Half in the Bag: Ghostbusters (2016) (For real this time) - General

[QUOTE=Diet Kane;50735321]Can't wait for all the articles penned by fat balding goony bearded "culture" writers about how RLM are a bunch of white shitlord manchildren who lynch women by the droves on a daily basis[/QUOTE] like RLM gives a fuck

I want that fuckin vodka

[QUOTE=Ithon;50736267]Bevmo has it less then $60 dollars (52, 45 if you're an alcoholic) Now I'm really interested in having some of his vodka.[/QUOTE] Me too. I've apparently never had good vodka before. One of my customers who used to be in the military would get his hands on "true Russian vodka" and he said it's nowhere near the crap you can buy here in the states. According him a single shot is enough to knock you on your ass. Sounds like just the kind of drink for me, and I think that's the fastest I've ever seen Mike bridge into drunkness from a buzz.

Aykroyd is a national treasure [video=youtube;SKqjIv91Zx8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKqjIv91Zx8[/video]

[QUOTE=-nesto-;50736995]Aykroyd is a national treasure [video=youtube;SKqjIv91Zx8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKqjIv91Zx8[/video][/QUOTE] Imagine if he sold brake pads like this. Then Tommy Boy would have never happened.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;50735651]What confuses me is that the reviews for this are all over the map. Professional reviewers are either "it's great!" or "it's decent for a remake but doesn't hold up to the original". Nobody outright shits on it - which, if it were absolutely horrible, you'd think someone would. This can't be entirely written off as bribery - there's too many "meh" reviews. Fan reviewers seem to be listing it as one of the worst movies of all time. This can't be written off entirely as sexism, because a fair number are saying "all of these actresses are good, they're just not in a good movie". (As a curious exception, Howard Tayler's blog lists it as one of the better movies he's seen this year, with barely any criticism even when talking about things others have savaged the movie for) Audience reviews are everywhere - 11/10, -1/5, and everywhere in between, in about equal amounts. I can't figure out what could be behind all of this. It just doesn't make sense. I've never seen a movie be this divisive before release, and afterward it somehow got even worse. It does not make sense. Maybe we'll have better perspective, years down the line, and the explanation will seem obvious. But right now, all I know is that I don't know enough.[/QUOTE] If I was a professional movie reviewer I wouldn't want my associates and people who host my reviews getting spammed how much of a woman-hater I am with demand of cutting ties with me so I'd give it a "kinda okay" rating.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;50735651]What confuses me is that the reviews for this are all over the map. Professional reviewers are either "it's great!" or "it's decent for a remake but doesn't hold up to the original". Nobody outright shits on it - which, if it were absolutely horrible, you'd think someone would. This can't be entirely written off as bribery - there's too many "meh" reviews. Fan reviewers seem to be listing it as one of the worst movies of all time. This can't be written off entirely as sexism, because a fair number are saying "all of these actresses are good, they're just not in a good movie". (As a curious exception, Howard Tayler's blog lists it as one of the better movies he's seen this year, with barely any criticism even when talking about things others have savaged the movie for) Audience reviews are everywhere - 11/10, -1/5, and everywhere in between, in about equal amounts. I can't figure out what could be behind all of this. It just doesn't make sense. I've never seen a movie be this divisive before release, and afterward it somehow got even worse. It does not make sense. Maybe we'll have better perspective, years down the line, and the explanation will seem obvious. But right now, all I know is that I don't know enough.[/QUOTE] Whats so confusing about a movie being so ideologically charged that its met with such a polarizing reception Nobody cares about the movie, its just the same people who vote for clinton solely because shes a woman stirring shit and playing the victims like usual. Creating imaginery strawmanned oppression so they could fight something and feel like theyre setting a historic precedent in womens equality because they dont have any other tangible struggles to complain about. It gives them a purpose in life. Something to solve or fix or make better even if the issue is nonexistant at first they will find a way to make it the most important issue of 2016. Its always the same crowd of middle classed women and slightly emasculated men working together to breath life into imaginery problems because they lack purpose and have no struggles to overcome in their daily lives. Theyre well enough to sustain themselves but not rich enough to not give a shit about the patriarchy. I believe theres a direct link between ones social economic status and third wave feminism/SJWs or whatever its called now.

I have actually had that vodka, was surprised to find out Dan Aykroyd was behind it. It was an alright vodka, not really worth the price tag imo as you are paying mostly for the bottle than the vodka itself. I'd recommend 'five' vodka over it.

[QUOTE=Pie_Tony;50737335]I have actually had that vodka, was surprised to find out Dan Aykroyd was behind it. [i]It was an alright vodka[/i], not really worth the price tag imo as you are paying mostly for the bottle than the vodka itself. I'd recommend 'five' vodka over it.[/QUOTE] don't tarnish my dreams

Jesus, those Paul Feig interview cutaways. He's being a pretentious, talking like it's some high art movie.

[QUOTE=Ithon;50737367]don't tarnish my dreams[/QUOTE] Yeah, I believe you can easily get the same quality vodka for £20-£30. And in my opinion it wasn't even that smooth, but I am not a big drinker of vodka straight so it could just be I am not used to the stuff. I find when you hit the £30+ you are better off buying unique twists on vodka rather than straight up plain stuff. That or you just want to collect the crazy bottles you can get them in, like small oil drums.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;50737483]But youre drinking out of a crystal skull Its gotta be amazing[/QUOTE] It's not even a true Crystal skull, the Crystal skull aurora vodka does a better job of that.

[QUOTE=kapin_krunch;50737452]Jesus, those Paul Feig interview cutaways. He's being a pretentious, talking like it's some high art movie.[/QUOTE] He's kind of a loon.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;50737483]But youre drinking out of a crystal skull Its gotta be amazing[/QUOTE] I have a $20 bottle of reaper chilli hot sauce with almost exactly the same bottle. The bottle doesn't make it amazing to drink.

Didn't someone do a forensic reconstruction of the head using that crystal vodka bottle? I remember it looking really fucked up and weird.

[QUOTE=-nesto-;50736995]Aykroyd is a national treasure [video=youtube;SKqjIv91Zx8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKqjIv91Zx8[/video][/QUOTE] my god he's a good speaker i'm convinced, ghosts are real

Mike Stocklasa and the Kingdom of the Crystal Head Vodka.

[QUOTE=kapin_krunch;50737452]Jesus, those Paul Feig interview cutaways. He's being a pretentious, talking like it's some high art movie.[/QUOTE] The most funny actor (according to some) is none of the 4 comedian stars and had no input from the director. The scene he was most passionate about, to the point of tears, had to crowbarred into the end credits to even make the cut.

Back when Dan Akroyd came out with the Vodka, I guess he did some signing deal with ABC liquor, he signed my DVD of Ghostbusters. Didn't buy the vodka though it was like 100 dollars.

[QUOTE=Silly Sil;50737191]If I was a professional movie reviewer I wouldn't want my associates and people who host my reviews getting spammed how much of a woman-hater I am with demand of cutting ties with me so I'd give it a "kinda okay" rating.[/QUOTE] Insufficient explanation - a lot of reviewers are giving it downright positive reviews. Too many to handwave away as being bought off by Sony. And by all prior evidence, the loud-idiot feminist crowd does not have nearly enough social influence to swing things this way - a more likely theory is that the loud-idiot anti-feminist crowd has gotten big enough to pander to, and that all the extremely negative reviews are just clickbait for them. But that, too, is an insufficient explanation because the negative reviews don't have that sort of nature, and are coming from people I would never expect such behavior from. All hypotheses seem improbable. If this were something that mattered in the grand scheme of things, I would have to dig in more - but, since it's just a dumb movie, I can safely say "beats me", and walk away from it. Which is what I'm doing.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;50740115]Insufficient explanation - a lot of reviewers are giving it downright positive reviews. Too many to handwave away as being bought off by Sony. And by all prior evidence, the loud-idiot feminist crowd does not have nearly enough social influence to swing things this way - a more likely theory is that the loud-idiot anti-feminist crowd has gotten big enough to pander to, and that all the extremely negative reviews are just clickbait for them. But that, too, is an insufficient explanation because the negative reviews don't have that sort of nature, and are coming from people I would never expect such behavior from. All hypotheses seem improbable. If this were something that mattered in the grand scheme of things, I would have to dig in more - but, since it's just a dumb movie, I can safely say "beats me", and walk away from it. Which is what I'm doing.[/QUOTE] take a look at all of the positive reviews that talk less about the movie and more about the drama surrounding the movie. you will find that many reviewers that gave the movie a positive score enjoyed less of the movie and more of the ideas behind the movie. for them it was a wet dream to jerk off to. some reviews are so poorly written you may not even be able to convince yourself whether or not the reviewer has watched the movie.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;50740115]Insufficient explanation - a lot of reviewers are giving it downright positive reviews. Too many to handwave away as being bought off by Sony. And by all prior evidence, the loud-idiot feminist crowd does not have nearly enough social influence to swing things this way - a more likely theory is that the loud-idiot anti-feminist crowd has gotten big enough to pander to, and that all the extremely negative reviews are just clickbait for them. But that, too, is an insufficient explanation because the negative reviews don't have that sort of nature, and are coming from people I would never expect such behavior from. All hypotheses seem improbable. If this were something that mattered in the grand scheme of things, I would have to dig in more - but, since it's just a dumb movie, I can safely say "beats me", and walk away from it. Which is what I'm doing.[/QUOTE] At the end of the day, it still doesnt matter. Money talks. And money is saying this is an F.