"May I?"
"Yeah, if you want to."
"You're short, your bellybutton sticks out too far, and you're a terrible burden on your poor mother"
Five years after saving the world, the ghostbusters are forced to find alternate jobs to support themselves. Dr. Venkman (Murray) is the host of a paranormal talk show, which no refutable psychic wants involvment. Dr. Stantz (Aykroyd) opened a paranormal bookstore, and Dr. Spengler (Ramis) studies human behavior. But all that changes when strange things begin happening to Dana Barrett's (Weaver) baby.
They investigate further, and discover a river of pink slime underneath the city. The slime feeds on negative energy and, when provoked, causes ghosts to appear. The surge in ghost activities puts the Ghostbusters back in business. They discover more abnormal activity at the museum where Dana works... in the form of an old painting being restored, and the sketchy musuem curator Janosz Poha (MacNicol). Who or what wants the baby, and can the Ghostbusters stop them?
The cast from the original film return to save the world a second time. And at times, that is what the film feels like.... a repeat of everything that happened (better) in the original. There are good moments, and it is entertaining, but it pales in comparison its predecessor.
It is nice to see the minor characters get more to do... such as Rick Moranis' Louis, who was underused in the original. He gets a romance, and gets to defend the ghostbusters in court (the quote below)...
"I think you guys are making a big mistake. I do mostly tax law and probate stuff occasionally. I got my law degree at night school."
"Well, that's fine, Louis. We got arrested at night."
"Well, that's fine, Louis. We got arrested at night."
4th Ghostbuster, Ernie Hudson gets to do a little more, but still isn't as involved as the non-Ghostbusters. While Bill Murray still gets the majority of funny lines, the parts of writers Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis were expanded. They get funny moments, and even get their own funny lines.
Doing a sequel gave the filmmakers a chance to use gags that didn't make it into the original film, such as the fur coat that comes alive and attacks it's owner. But the slime theme... no. First of all it's pink slime, and second of all, couldn't you have a cooler paranormal substance?
Overall, when this film is on TV I watch (even though I own it), but I don't love it as much as I love the original (which I also own).
Doing a sequel gave the filmmakers a chance to use gags that didn't make it into the original film, such as the fur coat that comes alive and attacks it's owner. But the slime theme... no. First of all it's pink slime, and second of all, couldn't you have a cooler paranormal substance?
Overall, when this film is on TV I watch (even though I own it), but I don't love it as much as I love the original (which I also own).
Ghostbusters 2 (1989) 108 minutes
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz
Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler
Rick Moranis as Louis Tully
Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore
Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
Peter MacNicol as Dr. Janosz Poha
Wilhelm von Homburg as Vigo
William & Henry Deutschendorf as Baby Oscar
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