HONEST opinion....?

It's a slapstick version of Ghostbusters. The story is kinda forgettable and falls apart in the 3rd act, but the chemistry between the characters is really good (the best scenes in the movie are the 4 of them all just hanging out). They were obviously having a lot of fun with the material and you could see that on the screen.

Kate McKinnon in particular is a revelation. I can't wait to see her in more stuff.

"...Is this movie as bad as the IMDb ratings suggest?"

Simple, honest answer: No.

I was very pleasantly surprised. I wasn't too excited by the trailers, but the reviews were pretty good, so when my friend asked if I wanted to see it, I said yes. He & I both liked it more than we thought we would. Lots of funny moments, great chemistry between the leads, and the action wasn't bad. He was more nostalgic about the original & thought that you might need to have that in order to enjoy the new film; I disagreed, having only seen the original once & having not been too crazy about it.

I enjoyed it very much and probably will see it again :)

Here's mine with minor spoilers

I never let my choice to see a movie be spoiled by IMDB ratings or RT.
The only thing that bothered me before seeing the movie was the trailer. The jokes felt so misplaced and not funny at all.
Good thing is that most of the bad jokes were cramped into those trailers.

I enjoyed the movie, but it wasn't good.
The atmosphere however was great. New York and Ghosts. It kinda works excellent in this movie, as did it in the first two movies.
The runtime was alright, the acting was slightly over the top sometimes (Mayor's assistent for example).
The special effects were great and some of the new tools the women use are fun to see.
There are so many homages, cameos and stuff to look at I'll probably see it again and look past the four leads and check out the surroundings.

Well here's my honest opinion.
The movie was a remake and in no way reboot. People will disagree and I'll agree that the four characters are in no way remade from the originals. So they will count as a reboot.
The 1984 library scene was remade
The tracking and catching slimer scene was remade
The ghosts going wilde in the city was remade (bit slightly different from the original)
Most homages were more fitting as a remake than a homage
Slimer eating hotdogs
Turning on the proton packs
And I can name a few more.
I'll give this movie a 6/6.5 for honoring the original movie, but at the same time ruining it.

Pros
- Except for Rick Moranis all members of the cast are there, including Harold Ramis . Bill Murray got the longest cameo, though.
- Stay Puft cameo
- Slimer
- I actually liked some of the humor that hit the mark correctly
- The ghosts and how they are done
- The 3D was done similar to Pixels and Life of Pi (so black bars are used for extra dimension)
- After credits scene mentions Zuul, so let's see if that turns out to be a naked man with long hair 
- Creation of logo

Cons
- Slimer, yes he's also a negative part of the movie. He was used too over the top and the way he was created was too much. I liked the 80s slimer more.
- They should have gone for a reboot.
- the misplaced humor from the trailer was still in the movie. (stage diving scene for instance)
- the whole rock concert scene didn't work for me
- Tension. Ghostbusters 1984 had that better handled.

The chicks didn't bother me so much, but a movie where they would have passed the torch would have been nicer.





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I think is a very entertaining movie. Well acted, well directed

Definitely theater quality in my opinion. I'm going to see it at least once more while it's still playing. The final sequence had some pretty incredible moments that need to be seen on the big screen.

I found it to be pretty much the epitome of studio produced remake/reboot mediocrity. Neither truly terrible, nor in any way actually good. Hollow, soulless, and strictly by the numbers. Watchable, but entirely unremarkable, with most of the characters being underwritten cyphers, and most of the comedy falling pretty flat. The effects were mostly decent enough, the ripping off of so much from the original film, only to recreate it in a way that wasn't quite as effective, got a bit grating after a while, as well. As did all the cameos and callbacks. A film that felt desperate to please everybody, ultimately missing the mark at truly pleasing too many at all. Or that was my honest take on it all, anyway.

Personally I'd wait for rental, but it depends on how much you expect from the price of a cinema ticket, I guess. And whether okay at best/mediocre at worst is worth spending your money on.