Last week as me and my friend were looking for a movie to watch, we decided to give chance to a film that I had wanted to see. We're talking about 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', a movie that was released late last year and had been received rather well by the fans of the franchise.
Indeed, unlike the rather awful 'all female' Ghostbusters from 2016 that wasn't received well by the fans, this one actually seemed promising. The original creators were behind this new one, so there was a solid chance that me and my friend would enjoy the movie.
So having now seen the film with my friend, I have to say that 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' is a fairly solid movie. The film works rather well and manages to respect the original movies from the 80s, even though there are some minor issues in it that need to be addressed.
Premise-wise, the movie takes place in Oklahoma, where Callie, the daughter of one of the 'ghostbusters' (Egon Spengler) has relocated with her family. Her dad Egon has recently passed away and the family - in financial distress - is there to check what Egon had left for them.
Exposition-wise, as we're introduced to the characters trying to restart their life - as the story slowly unfolds - we get to know that things aren't going great for them. The farm that Egon left for her daughter / grandkids is in poor shape and more or less worthless.
When it comes to the film's catalyst, the movie starts to get going when granddaughter Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) finds that Egon's farm has all kinds of things going on in there. The place is inhabited by a seemingly friendly ghost and the farm has some freaky gadgets and stuff there.
Indeed, as Phoebe introduces the 'ghost trap' to her summer school teacher (Paul Rudd), it becomes apparent that her grandpa was an infamous ghostbuster from the 80s. This is something that surprises our young protagonist who wasn't even alive back then.
Plot-wise, the big mystery in the story is what is causing the earthquakes in a place like Summerville. There's no real scientific reason for this occurrence in the heartland of America, so something weird has to be causing the phenomenom there.
Not that surprisingly, as the films goes further, it's revealed that these quakes happen because of ghosts that are residing in Summerville. They're about to come back to terrorize us and our 'new' ghostbusters need to find a way to stop them in order to save the world.
Quality-wise, when it comes to the overall quality of the film, there's no question that this movie, unlike the 2016 'abomination' is an honest effort. The emphasis was clearly on making sure that the story would feel real and 'believable' to the audience.
Indeed, had this film not been so well cast (everyone seems to like the kid actors), so beautifully shot and so respectful to the original films, it wouldn't have worked. In that case we would have been delivered a disappointing movie like the 'non-canon' 2016 version was.
Story-wise, the only real problem in the film is that the script in 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' is a bit weak in places. It takes almost too long for the story to unfold and some of the (lack of) exposition in the film, like Egon's ghost is a bit questionable story-wise.
Still, when it all is said and done, despite these certain flaws, these pacing issues weren't at least in my opinion too serious and didn't hurt the movie too much. They weren't too serious and didn't prevent me and my friend from enjoying the story that much.
In that sense, if you haven't managed to see 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' yet and are thinking about giving it a go, you should do it. You should watch the movie, because even though the film could have been better, it still managed to be surprisingly well made and entertaining as a whole.
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