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Busted Flat: All-Too-Normal Activity Dominates the 'Ghostbusters' Remake
©2016 Village Voice, LLC. All rights reserved. ^ | SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2016 AT 9 A.M. | BY MELISSA ANDERSON

Posted on 07/10/2016 7:45:19 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

What I watched for the next two hours was mostly a tragic underutilizing of four of this country's funniest women — Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon as the evil-ectoplasm battlers of the title, fighting to save a New York that is played primarily by Boston — combined with what felt like the world's longest laser-tag game.

the main performers rarely get to display their individual idiosyncratic strengths. It's particularly dispiriting to hear McCarthy, one of the most floridly gifted verbal riffers in comedy, have to utter frat-brah catchphrases like "Let's do this."

That kind of lifeless, recycled language sounds even worse when Wiig, another performer who has perfected how to do things with words, cries out, "Say hello to my little friend" before zapping a spook in the film's near-interminable final act, a glut of green beams that suggests nothing more than an f/x trade show. (Look how much technology has advanced since 1984!)

(Excerpt) Read more at villagevoice.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; boston; election2016; ghostbusters; juddapatow; katemckinnon; katiedippold; kristenwiig; lesliejones; massachusetts; melissaanderson; melissamccarthy; negative; newyork; newyorkcity; paulfeig; racistmovie; reboot; review; suckturneduptoten; trump
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Hope this POS does the ol’ crash and burn at the box office. That’s the only thing Hollyweird honchos understand, commercial failure.


21 posted on 07/10/2016 8:40:19 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Enchante

“Hope this POS does the ol’ crash and burn at the box office.”

It will,I guarantee it.

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22 posted on 07/10/2016 8:42:25 AM PDT by Mears (Afrocentrism is "the invention of tradition"-----Hobsbawm)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Racist trash film


23 posted on 07/10/2016 8:43:15 AM PDT by Homer1
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
four of this country's funniest women??? the only one i ever saw(that i know of) is the fat loudmouth and she's second rate at best... a remake that was crying out not to be made. feh
24 posted on 07/10/2016 8:46:34 AM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: Capt_Hank
Son, I could place her out in my cornfield and she would have crows bringing back corn, they had stole three years ago.”

Oh that is hilarious, I have never heard that one before.

25 posted on 07/10/2016 8:47:15 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: struggle

The makers are going to be shocked at how little the targeted female audience is willing to pay to see this movie...

On the radio a couple of days ago they described how toys associated with this new movie were already in the discount rack at a major store chain.


27 posted on 07/10/2016 8:50:01 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Ghostbusters 2016 Review *Rage Alert* - WE @ At Movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Pvk70Gx6c


28 posted on 07/10/2016 8:50:44 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: struggle

love Wreckless Eating... my favorite episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_idR_cvZrc&index=47&list=PL01DCEA6B4493B3AE


29 posted on 07/10/2016 8:51:16 AM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: Capt_Hank

thats hilarious!!


30 posted on 07/10/2016 9:01:43 AM PDT by ronniesgal ( Go Trump!!! Kick ass and take names!!!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

It looks like they pulled the article. Can’t disrupt the misogyny narrative.

Wish you’d posted the entire thing.


31 posted on 07/10/2016 9:21:36 AM PDT by Marie (The vulgarians are at the gate! MAGA!)
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To: Marie

I like to get to the point and the first half of the review was her talking about technical difficulties the screening


32 posted on 07/10/2016 9:37:20 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (#nevertrump is really #readyforhillary)
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To: freedomwinsout

Please stop defending Feig! This crazy idea that this disaster is not his fault is nonsense!


33 posted on 07/10/2016 9:48:36 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Pleased to say that I have no idea who any of these females are.


34 posted on 07/10/2016 9:49:23 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
People flock to a movie with a female lead, when it's a *good* movie.


36 posted on 07/10/2016 10:01:57 AM PDT by Flick Lives (TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
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To: freedomwinsout

According to the hacked Sony emails, the script was written by Feig from a storyline he submitted to the studio.

He’s as much to blame as anyone in this


37 posted on 07/10/2016 10:04:06 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (#nevertrump is really #readyforhillary)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Yep. See #37


38 posted on 07/10/2016 10:05:03 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (#nevertrump is really #readyforhillary)
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To: freedomwinsout

I think you’re missing the point. Feig is the one who came up with the storyline and submitted it to Sony. Sony didn’t “saddle” him with anything. It was his idea and they accepted it.


40 posted on 07/10/2016 10:28:05 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (#nevertrump is really #readyforhillary)
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