In truth, the result is more than honorable when compared to other similar products (sequels, reboots, remakes, ... of cult movies) where the viewer keep asking "why?" during and after watching it.
The plot is sufficiently solid, the final presence of the old ghostbusters is wonderful (and necessary), the tribute to the late Harold Ramis with the ghostly reconstruction using CGI is touching, and there are good laugh in some scenes.
However, I found myself yawning way too often than acceptable; not that there were useless pieces in the editing (each scene serves to create the plot) but the "magic touch" that the mere presence of the trio Dan, Bill and Harold was able to give in the previous films was here totally missing. The sore point is in the current cast which is... wrong not because of their acting skills (they are good) but because they don't convey anything.
I love Mckenna Grace as an actress (from Gifted to Young Sheldon's Paige) but she seems to have been cast only because a super-intelligent character was needed and she now has this on her acting CV. The other three (Trevor, Celeste and Podcast) are also not "magnetic" characters. Paul Rudd a little in the shade compared to usual and they seem to retrace the same scenes done in the past by Moranis and Weaver.
The fun starts with the Walmart scene,. A little perplexed by the initial scene when Egon died. Because it would imply that the "bad ghost" had already escaped while we then realized that the security systems created by Egon inside the mountain were still fully working.
In summary, the grade is fully acceptable with good points but the two originals are (still today) superlatives.
The plot is sufficiently solid, the final presence of the old ghostbusters is wonderful (and necessary), the tribute to the late Harold Ramis with the ghostly reconstruction using CGI is touching, and there are good laugh in some scenes.
However, I found myself yawning way too often than acceptable; not that there were useless pieces in the editing (each scene serves to create the plot) but the "magic touch" that the mere presence of the trio Dan, Bill and Harold was able to give in the previous films was here totally missing. The sore point is in the current cast which is... wrong not because of their acting skills (they are good) but because they don't convey anything.
I love Mckenna Grace as an actress (from Gifted to Young Sheldon's Paige) but she seems to have been cast only because a super-intelligent character was needed and she now has this on her acting CV. The other three (Trevor, Celeste and Podcast) are also not "magnetic" characters. Paul Rudd a little in the shade compared to usual and they seem to retrace the same scenes done in the past by Moranis and Weaver.
The fun starts with the Walmart scene,. A little perplexed by the initial scene when Egon died. Because it would imply that the "bad ghost" had already escaped while we then realized that the security systems created by Egon inside the mountain were still fully working.
In summary, the grade is fully acceptable with good points but the two originals are (still today) superlatives.