Ghostbusters
I love love love the song in the movie and its corresponding dance on Just Dance 2014. It’s an easy dance and about as accessible as the song itself – catchy and addicting. Ever since I played it, I have been wanting to watch the movie, and shortly after it also appeared on Netflix. I had absolutely no idea that Bill Murray would be the protagonist in the story, and with him and Dan Aykroyd the film became a must-see.
Well, truth to be told it’s a rather silly movie. The film looks incredibly dated and 80s, most painfully visible in Sigourney Weaver’s terrible hairstyle. The storyline is lovable but ultimately rather generic, and its comedy is not exceedingly funny, at least not to me. (Thank goodness for Bill Murray’s deadpan looks though – that saved a lot.) However, I can definitely see how it received so much love, and why you can so easily make a fun TV show out of it. The concept is a lot of fun and allows for them to meet all kinds of fun monsters. I think I laughed out loud when I saw the Marshmallow Man at the end – with more ideas like this the movie could have turned into a classic. Oh wait, it actually is a classic. I think the movie is a great family film, and should have appeared on the BFI list of “50 films you should see by the age of 14” instead of crap like “My Life as a Dog”.
Considering that we saw people dressed up as the Ghostbusters when we were out hunting for Halloween candy, I have a feeling that we will see this movie again, at some point. It’s definitely worth a look, especially when you are looking for some light entertainment.