Product Description: Prepare to spend some quality "slime-time" with GHOSTBUSTERS and GHOSTBUSTERS 2 together for the first time in this exclusive DVD gift set! These spooktacularly successful fillms captured the imagination of audiences around the world- and redefined the action-comedy genre in the process. This gift set includes the two films each with an assortment of otherworldly extras and a deluxe Collector's Scrapbook loaded with production notes character sketches insider info and more. Because when it comes to supernaturally classic comedy Who you gonna call?System Requirements:Running Time: 213 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 043396051607 Manufacturer No: 05160
Ghostbusters - A Classic I purchased these DVDs for my 4 year old granddaughter. My son, who is now 23 watched these movies (especially the first one) at least a million times and had all the accompanying toys. Now my granddaughter, Chloe watches them over and over again. The first one is her favorite and if Dan Akroyd ever reads these she says she "loves Ray". So, Ray, if you are ever in Vincennes, Indiana (between Evansville and Terre Haute on State Highway 41 - home of Vincennes University, the first Indiana College, and founded by William Henry Harrison who later became President of the United States) there is a little 4 year old girl who thinks you are just the greatest. Who ever thought there would be second generation Ghostbuster lovers. She loves it when Peter gets slimed. If you make a mistake on the details of the movie, she will correct you. Thank you Amazon for having the DVD available; you made one little girl very, very happy.
Urgh I was a child around the time Ghostbusters was a cartoon series, the best messiest line of toys to ever exist (that slime stuck to everything and my mom hated it, everything a kids toy needed to be), a sugary breakfast cereal, 4 or more lousy videogames, and remember seeing part 2 in theaters. For some reason since the 80s I have not really gone back to GB but this DVD set being cheap on top of The Angry Video Game Nerd's endless praise has led me back. This thing is awesome, best 10 bucks I've spent in awhile.
I have never seen Ghostbusters in widescreen and its absolutely awesome looking, every bit of the frame is crammed with action, I can't believe people use to put up with pan and scan for so long. I really want to see this in a theater one day. Nothing much to say about the movie, you know what Ghostbusters is about. One of the great 80s blockbusters, funny as hell, very well written, classic performances and action packed. I was disappointed the MST3k presentation of the commentary track wasn't included on this version, I read about it a long time ago and was looking forward to it, no real loss though.
The main thing I want to gripe about is Ghostbusters part 2. WHAT HAPPENED?!?! Why is this movie so sentimental and sappy? The plot just doesn't cut it simply because its more of a retread of the original film with the humor and wit dulled down. The only thing that really saves this movie is the fact that there's alot of ghostbusting and special effects to be had but all the parts in between just don't live up to the first one. The love story with the baby, just don't need it! Notice on the special features there is an episode of the cartoon that takes place right after the ending of the first film where the Ghostbusters suits soaked in Stay Puft's ecto-marshmellow-plasm become possessed by evil Ghostbusters who wreck havoc all over New York. That would have been a perfect plot for part 2! There's even a moment on the episode that works in real theories on what a ghost actually is, nothing like that is mentioned in part 2. The sly dialog, improv moments of comedy and cast dynamics are all missing from this film. Egon isn't even Egon, Bill Murray gets too sappy, Rick Moranis's character is totally unnecessary, nothing new is presented. But like I said, its action packed enough to keep itself from being completely worthless but nowhere near as fun. I won't lie though, when I was a kid I ran up to the front row with a bunch of other kids in a what could only be described as a kindergarten mosh pit during the court room scene. Well there's some venting, thats alot of words for Ghostbusters 2 but it could have been so much better, oh well. Ghostbusters will always be great.
Who ya Gonna Call? We had been playing the Ghostbusters game with my grandson who had never seen the movie. It was just as good as I remembered and now he knows the song.
Who you gonna Call? I will always want these 2 movies in my video libray no matter what the format.
Ghostbusters is still great This double feature of Ghostbusters 1 & 2 is excellent and they hold up very well. My kids loved them.
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