Ghostbusters
Published July 8, 2009
Film info
- Title Ghostbusters
- Director Ivan Reitman
- Year 1984
- Run time 1hr 45m
- Genres Comedy, Fantasy
- Tagline They ain't afraid of no ghost
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.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:30 | I wish my books would reorganise themselves. |
| 3:45 | Is this why people in the 80s had such big hair? Electric shock therapy? |
| 6:59 | How come I’ve never been in a library like that? It’s so big and spacious and old. All the libraries I know are like portacabins. |
| 10:26 | Bill Murray is awesome. |
| 13:53 | I find it odd that their funding would be stopped with no notice. |
| 20:10 | Wow. In my fridge, there is just cheese. |
| 21:30 | Did he just say “print is dead”? That’s incredible! |
| 24:51 | Well, there you go. I noticed that she had some Stay Puft marshmallows, and it blew Mr C’s mind. |
| 29:37 | Ah, this makes sense. We saw a car decked out like that at Goodwood Festival of Speed, and was tasked to take a picture. I didn’t know why at the time! |
| 33:00 | Slimer! |
| 40:13 | Where are they getting all their nuclear power from, because BTTF had to rob some Libyans for the plutonium and stuff. |
| 45:48 | Ooh, another film with the EPA. No Google required this time. |
| 1:00:11 | Does that receptionist not have a home to go to? |
| 1:04:45 | So, here are my current questions: 1 - why does the alien ghost thing look like a gremlin? w - how did the keymaster and gatekeeper lose each other? 3 - when is Stay Puft in it? |
| 1:07:02 | What kind of insult is pencilneck? |
| 1:17:04 | Dogs and cats living together, a disaster of biblical proportions. I like it. |
| 1:19:06 | Uh oh, it’s all gone a little bit eighties. Bad hair, bad choice of song… |
| 1:21:02 | I’m sure I saw an earthquake like this in Superman once. He just spun round really fast backwards. |
| 1:24:44 | Is Stay Puft even in this film? We want Stay Puft! |
| 1:31:20 | Yes! There he is. I want one. |
| 1:34:55 | I am torn between intrigue over the idea of the entire street covered in marshmallow, and disgust at being covered in goo. |
Thoughts
I must preface this live blog with the admission that a) I did not watch it alone, therefore I may not have made as many notes as I normally would and b) I had drunk a little bit of wine, therefore any notes I did make may be completely pointless.
It turns out everyone was right. You all said it was a great film and it is. I laughed a lot at the end. I don’t know how much of that was the wine, but I would have enjoyed it sober as well. I am bitterly disappointed at the lack of Slimer, I thought he was in it more. (Also secretly glad because shudder more goo.)
Rating: 5 / 5