The
Main Cast
For the most
part, the four ladies are pretty good in their parts. However, a lot
of their personality is rather bland. It feels like Feig and the
writers didn't want to give his characters any personality at all.
And, that was part of the charm of the original movie. Other than
Wiig and McCarthy, there really isn't that much chemistry between the
four ladies. (BTW,
there is no Ron Jeremy cameo in this movie)
Kristen
Wiig: She is more or less the lead character, but Wiig is a bit
of a bland person. Wiig has little to no character development, and
she is the lead of the movie to boot. However, there is a nice and
creepy backstory with her dealing with a ghost during her childhood.
This could have brought more character development to this bland
character, but this is not brought up again. And, there is no
connected to the overall ghost plot. Was there more to this
character plot?
Melissa
McCarthy : She is a bit restrained, but alright. She is clearly
channeling some of her earlier roles. I did like that McCarthy is a
true believer and into all the busting stuff. However, the Chinese
food running joke is NOT funny. McCarthy is funny is everything
she's in, but she feels a bit restrained in her part. I think she is
at her best when she is let loose.
Leslie
Jones: Jones isn't as annoying as they portrayed her in the
trailer, but those scenes are still there. She is a female version
of Ernie Hudson and not the stereotype that the trailer makes her
out to be. I would have just made her a blue-collar woman looking
for a job instead of a subway clerk leaving her job to be a GB.
Being a subway clerk is a pretty good job in New York right? She
gets lost in the mayhem by the third act. However, I like Jones.
Kate
McKinnon : She is the Doc Brown of this series. I know most
people are torn about Kate's portrayal. I like her character though
because she isn't bland character. Plus, the writers aren't scared
of making her creepy. She is a bit Doc Brown and a bit of Egon. She
is the one that creates all the gadgets and it is believable that she
would create them.
You also have
great character actors peppered throughout the film too. Ed
Begley Jr., Charles
Dance , and Michael
McDonald have small parts in the story. However, there are given
little to nothing compelling to do in the movie. You can't have
Dance in your movie and never pay off his character. I would have
had Dance's character be forced to call the GB to bust a ghost. Have
him eat crow and apologize to Wiig's character. (Dance was her boss)
This
Edit
There are two
big issues with this remake/reboot. The editing is really uneven and
script is unfinished. Sometimes the scenes run a bit too long so
everyone gets their improvisational jokes and other times the movie
cuts away when something interesting is brought up. The Nostalgia
Critic brought it up in his review. Let the movie breathe a bit.
Yes, the
original had entire subplot cut from the film, but it still had
character moments. Here, scenes will linger too long and other
scenes will be cut short.
Where are the
montages of the ladies busting ghosts? Let's see them kicking asses
and taking names. Nope. We don't have to for that it seems.
There is also
the very strange edit to the dance number. From the get-go, Feig
wanted to have a huge dance number with the cops and the US army
being possessed by the main villain. The main villain would have made
all the people dance to a song. This was partly filmed, but quickly
cut from the movie. He makes them pose and they just stand there in
the final cut. What was the point? This scene cost Sony a lot of
money and it isn't even in the movie except for the raw cut in the
credits.
Is this scene
really something that should be in a GB movie? I am not sure, and it
probably is too goofy for even GB.
The script is
lacking heart, humor and a proper bad ass villain...
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