Many questions have been asked about this film since it became known that the cast was heavily female instead of the male cast we remember including Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray. It's not a feminist approach, it is merely making the point that women can be top scientists as well. It almost works better because people were generally less likely to believe women raging on about the paranormal (ghosts) and publishing books about it.
Comical from start to finish but natural comedy. You could laugh at it because you appreciated it, you didn't have to think too much about the joke but you instantly understood it. It wasn't Crass or what sometimes we would call male humour and it wasn't out and out trying to be funny- the humour was slotted in at the right times to make it pleasant and very enjoyable Any film that has this quote 'I believe that God always knows what he is doing but I do think that he was drunk when he made her personality' is going to be funny but in a good way. The modern spin on it helped to make it a new film instead of an attempt to remake a good film. The same plot with the same characters but they really went out of their way to change as much as possible to make it a new film. If you are going to remake something then you need to strip it down to its core, keep the core as it was and then build your own layers on top of the working core that everyone loved and admired.
A stunning, serious performance from Melissa McCarthy was surprising. As stated about Keira Knightly yesterday, Melissa McCarthy is finally letting her career develop naturally and blossom. She is another late bloomer. Moving on from trying to be funny and only appearing in films where she is supposed to play off being fat and funny she has started to take on some serious roles and this was perfect for her. The humour was easy to play on but the seriousness of he in her belief of ghosts was fantastic. The way that she bounced off of Kristen Wiig was admirable. To start with the character was a little childish but then she grew up and they were both allowed to play off of each other excellently. None of them were standout performers and that made it a very balanced film.
Chris Hemsworth was the comical value in the film. The stupidity was played well, not overdone but stupid in a believable way that just made you laugh at times. Nice to see him playing a less serious and 'hench' role. Don't get me wrong, he is not the kind of guy that would do well with making romantic comedies but he can play a part in less action based serious films.
Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones made up the rest of the cast, with the later playing typically on some racial stereotypes. The entire squad was perfect. With a supporting feature from Charles Dance one has to accept that this film is not the original and is simply something for families to enjoy that isn't animated.
The Fallout Boy version of the theme blaring out was fantastic. I am a huge fan of them and have been listening to their theme for a few weeks now. I loved that they kept the original Halloween version throughout the film as well.
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