Note: Spoilers are in the 2nd to last paragraph
I don't have many complaints for the first 75% of the movie.
The acting is decent, the story is intriguing, and I loved the suspenseful vibes that were occasionally thrown out. Suprisingly emotional too which I wasn't expecting.
The characters were a mixed bag. Most of then were good, but some of them lacked detail. They tease a lot with Lucky, but they never go anywhere with it. She has a boyfriend that she mentions, but we never see him. Her and Finn Wolfhard's character are love interests but their relationship doesn't move past friendship by the end of the movie. Phoebe has a friend who's name is literally Podcast... they couldn't make a better name? Apart from that though he didn't have a lot of depth or range and he has some of the most screentime in the movie. But ultimately the issues with the characters are minor issues that don't impact the film as a whole.
As mentioned in my title, the final act is where I had my problems.
The final fight was cool but also felt anticlimactic too. I wish they would have done more to make it dramatic than the villain just standing in a field shooting lazers out of her hands for 7 minutes.
The ending is my main complaint because wow it was terrible. It's like they accidentally cut out the last 10 minutes the day before the movie's release and instead of putting it back they were like, "Nah it's fine." They stop the villian and it ends literally right after that. They don't resolve any lose threads. Are they going to stay in the town or go back to city they came from? Did Trevor and Lucky stay friends or finally move past that? They don't resolve any of the movie's arcs except for the main one and it leaves you unsatisfied.
For the most part, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a satisfying continuation of the original Ghostbusters films, however its final minutes struggle to give the overall film a satisfying conclusion.
I don't have many complaints for the first 75% of the movie.
The acting is decent, the story is intriguing, and I loved the suspenseful vibes that were occasionally thrown out. Suprisingly emotional too which I wasn't expecting.
The characters were a mixed bag. Most of then were good, but some of them lacked detail. They tease a lot with Lucky, but they never go anywhere with it. She has a boyfriend that she mentions, but we never see him. Her and Finn Wolfhard's character are love interests but their relationship doesn't move past friendship by the end of the movie. Phoebe has a friend who's name is literally Podcast... they couldn't make a better name? Apart from that though he didn't have a lot of depth or range and he has some of the most screentime in the movie. But ultimately the issues with the characters are minor issues that don't impact the film as a whole.
As mentioned in my title, the final act is where I had my problems.
The final fight was cool but also felt anticlimactic too. I wish they would have done more to make it dramatic than the villain just standing in a field shooting lazers out of her hands for 7 minutes.
The ending is my main complaint because wow it was terrible. It's like they accidentally cut out the last 10 minutes the day before the movie's release and instead of putting it back they were like, "Nah it's fine." They stop the villian and it ends literally right after that. They don't resolve any lose threads. Are they going to stay in the town or go back to city they came from? Did Trevor and Lucky stay friends or finally move past that? They don't resolve any of the movie's arcs except for the main one and it leaves you unsatisfied.
For the most part, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a satisfying continuation of the original Ghostbusters films, however its final minutes struggle to give the overall film a satisfying conclusion.