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Rating:  - A true classic from the SNL crew
This is a great movie that came from the minds of the SNL crew. Just like the reviews says, it's Poltergiest meets the Exorcist. I'm proud to say that this movie was apart of my generation. If you haven't check this out, please do so. It is so worth it.
Rating: - Definately a classic!
When I received my first ever DVD player, this was the DVD I bought. My parents loved Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd from SNL, so they had to get it on tape one day. And I got to watch it with them. Love the music, the comedy and, on the DVD, all the special additions, especially the dialouge from the directors.
This is worth the purchase!
Rating:  - Reservations about Ramis
He really wasn't that big an actor (still isn't to this day) to be billed as one of the top three ghostbusters of this movie. We got a lot of him and not enough of Ackroyd (who was and still is) in this horror comedy caper. Not quite Abott and Costello as this film is highy suggestive in it's humor but that's another point.
Rating: - "Back off, man. I'm a scientist."
Still holds up after all these years.
Ignore the kids who rag on the effects. The effects are a tertiary concern. Heck, their cheesiness enhances the fun. The purpose of this movie is the humor - nothing else! It's not a sci-fi flick or an action movie. It's a comedy.
The famous gag lines are too numerous to count but include:
"It's true. This man has no __"
"What a wonderful singing voice you must have."
"Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon."
And (of course) "It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man."
Rating:  - As Light As a Marshmallow
The beauty of this film is that it's sole reason for existing is just to make you laugh. It's utter lack of pretense is downright refreshing. When this film was released in 1984 it must have hit some kind of nerve with the public who were in need for a good laugh because it raked in a domestic gross in excess of $200,000,000, an unheard of sum for a comedy at that time. Basically, this film is a throwback to the films of Abbott and Costello or the Bowery Boys where they find themselves in some supernatural setting and comic hijinks ensue. What differentiates these films is that "Ghostbusters" has the droll comic prescence of Bill Murray to comment on the proceedings and state-of-the-art special effects. Though "Ghostbusters" is an ensemble effort(and a good one at that)this is essentially Murray's show. This is not to diminish the fine work contributed here by Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and William Atherton but they are overshadowed here by Murray's prescence. Enough cannot be said about the special effects here, that are both dazzling and funny. The reason I point this out is that the special effects technicians on this film lost the Academy award to what I feel was the lesser effects of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". My feeling about special effects are you can have the most impressive light show in the world but if they don't service the story, so what.
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