Ghostbusters

[brainwane]

I just saw it tonight with friends.

It's like Magic Mike XXL, in that a big reason I saw it is that internet feminists urged me to do so. Also in that there's enjoyable beefcake for straight women, in the form of Chris Hemsworth (stay through the credits).

Also there's Kate McKinnon.

Please go see Kate McKinnon Sexually Awakens a Generation. I mean Ghostbusters

— RJ Edwards (@RJmakes) July 16, 2016

anyway I figured out why we're all extra gay for kate mckinnon in ghostbusters and it's bc she's femme jeff goldblum

— craft pop-tarts (@2furiosa) July 3, 2016

will the world ever be the same after Holtzman, will there be any straight women left

— Noelle Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) July 17, 2016

I enjoyed this movie so much. My face nearly hurt from smiling as I walked out. It's so fun. I welcome links to interesting reviews and responses!

Comments

some responses

[brainwane]

https://identi.ca/cwebber/note/cXFCmZraSmig8Gcm3xBO-w

https://metaphortunate.dreamwidth.org/102471.html

https://metaphortunate.dreamwidth.org/102901.html

https://sasha-feather.dreamwidth.org/1030971.html

https://twitter.com/ThatAuntZelda/status/754797897997099012

https://giandujakiss.dreamwidth.org/1229545.html

https://fanfare.metafilter.com/7303/Ghostbusters

[seekingferret]

Holtzman was the best, no question. Safety lights are for dudes, indeed!

[laurashapiro]

All weekend I've been saying"Fuck Citizen Kane, THIS is the best movie ever made." It's not that I can't see its flaws, it's that Ghostbusters feels like it was made for ME. I can't care about flaws when I have this bounteous gift flung in my lap.

[heavenscalyx]

it's that Ghostbusters feels like it was made for ME

YES. I feel that way about this movie, and Force Awakens, and Fury Road.

[were_duck]

It isn't perfect and it's so great and I love it soooooooooooooooo much and I started writing fic for it even!

fic

[brainwane]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7504096/chapters/17057749

more responses

[brainwane]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/movies/so-thats-who-you-call-the-politics-of-the-new-ghostbusters.html

https://sophiesthoughtsandfunmbles.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/review-ghostbusters-awesomesauce.html mentioning that Kevin isn't just a genderswapped version of the original secretary

https://pebblerocker.dreamwidth.org/71769.html on gender dynamics among theatergoers

squeeing: https://camwyn.dreamwidth.org/1141593.html

http://www.alexandraerin.com/2016/07/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one/

http://katsudon.net/?p=4939

https://inferiorwit.dreamwidth.org/7560.html

https://yourlibrarian.dreamwidth.org/436148.html

https://al-zorra.dreamwidth.org/723040.html

https://hypertwink.dreamwidth.org/36443.html

"I really enjoyed laughing for two hours without one moment of cringing that made me embarrassed to be a guy."

If [Holtzmann] isn’t the breakaway favorite for Yuletide 2016, I suspect that will be because it’s already too big for the exchange."

on the villain's motivation (also discussion in https://omorka.dreamwidth.org/2154257.html comments)

Holtzmann avatars

Holtzmann love

"I really liked the way the film clearly takes place in a sexist world, and depicts that, but also isn't a narrative about Plucky Girls Overcoming Sexism and Earning The Patriarchy's Approval."

https://pocketseizure.dreamwidth.org/90003.html especially re sexiness

https://owlmoose.dreamwidth.org/749533.html

another response

[brainwane]

http://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/womens-work-man-babies-and-the-new-ghostbusters

[brainwane]

https://squeeinginthestacks.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/the-best-one-word-line-in-ghostbusters/

"Why? Should I go see it?"

[brainwane]

https://medium.com/@deer.erin/why-should-i-go-see-it-8a3e552a540b#.hiq1u6sqr

2 more from DW

[brainwane]

https://alias-sqbr.dreamwidth.org/621857.html

https://seekingferret.dreamwidth.org/197120.html