Now signed to a major indie label, and sharing a timely message with the world, Glenns emergence from obscurity transpires as an intimate coming of age story that spins the. It’s not a fun journey, but the ending of the film, inevitable cameos and all, redeems a lot of what came before it. When Glenn receives an unexpected email in 2016 from a record collector in Japan enquiring about copies of his 1986 self-release, Keyboard Fantasies, everything changes. At first, I hated that his likeness was being incorporated into the story, the same way I’ve detested the way the “Fast and Furious” movies insist on keeping Paul Walker’s character alive, but it made sense by the end. And the movie has a tremendous amount of love for Harold Ramis. I was drawn into the Spengler family dynamic, as the various members struggle to understand and forgive Egon. Grace, Coon, and Rudd (congratulations to Rudd on being named “Sexiest Man Alive,” by the way) are all effortlessly charming, and you want to chuckle warmly at them even though what they’re saying isn’t that funny. So what does it do right? In a word, heart. “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” isn’t good at humor, fan service, or straight action (I know I haven’t mentioned that yet, but it’s all CGI garbage). They’re constantly distracted from their mission, and why would you choose them for a mission anyway? There was a reason to incorporate an enormous Marshmallow Man into the original film – Ray was trying to think of the most harmless harbinger of doom possible – but there’s no reason to use them here except that fans are supposed to cheer for them. I was particularly unimpressed with the return of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, or Men in this case since it’s a bunch of little ones for some reason. Almost every corner of the film has a reference to “Ghostbusters” or some 80’s movie that Reitman loves. Much has been written of the incessant fan service in the film, and yeah, it’s pretty painful.
It’s so strange that Reitman, who brought us two of the funniest movies of the 2000s in “Thank You for Smoking” and “Juno,” wouldn’t have more in the tank than the hacky “nothing ever happens in this town” bits that we get here.
There’s a running gag of Phoebe telling terrible jokes, but they aren’t much worse than what the movie tries to pass off as legitimate jokes, especially when Podcast is involved. I can’t say much for the humor in the movie. Gradually she discovers that ghosts are responsible, and that her grandfather was trying to save the world from them, which is why he had a falling out with the other Ghostbusters and was estranged from his family. She takes up the hobby of trying to find out why the small town has so many earthquakes, aided by her friend Podcast (Logan Kim, whose personality is annoying, but at least he has one) and seismologist teacher Mr. More interesting is Phoebe, who goes to school strictly for fun.
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