mistercrayon wrote:

The last one had a fallout boy variant.

Chris Hemsworth was great in that as was Kate McKinnon

I dont think I would go as far as great but they were the highlights in some very, very low lights.

My favourite character was Papa John.

It is far from the worst film ever but it isn't good.

Are you talking about original ghostbuster?

I saw the first Ghostbusters at the cinema when it came out. I liked it but it didn't love it. There was something "empty" about it that I could never put my finger on.

Ghostbusters was a proper ’80s blockbuster. The sequel was a dud. The reboot just fell flat – it wasn’t funny, and literally made no sense unless you remembered the original.

Highlander 2 was comfortably the worst.

Do that noise thing with your mouth again.

Kow wrote:

I saw the first Ghostbusters at the cinema when it came out. I liked it but it didn't love it. There was something "empty" about it that I could never put my finger on.

It's a like an SNL sketch stretched out. It feels choppy to me too wrt the editing. There's probably a load of unfunny Bill Murray gurning on the cutting room floor. The montaging is evidence of that.  Disclosure - I've never found Murray funny.

I liked the sequel. As in the original there are some splendid comedic individual performances. Rick Moranis in the first was fun, and I enjoyed Peter MacNicol in the second - even though doing the schtick he did can get old pretty quickly.

I haven't watched Gremlins since the VHS days - but I remember liking both films. The opportunity to rewatch them hasn't arisen and I haven't been all that motivated to.

davyK wrote:

Kow wrote:

I saw the first Ghostbusters at the cinema when it came out. I liked it but it didn't love it. There was something "empty" about it that I could never put my finger on.

It's a like an SNL sketch stretched out. It feels choppy to me too wrt the editing. There's probably a load of unfunny Bill Murray gurning on the cutting room floor. The montaging is evidence of that.  Disclosure - I've never found Murray funny.

I never saw much of a big deal in him either. At the time, I had never seen or even heard of Saturday Night Live. I never really found any of the comedians that came out of it to be particularly funny - with maybe the exception of Steve Martin, who had a few properly funny films.

davyK wrote:

I think SNL was a particularly American thing that didn't travel well.

It still is and still doesn’t. Some of the best moments work well for us as YouTube clips and bolster the show’s reputation, but try watching an entire episode – it’s hard going.

RamSteelwood wrote:

I watched Three Amigos fairly recently and still enjoyed it - though I wasn't really paying attention for any 'cultural insensitivities' that maybe wouldn't wash these days.

It's an odd movie - I really like it though - because it manages to do two contradictory things at once: to be a pisstake of Westerns and still be a fish out of water thing where movie stars are exposed to the real thing. It's a tough balancing act but it manages to do it. My favourite joke is either "Do you even know what a plethora is?" or "I'm going to fill you so full of lead, you'll be using your dick as a pencil!"

Wookienopants wrote:

I love Three Amigos. Laughed myself stupid at the “my little buttercup” dance scene in the tavern

One of the straight up funniest scenes in any movie I've seen. And oddly sweet to boot! Reminds me of the song in The Jerk!

#cancelled

Yep, my Dad saw it first I believe and then got really excited when he could show it to us all. It brings back some really good times. I feel like he's here with me when I watch it.

TIL Huey Lewis did the GB theme, basically:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAdRPrXdXTU