How have we NEVER seen *GHOSTBUSTERS*?!! (First time watching reaction)
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Yes, you read the title correctly. Chris and Altaf have never seen Ghostbusters… Please go easy on us. But the good news is we finally watched it for the first time! We hope you enjoy our reaction to this Bill Murray classic from 1984!
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Tell us about your first time watching Ghostbusters! We love hearing people geek out over movies 😂 Thanks as always for watching!
3 years old. My sister had a record of the theme and I was obsessed with the song so she rented the film and put it on for me, and so began my life long journey of being a GB fan. I had the toys, books, vhs of the film and cartoons series, comics, lunchbox, sticker book,. If it had Ghostbusters on it I had to have it, and that still true today lol.
You really need to watch Ghostbusters 2 and Ghostbusters Afterlife, make sure to skip Ghostbusters 2016 cause it’s not good
Well, I was able to suspend my disbelief for all the supernatural ghosts and ghouls... and even for all the 'science' the Ghostbusters used to capture them. But I just didn't buy the part where a cello player was able to afford a corner penthouse in a prominent New York building.
I was probably 7 or 8 when I saw this. We had a old noisy fridge, so after school home alone I had a habit of going to play outside for the next months...😅
My man, you don't even understand the gravity of this question for me.
Ghostbusters was the FIRST movie I ever remember watching - and I was maybe four years old at the time. Sure I was scared out of my mind when Zuul or Vinz was on screen, but I loved every minute of it. And it colored my view of movies forever.
Ghostbusters is the reason I can never enjoy a horror flick, because all I ever think in the back of my head is "who you gonna call?"
I love how Rick Mioranis’ character is called the Keymaster and he constantly gets locked out of his apartment
Never got that, but now that you mention it, it's hilarious. 😂
Original suppose to be played by John Candy.
Damn never thought about that
WOW....the Keymaster keeps getting locked out of his apartment!! That's perfect layering that only our subconscious brains pick up while watching. I thought it was just random character comedy, but no.....the writing team definitely knew what they were doing. That was Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis. Apparently they spent months collecting jokes relating to ghosts, the paranormal, as well as gags, potential situations and moments, lines of dialogue, etc...which is why the script is so jam packed with clever material that steams along like a freight train.
Lol I never thought about that lol
True situational comedy, rather than "cracking jokes" out of no-where. Each actor portrayed their character "straight". The comedy comes out of the situations that these four find themselves in, and each react as their personalities dictate - thus making the humour. A snarky womaniser, a technical geek, a scientific nerd, and an everyman. No forcing humour, no jokes that don't fit.
Just pure class.
Oh, and remember: "When someone asks if you're a god... you say YES!"
Wait, which is the geek and which is the nerd? I've always thought of Egon as the nerd and Ray as the geek since Egon is the more setereotypical left-brainy of the two, whereas Ray's more interested in the esoteric.
@@judsongaiden9878 You could be right. I've long forgotten my school days when those words were in vogue, lol
"When someone asks if you're a god... you say YES!" speaks to your point about the Ghost Busters characters. "Ray" is a straight shooter while "Peter" thinks with his dick and will say anything to get what he wants.
Honestly it’s barely even a joke, but I just find that one interaction between Peter and Janine hilarious.
“Don’t stare at me, you got the bug eyes.”
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“Janine? Sorry about the bug eyes thing.”
Great comment, thanks
The guy in the denim jacket in the back of the news report was actually someone who actually wandered into the shot while filming. It worked so good they kept it
A lot of the iconic New York scenes were shot in one take because they didn't have filming permits. Guerilla filmmaking at its finest
The dream sequence wasn't originally a dream sequence it was supposed to be the job Ray and Winston were on before they were in the car talking about Judgment Day
The blonde woman at Louis's party is Casey Kasem's wife, and we heard CK on the radio during the montage
Rick Moranis actually knew accounting so everything he adlibed while introducing Ted & Annette was spot on
That car is a '58 Miller-Meteor ambulance by Cadillac, Dan Aykroyd is a big car guy and so knew exactly the car he wanted. And yes, a lot of Ecto-1 merch has been sold
A subtle note most people don't catch; before Louis gets possessed he keeps getting locked out of his apartment, but after hey becomes the keymaster Dana's door opens itself without him touching it (also yes, it's a dick joke too)
I wish Peter had just said "Get her, Ray" that would have made the reference to the library that much clearer
The original script was far weirder. The director saw something good deep in the script and said he wanted to pare it down so he brought in Harold Ramis and Ivan, Harold, and Dan spent a week locked in a cottage, high out of their minds, and bashed out this re-write to get it complete because they were able to sell it and then told they had less then a year to get it done. This masterpiece was a miracle
That marshmallow is in fact shaving cream, and worse, it was menthol so it stank
I have to correct one thing. Car is not Cadillac 1958. It is 1959 which was only year it had fins and tail lights like that. Pinnacle of the space age rocket inspired fins getting bigger and bigger every year. After that they started to get smaller until they disappeared.
"That is an Avengers level threat."
This film does feel like a Marvel comic published between 1974 and 1984. Similar mix of humor and seriousness, and similar feel towards New York.
Ghost Rider and Thor joined the Ghostbusters to take down the Sumerian Demi-god.
@@BDTXIII I’d watch (or read) that
It was actually published by NOW Comics, and they're not a bad read. They're also fairly reasonably priced if you can find them
As for the modern comics those were 88MPH and most recently IDW (which are made with love even when they had to include the characters from the 2016 movie)
@@allantidgwell5624
Modern comics are trash outside of a select few titles by indie publishers. Even before they got into the woke business and started race and gender swapping everybody all the stuff from the big two was getting terrible. I wouldn't bother with anything from marvel or dc that was published after the mid to late 90s.
@@Rowgue51 the ghostbusters comics have largely been kept separate from the modern agenda. They added the 2016 "ghostbusters" into the comics briefly, but even with that it wasn't to bash the originals. Honestly it was mostly to actually give the women some characteristics
As for 88mph, that was published in 2004, and so predates a lot of the idiocy in modern comics
And the NOW comics were published from 1988-1993 so during the comic boom when quality was actually good
I'm 41 and have been watching this movie my entire life. Each time I watch, I'm astounded by how perfect a movie it is. The balance between genuine horror and comedy is fantastic, the score is excellent, the effects stand the test of time, the story never lets up and the chemistry between everyone is on point.
Turning 40 myself this year and i agree with you 100% I still watch Ghostbusters a few times a year and it's never gotten old.
same boat, i watched it a couple years ago to see if it still holds up, and i came to the same conclusion. it's a perfect movie. I can't find a single thing I don't like about it.
I am a little bit older than you are, but I agree with everything you said here. Seeing this film in the theater when I was in grade school was just a mind-blowing experience.
Same here, I agree so much. This movie is the definition of a timeless classic. It stands up today.
My only issue is showing it to younger people. The pacing seems to be too quick for some, and the dry humor doesn't seem to catch attention (like there's no "set up" and "delivery" for many of the jokes).
This movie is the epitome of what happens when you have all the right people working together at the right time in the right place.
@@vryusvin3905 I think you're right. I enjoyed the movie more as an adult. Peter's character in much more hilarious now that I'm older
With regards to the patrons of the restaurant continuing on with their dinner, the joke is not that they're oblivious, or don't notice, it's that they don't care. You have to remember this was New York in the early 1980's, at a time when the city was ridden with crime. I think the scene just speaks to the time period, that New York could be a rather tough, cold place to live. Luis is dismissed by the patrons as being a lunatic, and so they promptly ignore his screams for help and continue to enjoy their meal.
Exactly! And the wiping sound as he gets pulled off the glass was such a comic masterstroke. That little piece of audio cracks me up so much every time I watch this.
New york in the 1980s was a little worse than a rather tough, cold place to live. It was a literal hellhole that tourists wouldn't visit and cops didn't even go to huge areas of the city because they were entirely overrun by gangs or controlled by mob families. It was as bad as the most hyperbolic rhetoric you can think of. And it was disgustingly filthy with trash everywhere.
There was about a twenty year period after it hit it's worst point where every single politician ran on getting tough on crime and cleaning up the city.
I basically agree with what you’re saying but the reason the patrons didn’t care is because they can’t see the monster. All they see is a crazy guy screaming and falling over. He’s just another crazy street person to them.
WRONG
i just dont understand how they dont see the giant lion ghost thing
I saw this as an 11 year old NYC kid in 1984, in theaters. It was obviously amazing, but it's one of those movies where you appreciate it in a whole new way as an adult. As a kid, the song/ cool effects/ slapstick comedy and creativity gets you. As an adult, you get all the dirty/ dry humor. I love 70s & 80s stuff for that. They made movies for adults that kids could appreciate, rather than the other way around today.
Funny enough, about twenty-five years after the release, my dad (who was a NYC Cab driver), notices GB on TV and mutters, "I was in that". lol Turns out he was one of the people in the crowd when the ground collapsed towards the end. 😜🤘
Woah that’s so cool! Thanks for watching 😊
That ghost seduction scene with Ray was filmed as part of the story, but became cut and simply made into a dream.
Fun fact, Dan Aykroyd's family had a long history of mysticism, psychics, and a fascination with the paranormal, so this film was like a love letter to them. Plus the guy had a lot of star power thanks to SNL
Thanks for showing love to the side characters, one of which, Janine, played by the wonderful Annie Potts.
After Ghostbusters, she went on as one of the main characters on Designing Women. When the show ended, she did some other t.v. shows that were sadly were forgettable. But her acting ability always rose above the material.
Today, she's got a great role as Memaw, Sheldon Cooper's grandma on Young Sheldon.
Hellow Pretty In Pink!
@@lifewuzonceezr I totally forgot about Pretty in Pink!
Tom Hanks love interest in Toy Story.
Oh Gozer bove, I didn't realize it was her. I knew she was familiar, but I didn't realize from where. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this reaction/review. Hearing people that understand comedy structure and writing makes for a much more enjoyable and informative reaction. I hope you guys will continue to do more classic comedies in the future.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed. We'll definitely be doing more reactions of all sorts of movies moving forward!
The coolest part is, Ray's choice of the Destructor's form gives Earth a permanent solid shot against Gozer every time he remanifests.
They can't destroy him, and they can only trap his current manifestation, not himself... he will always manifest a new form sooner or later.
But once his Destructor form is chosen, it remains chosen for the entirety of that destruction cycle. Until he succeeds at destroying Earth's entire civilization, Gozer HAS TO MANIFEST AS STAY-PUFT IF HE INTENDS TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE DESTRUCTION.
And there are problems with this. For one... Stay-Puft's only destructive capacity is his sheer size. For two... he is made of one of the WORST POSSIBLE MATERIALS for wreaking efficient destruction (he might be huge, and powerful, but his squishy marshmallow body transfers that physical power about as well as a wrecking ball made of sponges. His blows would basically only manage the damage of a car hitting something, so his only real effective.methods would be crushing under his weight or labouriously ripping things apart) and, on top of that, is VERY easily destroyed, as like any Marshmallow, high temperatures will liquefy him.
So from now on, UNTIL HE SUCCEEDS, Gozer has to manifest to destroy the Earth in the form of something that can only destroy things in a very limited way, very, very slowly, and with a big enough explosion can be destroyed in one go (as demonstrated), forcing him to start the entire lengthy process of gathering PKE, opening the doorway, and manifesting as the Destructor all over again just to possibly be again immediately destroyed.
The reason allowing the natives to choose his Destructor form has never bit him in the ass like this before now is because he has to be SUMMONED to destroy a world, he can't just show up on his own, and when he manifests at whatever temple accrues enough PKE to open the way, usually the first people to greet him and choose his form ARE THE CULTISTS WHO SUMMONED HIM, who have spent some time in picking out a suitably powerful and destructive form to use.
I have never heard of that idea but it makes sense that he is expecting to be summoned by worshipers who provide him with a suitable form, rather than a giant flammable sponge.
@@carlchapman4053 that theory comes from Ghostbusters the video game. This guy is clearly a ghost head. Although I like to think personally that the destructor form and the traveler form are technically two separate entities, mostly because it'll explain why those are came back in that female form at the end of Ghostbusters afterlife, I'd rather not get too deep into the whole thing because, well, you'll go cross-eyed. It's like trying to understand the Terminator series and all of the time travel crap.
Loved your commentary regarding the special effects, particularly during the “exploding egg” scene. Yeah, if that same scene was done today in a movie via CGI, it just would not look the same, or be nearly as convincing. I still love practical effects in movies, when and wherever they can be done. I think that’s why I really enjoyed the most recent Mad Max film so much.
Agreed! This handmade quality of older movies really make them feel special and evergreen.
You guys got great reactions AND editing. Cannot wait to see a reaction to the second movie and Afterlife, you need to watch the full trilogy
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Holy hell, guys. I’ve seen this movie countless times since my childhood. No joke, I could probably recite the dialogue from memory. And it was at this exact moment that I got Egon’s joke because of your reaction. I always thought he meant he felt dirty and beat up. 35 years of watching Ghostbusters and only now do I get lmao I’m blown away.
Same here, I can't believe I never got that before.
Epic movie, fantastic cast, they don't make 'em like this any more.
Holy shit, if that’s what egons talking about this just ads another layer of funny to an already hilarious movie.
I am 41 years old and literally just got (after over 35 years of seeing this movie) the other layer to that joke. Brilliant LMAO
Did ya notice how Rick Moranis --"The Keymaster" kept getting locked out of his apartment!: 😀
I saw this in theaters the summer it was released; you can't know what a sensation it was. The theme song really was an earworm, a big hit, and yes, incredible merchandising and marketing during the year that followed. I was a teen and just loving life that summer, this was a memorable part of that awesome, unrepeatable year for movies and music. Such fun.
I love the practical effects in older movies. They add another dimension to the special effects. Wish modern Hollywood would do more practical with a bit of cgi in modern films today. This film is my childhood. ❤
"How did this movie get fucking greenlit"
Believe it or not, this is actually the tame version of it. Dan Aykroyd wanted an interdimensional, interstellar ghost hunting movie with different planets as setpieces and they would only greenlight it if they reworked it into something a bit more grounded.
So, Avengers-level threat needing the assistance of Dr. Strange. Got it. ;)
Good catch comparing this to Avengers. Most people think this is a comedy, but really it's more of a summer blockbuster with comedic actors. The humor flows naturally from the characters and story rather than contrived gags and parody. It's also a great educational tool for budding filmmakers, as it has three clearly defined acts which progressively become more threatening, no fluff, and all of the plot points and humor is set up and resolved perfectly.
Man I love this movie so much. Easily in my top 5. I also love that at 7:41 the woman tries to put out the fire with her spray bottle. Can't wait for you guys to watch the second one!
Lol we never noticed that! Yes it's an incredibly well made comedy. Thanks for watching!
Mann you’re lucky, my first movie date was about a guy taking LSD and climbing mountains 😖we walked out in like 10 mins and just roamed around the block🤣
That was great watching her do that. I still laugh after all of these years on that one
Lol, ikr?^^
I didn't realize that in the background.
I've seen this movie an embarrassing number of times and I STILL laugh at the marshmallow man.
You guys had me smiling the entire time. So refreshing to see a genuine reaction to this movie and we can tell how much you enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing this.
I honestly think this might be the number 1 quotable movie of all time.
It's like every line is a memorable quote.
"Dropping off or picking up?" One of the best movie jokes. She's just hates her job and the fact she asked that question means that isn't the first time it's happened... So clever.
My mother took me to the drive in to see it. I was 13. The new movie brought me to tears since my mom passed in 2020.
Thanks for sharing and sorry for your loss!
🙏🏾
Harold Ramis (RIP) and Dan Akroyd wrote this movie. Harold Ramis also wrote Stripes, Groundhog Day, and Animal House. He directed Caddyshack, National Lampoon and more.
I've been a GhostHead for so long, I don't remember my first watch. I know I've seen both original films and many of TRGB cartoon episodes MANY times. So Dan Akkroyd had envisioned an epic of BIBLICAL proportions with his original treatment. After shopping it around producer Ivan Reitman at Columbia liked his idea. But suggested pearing back the effects(Stay Puft was in the first act). He invited Harold Ramis(RIP) and Dan to his lake house to write a script after selling the idea to Columbia. The blue collar angle came from that weekend. They shot pretty much that script(minus the improvs by the enrire cast). Improvisations like Sigourney Weaver acting like a dog in her audition. Initially John Belushi was supposed to be in this. As was Eddie Murphy and John Candy. From all appearances Ghostbusters shouldn't have worked since this film is BASICALLY a horror comedy.....but the final product. From score, to soundtrack, to effects, to story.....everything worked. Still works nearly 40 years later. The film spawned a successful cartoon series(and spinoff), comics, video games(1 written by Ramis and Akkroyd), toys and 2 sequels(2nd came out in November and was INCREDIBLE).....as well as a poorly excecuted reboot. As to the characters Peter is the straight man(aka skeptic), Egon is very much the Tech guy of the group. Ray is the heart. And Winston is the audience insert. Personally Egon was always my favorite but EVERYONE has great lines. A fun thing to think about......if Peter wasn't being such a DICK to that student, he'd have seen his experiment ACTUALLY worked. This film(and it's first sequel) is SO damn quotable. Welcome to this wonderful franchise of Ghostheads. Dickless is played by William Atherton. And was a NOTORIOUS asshole in 80s films. But is actually supposed to be a REALLY nice guy, despite 38 years of people calling him Dickless. 🤣🤣 Also there is a deleted scene where Louis goes to talk Dana, and she's insistent "NOTHING HAPPENED LOUIS" 🤣🤣
Don’t forget the guy who played the head of the EPA Walter Peck said playing this character ruined his life. People wanted to start fights with him School children would call him “D*ckless” 😂
@@scottloessel6493 Some people just can't tell the difference between reality and fiction.
@@zrc1514 he does play the "Jerk" a-lot Die Hard. Real Genius .
I wish we could've seen your reaction to Venkman's "He's a sailor, he's in New York. We get this guy laid we won't have any problems." line
This movie has such great jokes just in the scene framing itself. I'm glad they showed the interesting character moments happening in the background of some scenes. One they missed was the first time the team is all geared up, they get in an elevator that has a "NO SMOKING" sign. While their conversation in the elevator is about how they're basically walking around with miniature nuclear reactors on their backs.
Second one is definitely worth Watching. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. And I don’t think it will be
Spoiling too much to hint to assure you all the main cast returns, that you just may see even more of a couple of the best side characters 😁
We hear the second one's been much more appreciated over time, so we're definitely interested in giving it a watch!
it stinks
Skip GB2016 and go straight to Afterlife.
@@asdfasdf7199 No, Ghostbusters 2 is even better than the 1st one! The 2016 one with the women was shit though. But I've heard great things about Afterlife. Just because you have poor taste doesn't mean people should believe you.
I agree, the second movie is awesome. It’s not as good as the first but it’s still fun and entertaining to watch.
Out of all the movie reaction channels I've seen, you guys nail it. You make it feel like watching a movie with your friends. I'd love to see you guys do a lot more of these!
Nothing to say that hasn't already been said. Your reaction was a genuine breath of fresh air. I saw this movie when I was 7 and wore out the VHS. I watch it at least once a year and have had the honor and privilege to work with Sony and Little Golden Books to write the official kid's book version of the movie! xox
Oh neat!
You should check out the entire Harold Ramis library, they all have this sense of humor and Murray is in most of them.
"That's some 80's hair"
Andrew Garfield's been rockin' the "Egon" haircut and his is bigger and higher than Egon's
"I collect spores, molds, and fungus."
Classic deadpan line.
That's what we all want to hear: "I can't believe I didn't see this as a kid!" Of course, now we demand you give us reasons for NOT seeing it!
Same for me! I watched this film after chasing several episodes of the animated series.
On the BluRay commentary they also comment on Egon's hair.
I think he was getting married during the filming and as he's walking down the isle Bill Murray leans out from his pew and says "The hair is looking great"...
Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis were actually, literally stoned while they wrote the script. They were on vacation at a beach in Massachusetts
I'm almost 40, and this is the first movie I ever remember seeing. I must have seen it on tv when I was 3 or 4 years old! I love this film, it's possibly my favorite movie of all time!!
If you enjoyed watching, and want to learn a LOT about the making of the movie, go buy the DVD and listen to the commentary. it's with Ivan Reitman (the director), Harold Ramis (Egon and one of the writers), and producer Joe Medjuk. They tell some FASCINATING stories about creating this film. It was made on an insanely small budget, done in like 8 months (a ridiculously short time back then), and was not expected to perform well at all. Just check out the commentary, you will NOT be disappointed.
I would also recommend checking out some of the cartoon, the Real Ghostbusters. You can find a bunch of episodes now for free here on RUclips, and that's the thing which really hooked kids in the mid-late 80's. :)
This was my first reaction of yours, and I'm proud to sub after this. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for watching and subscribing!!
I do consider this movie a classic, along with Little Shop of Horrors (great if you’re cool with musicals). The puppeteering in that movie is phenomenal
I remember waiting in line , Ghostbusters music playing all around the theater, I was so excited. It was an amazing experience. That was a great year for music and movies.
I remember a few years back they showed this again in theaters as a special release. I took my younger brother to see it as he never did. One of my fondest memories.
I always laugh at Lewis getting locked out of his apartment yet he becomes the Key Master.
You have just witnessed my all time favorite movie. Now you need to watch Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters Afterlife.
Perfectly valid choice for a favorite movie! You don't want us to watch Ghostbusters 2016? 😂 I'm kidding, don't worry. Thanks for watching!
@@NiceDudeMovieNight Fan boys will kill me if I bring it up.
I also recommend the All-Gals version of GHOSTBUSTERS, too. It's a fun flick with many of the same themes, but the wild characters are pretty different.
@@sspdirect02 I'll hop in with a very tidy version of why I don't like that one. There are a lot of reasons, but relevant to their reaction, the pacing was nowhere near as snappy. I'm also just not a fan of several of the types of jokes they use. It didn't ruin my childhood or whatever...I just thought it wasn't a very good film.
I saw this movie in the theaters when it originally came out, back in 83. I was 8. This moview remains one of my all-time favorites. For the record, this movie was dialed down from the original script and made into something that could actually be feasibly made in 1983. The original story was a nuts, time traveling, multi-dimensional affair that would have made Avengers Endgame look tame by comparison, but would have cost 150 million in 1980s dollars to actually make (so there was no way it was getting made) Ivan Reitman worked with Ackroyd and Ramis script to make something more down to earth and thus something that would actually get funding and be green-lit
Filmed in 1983, released in 1984.
3:00 "The plot really kicks in"
*I saw someone say that it makes many small jumps of impossibility so that you don't notice they're full on Ghostbusters within the first 20 minutes.*
19:31 "In case of emergency use stairs"
It took me almost 40 years to get the double gag that Louis keeps locking himself out of his apartment and ends up the Keymaster.
Also, I would have to say that THANKS for taking the time to add the subtitles for the movie scene while focusing on the RUclips subtitles for you guys, you guys nailed it for me. I'm hard of hearing with a cochlear implant and you made it perfect.
Thank you so much and we’re glad we could help!
Fun connections:
The set used for the "firehouse" interior, would also be used in "The Mask" (1994) as the interior of Ripley's Auto Finishing.
William Atherton would later play Richard Thornburg in the first two "Die Hard" movies, but look at the jail scene again: the cop who fetches the guys from their cell, was Reginald VelJohnson, who would ALSO end up in the first two "Die Hard" movies (he played Al Powell).
This was one of those movies where no one expected much, but everything just came together perfectly, and magic was made. If you REALLY want to see a classic example of that, check out "Casablanca."
I feel like I saw that set in "Big Trouble in Little China", too, when the heroes are preparing to enter the underground.
I was 13 when this came out and had such a crush on Sigourney Weaver.
Harold Ramis (Spengler) was a brilliant writer. This, Groundhog Day, Stripes, Caddyshack. All classics.
In the summer of 1984, I was almost 9 years old and got to go on a business trip with my dad. One early afternoon, he said, “I think we can call it a day and go watch a movie - what do you want to see?”
There was only one answer - Ghostbusters.
Egon wrote this movie. Harold Ramis also directed tons of big films starting out with National Lampoons: Animal House. Others include Stripes, Meatballs, Caddyshack, Groundhogs Day, Analyze This, Analyze That, and Year One.
As a massive GB fan my whole life who wore the VHS tapes out multiple times as a kid, I will say the more times you watch GB the more you notice the clever subtle humor that Harold Ramis was a master of. It's one of the things I think makes this movie so rewatchable and enjoyable. Lots of things you can miss on one or two viewings. Total classic.
The film got made because Harold Ramis(Egon) and Dan Akryod (Ray) who co wrote the film where coming off some huge sucesses.
Ramis do wrote Animal House and directed National Lampoons vacation and caddyshack,
Akroyd and co wrote and starred in the Blues Brothers.
The Peter character was originally written to be played by John Belulshi
“Is this an 80’s movie?”
It is only one of the quintessential 80’s movies there is
There's a lot of background stuff to this film that's just as fascinating as the film itself. Harold Ramis & Dan Aykroyd were both Spritualists at the time, which adds depth & credibility to the flick overall. John Belushi was originally supposed to be Peter Venkman, but he Od'd & died so the role was re-written for Bill Murray. In fact, it's been said that Slimer is/was an ode to the kinds of characters Belushi tended to play. Eddie Murphy was originally supposed to get the role that Hudson got, but he had scheduling conflicts (he was working on Beverly Hills Cop). The role that Rick Moranis got was supposed to go to John Candy, but he wanted to play the character as a Frenchman for some reason. Oh yeah, near the end if you pause it at the right moment, you'll see a cameo by none other then a young Ron Jeremy.
and instead of a woman wearing bubble wrap Gozer's first form was going to be Evo Shandor played by Paul Rubens
@@sea-envy3137 Nice
@@Harrison11106 and Ron Jeremy is one of the few actors to appear in a Hollywood movie and its porn parody. In the Ghostbusters X parody, he was the librarian. When he told friends he was going to be in the porn parody people asked, "Are you going to be the fat hotdog eating ghost?" and he would reply "NO, and F you!"
man, I can’t stop coming back to this video. You guys’, like, joyful bewilderment when mr. stay puft appears makes me so happy
There are SO many little gems in this movie...
Did you notice that Tully, the guy who became the Keymaster of all things, got locked out of his apartment every time he left it?
When you see the commercial, notice Egon looking down at the floor when he moves. That is the actor himself looking at his cueue marks while he wasn't supposed to. They kept the take because it felt natural for someone like Egon without camera experience to do.
After they capture their first ghost (Slimer) and Venkman is negotiating their fee, Egon is flashing his fingers at him while pretending to rub his cheek.
Tully getting posessed in front of a restaurant full of people who do not get up or react at all is a commentary at the apathy of people at the time.
Yes that ghost was getting intimate with Ray on the bed, that was not a dream. ;D
Did you notice the more stressed and angry that guy at the start with the psychic tests got, the more correct he was with the flash cards?
The name of this movie had been in limbo for a while. They wanted the name Ghostbusters but couldn't get the rights. It wasn't until the big crowd scene with everyone chanting the studio had to go with it due to it being filmed now. It'd be too expensive to re-shoot.
At the end, the only reason that Venkman comes out so CLEAN from the fight is that Bill refused to be hosed down with shaving cream for it.
'Bout twelve years ago, I was vacationing at an old friend's home. She took me, her children and her nephews to a Motorama out in the countryside. (I went to the restroom and for a urinal there was only a trough in the center of the room.) As us fellas stepped up and unzipped and then started doing out 'thing'... I spoke up "Remember Ghostebusters, boys.... Don't cross the streams!" Most every man there had been drinking beer all night and was a little tipsy - Urine was spraying all over in that trough as we laughed like heck! 😀
Such a classic. Films like this should be remastered time and time again to never be forgotten in time.
Saw this in the theatre when I was 7. Crazy how well it still holds up almost 40 years later.
Omg first reaction video I’ve ever seen where people don’t ramble for 5 minutes before starting. Instantly subbed!
Subbed today after Battlefield Earth. These guys are awesome.
Their chemistry is so good because they had been working together for close to a decade in various endeavors (SNL, SCTV).
I was a kid when this was in theaters. It was amazing! I went right out after, and using what little cash I had, I bought the original LP soundtrack.
This movie is just like your channel. No real intro, no real outro. Just the fast paced fun we came to see littered with great one liners, quirky insights, and funny moments.
"I hope someone was crazy stoned writing this movie"
The film went through development hell and was rewritten many times. Dan Ackroyd had the first draft and it had them venturing through space and other dimensions, the budget would have been enormous. Dan is kind of a crazy person.
With not much time left to rewrite the screenplay for the unpteenth time, the final screenwriters rented a beach house for a bout a week, hunkered down together, and smoked a ton of pot.
They must have had a thing for the Pillsbury Dough Boy and Michelin Man.
Got this as a birthday gift when I was a kid. Grew up with this and the toys ,even had an outfit with a proton pack.
Very fond memories of this period.
Also watched it about 20 times before I notice Egon tells Peter the prices to charge when he’s adding up their first catch ( on his fingers )
The comedy in the movie is top notch. Makes all the difference
Ghostbusters is my favorite movie of all time. It came out 2 years before I was born, I had an older brother who loved it, and I will never remember my initial reaction to it.
Seeing you guys' though? Man. That made my day. Truly joyful to see this film experienced for the first time through the eyes of people who just understood it and loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Fun fact the guy that plays Egon is Harold Ramis. He also wrote the movie
Just found y’all’s channel this week and I’ve been loving the content! Makes me feel like I’m watching movies with the gang 🔥 thank y’all for the content!
Wow! I never thought I could recapture what it was like to rewatch my fav all-time flick for the first time again. You guys made me appreciate this movie in a way I hadn't in years. Thank you!
You guys cut my favorite little throwaway gag in the movie. When they're in the elevator and switching on the proton packs for the first time. They flip the switch and hear an ominous hum and then try to get as far away as possible in a tiny elevator.
As a long time Ghostbuster fan, grew up with it in the 80's, it was really cool to see your guy's reactions. fun fact, most of murray's lines, were adlibs, or slight alterations on the actual script.
Fuck it im bored at work.... So the scene with the eggs on the counter, The eggs were actually pre broken, and had little air tubes running into the bottom of each egg. The counter was actually teflon coated, and heated from underneath, so you weren't wrong in saying that it was real. the eggs were ACTUALLY cookin!
ok one more fun fact, william atherton, who plays Walter Peck (EPA DOUCHE), did such a phenomenal job at being said douche, that he couldn't go out in public, without people trying to start crap with his "character".
This was the first movie I saw in the theater.. I was 4 and became totally obsessed like every other kid I knew😂 It's so surreal to see two grown men watch Ghostbusters for the first time. Loved your reactions and enjoyment of this movie!!
I have seen this movie a dozen times and it actualy gets better each time. It was only last year I noticed that in the hotel, when they're talking price with the manager, Peter's actually looking over to Egon who's silently signaling the prices to him with his fingers.
I am really really liking you guys!! Hope this channel keeps growing and growing. You have the right stuff!
Thanks very much, we really appreciate that! Glad you’re enjoying!
You guys are my absolute favourites to watch when it comes to reaction videos for movies, especially classics! LOVE IT!
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Mine as well.
On any given day this is my favorite movie of all time. I will never forget watching it in the theater back in 84.
I was 13 when this came out and when the theme song began at the start the whole audience sang along. It was epic, never had anything Like that happen again. I miss the innocence of the 80's.
This was the very first movie I watched on VHS….I was 4 lol skipped the cartoons and went directly to this!
Loved this movie then and still do.
My daughter laughed at the librarian ghost….I thought she was gonna bawl her eyes out (she was 3 months old!)
RIP Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman! Your stories touched a lot of hearts and gave us huge belly fulls of laughs to several generations already and more to come.
Everyone needs to make sure their kids become ghost heads! Ghost Corps is planning soooo much!
Back when I was a kid, 1983 or so, I caught a news report on NBC where they were covering the scene on Park Ave W, saw the pavement gag, and said "I MUST see this movie!".
Fun fact: Hole-drilling in people's heads was actually a common practice throughout history, from relieving pressure to releasing demons and evil spirits. With the latter being thought to date back to cavemen times!
One of my favorite movies, and it was fun to see you discover it. Every time I rewatch I notice more details. Watching your video now, I spotted for the first time the bag of StayPuffed marshmallows on Dana’s kitchen counter next to the haunted eggs.
The woman who did the voice of Zuul in Ghostbusters also did the voice in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. It's the actor who plays the President of Earth (or whatever) on the Expanse.
I'm a lifelong New Yorker, brought up in suburbs just north of NYC. The joke in the scene with Moranis and the upscale restaurant diner's was something I guess only New Yorker's would get. I never realized that before. The joke is based on the fact that New Yorkers have a reputation for not being fazed by anything, being tough and even sometimes cold and mean. So the scene with Rick Moranis outside of the upscale restaurant was hilarious because of the dig at New Yorker's self-centeredness and typical unfazeability. That joke always pleases me, because it was complex, unique and IMO also somewhat true. As a New Yorker, it cracks me up every time.
"You will perish in flame!" was the go-to "goodbye" for my roommate and me back when I was in college.
13:50 They saw him. It was just a "New York Moment" type thing (according to Dan A), especially back then. The audience were laughing so hard from that scene back in the 80s. It's sorta like a jab for New Yorkers.
having seen this movie as many times as i have, it being my favorite movie, i am thoroughly entertained and deeply satisfied with this video. you’re laughing at all the right bits and pointing out all the same things i did on my first watch, and there is just so much joy in seeing someone watch your favorite movie for the first time.
also, yes, ray is the happiest one of the group. he is also my favorite. and i love dan aykroyd.
i wish i could explain every little thing in this movie cause i love it so much. fun fact: dan aykroyd REALLLY wanted ray’s dream scene to be in the movie but they had a limited amount of time so he just cut out the context and left the weird bit
I saw this as a kid in theatre when it came to Finland and it was definitely a childhood-defining experience, or one of those, and actually one of the reasons I started to become attracted to everything occult from early age. It's also a nearly perfect mixture of horror elements and comedy styles. The sequel was quite a disappointment and never really watched the cartoon either but this has a special spot in my heart forever! The recent "sequel" Afterlife was surprisingly great... I need to rewatch it ASAP. Great reaction, guys!
It really speaks to the movie's creative powers that the feeling of the daily job came through pretty quick. Writers Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis (Ray and Egon) initially wanted to have a film about a burgeoning business venture finding its feet and succeeding, only then the ghost stuff came in too. Those two gents are also who you have to thank for brisk, realistic writing in other heavy-duty comedies of the time, like Caddyshack, Stripes, Summer Vacation, etc.. speaks to a timeless generation of funny, smart, but relatable characters for sure~ I saw this on tape when I was five, six or so, which means I got scared more than a couple times and missed more than a few jokes. Director Ivan Reitman also brought some of his stage experience to a few effects in the film, like the hovering books in the library archive, or the rapid-cooking eggs in Dana's apartment (that countertop was HOT, according to commentary) and the copper tubing hidden in the card file shelves, blowing 'em all over. Funny enough, speaking of the library, the externals are the NYPL, but the interiors were shot at the LAPL, for some reason. It's a timeless and fun movie, and I had fun watchin' y'all have fun watchin' it!
John Belushi was originally going to be Peter Venkman but died before filming started on the movie, Slimer (the Green Ghost) was Dan Aykroyd's Tribute to him (John Belushi was Jake Blues in Blues Brothers)
These guys are the best. They have the very entertaining 30 min or less tv sitcom length and catch all the good parts of movies
When this came out I was 6 and ended up with some of the greatest toys ever. I had the car, the work building, and all the action figures. Except the action figures were depicted from the cartoon and not the movie.
Was a kid on the end of 80s and turn of 90s. Ghostbusters was like the biggest thing.
We used had these cardboard backbags with vacuum cleaner tubes. Went around our town collecting ghosts.
There was even toy ghost collectors sold.
I should've been in bed an hour ago, but, I'm having way too much fun watching you guys react to movies that have been a part of my life for decades
I saw this in the theater when it first came out. Absolutely loved it. Still do. Had to keep going back to watch it over and over again, because this was before VCR's were affordable.
You know that feeling when someone you know likes the thing you like? For some reason this whole video made me smile
Just catching up on some of your past videos and JUST noticed how Rick Moranis 16:24 reminds me of the Cloak of Levitation in Infinity War, when it is in the background mimicking Tony while he is scolding Peter for not listening to him.
Great reaction, looking forward to more!