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As I rule I detest remakes, especially films that I have a connection to. I grew up with Ghostbusters. It was never my favourite, but I enjoyed it. It was SNL comedians and writers coming together for a bigger budget sci-fi comedy. It worked. Ghostbusters 2 was immediately forgettable. It lacked the rawness, the originality, but also the comedic punch of the original.

So to remake Ghostbusters, the question is, why? Well remakes make money for one. It sets us in a familiar universe that audiences can understand easily. In this case remaking with the original cast after 2014 is impossible. The great Harold Ramis was the glue that made Ghostbusters work. Plus bringing back older actors to recreate their older roles is a sad display. It sets up for immediate failure. So when the idea of recreating the Ghostbusters world with an female cast, it's immediately an interesting idea. It changes the universe just enough to take the journey again but through the eyes of female characters. I recall seeing one of my favourite plays Glengarry Glenross with an all-female cast because I was intrigued at a familiar subject matter played through the opposite sex. The dynamic totally changes, which is what I find interesting about it. They found four top notch comedians to take the roles which puts it in a good place for success.

So with all that I'm not going to deconstruct the film, I'll leave that for other reviewers, all i'll say is that comedies are subjective, you find them funny or you don't. If you don't find it funny then the film won't work for you. But if you do find it funny, then it does, it achieves the entertainment goal you set out when you paid money to see it in the theatre. Sifting through reviews I find a lot of personal biases coming through, which is fine, comedy is subjective, but rating the film 1 out of 10 seems a bit odd to me. These reviews are not actual reviews of the film, they're boring diatribes. So if it helps anyone, my honest opinion of the film is that I found it funny and enjoyable, I'll forget about it in a few weeks, but for now my entertainment has been satiated.

For people in the Theatre community, Lepage is a much heralded genius. But the nature of theatre is that you have to be in the right place at the right time to see his work. With this movie he has etched a beautiful masterpiece for world wide viewing (granted it gets a decent release). I'm not sure if it's just my enthusiasm from having seen the play but the story was just one that I felt I wanted to embrace again. The stage play was so cinematic that a movie seemed inevitable, and the transitions between scenes were even enhanced through the use of a camera rather than stage. This is really too biased to be a review, but if you haven't seen it, you really should.

After two and half hours enduring countless explosions. We learn that Americans are the best at everything. Women are best left behind crying for their men, Love will conquer all in the end. Way too many flaws, holes, and just plain idiocy to continue pointing out, because frankly it's making me sick thinking about it. Dear God! How much money did this movie make! No their not...your telling me that Bay/Bruckheimer/Affleck are coming back for more in the form of Pearl Harbor! Lets hope that they continue what they do best(Lots of explosions, lots of American Patriotism, lots of love conquering all).