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Melissa McCarthy’s reflects on GB 2016 five years later.

posted 3 years ago by blue1981 (7826)
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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ghostbusters-backlash-melissa-mccarthy-reflects-5-years-later-172947969.htmlhttps://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ghostbusters-backlash-melissa-mccarthy-reflects-5-years-later-172947969.html So a few things I’ll agree on in this interview and a few things said here are total bullshit. First off there is no cult following as the article says, this movie was and still is universally hated to the point nearly all fans wish we could delete its existence. She specifically said “If you dont like something you don’t have to see it”. That is true but the whole marketing was based on if you don’t go see this movie you’re sexist. She still doesn’t get that the majority of fans hate it and if anyone does like it they are fake fans.

[–] MickyMac (3191) 3 years ago

She makes me cringe she every time she's on a movie poster or on camera probably because she's got a punchable fat face but she's not enjoyable, she has no chemistry with the rest of the cast.

About it being all women there's something about the original being made back in the 80's like with John Carpenter's The Thing or Predator where an all male cast enhances everything Ghostbusters is going for, the fact it's all men made it feel more natural but when you look at it with all women it just feels forced, doesn't feel real, so there's things about the story of Ghostbusters that didn't call for an all women cast.

[–] Jinx (3737) 3 years ago

"punchable fat face" Get the urge to punch women in the face a lot do ya?

[–] moviechatterer (15787) 3 years ago

yeah , cos in real life catching ghosts as a contracting service is a such a male dominated field ya?

...its not a job for wimmin! they should be in the kitchen makin me a sammich!

right?

[–] MickyMac (3191) 3 years ago

It's not exacting a job that's gonna appeal to a vast majority of woman.

[–] Guitar King (4911) 3 years ago

She said she doesn't get why everybody is hate filled. Paul Feig and Leslie Jones were hate filled on Twitter insulting customers when GB 2016 was in theaters. 5 years later Melissa is hoping we forgot that.

[–] ebhaynz (3689) 3 years ago

Ghostbusters 16 is a hate crime.

[–] Shibez (914) 3 years ago

It's not a bad movie if it was titled something else....but to call it Ghostbusters is where fans of the first 2 films get upset. It doesn't have a Ghostbusters feel to it...and I'm not so sure that afterlife will have a Ghostbusters feel to it either. Just going from the trailer, Afterlife feels like a stranger things episode...just like the IT remake, just like scary stories to tell in the dark...I'm sure there's other movies that feel the same.

[–] blue1981 (7826) 3 years ago

It's still a bad and hate filled movie even if it didn't have the Ghostbusters name on it. It sums up the problem with Geek culture and why gatekeeping is important. It all boils down to that radical feminists seek a part of society that they seek to dominate and they think white male need culture is that space to conquer with little resistance. No one stepped up to say NO.

[–] MickyMac (3191) 3 years ago

Problem is Feminists are trying to jam a square beg into a round hole, a movie about a concept as bizarre as ghost hunting isn't going to appeal to enough women to be profitable.

[–] enriquesingh (1811) 3 years ago

She sounds quite ignorant.

[–] TheArgentinian (7108) 3 years ago

> the whole marketing was based on if you don’t go see this movie you’re sexist

More incel lies. Show me these marketing materials.

[–] Martoto (5049) 3 years ago

That is true but the whole marketing was based on if you don’t go see this movie you’re sexist.

What complete and utter nonsense. Get a life.