Is this something I need to see in imax or is that just a nice to see?

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agdaddy04 said:

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Is this something I need to see in imax or is that just a nice to see?

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Imax not necessary. We saw it in 4DX and the only thing that was neat about that was they would make it really cold and blast cold air as the ghost was freezing everything over. But kinda not worth it other than that.

Yea, decided to take my 10 year old daughter to see it and did a Dolby theater instead of the imax. Got two cool pens by doing the Dolby. Overall was good, but had some of the similar complaints as the person above me.

A slight annoyance was that they were playing Dune in the theater next to ours and had it turned up so loud it occasionally made our dialogue hard to hear.

My theatre really seemed to enjoy it, I think that helped. Spoiler here, some people are making it out like Phoebe was having a gay thing for the ghost Melody, which I didn't get.

I thought it during one scene but then just thought she was wanting to be understood

If Rick Moranis had made an appearance I might have literally cried.

I wonder why they don't do a tie-in with Oscar (Dana's baby).

I was convinced someone would be revealed to be Oscar.

I know there has to be some suspension of thinking here but…

I don't fully understand how Garakka was trapped into the containment unit if logically it had a big hole in in because the ghosts were just released from it. I understand the ECU resetting itself and being able to suck him in, but physically, isn't the unit damaged?

Isn't it more of a force field keeping them contained, versus a physical structure?

I was thinking it was both. Similar to how the lab was able to keep ghosts. The glass would have been able to break if the proton fields were down.

Hadn't thought about that, but I agree with you.

For me, I saw ghostbusters when I was a kid in the 80s and I've loved it since day 1. I didn't understand half the jokes because they were intended for adults and they flew right over my head. But I guess that's the thing that sort of "disappoints" me the most. The OG Ghostbusters was for adults. They're tailoring the new ones to bring in kids. I understand why they're doing it, but it just doesn't hit the same for me.

Once the nostalgia parts are gone (Murray, Aykroyd, Hudson, etc) I don't know that they've done enough with it to make me keep watching future iterations.

My oldest and I enjoyed it. Slow at times and pretty obvious plot but fun. I was glad we got to see it and all the old guys one more time. Also enjoyed the NY setting. We've been to the firehouse before.

My gut feeling today is that we will eventually get a 3rd movie out of the Spengler family. I don't know how far down the road it may be. Jason and Gil have just begun on SNL 1975. I definitely want them producing the next film, but maybe just hand the writing and directing off to someone else. Involved enough to make sure we don't have another GB 2016, but a story that hasn't been covered yet or only done in the cartoons.

I would love it if they leaned on J. Michael Straczynski, who wrote so many great, memorable and creepy episodes from Real Ghostbusters…Sam Hain, Sandman, Knock Knock, Citizen Ghost, and Ghosts R Us episodes to name a few.

I loved Gil Kenan's Monster House and Jason Reitman's Up In The Air and both are good at what they do. I know they will make sure they have a great product and great crew on SNL
1975 just like they have had for Afterlife and for Frozen Empire…but…the way this story unfolded for FE was not good. I don't know at what point it was that Sony may have said to keep the film under 2 hours…this certainly didn't need to be a 2 1/2 hour movie, but it also shouldn't have taken so long to get everything set up. The previews and teasers made me think that Garakka would show up halfway through the movie and there would be at least 2 battles at the firehouse and neither of those things happened. Again, I think they did quite a few good things in this film, but the organization of the story left something to be desired.

At the end of the day, I think Sony will squeeze out one more movie to try and make a profit from this franchise and I'm holding my breath that it doesn't leave a bad taste in the true GB fans mouth and end this on a sour note.

I know this isn't going to happen but...

In a perfect world...

The next film would take place a few months (or could even be a few years) after the events of Frozen Empire around Halloween. Since all the ghosts were released at the end, they are having a hard time keeping up with the demand, so a rival ghostbusting group forms causing them headaches all the while Sam Hain is on the horizon. Ray and Winston stay on as advisors.

I'd watch that. Anything else may be tough to watch.

The animated series is still being worked on per Gil Kenan last week for Netflix and who knows...by the time home sales and streaming for Frozen Empire are done it won't be as big as a flop as originally planned. Still, I think some time needs to pass before we have another live action movie....one where all the kids are fully grown now.