Source: comingsoon.net

1. It’s a Good, Funny Movie

Yeah, so I really had fun at this one. Maybe it was the classic underdog story, or the slight feeling of inventiveness, or the full-on intellectual pride, I don’t know. But whatever it was, it made me overlook the film’s flaws, which I’ve already talked about. I give it a solid B.

It’s enjoyable. And all the complaints kinda baffle me. “Oh, all the male characters are either idiots or villains.” Yeah, because they aren’t Ghostbusters. Everyone in the ’84 movie who wasn’t a Ghostbuster or the love interest was a bumbling moron, too. That’s the joke.

“It’s just a bunch of SNL people.” Already discussed why that one is dumb, so go back a few entries.

“The original Ghostbusters was great because it wasn’t a straight-up comedy, it was a horror sci-fi movie with comedy elements.” THIS IS AN ACTUAL THING A PERSON WROTE. And if you actually think that, then you really need to watch that movie again, because it is a straight-up comedy.

It has sci-fi elements, sure. And it is making fun of horror tropes, yeah, but it ain’t no horror sci-fi. It has the friggin’ Stay-Puft marshmallow man in it!

But on to the new one: Give it some support. It’s a fun movie and if it does well, we might get some more female-led action comedies, and that’d be pretty cool. Like it, don’t like it, it’s up to you, but please don’t treat it like it’s the worst thing ever in the history of the world. Because it isn’t.

And when you throw a fit, you make us geeks look bad. Oh, and also, the widespread hatred of this movie has undeniable sexist undertones to it, and ignoring that makes you look clueless at best and misogynistic at worst.

Whew, glad I snuck that one in at the end, where most of the angriest people won’t get to it. I don’t want to get death threats or anything.