FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Ghostbusters 

Ghostbusters combines something that should be repelled according to the laws of Hollywood: 1) A blockbuster full of special effects. 2) A comedy with clever dialogues, just as if a clique of students were joking with each other - because that's exactly what the Ghostbusters troupe seems to me. So while a (para)psychological earthquake hits Manhattan, everyone is talking to each other as if the professor had just disappeared from the seminar for a moment. Fortunately, Ghostbusters breaks the rule that effects ruin a good comedy! Isn't it true that a comedy needs spontaneity, while an effects storm consists of painstaking detail work? Ivan Reitman's film can do both! Ghostbusters offers a whole host of effects - at the height of 1984's technology, and who doesn't like to remember a green-transparent slobber monster devouring a few hot dogs? But these arts are all in the service of the actors without exception. Here come Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis - second generation graduates of National Lampoon and Saturday Night Live. They are funny, but also witty. At high speed they play on American clichés, combining irony and cynicism with very banal nonsense. If you are looking for a definition for the cultivated humour of the 80s - here you go! And how many films are there that can boast such a large number of one-liners that are still in the vernacular today? The plot, if there is one at all, sends this parapsychological task force all over Manhattan. Things get difficult after Sigourney Weaver discovers some strange eggs in her kitchen. Her neighbor, Rick Moranis, also meets some real hell monsters. Apparently both live in apartments that function as a gateway to a parallel world. It's a location for the Ghostbusters, who are arming themselves with nuclear weapons. A lot of obscure stuff has to be discussed until the showdown, in which a monster the size of a skyscraper leads the fight of evil against good... In Ghostbusters, the fragile original idea actually survived a multi-million dollar production - again, good obviously succeeded! That's no justification for blockbuster comedies, but I'm thankful for every cent invested in Monster!