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Showing posts with label ivan reitman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ivan reitman. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Ghostbusters series (1984 & 1989)


A science fiction comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis.
A team of parapsychologists start a business of capturing and containing ghosts, but get in trouble with the government until something really big happens and they are pardoned to go fight the supernatural crisis.
This is some classic '80s cheese. Spin-offs abound, but will not be reviewed here. I don't feel like watching the whole cartoon series or any other knock-offs. The characters and plot are bold and the style and pacing are right. I would have liked the ghosts and monsters to be more gruesome, but that would have gone against the comedy element. I'm rating this good because I like cheesy '80s films.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Kindergarten Cop (1990)


A comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A pair of police detectives go to a small town in search of a criminal's family. When the one who is supposed to pretend to be a teacher gets sick, the other has to cover that spot.
Made in the golden age of modern cinema, this is one of the classics that I grew up with. Arnold is out of his element in a childrens' classroom, which is funny enough to pull this film out of any bad rating. When the plot and characters are good, it makes this worth watching. I'm going to rate it good because I enjoyed watching it (for the ?#th time).