Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021 by AverageMansReviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/environmental/transformation/biting/electrician/torture/bodily functions/shooting/stabbing/impaling/melting/squashing/dismember, yes I have finally learned what word I should have been using instead of decapitation should have been dismember in my content, but never mind/medical.

Welcome to Summerville: we meet the Spengler family as they are going through a really difficult time at the moment; the intelligent and brightest member of this family would be Phoebe Spengler [Mckenna Grace:] she is a girl which is in double figures of age; whilst she is in this location, she finds out a lot more about her family and consequently herself; I just hope that nothing strange happens whilst this family is here, but who am I kidding they have the last name of Spengler so of course something will come out of somewhere. Whilst we are here we also meet this seismologist by the name of  Gary Grooberson [Paul Rudd:] which is also a disinterested Summer School Teacher, I say he is disinterested he has no interest in teaching anything, he is here for the paycheque, he is much more interested in the seismic activity of Summerville.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 124 minutes film is to begin with incredibly slow, but however it does feel like there is more to come from it: in fact I can confirm there is more to come from this film, so just bear with it as slowly but surely it shows more and more life is in a get up and go; enthusiastic nature.

Action, comedy and art; we have some of our young Ghostbusters chasing down Muncher across Summerville in a very familiar yet iconic vehicle known as either  Ecto-1 or the Ectomobile with a Proton Pack being used accidentally causing so much collateral damage in the process. Obviously I have to bring up Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man/Miniature Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men as regardless of their size they can still bring chaos and mischief.

Character developments, performances and boys performances; the character developments are excellent on all aspects; as one example Mini Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man/Mini Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men have been given a pinch of something like the retro videogame franchise Lemming; but with a twist of more intelligence and more violent towards one another; including but not limited to melting one another. The performances of his cast as it relates to the original generation and passing the torch onto the newest generation; is simple and smooth; as without giving too much away it is implied that these are the new generation, but when you least expect it the original will back them up, so there is excellent chemistry from the newest generation, the original generation and integrating between the generations, but a special mention has to go out to Mckenna Grace as Phoebe Spengler; she has been put in a leading position for a linchpin between the original and newest generation and for someone that at this point in history was roughly 14 years old; she flourishes as this character and in this position so I give her high praise indeed, because her role is why in my opinion this film is such a great success and the voice performances are good as well

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; as I have already indicated it is slow to begin with, but it does feel like there is more to come; it does what it is designed to do and fit in nicely alongside the 1980's instalments of this franchise [Ghostbusters 1984 and Ghostbusters II 1989] and there are two ending credits scenes one at each section. This film also has some awards accredited to it; 1 Winner; Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2022 Saturn Award Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress Finn Wolfhard as Trevor Spengler: a teenager; which a grandson of PhD. Egon Spengler [archive footage; RIP Harold Ramis; 1944-2014,]The Ghost Farmer - Egon Spengler [Bob Gunton] and  Ghost Egon Spengler [Ivan Reitman; which if you don't know he is synonymous with this franchise as in one way or another he has been a part of this film franchise and its five films, but his roles may be slightly different from time to time, but sadly and likewise RIP Ivan Reitman 1946-2022, but he leaves the franchise in his son Jason very capable and trusted hands as Jason  Reitman hands; as they are both apart of the writing trio including Gil Kenan, but Jason is also a director for this instalment;]  Egon's daughter/Trevor's mother; Callie Spengler [Carrie Coon:] she is resentful at her father for up and leaving her and his business partners, but she doesn't know why and she is struggling to bring up her two children. 21 Nominees; that includes from the same award ceremony/event Best Fantasy Film, Best Supporting Actress Carrie Coon and Best Special Effects Sheena Duggal Alessandro Ongaro. Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Sierra Award Best Visual Effects and likewise from the same award ceremony/event Youth in Film - Female Mckenna Grace. But sadly all of these accredited awards are not positive Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2022 EDA Special Mention Award Sequel or Remake That Shouldn't Have Been Made.