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5. The Cast Are All Talented Comedians in Their Own Right

Anyone complaining that this new Ghostbusters is “just people from SNL” really knows absolutely nothing about the movie they think they love.

What do you think Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd were doing BEFORE Ghostbusters? THEY WERE SNL CAST MEMBERS. Harold Ramis wrote for a different late night sketch comedy show called SCTV, but he still had that job only because he turned down an offer from, you guessed it, Saturday Night Live. Ernie Hudson…had no real comedic career to speak of before GB, but his role was originally intended for SNL superstar Eddie Murphy. Yeah, that’s right, Ghostbusters was originally intended to be a bunch of sketch comedy guys. So of course that’s where Ghostbusters 2016 went for its cast.

And the ones they got were pretty great choices. Despite the fact that I don’t love her movies so much, Melissa McCarthy is a leading actress who’s made some incredibly well-liked comedies in the recent past. Kristin Wiig is an extremely funny actor whose comedy chops should not be in question in the slightest. Leslie Jones has wonderful timing and delivers some of the stronger punchlines. And holy hell Kate McKinnon! If one person comes out of this movie looking like she’s about to have a HUGE comedy career laid at her feet, its Kate friggin’ McKinnon. Every scene she’s in is full on stolen by her portrayal of Holtzman, this film’s version of a Doctor Spengler.

Oh, and bit players like Zach Woods are utilized excellently. Chris Hemsworth also steals every single scene he’s in, by the way. He’s so adorably moronic, and I love it.