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Ghostbusters: 4/10

i wanted to like this so much, but the story for me was pretty bad. just a rehash of the original trying to modernize it. I loved the team, i thought they had great chemistry and Kate McKinnon was the standout for me. She was hilarious!!! I was just hoping for a better ,more original story. I thought it was maybe a missed opportunity to tie the original to the new one. I think fans would have appreciated that instead of making it a movie about cameos in roles. Thats what it seemed to me more than anything, here is this actor, here is that actor. The story wasn't compelling enough to stand on its own, and the cameos felt like thats all you really needed to see.

But I'll definitely see a sequel if they make one. They just need a better story. Let them be ghostbusters, give them a cool story about ghosts. dont worry about what actor can we put in "this role".
 
Yep it came out the month after Independence Day. If you walked into a movie theater in August 1996 your choices would have included ID4, The Frighteners, or Escape from L.A. Hard to believe that Steve Buscemi starred in this the same year as the brilliant Fargo. [emoji38]
I saw this in theaters, and recall not being allowed in to see the frighteners because of our age--since it had MJF and was clearly influenced by Ghostbusters that was my no brainer first choice. We must have seen Escape as our backup. I disliked it at the time and have had no interest in seeing it again. But your rereview has me thinking I should.

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I saw this in theaters, and recall not being allowed in to see the frighteners because of our age--since it had MJF and was clearly influenced by Ghostbusters that was my no brainer first choice. We must have seen Escape as our backup. I disliked it at the time and have had no interest in seeing it again. But your rereview has me thinking I should.

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You couldn't see Frighteners but were allowed to see Escape from L.A.? Weird, because they were both rated R. I say stream Escape off Netflix and give it the 15 minute test. You'll see pretty clearly what you're in for and then can decide if you're having fun or if I'm just off my rocker again.
 
You couldn't see Frighteners but were allowed to see Escape from L.A.? Weird, because they were both rated R. I say stream Escape off Netflix and give it the 15 minute test. You'll see pretty clearly what you're in for and then can decide if you're having fun or if I'm just off my rocker again.

Escape From LA is rated R? I remember seeing that in theaters and there's nothing that stands out in my mind that warranted an R. Are there a lot of F bombs in the movie?
 
Escape From LA is rated R? I remember seeing that in theaters and there's nothing that stands out in my mind that warranted an R. Are there a lot of F bombs in the movie?

Nothing too explicit but yeah some characters are a bit mouthy like the president's daughter and a few other side characters from the island. No nudity that I can recall but in the plastic surgery chop shop people can be seen carting around trays of freshly removed eyeballs, heads, and things. When people get shot you see the customary blood and so forth. It's one of those movies that you get accustomed to seeing edited on TV every so often and then when you finally watch it uncensored again you go "oh yeah, this is a little more hardcore than I remembered." But overall nothing too major.
 
BvS Ultimate - 7.5/10

I much more enjoyed it the second time skipping to the fight scenes..But Eisenberg is an atrocity, he should be tar and feathered and never allowed back into the DC or Marvel universe!

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Eraser (1996) - 7/10

I had forgotten what a dark and violent movie this is. First time watching it in close to 20 years. I enjoyed it in the theater but after Batman & Robin, End of Days, The 6th Day, etc., I basically lumped it in with all of Arnold's post-Cameron "crap" and never really went back to it. But Eraser is legit! Cheesy but satisfying, Caan makes a great villain and Vanessa Williams holds her own against Arnold. Rail gun effects are still cool to this day.

The Ward (2011) - 2.5/10

A John Carpenter movie that I never knew existed. Should be fun right? Ugh. Definitely his worst ever. I stuck it out because I could sense that it was going to have a twist and it did but even that was an uninspired letdown. The movie's biggest sin might have been that it didn't even feel like a Carpenter film. Too bad.
 
BvS Ultimate - 7.5/10

I much more enjoyed it the second time skipping to the fight scenes..But Eisenberg is an atrocity, he should be tar and feathered and never allowed back into the DC or Marvel universe!

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I never thought about ignoring the first two hours and ten minutes. Smart move.
 
Eraser (1996) - 7/10

I had forgotten what a dark and violent movie this is. First time watching it in close to 20 years. I enjoyed it in the theater but after Batman & Robin, End of Days, The 6th Day, etc., I basically lumped it in with all of Arnold's post-Cameron "crap" and never really went back to it. But Eraser is legit! Cheesy but satisfying, Caan makes a great villain and Vanessa Williams holds her own against Arnold. Rail gun effects are still cool to this day.

Oh yeah, I really enjoyed Eraser back in the day. It's probably my favorite Arnold movie post T2.
 
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