Just Talking About Ghostbusters

This week we both watched the 1980’s movie Ghostbusters for the first time 👻 This funny, charming, goofy, slightly spooky and somewhat outdated classic makes for a fun Halloween movie night. We discuss the movie's use of special effects and how this was an interesting era where they still handcrafted pretty elaborate sets, and also discuss the ways in which some ideas and concepts in Ghostbusters are outdated and don’t quite hold up with the standards of 2023. Lovisa talks about all of the moments that she found funny in this movie, and also a few moments that she found terrifying, including a moment where eggs started cracking and cooking on the kitchen counter quite inexplicably. Meanwhile Gustav talks about how the plot was a bit weak, how the characters never seemed to be in any real danger and how he wished the movie had a little more substance.