Ghostbusters (1984) - First Time Watching - Reaction
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First Time Watching - Ghostbusters (1984) - Reaction
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If none of the guys on the poster look familiar to you, you should check out The Blues Brothers, since you’re possibly not familiar with Dan Ackroyd. A one-of-a-kind comedy music action extravaganza through the iconic points of Chicago and the Illinois area.
@@sean---the-other-one ok I'll put it on the list
Annie Potts, who plays Janine the Ghostbusters' secretary, also plays Sheldon's grandma in Young Sheldon. She's hilarious.
OMG, you're totally correct
"Ice" box is pre electricity. Because we had a box which had ice in it, and we put out food in there to keep them cold. Basically what a cooler is today that we use for camping.
Love it thanks
I used to call it a hearse too (and it would kind of make sense since they're technically dealing with the dead), but it turns out Ecto-1 was actually an old fashioned ambulance. That's why it had sirens and lights even before the Ghostbusters fixed it up. That said, I definitely have seen hearse conversions of the same model! Very iconic car.
Good to know thanks
Another great film starring Bill Murray is Groundhog Day, written and directed by Harold Ramis who played Egon and with a cameo by Dan Aykroyd
Well that is interesting. I'll have to take a look. I think it's been requested already but if not. I'll put it on the list for sure. Thanks
Harold Ramis plays the doctor in Groundhog Day....Is Ackroyd in it?
Sorry my bad, I was thinking of another character but I just checked that wasn't played by Dan Aykrold, so please ignore the bit about him.
If you're planning that far in advance, you could watch it on Groundhog Day. But it's not like you need to be in the Groundhog Day spirit to enjoy it or anything.
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You’d like Stripes, too. Another Bill Murray and Harold Ramis outing. Funny stuff, younger Bill Murray doing his thing as only he can.
Yes, Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray were on SNL together, although Murray was not on for very long. Slimer, the green ghost, was an homage to their castmate John Belushi, who had just died when they made this.
Oh that's super interesting thanks for that
"Stairs was behind her refrigerator"
You have such a good eye for details. I noticed this with your John Wick reaction as well, noticing the lack of underbelly parts when they busted a car.
"Whats his name is still out there"
That was Slimer. Ghostbusters was such a hit, it spawned a TV animation series, and includes Slimer as their pet ghost.
Watch the next one and the latest, "Ghostbuster Afterlife!"
"She's got a balcony now" 😂😂 I absolutely love your reactions
James has got some quick quips, if you pay attention. And he's very animated and has a sense of humor, unlike many of these younger reactors (not naming names, but you know what I mean.)
The thing Egon uses to read for ghosts is called a P.K.E. Meter. Psycho-Kinetic Energy meter. It reads for ghostly energy capable of interacting with physical objects.
Oh thanks for that. Appreciated
All the actors in this movie were well known at the time and formed an ensemble that had amazing energy together that’s hard to reproduce. Harold Ramis spent much more of his career writing and directing then acting which is why he is not as familiar as the others to most people.
I thought it was awesome
It's also why Ramis doesn't have top billing on the movie posters at the time for the movie. It was only Murray, Aykroyd and Weaver that did.
In the scene where Dana comes home and puts the groceries on the counter (just before the eggs start to cook); if you look on the counter you will see a bag of Stay Puffed Marshmallows that she just bought.
That was some good foreshadowing. 😉
Oh, that's interesting, I'll take a look.
Stay Puffed Marshmallows did not exist. It was made up for the movie.
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No one ever said they were a real brand.
Ice boxes predated refrigerators. They're exactly what they sound like. There were compartments for food and a compartment usually on the bottom and you would put a big block of ice inside.
Oh interesting thanks
I never knew that
@@NightcrawlerLuver at 39 years old I knew that
Freezers are still sometimes called ice boxes because of that history, though you it hear less and less with each passing year.
My grandmothers called it that, at times.
oh holy shit, in all the times i've seen this movie, I never pieced together that the stairway was behind the fridge.... how did I NEVER notice that?
Nice, I'm observant... Did you see she didn't have a balcony either. WTF? The little guy had one. She got screwed.
I never noticed either!
I also never noticed that Rick Moranis' character had horns in the TV image when they were scanning his brain.
They are ears not horns
I have to say it’s so much fun watching these movies with you! Your laughter is contagious! 😂
I'm so glad, thank you for your support. It's appreciated.
I just watched Ghostbusters:Afterlife (2021). Wow, wow, wow. I had tears, sad tears and plenty of reminiscing. You have to watch it. It is unbelievable. I'm not done watching it over and over again.
Added to list thanks
I grew up watching this movie and didn't catch a third of the jokes. But it's really fun watching as an adult and realizing it's a comedy, not a drama, lol. Definitely a classic!
Great classic 80’s movie. Glad you enjoyed it. The whole lines about “when someone asks if you’re a god…” was a meme before memes were a thing 😂
Love that
I saw this movie in the theater when I was nine. It scared the crap out of me. I couldn't sleep at all that night.
A year later it came back around to theaters and I saw it again and totally enjoyed it, wasn't scared at all. It was kind of like a rite of passage.
Now this movie is in my top ten favorite movies of all time.
I really enjoyed it.
@@AwesomeUSMovies next was Ghostbusters 2 and then Ghostbusters Afterlife (set 30 years later)
Ghostbusters Answer the call (2016) is a failed WOKE reboot with an all female cast and was set in an Alternate universe to the other 3 movies
The fact you don't know any actors actresses in this movie makes me feel ancient.
Oh, I'm the odd one believe me. I've been hearing about it for 20 years.
It boggles my mind that he doesn't know Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, William Atherton, Ernie Hudson....I'm like wow
@@DerekEvans1013 Most of my youth was associated with farming and we only got 3 channels and one tv. That stuff just wasn't important at all in my life and still isn't today.
Ice box is term from the old days when you actually put ice in a box to keep your food cold. Old people still use it, like me, cuz grandma always did. Annie Potts is the secretary, from an old show, Designing Women. Egon was Harold Ramis. He has written & directed many movies & you will see his name as you continue on your movie journey, like Caddyshack, Vacation, Animal House, Groundhog Day & more plus acting in more also. Enjoyed our reaction.
"14:59 "Does she have a balcony? I thought she had a balcony She doesn't have a balcony."
Boom!
"She has a balcony now."
😂
I dont think Stay Puft marshmallows is a real brand, but the scene where the eggs started cooking on the counter, look at the back of marshmallows next to them. Great videos, love your reactions.
I'll have to take a look
Of course it's not a real brand. Generally, they don't use someone's trademark in a movie (or TV show, video game, etc.) without their permission, because they never know if someone from the company will dislike how the brand is portrayed or what it's being associated with, or just expect to have been paid for the appearance, and file a lawsuit. Instead, they come up with fake brands, and often those are reminiscent of real brands. For instance, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man looks suspiciously similar to the Pillsbury Doughboy. (The interesting thing: apparently, there was quite a bit of product placement with other brands, but not in this case.)
It was the Pillsbury doughboy
In the wide shot of the firehouse roof blowing off, you can see a Stay Puft mural on one of the buildings.
Edit: You can see it @ 14:29
@@fllthdcrb Actually they are a real brand. I posted the link below my comment. I just found this channel or I would have posted earlier.. Have a great day take care..xx
The housekeeper’s “what the hell are you doing!” Was a genuine reaction, the effects crew put more pyrotechnics on the cart than the actress realized, her shock and fear was completely genuine…
Also, if you like this movie (you should) check out the Ghostbusters game in Xbox/PS4/Switch, you play as an unnamed “Rookie” ‘buster and work with the original crew, the game script was actually written by Ramis and Ackroyd, and it stars most of the original voice cast (only missing Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis) and is the last time Harold Ramis played Egon before his passing…
Sounds like fun
“None of them look familiar”. Ouch! That one hurt. Icons, all. Let’s do this.
I'm working on it. I think I have a ways to go
If you like movies with former early SNL stars, you GOTTA see "The Blues Brothers". It's probably my favourite movie of all time. It's funny as hell, and it set the Guinness Book world record for most cars destroyed in a single movie :)
I never "got" this movie when I was a kid. But watched it again as an adult and it's become one of my favorite comedies. Too many things went over my head lol.
That was the idea. This wasn't supposed to be a kids film initially.
Hi big love from England 🏴 another Classic movie 🎥 from my childhood. Great actors/actresses in this picture. Original is the best. 😎🎬🎥👍🏻
"That's why we converted to computers" XD. I know right. I always hated it when ghosts ruined the card catalog overnight XD.
exactly!
Oh wow, you don't know Sigourney Weaver?! 😱
Then it's definitely about time, for you to watch the sci-fi horror Alien (1979)! 🥰 This classic masterpiece is perfect for this month! 👌🏼✌🏼
Halloween is pretty booked up already with other requests. Is it an actual Halloween movie? Confused
@@AwesomeUSMovies I don't know, what a actual Halloween movie is?! 🤷🏻♂️
I watch every kind of movies all year around, for example, i dont think Die Hard is a Christmas movie, while a lot of people do! 😁 But there are no zombies or ghosts in Alien, if that are criteria?! I thought people just watch horror and creepy movies in October! 🙄😁✌🏼
@@pietergreveling a lot of people have been requesting it but I already have three other movies to do in October. I'll see if I can slip it in as an extra. Thanks
@@AwesomeUSMovies Oh that would be awesome, but you can watch this movie all year around, if it doesn't fit in your schedule! 😉✌🏼
Alien is definitely a horror movie worthy of watching during the month of October
I don't know if you saw it, but the Brady Bunch had a christmas special in the 1980s. The blonde girl that Venkman was flirting with at the beginning played Cindy Brady, because the original actress couldn't do the part.
No sorry, never really watched that series.
Just remember the line "If there's a steady paycheck in it, I will believe anything you say" is a pre-Covid line. 😂
You have just witnessed my all time favorite movie!
It was great
Bill Murray said he believed that Slimer was actually the ghost of John Belushi, who might have had a role in this movie. Are you gonna watch 2 or Afterlife? Skip 2016, it's now non-canon. P.S. You should play Ghostbusters The Video Game sometime! It's basically Ghostbusters 3 and all the original Ghostbusters are back in it.
Sigourney Weaver is pretty tall 6 foot in real life
Oh so yeah talk for a women
Don't worry, I find weird stuff when I open my fridge too. One time I opened my fridge to find Willem Dafoe living in it.
I don't know whether they do it anymore but hotels used to offer for a little extra to clean and polish a guests shoes, hanging them on a door was a sign that you'd like your shoes cleaned.
I consider that, but the shoes were white. Do they shoe shine White shoes?
@@AwesomeUSMovies I suppose just cleaning them might do as dirt would show on a pair of white shoes more than black or brown.
The shoes hanging on the door is for the show shine service. At a hotel you can leave your shoes at the door to get shined.
Interesting thanks
I love Bill Murrays sarcasm. My favorite would probably be this one.
The EPA guy is in Die Hard 1 & 2 (the reporter who gets punched in Diehard 1)
Oh you are right. He is in Die Hard
Yes, Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd were on SNL together
Got it thanks
Definitely a classic! Even my 6 year old twins know the theme song already. 🤣
The guy's reaction when Peter said, "It'll bite your head off man." is hilarious.
Thanks
The secretary is the woman who plays Meemaw - Connie - on Young Sheldon. Her name is Annie Potts.
She is??
So the thought that crossed my mind as I watched this is what an awesome dad you must be.. ..you are very open to whatever movie you are watching ... I wonder if you are positive about all the movies or if our taste in movies are similar and I have not watched your reactions to movies I hate.... hmm...
My kids are my world, if they call I answer, if they call for help I'm there always!
Dan Aykroyd in in Trading Places (1983) followed by Coming to America (1988) which has scenes that reference Trading Places are both great comedies
added to my list thanks
10:34 It's called "jääkaappi" here in Finland, which literally means "ice cupboard".
Good info thanks
I always loved Bill Murray's character as a kid. He seemed like a goofy character that I could get behind. As an adult, I enjoy this movie because I actually understand what they were saying and what the themes of the film are. It really puts it into a whole new light. I actually love Murray's performance so much more in this film because I now understand what he was really doing and saying.
What four day had powered refrigerators that could take a liquid and turn it into a gas to keep the unit cool. Everybody would’ve had an icebox. A nice box has insulated walls with a compartment and tray at the top of it to put a large piece of ice. The cold air circulates down and around storage compartments in the lower sections to keep your produce fresh. It basically was the early version of the modern day refrigerator. Before the icebox people would’ve used cold water from a running river or stream a well or a root seller to store their produce.
Love it thanks
Another great campy 80's ghost movie is "High Spirits"
I'd say the marshmallow man was a cross between the Pillsbury dough boy and the Michelin man.
I believe in some hotels if you leave your shoes out a person will shine them for you.
Oh interesting, that's. Even white ones?
when i saw this in the theater my friend who i was with wet himself a little at the “get her” jump scare scene
Love it
The "gatekeeper" woman is Sigourney Weaver, the protagonist of the "Alien" movie series, and "Gorillas in the Mist" to name a few.
Yeah I just found out about alien I have to put on the list gorillas in the mist sounds interesting what's it about
@@AwesomeUSMovies it is a dramatized account of renowned primate scientist Jane Goodall and her life studying and protecting gorillas and other primates. So it is based upon an actual person and true events.
@@tofersiefken oh cool thanks
I'm originally from south central iowa.was born in newton. I toured the capital once on a field trip from school.but I had forgotten the library til u mentioned it!so cool
Yes very cool library
just visited this library in april. was fun to go to nyc as seek out all the filming locations for all the movies that are shot there. You could do a streaming trip there.
It’s Ecto-1, as in Ectoplasm, which is a phenomenon that existed before this movie.
Oh really, thanks
@@AwesomeUSMovies During the spiritualism movement, people were so fascinated by the possibility of talking to the dead that mediums would hold seances. Sometimes, objects would suddenly appear. Other times, you’d see residue of ghostly manifestation, called ectoplasm.
The psychic test....the male participant got everyone of them correct, but was one card behind. The last card he was exactly right....a couple of wavy lines
right, he was rude to him and if he was paying attention it would have been a real finding.
@@AwesomeUSMovies instead he kept his $5.. thanks for reacting to this movie.
Look up Biblioteca Joanina (Joanina Library or Barroque Library). Located in Coimbra, Portugal. It's something out of a dream :)
Egon wrote the movie with Dan Akroyd. Harold Ramis wrote Stripes and many other great 80s comedies
Cool I'll add it to my list thanks
Ice Box is more of an old school term, it harkens back to when you basically had a cabinet, in some cases maybe a small closet type room, or a large chest or box of some type, and you would keep your food cold in it using a large chunk of ice. My Dad was old enough to remember as a young child, they lived out in a rather rural town and they still had an ice box, and you could have ice brought to the house, just like the milk man and a few other things back in those days still. Though there were of course more of what we would consider refrigerators in more urban settings already.
Yeah, I remember something amount it
This is a much better description
Slither, its a horror comedy, directed by James Gunn, who directed, Guardians of the galaxy and suicide squad, and starring Nathan Fillion, from Firefly and suicide squad and micheal Rooker from the walking dead!
I don't know who those people are but I'll add it to the list
WHen you think about it, the EPA guy is really not the villain, He's absolutely right!
I'd say he's like 20% right. But you don't just shut something down you don't understand... bad things can happen.
The ghostbusters song is so good!
I don't know if this has been answered yet but putting the shoes on the door meant that they wanted them to be shined in the morning.
Good to know
The shoes on the door would be shined for you overnight and left at your door in the morning.
When I was a kid, I thought the cartoon series came first!
Stay Puft Marshmallows are and were a variant of the Campfire marshmallow brand, but hey had no official mascot until this movie. The iirony is that thie destroying of their new and first mascot was their first feature film advertising plug.
The 'little guy' is Rick Moranis. He's hilarious. Check him out in Little Shop of Horrors and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids.
Wait, isn't Little Shop a musical? I think I've seen it on stage. I'll add those to the list. Thanks
He was also "Dark Helmet" in Spaceballs
@@k1productions87 Haven't seen it yet. It's on the list.
@@AwesomeUSMovies I can't wait :D
Stay Puft is a real brand, more common in the South!
This theme is on par with Beverly Hills Cop for the best theme ever.
I grew up on my recorded tv edit of this guy. Odd cuts for language and content didn't slow me down.
I really like the ghostbusters from 1984, bill murray is just a great actor, liked the other video groundhog day just as much as this one 👻
Love the reaction again. Some more great light hearted movies to watch around this time is the goonies and the gremlins 1&2
I think I'm full up for Halloween, maybe next year.
1:50 why is it that Winston is always absent from most of the promotional material? 14:57 as of the year 2000, don't know if it's true anymore but she was in the Guinness book of world records as the world's tallest celebrity. The shortest was Danny Devito at the time, but now that honor probably goes to Peter Dinklage.
Sorry I don't know Peter. I'm sure there are some super tall and short people in the "biz"
@@AwesomeUSMovies the fact is you lived under a rock. Which is good because there are so many good movies you haven't seen. So you wouldn't know Peter Dinklage. The point is you pointed out the height of Sighourney Weaver. And the fact is she's a tall drink of water.
I love the Ghostbusters theme!
4:27 you are really good in say the lines before the characters in the movies is so crazy!! lol, by the way i hope you can watch the last one,ghostbusters afterlife 2021,is a perfect tribute for this one,made by the son of the same director in this movie
If you liked Bill Murray, you should really watch Groundhog Day (And it would be a great time, if you see my comment on time, it's actually Groundhog day in 2 days)
Well.... That was quick... You've posted your reaction to the movie like 10 minutes after I put this comment.. LOL
That worked out well!
I'm more disappointed he didn't know Sigourney Weaver than any other actor. ALIENS is on my list of Top 10 movies of all time, with ALIEN the original not far behind!
I will be watching alien at some point
ghost busters was my jam in the day I loved it sooooooooooooooo much
8:20. I guess you're not a snooker, James. When I smoked, I did that all the time. It's actually very easy to do. You just moisten the butt of the cigarette and gang it off a dry part of the bottom lip. In thus movie they might have used honey or something, but you can hang cigarettes off your lip, easy peasy.
I enjoyed your review. My mother lived in Victorville when she was young and they had an icebox. An iceman delivered ice and that was their refrigerator in those days.
That's interesting thanks
Another good horror comedy I know you'd love is The Frighteners with Michael J Fox!
What's Zuul doing in my ice box? There's no Dana, only Zuul.
scary ice-box
Watch Ghost for Valentine's Day. It's got Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.
@@couch.patati-patata added to my list!
Total classic
How do you not know bill Murray wow!!!!!!!!?!!!
Sorry, I'm working on it.
20:52 Nah, Stay Puft wasn't a real brand. The marshmallow man was just mashup of the Michelin Man and the Pillsbury Doughboy
Ok, I thought he was cute
@@AwesomeUSMovies he was also a combination with the Angellus Marshmallow Man, the mascot of a product exclusive to Canada (Dan Akroyd who played Ray and wrote the first draft of the script is from Canada).
Rick Moranis is well known for the movies Honey i Shrunk the Kids, a family comedy, he is also in Spaceballs but see this one after Star Wars episodes 4,5 & 6 as it is a Star Wars spoof, i would see Star Wars episodes 4,5 & 6 (A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi) before 1,2 & 3 as that is the order they were released
Already watched all those star wars movies
The Green mile, Forest Gump. V for Vendetta and Leon the Professional, ( the directors cut )
Added to list, thanks
Quite an entertaining film
Thanks for the chance
Egon wrote the movie. He also wrote Stripes and other great comedies of the era.
Oh, I haven't see that. Added to list.
Aykroyd and Ramis both wrote it
@@DerekEvans1013 absolutely. Great writers of comedy
He also directed Caddyshack and National Lampoon's Vacation.
It was actually a collaboration between Ivan Reitman the director, Dan Akroyd, the originator of the idea, and Harold Ramis, a brilliant comedic writer who decided he was the best choice to play Egon after none of the actors auditioning captured the deadpan quality he intended for the character.
3:04 I looked up the library and holy shit, it's like something out of Harry Potter or Wizard 101
Yeah, they had a heyday building that one. It's absolutely gorgeous in there. Takes your breath away walking in it
@@AwesomeUSMovies 100% on my bucket list, it's one of a kind
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I have a question for everyone here: I have organized a horror/comedy section in my collection of horror; titles like Scary movie, Stan Helsing, Tucker and Dale vs evil. Should I include Ghostbusters, or just leave it under regular comedy?
I don't see this as horror.
The Ghostbuster films are more comedy than horror. The second was good, but the new one that came out was fantastic.
a couple good movies with the little guy, Rick Moranis, are Honey I Shrunk The Kids and Little Giants
Thanks, I've added all these to my list. It's appreciated
Recommended
Home For The Holidays
Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr, Anne Bancroft, my favorite Charles Durning
Very family movie about Thanksgiving.
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
Horror movies are my favorite!! You should watch the scream movies
I hope we get to see the second one since Halloween is around the corner! Side note you dropping the f bomb made me giggle harder than it should have lol.
Oh, maybe yeah!
The last thing I need is getting hooked on another reactor. Two videos in, I'm subscribed and along for the ride. You're fun to watch, and hey, I have family in the Des Moines area too 😃
Thanks for the sub
Still my al time favourite movie.
Hope you enjoyed my reaction
omg I've never seen those shoes