October 15th

Ghostbusters (1984) directed by Ivan Reitman
I still think this is my favorite horror-comedy of all time. It would be hard to beat this flick's "quotable lines per minute" rate, that's for sure.

This was also the very first movie watched with my new projector. Chef Gregory and his family came down for a visit, so I didn't have enough time to get it properly aligned. Still, even with the left side of the picture angled upwards, it was fun. Blu-rays look damned good projected. Playing Rock Band was surprisingly not sickening on the big screen, either. Not looking forward to buying an expensive replacement bulb down the line, though.

Time to hit the museum with the dinosaur bones, so let's cut this short. (9/10)

6WH: October 1st

Ghostbusters (1984) directed by Ivan Reitman
Listen! Do you smell something? I think this is probably my favorite comedy of all time. I can't think of any other movie with as many quotable lines.

One aspect I've always appreciated about this film was that the supernatural stuff in the film was taken relatively seriously. The crazy architecture of Ivo Shandor and the return of an old god are very lovecraftian. Ghosts are kind of explained in scientific terms, with technobabble throwaways about P.K.E. readings, ectoplasm, laser confinement grids and proton packs. It all sounds plausible enough to buy into. The reaction of the public to the increase in ghostly activity is pretty true-to-life: religious people are freaking out, liberal magazine The Atlantic Monthly ponders on a cover "Do Ghosts Have Civil Rights?", a talk host hosts asks if the boys have seen Elvis. I'm sure Dan Aykroyd can be thanked for all of this, given his real-life beliefs. (9/10)