Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition)

Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition)
by Ivan Reitman

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Actor: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Ivan Reitman
Brand: Sony
Writer: Dan Aykroyd
Writer: Harold Ramis
Writer: Rick Moranis
Producer: Ivan Reitman
Producer: Bernie Brillstein
Producer: Joe Medjuck
Producer: Michael C. Gross
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Taiwanese Chinese (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-14
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Columbia Pictures

DVD Reviews of Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition)

DVD Review: The KKK Busters?
Summary: 1 Stars

This movie is soo offensive, that you can only hope that it was made as an experiment in 'reverse psychology'. I saw this movie years after it appeared in the movie theatres. And when I saw it, I was appalled. Not simply at the movie,
but remembering the reaction of teachers and classmates. What was with that token black guy? The movie is soo racist. There is even a scene where the black guy is ignored as they try to enter a restaurant. What really appalled me was the
lack of protest by "fellow" classmates, or classroom teachers who seemed to be of the opinion that this movie was "fun" to watch. It is simply sickening. Not simply because of the racist content, but the lack of protest by the movie-going
public. Reminds me of that scene from the movie, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, starring Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly, where they are sitting in a movie theatre watching Jerry Lewis make fun of Japanese people, while the white
audience laughs. FAIR is a word which appears in the Bible (KJV) and it means "feminine beautiful" and not white. But just as words are given definitions in dictionaries to suit a political economy, so are movies made to promote a
certain mindset. When will mankind evolve? Or will they remain "cowboys" (cattle) fit to be slaughtered for their sinful deeds? Maybe this movie was made to hit a chord in the audience, to suggest to them that white society is
damned for a reason: They judge others on the basis of skin colour, rather than behaviour. The KKK like to wear sheets, walking around looking like ghosts, and are monsters, sodomites really.

DVD Review: If only it were true...
Summary: 5 Stars

I went to see this back at the moving picture-drome as cinemas were known as in those days, we ate sweets as popcorn wasn't invented and we had to take a break half way through the film due to a Zeppelin raid.

This is the semi-autobiographical tail of 3 professors who decide to establish a business busting ghosts. Much hilarity ensues. The main thing I took from the film was a need to add Bill Murray to my list of people to model myself on. At the time, this list consisted of one. Hawkeye Pierce from MASH. Dr Venkman made 2 and David Addison (Bruce Willis) from Moonlighting completed this comic triumvirate. Secondly, the idea of adopting science "as some sort of dodge or "hussle" was born. Indeed enough so for me to become a scientist and enjoy some japes of my own. I believe the culmination of my early career was when my boss said "I reminder her of Bill Murray", in terms of demeanour, not looks I hasten to add. As my boss was entirely devoid of humour, although blonde and attractive, I took this as high praise indeed and a vindication of my decision to enter science for a living. Adam, one of my co-scientists took the idea to the extreme working though a succession of PhD's until I lost touch with him, and as far as I know, he still managed not to enter the real world. "Personally, I liked the University,. They gave us money and didn't expect results" was what Adam took from the film.

It was on a couple of nights ago, and although I have seen it a dozen times, I still find it a great and enjoyable film. Mind you, the bit at the start when the old lady ghosts turns into a skeleton and frightens the Ghostbusters had me covering my eyes until I was about 35. Really!

Murray is a joy, Dan Ackroyd enthusiastic, Harold Ramis Reitman serious, Sigourney Weaver sexy, Bill Moranis manic and hilarious, the bloke from the EPA, totally unrealistic and overly officious, what he really would have done was serve a prohibition notice and seek to bring the establishment into the licensing regime.

DVD Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars

The Bottom Line:

Ghostbusters, though beloved, is not a terribly good movie--the special effects are no longer impressive so we're left only with the uneven comedy (weak beyond Bill Murray) and a goofy Rick Moranis--watch it if you must but don't expect a classic.

DVD Review: A Classic you'll want to see over and over
Summary: 5 Stars

I don't know how many times I've seen Ghostbusters. And the laughter was just as strong with each viewing. This is a movie you WILL want in your collection. It's good for multiple viewings

DVD Review: Few funny moments in 90 minutes
Summary: 2 Stars

It has some funny moments. Overall, there are too few enjoyable scenes in 90 minutes.

Fans of the cartoon series will certainly love it.

Description of Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition)

A trio of university parasychologists lose their research grant and decide to open their own business "Ghostbusters" and almost at once are summoned to investigate the strange happenings in a Central Park West apartment. What they discover is that all Manhattan is being besieged by other worldly demons.System Requirements:Run Time: 105 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY Rating:?PG UPC:?043396141223 Manufacturer No:?14122

Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the script, but Bill Murray gets all the best lines and moments in this 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman (Meatballs). The three comics, plus Ernie Hudson, play the New York City-based team that provides supernatural pest control, and Sigourney Weaver is the love interest possessed by an ancient demon. Reitman and company are full of original ideas about hobgoblins--who knew they could "slime" people with green plasma goo?--but hovering above the plot is Murray's patented ironic view of all the action. Still a lot of fun, and an obvious model for sci-fi comedies such as Men in Black. --Tom Keogh

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