be a Well Accomplished Director like his Father Ivan & Give us a Phenomenal GB Sequel known as Ghostbusters Afterlife!!!
I never noticed until now when Egon was doing that experiment with people's emotions and had that guy wait for "marriage counseling" and he started to get pissed. Then later in film when they come to find out the slime feeds off of negative emotions. I wonder if that was planned?
Pretty sure it was. I mean the slime was the main plot point of the second film, so it’s pretty obvious they’re going to set it up in the first part of the movie.
Love how Dana kisses Egon on the cheek, and smiles. It’s like he doesn’t realize that he actually does have friends and people do like him and respect him, because he’s so into his studies, and hobbies and work
Iove that moment it's like he is being
Touched for the first time 😀😘😘
Ramis said he vowed not to smile during GB1.
@@RoosterMontgomery exactly
Does anyone else crank the volume for the intro of this? The Ghostbusters theme has extra bass to it and the combination of the ECTO-1 siren gives me goosebumps every time I watch this.
It's one of the best intros ever.
That's what I do every time I watch the first and second films.
Me too.
oh hell yeah!
With surround on buddy!
Absolutely don't care what people say. Ghostbusters 2 is a great movie. Period.
Agreed.
Ghostbusters II will always have a special place in my heart.
Mostly, because it was released in 1989, which is the same year I was born.
Except Ghostbusters II was released on the 16th of June and I was born on the 26th of July.
Period🥇
It was a huge disapointmrnt, even back then.
@@Kalleri13 I absolutely enjoyed it as a kid.
I think most people have come to see it in a much better light these days
Fun fact: the kid who says they're "full of crap" is actually Jason Reitman who is directing the upcoming "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" movie and is the son of Ghostbusters 1 and 2 director Ivan Reitman.
The girl with the puppy is also his daughter, Catherine Reitman. She’s is the creator and star of the show Workin’ Moms. It’s pretty hilarious!
I have a feeling that movie will be a flop
@@WaxScum I have a feeling you're going to be wrong, considering its sitting at 79% on Rotten Tomatoes and is directed by someone with some appreciation for the franchise
No crap
Wow
Notice how brilliant this is: in the first ten minutes, they've established a threat, introduced and defined the characters, with scenarios that establish their personalities and priorities, filled with "show, don't tell". They don't have to tell us that Ray is sympathetic and compassionate, Winston is a bit cynical and jaded, Egon values science over emotion, or Peter is a sarcastic jerk. They create these moments that allow us to see the characters in action. Yes, the movie was flawed, but there was a lot of good about this movie too. It will always stand in the shadow of the original, but it actually has some pretty good moments in it.
And it foreshadows how the goo is affected by emotions, with it rising up out the cracks, getting stuck to the carriage, and then being exposed to a series of angry moments between multiple groups of people (ranging from disagreeing with a ticket to demanding a specific job be done asap
I thought it was ok, but certainly not anywhere near brilliant. Also we already know these characters, it's more about checking in with them, seeing where they are now 5 years later and letting the audience know the Ghostbusters have closed shop and gone their separate ways.
@@nighthawk0077 Remember, though: this came out in 1989. Not everybody had a VCR in 1989, and theatrical re-releases didn't happen often, so if people didn't happen to catch ghostbusters on TV, they might not have seen it. My comment "brilliant" wasn't about the quality of the dialog or the quality of the movie (which were pretty far from the original), but rather I thought it brilliant from a writing standpoint that they hit the important points of character introduction. I see a LOT of movies these days that simply TELL you about the characters through exposition rather than showing you.
Yes, but a movie isn't its first ten minutes.
@@kirinrex I understand, I simply disagree with your assessment..
The intro is by far the best part of the movie! You get jacked up when it switches from sigourney weaver to the title!
not sure how likely but really hope afterlife has a similar intro with the logo holding up 3 fingers
Elaine says the world will end in 2016- the year Paul Feig’s terrible “Ghostbusters” was released. Appropriate.
Still living rent free in your head.
@@Superstarseven Yes, obviously. With such a tragedy like Ghostbusters 2016, you CAN'T get it out of your head.
👍🤣🤣
Ouch. The foreshadowing...!
@@eslm-studios2996 the exact release date too
Sigh ! 1980s & 1990s !
The best part of my life as far as TV viewing and movies are concerned. Miss those days !
Fortunately we can relive once again at least a little bit by watching these movies.
I never saw the original Ghostbusters in theaters, but i grew up watching and loving The Real Ghostbusters every Friday night at 7 PM (yes, they showed it at our country during primetime). So you have NO Idea how excited I was to see Ghostbusters 2 in theaters. I can never forget seeing Egon Spengler for the first time on the big screen (he's my favorite).
-Does he ever mention me?
-NO
*scans for bad vibes*
R. I. P. Harold Ramis.
😢🙏😢🙏😢🙏😢🙏
He is dearly missed
Let's be real, by 1989 kids had largely moved on from He-Man but the Ghostbusters cartoon was still going strong.
Actually I remember getting tired of the Ghostbusters cartoon by 1988, He-Man was old news by 1986.
@@nah....6151 imagine if the kids shouted Ninja Turtles!!! That would have been incredible
@@nah....6151 Agreed as a kid in 1989....the Turtles were the hugest thing among kids at that time.
It very likely had to do with taking a shot at Filmmation that studio behind He-Man as they did an animated show called The Ghost Buster a rendition of the Old The Ghost Busters dated back in 1975 that coincidentally had the same name it had a gorilla similar to Scooby Doo it was weird nothing to do with these films, as a rebuttal the team behind these movies did an animated spin off tittle The REAL GhostBusters
@@nah....6151 Born in 87, the turtles were hot as shit in 90, they were probably in fear of a copyright strike because the turtles movie was already being shopped around and funded.
Love that 4th wall break 9:56 Not only to his TV audience but to us (The Movie Audience) as well! :D
I remember going to the drive in theater in Spokane Washington to see this when I was way younger !
I saw it it in marysville WA with my mother and brother. Went to Skippers for dinner, they used to be great!
I like GB2. I appreciate the fact they advanced the narrative and didn't just go after the same laughs. I think its a great movie. What truly derailed it was Batman coming out. That was its own event and nothing could stand in its way once that happened.
GB2 is a great movie - you can watch it on its own plus its fun and entertaining. 1989 was a great year for movies - Indiana Jones was also released the same summer…
@@vijanrama also back to the future part II
@@vijanrama UHF as well.
They should have moved it to later in the year, especially since the movie takes place around the holidays. That summer was very crowded with Batman, Indiana Jones, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, and Ghostbusters all in cinemas simultaneously.
Same happened in 1993 when last action hero came out the same time Jurassic park came out
The way the Ghostbusters theme fades in with the ECTO-1 siren gives me goosebumps every time.
“When there’s something weird…and it don’t look goooodd… let’s go get a beer”
Gets me every Fucking time
Young Jason Riteman: "You know my dad said you guys are full of crap and that's why you went out of business."
Present Jason Riteman: Director of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and producer of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
I love how he “scans” Dana’s negative emotions when he says no. 6:55ish
Egon Spengler, the scientific sociopath. May he rest in peace.
Egon Spengler, the scientific sociopath. May he rest in peace.
@@shaggysnax01 how was he a sociopath? Yes, he was socially awkward.
@@jameshaggerty8348 It was a joke. Egon scanning Dana for negativity as to see her anguish...😂😂
6:45 actually
The Car is so cool it even backfires to the soundtrack.
That’s because the car was really breaking down when they were filming 😂
The tow truck was just off camera. It was a hazzard to air quality
Backfiring aside, you think Ray would keep it clean for appearances.
Jason in 1989: “My dad says you guys are full of crap.”
Jason in 2021: Co-writes, co-produces and directs the best Ghostbusters movie since the original, which his dad also produces.
agree. new movie was the best sequel (including the horrible reboot). it did its own thing but paid respect
Hang on, why are you saying the "best" sequel? while commenting on the first sequel. Fricken hypocrites much
@@MrCodes84 It is possible that Afterlife is better than II. Nothing hypocritical about it.
R.I.P. Ivan Reitman
Well Jason Reitman was in the second film and he did his father proud when he did Ghostbusters afterlife. Let's only hope that Jason Reitman will direct the next one because the rumors are true there is another Ghostbusters movie. Let's hope they make it really interesting where they enter the ghost dimension but this isn't necessarily the fourth Ghostbusters movie This is actually going to be the 6th Ghostbusters movie even though the Remake doesn't count as a sequel it does fall in line with the Ghostbusters Cinematic Universe. But there was also the television series that counts as the miniseries and you also have to count the video game as the true third movie. And of course you had to get the okay from Dan Aykroyd and the late Harold Ramis. They created Ghostbusters and it was Ivan Reitman who brought the story to the screen. To this day Ghostbusters is considered an American phenomenon and possibly the greatest bit of entertainment since Live Aid.
I like how the psychic said that the world will end on New Year’s Eve and that was when Vigo tried to take over the world. Amazing foreshadowing
also foreshadowed that awfull ghostbusters movie in 2016, the alien was right, he just missed by a few months.
yes exactly, and I think that ladies prediction about the; "end of the world", the alien, is supposed to be slimer lol
Egon's experiment is about if human emotions affect the environment, and this foreshadows the "mood slime" in the rest of the film.
I love the car driver honking at the baby, as if that's going to be useful somehow.
Underrated sequel. Ofcourse it has flaws,
but nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be.
It's not so bad, I've seen even worse sequels, sequels I can't stand to watch. I watch and enjoy this sequel.
I agree. I liked it, and it seemed about as good as the original. Though, the entire fan base looks divided on it, but everyone agrees it’s better than the 2016 one.
@@WeylandYutaniCorp91 It's not that great, the first movie blows it away. It's like a 5 out of 10.
Because the first movie was VERY memorable if you watched it as a kid but I don't remember a THING about this second one, and I KNOW I watched it multiple times growing up.
What's that tell you? It's forgettable. And honestly after watching this first 10 minutes, I have no interest in watching the rest.
I get some people like it because it's connected to some nostalgia, but now you need to get why the rest of us don't care about it.
Ray and Winston : If their's something strange in your neighborhood who ya gonna call?
Kids: He-man He-man He-man
Funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I don't think kids will be asking for him anymore after Kevin Smith and Netflix 😆
Those quiet kids in the corner: I wanted She-Ra…her show’s better anyway. 😒
I can still remember getting ready to leave to see it on opening day. The anticipation for a new GB movie was at a fever pitch. I wish I could go back.
Who else could give such perfect comedic timing deliver every line perfectly except these guys. Egon you will be surely missed it's just not the Ghostbusters without you :(
Love how they turn the sirens on to go to a kids birthday party
I thought the same. Also in GB1 when Ray and Winston are driving back and talking about bible prophecies they have the lights flashing.
Having sirens and police lightbars on your vehicle has its perks
This movie is great.
I still love GB2. I think it's become hip to hate on it, but it fucking holds up.
I like it, but compared to the original this really is the weaker film by a long way. When people say "the sequel is never as good." they are talking about films like this. Beat for beat repeat, but with less passion from those involved. But as I said, I still like it - the villain is great and that painting scared the shit out of me as kid.
I loved it in 89 and love in now. I still have the VHS.
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
This line was a classic
My son just loved these movies..I got him everything possible to play with too.
He was my best buddy at Ghostbusting!
Crazy. I start to cry, remembering the feeling of watching the movies for the first time. Simply incredible!
Hearing ghostbusters theme gives me goosebumps .. i was 12 in 89
Easily better than the first film in my opinion!!!!
Ghostbusters 2 is my all time favourite movie & it's a misunderstood Masterpiece!!! First film i ever saw in the Cinema aged 5!!! Greatest movie ever to me
Same dude
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i can't say it's better than the first. I thought the plot was a bit weak, but the characters are all back, and Bill Murry was fantastic in 2. But I still feel 1 is the better film.
@@GisherJohn24 it's alot better than people say. Definitely not better than 1, but not deserving of being thought of as a phoned in sequel
Look, GB2 is my favorite one since it’s the one that introduced me to GB.
But the first one is unequivocally the better movie.
Honestly that intro where the carriage keeps rolling is way more terrifying than the entirety of Ghosbusters, that scene gives me a heart attack every time...
I can understand what you mean. I can't imagine any mother wants to outlive their children.
@@nickthepick8043 I can imagine one: Cinderella's stepmother.
@@juanrisa945 Oh yeah. Well, in that case, she isn't a human being. She also needs to be introduced to this little thing called "Blunt Trauma", and I think a right hook on my part would oblige succinctly.
It’s ironic, the kid who thought the Ghostbusters were full of crap is the one that’s saved them.
Well....let's wait and find out if it's some woke garbage or not.
@Tyco Zer0 I'm also worried about it focusing on nostalgia from the other ones instead of a solid new movie. Sort of like what the Terminator franchise did ever since T2.
@@dbsti3006 nothing can ever be as bad as how badly they fucked up terminator... well, except for Star Wars. I have hope that because this is still a family affair, GB:afterlife will have that magic, and yes, we're seeing terror dogs and gozer again. We haven't seen gozer since 1984. it's not like it's marvel MCU regurgitating the same shite over and over again, there is a serious gap in years here, and I have faith they will be filled to satisfaction for the GB Faithful.
@@Mikebuster Gozer taking the form of their thoughts which was the Marshmallow man, was awesome and original. The Statue of Liberty walking through Manhattan was awesome and original. I can't see this movie doing anything new. I'm still giving it a chance though. It's not often that theatres get my money the past 10 years. And yeah, The Terminator franchise ended with T2 in my view.
@@dbsti3006 Like most movies these days, waiting on The Critical Drinker to see it and review it is the safest bet.
It's been 5 years since the ghostbusters went out of business and now the ghostbusters are back in business.
love seeing all the classic cars in these scenes, big and bulky chevy's and fords, oh and of course Ecto
I would be going nuts if the ghostbusters was at my birthday party
I think I would too.
Who wouldn't. I'd have stars in my eyes.
7:31 I love the smile egon gave Dana 😂
Kevin Dunn’s character was in the movie for 30 seconds but he knew about Vigo and his plans. I totally glossed over this scene and it’s just ironic. Peter should have paid more attention to that guy.
I always get a kick out of the ECTO 1 blaring down the street with one random dude just walking and not even acknowledging the vehicle saved for it sounding beat up and crappy and the noise coming from it. Ivan filmed that perfectly.
I saw GBII at the movie theater on its release date. As a nine years old boy at that time, it was the ultimate experience.
9:08 This part alone sounds like a movie plot. Love Ghosbusters 2.
9:12 She got the year right. That Ghostbusters 2016 movies was an apocalyptic event.
Who you gonna call? HE MAN!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
3:38, behold! The director of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Plus Ivan Reitman’s son lol
The scene where Dana goes to the university to talk to Egon... ❤❤❤❤❤
Vienkman breaking the 4th wall way before it was cool 🤣
4:58 love the transition!
i remember my mom taking me and my other siblings to see this in theaters when the movie came out.
I would of killed to see this on the big screen. I was lucky to see the original in cinemas for the 35th anniversary, but I'd love to see GB2 on the big screen. my favourite. Too young to go see them in the cinema, but not too young to of been utterly obsessed with ghostbusters in the early 90s
I had to rent a theater for $100 on one of my birthday's because no theater has the balls to ever show this one.
I love this opening pram scene.
I love this movie to bits. The first one may be the best movie overall, but this one retains a special place in my heart, maybe because it's the first I saw in theaters back when I was 8 years old. I come back to it from time to time, it truly is a comfort movie ❤
1:02 oh my, Oscar gets smashed against with the grocery bag 😂
Those sirens take me back, tears of joy…
I felt so bad for Ray and Winston when i first watched Ghostbusters 2, still willing to do birthday party visits even though they are possibly making embarrassments of themselves
Sigourney Weaver makes a great mother. Beware if you come after HER child!
And she is one herself, as she has a daughter named Charlotte (born in 1990) with husband Jim Simpson, and she is likely to become a grandmother too.
@@andrewbloom7637 He's talking about Aliens
@@chrispekel5709 I know that.
Ray and Winston: (sing) "If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?"
Kids: (shout) "HE-MAN!!!" (chant) "He-Man! He-Man! He-Man!"
Ray: (angrily) "Fine! But don't call us if He-Man can't battle ghosts or demon dogs or a 100-ft. marshmallow man!" (Both Ray and Winston leave in a huff).
Honest trailers fan
3:38 Jason: My dad says you guys are full of crap.
Also Jason: Directs Afterlife and Produces Frozen Empire, ultimately saving the franchise
I don't care how bad this movie is, I think it's really great. Bill Murray cracks me up as Prof. Peter Venkman, Dan Aykoryd is hilarious as Prof. Ray Stanz, Harold Ramis is a legend as Prof. Egon Spengler and Ernie Hudson is a comedian/2nd in command as Officer Winston Zeddemore
6:47 He so did that on purpose! Lmao! God I miss Egon! I just saw Afterlife and man it doesn’t feel the same without Harold Ramis.
⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️ 💀💀💀☠️☠️ R.I.P Harold Ramis!!!! Fans: 😭😭😭 No! Oh please God No!
Ah yes, taking an unlicenced nuclear accelerator into a kids birthday party.
3:37
And who would've thought the boy claiming that his father says they're full of crap would go on, decades later, to direct the sequel that would redeem the franchise.
Saw afterlife last night and I thought it was a great movie so many Easter eggs and it just brought back memories!
Kid: (disappointed) "Oh, I thought it was gonna be He-Man!"
Ray: "Sorry, kid! He-Man couldn't make it!"
When that theme song kicks in..
Lol Jason Reitman was cute back in 1989 and a little bit cheeky^^ And now he made the third one Ghostbusters - Afterlife, together with his Dad as Co-Producer.
It would've been cool if he'd also cameoed in Afterlife reprising his role.
As someone who has loved and defended this movie all my life, it's great reading comments like those below that show people don't buy into the false hate this movie gets. The haters who troll this movie are not gonna get a green card with those attitudes anymore. So don't let anyone's negative attitude turn your slime pink!
I can't wait till it comes out!
Underrated sequel. The humor is a bit tamer, but other than that it has so much charme, great actors and chemistry. Todays lackluster and mediocre sequels just prove how good GB2 really is.
I wish I had the Ghostbusters come to my birthday party forget he-man 😪
Still the best Ghostbusters sequel. Afterlife and Frozen Empire are good movies, sure, but you just can't beat the first two Ghostbusters movies.
The moment the theme starts to kick in is cinematic gold. Just imagine how good that was for cinema audiences in 89, i bet they were cheering that moment. Pretty please let Frozen Empire start with the actual theme tune like the first two movies did.
Great movie!
😊💞
Opening 20-30 mins of this movie is great. Venkman as talk show host, etc. Really great stuff that fits in with the first movie and expands on it. Once the Vigo story hits and the effects kick in, it kind of falls apart though and gets lost in an action/special effects movie.
I actually kind of blame Aykroyd. He loves all the sci-fi / effects stuff, but it's really the camaraderie and character stuff that made the first movie so good and it gets lost in the sequel.
as soon as dana picks up oscar and the theme music plays I get so pumped!
"But not Venkman"
Literally 10 seconds later: "Does he ever mention me?"
" it's a river of slime"!!!
I don't know what's more remarkable; the fact that 2016, the proposed "end of the world" was when that unspeakable reboot came out, or the fact that Jason Reitman is not only at the birthday party, quoting his dad on the Ghostbusters being full of crap, but ultimately being the one to save the franchise with Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
Save the franchise? Not even close. For background, Jason's previous five films (2011's "Young Adult", 2013's "Labor Day", 2014's "Men, Women and Children", and 2018's "Tully" and "The Front Runner") all underperformed commercially, and "Afterlife" looks set to continue his "losing streak", considering what the film's up against, both in terms of the films released in the same time period AND the costs of the film.
A film's budget (also called the "PRODUCTION budget") includes all costs relating to its development, production, and post-production, but production costs don't cover distribution and marketing, which adds another $35 million or so on average. Also, consider that movie theaters get roughly half of the profits from ticket sales, with the studio and/or distributor getting the other half. Given "Afterlife" 's $75 million PRODUCTION budget, hypothetical advertising budgets of $35 million, $37.5 million, and $50 million would bring the total cost of the film to $110 million, $112.5 million, and $125 million, respectively. Also, there will be extra costs to move the film away from the worst months of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic (the idiomatic "elephant in the room"), which happened 4 times in total. In those scenarios (which ignore the costs of Covid-related delays), "Afterlife" would have to gross at least $220 million, $225 million, and $250 million at the worldwide box office, respectively, to break even and become a commercial success. Taking into account the costs of Covid-related delays, "Afterlife" would have to gross at least $275 million dollars to break even commercially and become a success.
The 2016 female reboot just got a bad rap, simple as that. It did reasonably well with critics, and the ladies of the reboot even stated that they were huge fans of the 1984 original film. It closely followed the fundamentals of the 1984 original, while also allowing for room to stand out in its own right, and it had its own tributes to deceased original cast member Harold Ramis, who passed away in 2014. Harold's son Daniel has a cameo as a metalhead, and his likeness is used on a bust outside Erin Gilbert's office. Unfortunately, it got caught in the crossfire of controversy, especially with the political climate of 2016 and whatnot, along with outrage from fans of the original films, who labelled the reboot as "sacrilegious".
Not as good as the first movie, but still 10 times better than every damn movie today
When someone tells me COVID will be over this year.
9:55
Ikr 😂
After this movie it would be 32 years before we would see these guys again. Well, three of them, at least.
3:33 so epic
“Oscar you poor poor man named after a hot dog”
I like the foreshadowing at 5:35.
9:14 her prediction was only off a few months from Lady Ghostbusters 2016 ...a true end of the world haunt of a movie
*Egon:* Let's see what happens when we take away the puppy.
He is so lucky Dana didn't hear that.
3:39 - Is that a pint-sized Jason Reitman?
Love how they play their own theme at the party.
The Ecto-1 car that was seen in the opening scene is coming back in Ghostbusters afterlife with a few upgrades: a gunner seat and a ghost trap on wheels. Now in Frozen Empire, it's been repainted and has a drone with a ghost trap on it.
Yep the R.T.V.
I never understood why people have said for years that this is a rehash of the first film. It's not the same at all.
This was really one of my favorites movies... regardless of what critics say.
3:39 This Same Kid would grow up to be a Well Accomplished Director like his Father Ivan & Give us a Phenomenal GB Sequel known as Ghostbusters Afterlife!!!
and 7:08 this little girl is his sister katherine (working moms!)
As well as “Juno” and “Thank You For Smoking”
He was right. And if it weren't for The Ghostbusters it would have.
And that woman is really "out there."
2:30 my favorite scene
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
@@GhostbustersFrozenEmpire2024If there's something weird and it don't look good who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
@@jaredruff9823 I
anit afraid of no ghost
Really your favourite part is the ghostbusters 2 logo
@@thatcomicandmangafanfromdublinit’s the best part of the 10 mins
That sense of evil in the city is played off pretty well with all the people arguing in the beginning of the movie. Just barely noticing it.
Just a typical day in NYC.
12 dislikes, pretty much the whole Ghostbusters 2016 cast
I never noticed until now when Egon was doing that experiment with people's emotions and had that guy wait for "marriage counseling" and he started to get pissed. Then later in film when they come to find out the slime feeds off of negative emotions. I wonder if that was planned?
Pretty sure it was. I mean the slime was the main plot point of the second film, so it’s pretty obvious they’re going to set it up in the first part of the movie.
I love that Venkman and Dana are married in GB: Afterlife.
They didn’t say that. You’re a morahn
It’s almost exclusively implied they’re married
@@jahjohnson31 it is almost directly impiled
They are
The wedding rings 😁