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The story involves a group of parapsychologists
who are kicked out of a university for their offbeat research, and unscientific
practices, as shown in the Bill Murray scene with the young co-ed in the
esp experiment, at the beginning of the film. After gathering physical
data from a scary Spector they met in the basement of the New York City
Public Library, they are able to set up a private company designed to
rid people of pesky ghosts, through the use of unique nuclear proton/neutron
guns, with wild results.
Bill Murray gives one of his most
endearing performances as one of the Ghostbusters, who overcomes his personality
faults to rise to the occasion of defeating demonic entities to save Dana
Barrett (Weaver), and Louis Tully (Moranis), as well as the city of New
York, and the human race. While its improbable that his character would
end up with Weaver, following her dis-possession, that's part of the fun.
Rick Moranis is particularly good
as a nerd, with no savior faire, who besides being an exercise and vitamin
nut, hosts parties where he invites only his clients, so he can write
off the expense. He has a big-time crush on Weaver, but he doesn't generate
any reciprocal feelings from Weaver until both of them are possessed by
demons.
Who can forget that great theme song,
by Ray Parker, Jr. It's almost impossible to not like, unless you're already
dead and a ghost yourself.
Ghost Buster's imaginative, creative,
hilarious script was written by the very talented Dan Aykroyd and Harold
Ramis. Some of the premises about ghosts in this movie are the result
of a very creative imagination, which ads up to to a very entertaining
movie. Real apparitions don't leave a trail of gooey, slimy ectoplasm,
that can be collected, & analyzed. Some have been photographed, filmed,
and ghosts hunters do use instruments to detect such things as temperature
changes. (NY: The
"Gingerbread" Manor House; CA: The
Whaley House; UT: Gibbs
House)
Ghosts can't be caught, or contained,
but most ghosts can be made to leave by exorcism, or by help from a medium
and /or parapsychologist. (See WA: Monaghan
Hall; NY: Morris-Jumel
Mansion; KS: Fort
Leavenworth; MI: Grand
Rapids)
While many apparitions, like the one
of the elderly lady in the basement of the library, reading, at the beginning
of the movie, are clearly seen in detail, and do indeed float above the
floor, they usually don't turn into such a scary form that chased the
trio of soon-to-be ghost busters out of the library. (See SC: Legare
Street House, OR: The
Heceta House; IN: The
Willard Library; MI: A
Renovated House in Grand Rapids). If they are scary and mean, they
usually are always that way toward the living. (See WA: Monaghan
Hall; KY: Little
White Flower; WI: The
O'Brien House)
The film has many ghostly FX. The
Visual Effects are courtesy of Richard Edlund. Toward the end of the movie,
after the grid is shut down by the EPA, many ghostly apparitions, vapors,
mists, etc. invade the city. A cloudy mist goes up the tailpipe of a taxi,
and a goul is seen driving the taxi, crashing into the side of the street,
with a passenger in the back. The coming of Gozer, the demon dogs, the
activity in Dana's kitchen and refrigerator are brought to life with a
scary reality.
Favorite Scenes: The "green spud"
flying around the ritzy hotel, eating and drinking other's meals, and
the battle scene in the main ball room between this green spud, and the
Ghost Busters is most realistic and entertaining. The script also spoofs
war movies, that have scenes of untried, rookie soldiers trying to cope
before, during and after their first major battle, and how they learn
to fight as a team to be victorious. The actual possession of Sigorney
Weaver was pretty convincing and scary, and she is totally convincing
as a woman possessed by a demon dog in the scene with Bill Murray, but
the scariness was kept in check with Bill's funny lines, and reactions,
creating a fun balance appropriate for a comedy. Also, the script also
spoofs war movies, that have scenes of untried, rookie soldiers trying
to cope before, during and after their first major battle. The grand battle
at the end and the ending is also most enjoyable, scary, adventuresome,
and funny at the same time.
If you enjoyed GHOSTBUSTERS, you may
like GHOSTBUSTERS 2, BEETLEJUICE, GHOST CATCHERS, HOLD THAT GHOST, and
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