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Scrooged (1988)
Kind of meh fever dream
It's been on my watch list for a while now. Didn't like it much when I finally sat down to watch it. Bill Murray's character just screams all the time, that's it. I understand the Scrooge-character is supposed to be unlikable but Murray's character is unlikeable in an obnoxious sort of way that it makes it hard to believe he's redeemable. The movie as a whole is very over the top, but not in a good way. Half of the lines are unintelligible due to sound editing or the actors' delivery. It felt kind of like a fever dream. There were a couple good laughs but not good enough to make me watch it again.
Ghostbusters (2016)
Very fun
Definitely not as bad as some people are saying. I found that the movie had an overall pretty good 'entertaining' element, it knew it was going to be silly and played well into that. I felt that the animation used on the ghosts was perfect, it was stylized to look realistic yet cartoonish, fitting well with the humour and overall feel of the film. There were more little nods towards the original movie than I thought there were going to be, this was greatly loved, they ranged throughout the whole film and were not just lumped together. All the characters were played wonderfully by the actors, particularly Kate McKinnon and Neil Casey, they gave their all and it really worked for their strange characters. The pacing of the movie was very good, it certainly didn't feel like I sat there for two hours, boredom never once took hold. I appreciated the struggle the main characters went through to assert themselves where as in the original movie the Ghostbusters where accepted quickly and without much hassle. The remake made good use of artistic interpretation, sticking to a similar plot as the original but not copying it word for word or scene by scene. Overall I found the movie quite enjoyable and would gladly watch it again.