happy 30th anniversary...... NOT!

Rating: 4/10 (21 October 2014)

Groundhog Day >>>>>>>>>> Ghostbusters (1 & 2)
Seriously, that's a MUCH better Bill Murray movie you should check out - whole lot better story, plot, comedy, characters, idea, directing, and film-making! Something that Harold Ramis (Egon) directed!
But this.... This?? Did I watch the exact same movie that so many drooling 80s kid are raving about??? Not only is it nonsensical, stupid, inappropriate, with bad dated effects, and having many characters with hardly anything likable about them, in my view, "Ghostbusters" was way overrated, and is insanely rated "PG" though it has a TON of swearing, sexual thematic elements & suggestive contents, and scary & frightening images! I BEG the MPAA to re-rate this flick for that very reason!
The upsides I can list are the one joke about "Dickless" did get a chuckle out of me. And the theme song seems a bit cool. But that's about it!
I hardly laughed or smiled at all while viewing this - a film that both seems overrated & over-hyped. I DON'T GET IT! Every characters either dumb, annoying, or socially awkward. The character of Rick Moranis was almost totally ruined in being turned into a totally stupid character - his "Honey, I Shrunk the Whatever" series was so much better. And the giant marshmallow man??? What was with that turning into a mascot sold in stores?? If I remember the story correctly, it was an accident!
I'm so glad I didn't grow up with this film (while being a 90s kid), 'cause quite frankly, the caring people who loved & brought me up didn't WANT me to grow up with this schlock of a film! But Groundhog Day, THAT'S a film I DO wish I grew up watching that film!
4/10