After months of discussions and a lot of negative reaction in social media, the film ended up with a respectable rate of 73% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a site that gathers critical of the entire internet.
But like other sites that depend on sponsors, aren't some of those reviews hyperinflated.
Internet users and a lot of trolls did not forgive the fact that a new version of a classic franchise was in fact without the original characters, starring four women and directed by Paul Feig, an expert in comedies more inclined for the female audience.
When the first trailer for the 2016 version of Ghostbusters appeared on the Internet, it brought out the worst of the web: hatred, prejudice, and bigotry.
The promotional video quickly became the material most dislikes YouTube history.
Was it so terrible?
As we know, one of the most common practices of a virtual society is judging early. If we do not like something, we do not hold back and express it loud and clear on social networks and blog comments boxes.
Some users even suggested a feminist conspiracy behind the new Ghostbusters.
What feminism? It is present, of course. And this is not a negative review. Since stereotypes as the hunky and stupid assistant, the answer to Internet commentators to the shot in the bag, everything is there, and it seems even a director's response to the criticism suffered by at the beginning of their advertising campaign. The impression one gets is that Feig filmed in a hurry, just to counter the speech received.
Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones - The central scenario remains the beautiful and battered New York. The premise is also similar: the metropolis begins to be taken by supernatural creatures, and someone needs to be called to resolve the situation. The plot is, of course, predictable, not that anyone expected anything else. Despite the differences, the quartet of experts mounts an office, hires a secretary (Chris Hemsworth, at ease in the role of "cute and dumb"), builds reliable equipment and will to fight ghosts. Learning the hard way how to hunt ghosts, and falling into the graces of the population. We've seen this movie before - but as times have changed, it's all right, right?
So the main question is:
Is Hollywood trying to cash in with controversy or is there indeed a feminist movement that is seeking to infiltrate society at is core and change its values? Maybe that conspiracy could become a script to a new movie and stop those awful reboots lately.
I believe it's just lazy scriptwriting's that caused all of this nonsense that escalated to some nasty comments online to the point that people started getting banned on Twitter, like Milo.
Now the issue with Milo is complicated, but it revealed a position that twitter, facebook, and other social media platforms will censor what they pleased.
So know more than ever a platform like this one will become a place that needs to have moderation of course but also a place with freedom of speech to some extent.
Now the movie I didn't like it. Personally, it has nothing to do with the cast, for me, it's the script. For example, I enjoy Rey character in Starwars the Force Awakens; she is a strong female character, and it seems well integrated into the story context. If done right I could even see a female Rambo reboot.
I'm in the same boat as Kevin Smith on this one. When the trailer came out I thought it looked absolutely awful. After seeing the movie though I thought it was a decent and funny kids movie.