Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

[CoryLevy91]

Instead of Slimer... it should've been straight up "EctoCooler" for those nostalgia feels

My Cinemark had these on offer too, didn't pick up a bag (figured they were probably ungodly expensive) but I might for my second theater viewing of Frozen Empire.

 

[Wesker69]

I'm surprised the Regal I used to work at didn't have it too. We had "pink" caramel popcorn for Barbie. I bought one & gave it to the roommates

 

[Brian G.]

 

[CoryLevy91]

Wonder if the higher initial returns are do to movies just being 'back' moreso than it was when Afterlife was released or if the heavy use of the OG crew gave it an added bump.

It'll be really interesting to see how it performs and what the future of the franchise holds. I think general populous reaction will be better than the more cynical Internet based one so I could see it going either way.

I would really love to see it do well enough to garner one final film in this Spengler Family trilogy, maybe one somewhat more condensed and less bloated than FE (while I love almost all of the characters, there's just too darn many of them in there). And while I appreciated the new big bad, on second thought Garakka is (plot beat wise) very similar to Gozer so it'd be fun to see them come up with a creative new situation for the GBs to deal with and not strictly a 'super powerful baddie is coming to summon an army of ghosts' bit.

 

[Wesker69]

Ghostbusters only needs one more sequel. But if they wanted to do a spin-off with Podcast, like I said before, I'd be happy lol

There's not too many characters when you're dealing with a "team" based movie like this. If the character screen time is balanced, it's a non-issue.

This moving making money is because it was genuinely good. Nothing to do with the "movies being back" (trust me, even with the most popular money making movies, the theaters are still barely getting by. Hence the surge of movie swag to entice people). Sure having original cast back will get people to go see it, but there are surprisingly a lot of people who have yet to see "Afterlife" (and I judge them harshly lol).

 

[belloq87]

Enjoyed the movie, with the major caveat that there are too many characters and the script doesn't know what to do with all them.

Good new villain/mythology, humor mostly works, and I appreciated seeing Aykroyd featured in a significant way; this whole franchise was his brainchild, and it's incredibly evident that he's still really jazzed by it.

 

[Wesker69]

Guys.... I just came across the most epic discovery & I'm disappointed in AMC's lack of marketing now.

Apparently, the Slimer popcorn bucket fits into the "Purple capture beam" of the Ghost Trap popcorn bucket!! It's basically a get both & combine them type thing!!!


Someone else tried with their Cinemark Slimer popcorn bucket & that also fits the AMC ghost trap!


AMC needs to restock & start promoting this "capturing Slimer" gimmick! It's too awesome lol

 

[Ahmanet]

Heading to Insomnia Cookies to get their special GB slime flavor ... national chain

 

[TheGentTrent]

Whoops, posted in wrong thread:

Speaking of goodies, how could they miss the opportunity AGAIN to bring back Ecto Cooler?

 

[Freak]

Whoops, posted in wrong thread:

Speaking of goodies, how could they miss the opportunity AGAIN to bring back Ecto Cooler?

Well, if GB does permanently return to Uni, they can always sell it!

 

[Jerroddragon]

Its a film I thought was good but also don't know if I need to see again

I liked the old cast as secondary characters it works pretty well and like the new lead.....maybe the next film will really grab me but the first two while good films neither one make me feel like I need to rewatch them either

 

[Wesker69]

Well, if GB does permanently return to Uni, they can always sell it!

.....with vodka.. or tequila..

An Ecto-Shooter ...shot?

 

[Ahmanet]

Is that Ice Bar still open on I-Drive ? needs a GB drink menu

Better yet , give us a FE bar at HHN

 

[Crypt Keeper]

 

[Wesker69]

Also:

 

[Wesker69]

 

[AlexanderMBush]

After watching the film and soaking my thoughts; this isn't that bad of a movie. Dare I say when it focuses on Phoebe and Ray I think the film oddly lands itself on good feet.

This is also a film that's story absolutely could've been a two-parter if they went the BTTF direction of a back-back shoot.

 

[Lucky Planet]

Enjoyed the movie, with the major caveat that there are too many characters and the script doesn't know what to do with all them.

Good new villain/mythology, humor mostly works, and I appreciated seeing Aykroyd featured in a significant way; this whole franchise was his brainchild, and it's incredibly evident that he's still really jazzed by it.

Its a film I thought was good but also don't know if I need to see again

I liked the old cast as secondary characters it works pretty well and like the new lead.....maybe the next film will really grab me but the first two while good films neither one make me feel like I need to rewatch them either

After watching the film and soaking my thoughts; this isn't that bad of a movie. Dare I say when it focuses on Phoebe and Ray I think the film oddly lands itself on good feet.

This is also a film that's story absolutely could've been a two-parter if they went the BTTF direction of a back-back shoot.

i feel like im the only person that didnt really like it, just way to many characters and way too many storylines, nothing got properly developed, some story beats werent properly handled. the bad demon villain was underwhelming. there wasnt even that much ghostbusting, some stuff with Phoebe made no sense,
i just wish it had a tighter script, less plots, focused more on one thing. less characters.

 

[CoryLevy91]

It's a dinner you make yourself as a nine year old when your parents aren't watching. It's a whole lot of sweets and fluff and simply too overstuffed but it all tastes good.

I enjoy them but there was drastically no need for Trevor or Lucky or Podcast to show up here. It really needed to tighten up and focus greater on the idea of Phoebe not being treated like an adult, growing closer to Melody and ultimately saving the day with Ray. I really liked Kumail Nanjiani in it but his character also felt slightly superfluous and could have been focused onto Phoebe.

That said it I'm sure I'll have fun every time I watch it because even the B stories are fun and worth watching. But yes, if they had just done another re-write or two it could have put up a good fight for second best entry in the franchise.

 

[Jerroddragon]

I didn't love it

It was a good film, would I watch it at Halloween? Yes, is it something I'm going to watch randomly no.

I hope we get a third one to end the trilogy and maybe form a new team with Mckenna Grace either leading or being apart of it but would not mind the other family members becoming just Cameo's after the next film.