Ghostbusters Movies Ranked After Frozen Empire
In the late 90s, if you told me I would get three more Ghostbusters films, two with the original cast members, I would have shouted your name from the mountains the way Stilgar proclaims Paul Atreides as the Lisan al Gaib in Dune.
Alas, 40 years, a handful of cartoons, and four sequels after the original Ghostbusters premiered in theaters, I think I’ll stick with the original.
Why so negative? Well, I just saw Frozen Empire and … well, as these rankings explain, I kind of wish I hadn’t. Read to find out where this latest entry lands in our list of Ghostbusters movies ranked.
I never cared for Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters remake, and a recent rewatch only solidified my feelings. Snippets of the picture are fun, but it also lacks purpose and fails as an out-and-out supernatural comedy. If you put this same team together in a different film without the constraints of a PG-13 rating, they could probably produce a terrific comedy (see Bridesmaids).
Unfortunately, Ghostbusters drags audiences through improvised sketches that don’t build toward anything significant; the action sucks, and the special effects are cheap and uninspired. Steer clear unless you really want to see what Ghostbusters would look like as an extended, two-hour SNL skit.
This weary, convoluted sequel, pieced together from a mishmash of corporate directives, presents such a tangled mess that I’m unsure how to attack it critically. The cast of Afterlife, namely McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, and Carrie Coon, along with surviving members of the original (Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and a very bored Bill Murray) returns for more ghost-busting, this time fighting a demon with the ability to freeze its victims.
Oddly, the online community says the same thing: it’s perfectly fine. Temper expectations, and you’ll enjoy it. Is this where we are now with cinema? It’s fine? This is Ghostbusters! Not some goofy Marvel TV show you digest over a weekend. Who cares if the original cast returns in
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