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Submitted by cinemascope on Fri, 2006-06-30 17:08. :: This Week's Films
Movie title:
Ghostbusters
Starring:
Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis
Directed by:
Ivan Reitman
Written by:
Harold Ramis & Dan Ackroyd
Genre:
Spooky Comedy
Year:
1984
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Runtime:
105 minutes
Imdb:
Rating:
Synopsis
Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
Review
Watching this as a twelve year-old in 1984, Ghostbusters provided two of the main things that you want from a movie as a pre-teen: a load of laughs, and some genuine jump-out-of-your seat shocks. Alright, three things: mild bad language is hilarious at that age, and Bill Murray's line 'Yes, this man has no dick' was enough to send me into paroxsyms. As an adult, the pleasures are different, mainly centred on Bill Murray at the height of his powers, and more specifically, the outstanding scenes between Murray and Sigourney Weaver, recalling the great screwball comedies as the dialogue zings between them. Still thrilling, still funny, still scary, Ghostbusters may be a big-budget, high-concept, bombastic Hollywood movie, but it has wit - and there aren't that many witty blockbusters around these days. If you haven't seen it in years, watch it again. Not only is it great to see Bill doing his sardonic thing as no-one else can, it'll even remind you that - and here's one of those genuine shock moments - Rick Moranis was actually pretty funny.
Watching this as a twelve year-old in 1984, Ghostbusters provided two of the main things that you want from a movie as a pre-teen: a load of laughs, and some genuine jump-out-of-your seat shocks. Alright, three things: mild bad language is hilarious at that age, and Bill Murray's line 'Yes, this man has no dick' was enough to send me into paroxsyms. As an adult, the pleasures are different, mainly centred on Bill Murray at the height of his powers, and more specifically, the outstanding scenes between Murray and Sigourney Weaver, recalling the great screwball comedies as the dialogue zings between them. Still thrilling, still funny, still scary, Ghostbusters may be a big-budget, high-concept, bombastic Hollywood movie, but it has wit - and there aren't that many witty blockbusters around these days. If you haven't seen it in years, watch it again. Not only is it great to see Bill doing his sardonic thing as no-one else can, it'll even remind you that - and here's one of those genuine shock moments - Rick Moranis was actually pretty funny.
