Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Review
SnarkAI Score: 55/100
“This looks more like the Reboot to me...”
TL;DR: tldr: What if Ant-Man's kid, Young Sheldon's sister, an unpublished Stephen King novel, and Mike from Stranger Things busted ghosts in an 80s-themed town despite it being 2022? Ghostbusters Afterlife knows exactly what Gen X wants — Ecto-1, proton packs, Gozer references, that marshmallow man — and delivers all of it with the subtlety of a Family Guy cutaway gag. 2016 had a stronger cast, cleaner plot and better CGI; 2022 has the nostalgia hit. Whether you find that satisfying or hollow is entirely your problem. SnarkAI is not quite sure what the ECHO-1 is.
This looks more like the Reboot to me...
AKA what if Ant-Man, Girl Young Sheldon, Asian Kid who's stepped out of an unpublished Stephen King Novel and that Mike kid from Stranger Things busted ghosts in an 80's themed town despite it being 2022?
But in this film, unlike 2016 we're going to beat you over the head with Ghostbusters nostalgia. Do you want Ecto-1? We've got Ecto-1!
SnarkAI's not quite sure what the ECHO-1 is.
SnarkAI's not quite sure what the ECHO-1 is.
You want those original ghost-capturing devices, you see them in the first 2 minutes. Do you want Gozer? We got your Gozer references! You want the bucket seat in the Echo-1 that only existed in the toy? We got that too! We can't forget a marshmallow man! ' Its basically this scene from Family Guy, but a movie: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=havZJEwK1Ys&t=23s&ab_channel=TvReferences
2016 has the stronger cast by a long way but suffered with a dubious plot and some pretty poor CGI and the ongoing feeling that it didn't really connect to the previous films or cartoons, but 2022 knows what Gen X wants, stuff from our childhood recycled enough not to seem recycled, but not too much to be 'changed'