Ghostbusters Appreciation Thread
 

Ghostbusters is coming up on its 19th aniversary (it was released June 8, 1984) and I just wanted to have a thread devoted to one of the greatest comedys, and perhaps the greatest genre-hybrid film, of all time.

While often praised, I still don't think Ghostbusters gets enough praise. It's a DAMN CLASSIC no matter how you cut it!!!

Anyone else want to join in this GBs love fest?

Descent is welcome as well.

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Ghostbusters is huge, huge.

I LOVED IT.
IT WAS MUCH BETTER THAN CATS.
I'M GOING TO WATCH IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

You know, you could almost make this a "Bill Murray Appreciation Thread" and it might serve the same purpose. He made the film.

"Is this true?"
"Yes, your honor. This man has no dick."

"Has this ever happened to you before? No, first time?"

Interesting that two of my favorite films from 1984 opened that same June day - Ghostbusters, of course my all-time favorite, and Gremlins, which is a good horror/comedy...but no Ghostbusters of course.

Seriously, I never tire of watching Ghostbusters. It's not non-stop laughter kind of comedy, but smart, subtle, layered comedy. Like you can pick up something funny for the first time with every viewing. And endlessly entertaining, as it really works as a kind of sci-fi/adventure too. (Which is what many who embraced it at a young age took a liking to it for.)

So many priceless moments - the Twinkie discussion, Peck and Venkman's conversation, the library opening, little moments of banter with Egon, on and on.

Best movie ever, man.

One of my favorite comedies.

"I looked at the trap, Ray!"

"The flowers are still standing!"

"What are you supposed to be, some kind of cosmosnaut?"
"No, we're exterminators. Someone saw a cockroach up on 12."
"That must be some cockroach."
"Bite your head off, man."

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I've always said it's one of the very rare truly PERFECT movies every filmed. It's got action, comedy, romance, sci-fi, horror, drama, groundbreaking special effects, just about everything you could want in a movie. In the top 5 all-time favorite movies thread floating around, it made my list.

As perfect as the movie is, it spawned one of the best cartoons ever. Everything that made the movie good - sharp writing, well defined characterization, high tech antics, subtle (and blatent) humor were all present in The Real Ghostbusters.

Lord, where are the DVDs of that!

I disagree most vehemently. I think Harold Ramis made the film (actually, Ivan Reitman made it, but you know what I mean.)

No shiznit.

:up: :up:

It was released on my tenth birthday and I got to go see it opening night. Still a great movie that has held up well over time. :-)

Got my vote! :thumbsup:

The ghost in the library used to REALLY scare me when I was a kid :)

The ghost in the library used to REALLY scare every child of the '80s. :)

Plus, it includes what is one of my favorite exclamations of all time, and one I still use today:

"Mother Pusbucket!"

Listen! Do you smell something?

And to be even more on the contrarie, I think they ALL made it. When you sit down to single someone out, how great are:

Bill Murray
Dan Ackroyd
Harold Raimis
Ernie Hudson
Sigorney Weaver
Rick Moranis
Annie Potts
The guy who played "Raymond Peck"
Ivan Reitman

Hell, they don't even have support roles like that any more:

The kid getting zapped by Murray
Reginald Vel Johnson debuting as "the cop"
the NY Mayor

And probably one of the best movie specific theme songs ever(how big was that tune in 1984?). I ain't afraid of no ghost!!! Where have you gone Ray Parker Jr.?

Just a marvelously tight script, right there with Back to the Future as far as I"m concerned, and much funnier to boot. What impresses me so much is how they used special effect to ADVANCE the story, special effects weren't THE story. You could have done either movie nearly as well minus the effects, but they were there to perfectly accentuate what was going on. Films have lost their way in that regard. Effects are a condiment, not the main dish.

"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."

Rick Moranis is so funny in his scenes that had he been given any more screen time he would have gone dangerously close to stealing the show.

When he's got that colander on his head and he's talking about Gozer, "This time he came in the form of a giant SLOOR!" etc. I bust a gut. And when he introduces his party guests by telling everyone about their savings and investments. It's his funniest role.

A childhood favorite of mine. :up:

I remember seeing it 4 times in the theater during the time.

Watched the DVD a few times so far. ;)

Now we wait a year for the 20th anniversary :)

Dude, Bill Atherton.

I'll see you then :)

I saw this outside on a big screen last weekend, the audience of 500 or so loved it. There was this young kid next to me who was so great, he kept responding to the screen with great lines like:

"That's a good idea, you know why? GHOSTBUSTERS!"

"This is like that time you tried to drill a hole through your head."

"That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me."


One of my all time favorites.

Dude, it's <i>Walter</i> Peck, a.k.a. Pencilneck, a.k.a. Dickless. :D

LOL, sorry man, I went to high school with a Ray Peck and I got confused. My bad!

Absolutely fabulous film (and even thought the DVD is 4 years old, it still ranks as one of the best IMO)

"Egon, You're mucus"

"So, where are you from...originally"

"Ray, next time someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!"

"We came, we saw, we kicked its ASS!"

"Let's show this prehistoric b!tch how we do things downtown."


I could stay here and quote this movie all night.

Probably didn't help him that the song plagiarized "I want a new drug" by Huey Lewis and the News. I heard they sued his ass off.

As I assume, you're probably referring to the beat. (Plagiarism refers to copying words.) And well, in that case, I don't really hear any similarities.

Nonetheless, the case was settled and Ray Parker Jr. recently sued Huey's ass for talking about it on VH1, since that broke the confidentiality agreement of the case.

In any event, I think more people know and like "Ghostbusters" than "I Want a New Drug."

But that's all beside the point, which is...hmm...I wish the "Ghostbusters" music video was on the DVD. That's one of the few things it's missing!

I have a very strong attachment to Ghostbusters; growing up, it was my favorite movie. Plus, it also came out on my birthday :D.

That's funny because when I'm listenning to the two tracks, clearly I can hear the music is exactly the same even thought Ray Parker Jr's song is played a little faster.

And funnier is the fact that Huey Lewis was first asked to do the song but he turned them down so they had to hire Ray Parker Jr who "wrote" a song that sounds exactly like a Huey Lewis song.

Anyway, I don't really care, I was just assuming the lawsuit might have had a negative impact on Mr. Parker's carreer.

But I loved the movie!

What's really funny about cases like these is I'm a child of the 80's and grew up listening to both of these songs *a lot* and I never heard any similarity.


My boss has a dog that's half chow, half something else. Will rip your head off and crap down your throat if you look at her wrong. Unless you're her friend, then she is so gentle, she won't use her teeth to take food out of your hand, she will actually use her lips so as not to hurt you. Anyways, when my boss tries to describe her to other people, they can never picture her until I say, "remember the devil dogs from Ghostbusters? Same thing, only furrier."

Speaking of the terror dogs, when they run, the effect is really quite cheesy. (They look weightless.) But when they're stationary and just moving about, that's some scary ish. :)

That's because when they're standing still they're full size rubber puppets.

Yeah, I know. I was just noting it... :)