Ghostbusters Reviews: 10 Reactions You Need To Know
9. It Doesn't Really Do Much To "Advance" The Franchise
When you set out to remake a movie, it's generally thought that there should be a good reason to go ahead and do so, aside from "money!" - either you're updating something that has dated for a new audience, or using the premise to say something new about the world, or a mix of both.
In this department, it's being said that the new Ghostbusters falls short. At least, according to a large number of critics who reviewed the film, many - whilst enjoying the flick to a moderate degree - found that it offered nothing new or established itself as the modern, feminist yarn we were all kind of expecting it to be.
In his review for IndieWIRE, Eric Kohn wrote that "it's worthless if it can't make old ideas feel new," whilst Don Kaye from Den of Geek proposed the question: "Why are we telling this story again, just with different people and a few remixed aspects?"
Variety's critic, Peter Debruge, agreed with these criticisms:
"This otherwise over-familiar remake from “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig doesn’t do nearly enough to innovate on what has come before."
Enjoyable as it might be, it appears that Ghostbusters doesn't do enough to justify its existence from a modern point of view, and - as such - lacks staying power.