This has nothing to do
with my stories and it was meant to be a short status on Facebook but
I thought a blog post would suffice. For the record, I am female. I
am not a self-hating woman. I am slightly misandrist but that's
because of my past with men.
Anyway, this is all
about Ghostbusters (mostly). Unless you have been hiding in a cave in
the middle of nowhere on a deserted island for the last few years,
you will know that there is a Ghostbusters move coming out, featuring
an all-female cast. It has received a lot of scepticism and one of
its trailers was (and may still be) voted as the most disliked video
in YouTube history. Haters have been described as misogynistic fan
boys who have no life and possibly hated the fact the the latest Star
Wars film had a main female character as well as main black
character. And for some parts, this criticism may be right.
(FTR, I love Rey and
Finn. Rey isn't there to be rescued or to be seen as overly
beautiful. She kicks seriously ass, she seduced James Bond, using the
Force to get them to free her and is overly independent. THAT is what
makes her sexy. And as for the wooden acting remarks; this was Daisy
Ridley's first major acting role; give her a bloody break, guys. I
loved her! As for the “she was too thin” remarks; think of it
this way. She's a scavenger, working long days for stuff she can sell
which brings in small meagre potions, possibly having one meagre meal
a day; she's not living the life of Jabba the Hutt. It make sense
that she'd be that skinny so feck off! As for Finn; I love this guy
and he has so much room for character development that I hope it's
taken to its potential. I just hope that Star Wars had Padme Amidala
and Princess Leia who were kick ass women and then once love came
into their love lives, it seemed to be less kick ass and more needy
as well as more about their looks. And no, this is not about THAT
bikini! That was a complete different kettle of fish!)
Anyway, back onto I
would like to point which is Ghostbusters. I admit I was sceptical as
well. I grew up on the original Ghostbusters and thought it was scary
(especially that scene when Sigourney Weaver on the armchair. THAT
gave me nightmares for years!). The second film wasn't so good but
still watchable. The thought of another reboot made me go WTF,
especially with an all-female cast (with a sexy man being their
secretary).
Then THAT trailer came
out! I'm sorry guys but I hated it but I didn't hate it because of it
being all women. I mean, the trailer had a voice over stating what
three of the Ghostbusters did beforehand, like one was the best
physician ever known blah blah blah WE DON'T CARE! We didn't need
that crap for the original film and we didn't need it now. Also, it
looked like the unfunniest film. The jokes sounded lame and
predictable and don't get me started on the scene that looks like a
spoof of the Exorcist, with the head twisting scene. I didn't think
that Chris Hemsworth could save what look like crap. Okay, you're not
supposed to put the best jokes in the trailers – that's the sign of
a crap film but for god's sake, throw us a bone here!
Now the reviews are in
and they are looking good. One review in the Metro this weekend
summed up for me what I was fearing from the film. It stated there
were no female jokes in the film; no period jokes; none of that
cheesy 'girl power' rubbish*, no daughter trying to live up to her
daddy's work, nothing that seemed to have become the standards of
today's chick films. I'm not a fan of chick films. There are only two
that I like: “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Love Actually” and
they are not high up on my favourite films list.
Hearing this makes me
smile because THAT is why I was worried for this film. There seems to
be a standard for all-boy films and all-chick films and I was worried
that the great Ghostbusters was going to be reduced into a chick
flick and the old films, not even the not-so-good films were about
that. They were not about gender. I mean, the Ghostbusters were all
guys but there was no macho talk, no talk about chatting up women etc
Even the possibly exception of Venkman, the team were intelligent and
driven on the goal set on them Yes, there was Venkman trying to hit
on Dana but that was it. It was not the be-all and end-all. When you
got the crew behind films such as “Bridesmaids” at the helm of
the reboot, surely, it is easy to perceive that this would become a
chick flick. It now sounds like a team of people with one cause. Yes,
they are all-female but sorry in the real world, guys stick together
and girls stick together so it makes sense that it was not mixed
gender at all.
Also, there is the
point of script. Reviews are saying it holds jokes but does not have
the same wit as the original film and as well as being a chick flick,
I knew it6 could not hold up to the original film. Let's face it, the
first film held a lot of wit. I mean you got Dan Aykroyd and the late
Harold Ramis writing the script and Billy Murray doing what he does
best – adlibbing practically every line in the only way he knew
how. I've heard Melissa McCarthy is a superb actress and reviews are
saying that Kate McKinnon is the standout of the four as Jillian, the
“female Egon” plus the four actresses are veterans of Saturday
Night Live, which makes them good comedians but can that huour hold
up to the brilliant wit that made Ghostbusters so good? I guess only
time will tell but it is another doubt I have about the reboot.
Before the reviews, the
more I saw of the adverts (except for that god-awful one), I was more
inclined to watch it and now after reading the reviews, I am more
tempted. It's just a lesson is that 'Forget trailers. Wait for the
reviews'. I am not saying that because the reviews are looking good.
(*girl power is good
but in films, it comes off as the extreme, and in my opinion, girl
power is great but in my eyes, feminism doesn't mean women are
better. It means women should be treated equal to men and nothing
more, nothing less)
Okay, crazy rant over
xxxxxx
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