The film seems intent on replicating the mythic aura of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was presented to audiences similarly-as a long-awaited return that would deliver on expectations in ways that other Star Wars sequels had failed to do. Abrams achieved that by harkening back to the spirit of George Lucas’s first movie, wrapping the same heroic story arcs around new characters and surrounding them with aged versions of the older ones. Reitman does the same, but the hushed, majestic approach simply does not fit the material. The 1984 Ghostbusters was, after all, an out-and-out laugh riot, even though it was delivered in a sci-fi package. Written by Ramis and Dan Aykroyd, it successfully infused a special-effects-laden blockbuster with the grimy, lovable energy of New York in the 1980s. Somehow, a film in which scientists shoot ghosts with lasers came off as a blue-collar buddy comedy. Reitman’s 1989 follow-up, Ghostbusters II, mostly repeated the formula to massively diminished returns. Read: Hey, look, the new Ghostbusters didn’t kill Ghostbusters Paul Feig’s new edition in 2016 was set in an alternate universe with four female stars, a creative decision that triggered an enormous backlash-though the controversy seemed partly rooted in factors beyond the filmmakers’ control.
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