Runtime: 105 minutes
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis (RIP), Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson
From: Columbia Pictures
Well, as this was on Netflix Instant, I figured I should watch it again so I can finally give it a review I promised to a few years ago and this also counts as my way to pay tribute to the late Ramis.
To steal the plot description from Letterboxd this time: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
This movie has droll humor for sure (look at who's involved, after all) but even 20 years later it's a pretty funny and entertaining movie. There is a variety of humor with the lead characters, from the late Ramis being a total nerd to Aykroyd being child-like, and Bill Murray at his Bill Murray-est. As I've heard elsewhere, the humor is timeless and not dated at all, which is why it can still inspire many chuckles and laughs.
Sure, the story is wacky with entities living in refrigerators and ancient Sumerian gods (not to mention the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man finale), but when it's so many entertaining and it has so many one-liners that still work today, you go with it. The same goes with the special effects; sure, they may look goofy in 2014 but they're fine with me and they have a certain charm to them. It's really not a surprise this movie still has many fans and even after Ramis died, you'll hear for who knows how many years to come rumors of a Ghostbusters 3... sigh to that, by the way.
Oh, and what an 80's-riffic soundtrack it has, which to me is a good thing. I'll forever laugh that the great theme song got sued for Huey Lewis & The News due to how similar it sounded to their song I Want A New Drug (and let's be honest here, they do sound a lot alike). Oh, the 1980's.
I will return Friday night.
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