The first
Ghostbusters was a masterpiece. I can assure you it’s a movie you can watch any
day, at any time. It was written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. This 1989
sequel, however, had some problems. Even though it completes the first part, it
feels more like the same thing, just rehashed on screen.
The approach the
writing pair took was a fun beginning where the Ghostbusters team struggles to
find work since ghostbusting is no longer a viable business. For me, this
dragged a little, but the moment the ghostbusting began, it was cool to see the
four gear up again. Even so, I believe the first movie isn’t complete until
you’ve seen this second one.
After saving New
York City in the first film five years earlier, the amazing Ghostbusters—Egon
Spengler, Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman, and Winston Zeddemore—are now completely
broke.
The team was
sued for unimaginable fees due to the property damage they caused while saving
New York. To make matters worse, they were banned from investigating or
interfering with anything supernatural. This forced them out of business.
When a friend
calls them after her baby’s carriage moves by itself, uncontrollably, into the
middle of a busy intersection, the team decides to investigate. This leads them
to discover a pink slime flowing beneath the city. Their disturbance causes a
citywide blackout, and the team is arrested. However, during the court trial,
ghosts are released in the courtroom.
This incident
gets their ban lifted, and they resume their ghostbusting duties.
Here’s some nice
trivia:
Aykroyd
originally conceived the Ghostbusters idea for Saturday Night Live, with
himself and John Belushi taking up the mantle. The skit was titled
“Ghostmashers,” and the duo would travel through time and space on their
adventures.
After Belushi’s
death, Aykroyd and Ramis rewrote the script, and the first movie went on to be
nominated at the 57th Academy Awards.
This sequel
wasn’t as lucky, failing to secure nominations for prestigious awards. It also
didn’t make it onto the AFI’s 100 Years...100 Laughs list of film comedies,
unlike the first Ghostbusters, which was listed at 28th.
The first
Ghostbusters was even selected to be preserved by the United States Library of
Congress.
Ghostbusters 3
never saw the light of day, and with Ramis’s passing and the aging of the
original cast, many expected a reboot.
The 2016 reboot
(Ghostbusters (2016)) wasn’t as amazing as the first movie, nor was it even as
good as this sequel. It featured an all-female cast but, in my opinion, leaned
too much into irrelevance rather than telling a good story.
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