- March 18th, 2023, 1:06 pm#4980148
That movie is proof positive that no one knows anything. You bring in Joss Whedon, hot shot writer/director who helped make the MCU what it is, do 80 days of reshoots, and when the original director releases his cut it turns out to be one of the better comic book movies ever made, gets far superior reviews & gets fans excited for the Snyder version of DC. But do they bring him back? Nope. Because ego.
1 of the sad things about Ivan Reitman passing away was I think no one understands this franchise better than him. Everytime I’ve heard him talk about the movie he gets exactly what’s great about it. And all the stuff Jason said Ivan helped him on are the sort of small details that are so much of what makes GB cool.
I LOVED Afterlife but what I really loved about it was the father/son team working behind the scenes. How beautiful was that? And I know Ivan dropped out after Harold passed away but gosh I wanted to see Ivan Reitman direct another Ghostbusters movie. Reading those hacked Sony emails was hard.
Do we know if the plan was always for Gil to direct part 4? Cause I do wonder, if Jason didn’t direct it, wouldn’t it have been neat to have Ivan step in? His son directs one, he directs the other. I don’t know if Ivan was sick but I did notice when doing the press for the movie he seemed super emotional.
One thing I love about Afterlife is the tone. It’s played straight. I know some wanted more comedy but I loved it as is. But with a new director coming in it does make me nervous about what sort of tone we get. Jason is very character driven. He’s not so much concerned with the spectacle. I hope Gil can keep that tone similar & not go silly with it. That’s why Answer the Call didn’t work for me. I couldn’t stand the “TRYING SO HARD TO BE FUNNY” tone.
With this being a Xmas release I wonder if Christmas will be part of the plot in some way? Like how GB2 is a New Years movie.
RichardLess wrote: ↑March 18th, 2023, 2:33 amIn the future people won’t believe they spent over 300 million dollars on that movie. God that’s horrific. Like…how do u even release that to the public? & it’s an awful scene.
That movie is proof positive that no one knows anything. You bring in Joss Whedon, hot shot writer/director who helped make the MCU what it is, do 80 days of reshoots, and when the original director releases his cut it turns out to be one of the better comic book movies ever made, gets far superior reviews & gets fans excited for the Snyder version of DC. But do they bring him back? Nope. Because ego.
1 of the sad things about Ivan Reitman passing away was I think no one understands this franchise better than him. Everytime I’ve heard him talk about the movie he gets exactly what’s great about it. And all the stuff Jason said Ivan helped him on are the sort of small details that are so much of what makes GB cool.
I LOVED Afterlife but what I really loved about it was the father/son team working behind the scenes. How beautiful was that? And I know Ivan dropped out after Harold passed away but gosh I wanted to see Ivan Reitman direct another Ghostbusters movie. Reading those hacked Sony emails was hard.
Do we know if the plan was always for Gil to direct part 4? Cause I do wonder, if Jason didn’t direct it, wouldn’t it have been neat to have Ivan step in? His son directs one, he directs the other. I don’t know if Ivan was sick but I did notice when doing the press for the movie he seemed super emotional.
One thing I love about Afterlife is the tone. It’s played straight. I know some wanted more comedy but I loved it as is. But with a new director coming in it does make me nervous about what sort of tone we get. Jason is very character driven. He’s not so much concerned with the spectacle. I hope Gil can keep that tone similar & not go silly with it. That’s why Answer the Call didn’t work for me. I couldn’t stand the “TRYING SO HARD TO BE FUNNY” tone.
With this being a Xmas release I wonder if Christmas will be part of the plot in some way? Like how GB2 is a New Years movie.
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