The early reviews are all screaming “stinker!”, for a multitude of reasons. The only upside is the hilarious Chris Pratt, who gets just enough screen time to break through the gloom, but no more.
To start with, the movie is extremely misandric, full of hatred and bile towards men. All the men within are depicted as “a-holes” with Pratt just being “the stupid one”. Even the great monster is a male, and they destroy it by all firing their weapons at its crotch.
The movie is also racist, turning the usually well spoken black comedienne Leslie Jones, into a gross, ignorant, stereotypical Hollywood caricature of a black woman.
The movie also breaks with Ghostbusters canon a lot, violating many of the “rules” of the franchise.
The trailers were terrible, the theme music just stunk on ice, the special effects were mediocre at best and unconvincing at worst. Even the poster was bad, looking like something from a horror movie.
http://i.imgur.com/CcrvBMW.jpg
But the best part was that, when criticized, everyone involved, from SONY, the director, the actresses, etc., came out to *insult* the critics as misogynistic and hateful. This is not effective “damage control”.
The budget for this nightmare is officially $154 million.
Release date is July 15, 2016. Be sure to watch this Hindenburg crash and burn.
“Release date is July 15, 2016. Be sure to watch this Hindenburg crash and burn.”
We can make smores! I actually hope the film bombs.
