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| Ghostbusters | 
| Category: Movie
Buy New: $2.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 1579
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 106 minutes
ASIN: B00170GXYO
Theatrical Release Date: June 7, 1984
Release Date: December 2, 2008 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Urgh February 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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? February 18, 2008
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? January 7, 2008
I will always want these 2 movies in my video libray no matter what the format.
Ghostbusters is still great November 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This double feature of Ghostbusters 1 & 2 is excellent and they hold up very well. My kids loved them.
 UGh. August 3, 2007
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
Bill Murray is the ONLY reason to watch these Ivan Reitman POSs. Ivan hit gold with Ghostbusters 1, a fortuitous comingling of 65mm SFX + sarcastic SNL humor. Alas, #2 was where he really had to show his cajones and it is PAINFULLY unfunny from frame 1. Easily the worst film film I had in my entire DVD collection.
"Ghostbusters" has one of the all-time greatest helicopter shots of lower Manhattan when the Gostbustersmobile goes over the Brooklyn bridge.
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