10 Controversial Movies Everyone Misunderstood

6. Ghostbusters

Paul Feig's 2016 Ghostbusters reboot wasn't simply a movie misunderstood by fans, it was a movie embroiled in a controversy so disproportionate to the end product itself.

Many were immediately opposed to the idea of an all-female Ghostbusters movie - some sexists who believed it was a $150 million man-hating exercise, while others were disappointed that the original cast weren't reprising their roles.

But really, the arguments over the movie should've come down to one thing - was it funny or not? And the answer? Not really. Chris Hemsworth had some decent ad-lib moments, but the film was clearly overly reliant on improv and far too long as a result.

Yet even post-release, the film's online discussion couldn't shift its focus away from the perceived politics of its largely female cast, whether the haters crossing their fingers it would fail or those placing an unreasonable amount of weight on its shoulders as a boundary-pushing piece of blockbuster representation.

Three years later, Ghostbusters 2016 basically feels like ancient history. It's not bad, it's not very good either, but if you stumbled across it on Netflix on a lazy Sunday, you might watch a bit of it while doing some chores.

Compare that to the aggressive grandstanding which took place both before and during its release. People got more het up about this movie than they did the prospect of Donald Trump being President.

This was never meant to be a film which drew battle lines between people, and yet, this narrative ultimately took up more headlines than the actual narrative of the movie itself.