Father's Day Recommendation: Ghostbusters

 

                                 It's Father's Day everybody, and usually there were times I'd have some last-minute timing when it comes to choosing but luckily this selection was a great refresher. Now to be fair most of the movies I pick, when it comes to Mother's Day and Father's Day are usually derived out of my Mom and Dad's favorite movies but this time I'm also including my brother who also has a son as well, but also including my Dad as well because really this was a movie that my Dad got my brother into and then my brother got me into loving this great movie. Although I wasn't in a sense young enough to watch the film (quote and quote), I have watched the sequel when I was a kid and was a huge fan of the cartoon, but with all its many sequels including Afterlife. Ghostbusters to me in the one true movie that still stands the test of time and still is a great movie refresher.

                                After three scientists (Harold Ramis, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to go into business for themselves and become Ghostbusters for hire. They stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction. 

                                Like Major League, Ghostbusters is one of those comedies where you can watch the movie anytime of the day and recite any line and it will still be funny to watch. The other thing in what makes this film amazing is that when you think of heroes you always think of them as Superman as complete indestructible, but when it comes to the Ghostbusters is that they are regular average working joe's who are making a living in the world, and in dire situations they have a not so sure way of how to save the world, almost in a sense of Indiana Jones but except the Ghostbuster's are in a sense the best looking unless your Bill Murray who thinks he's good looking. What also makes this film stand the test of time, is that it was part of a decade where everything was original and everyone wasn't afraid to try something new and different unlike today where everyone is re-doing everything, making more lame comedies and not stopping with the superhero genre. Although the other thing was that there were even more interesting facts that I still to this day didn't know about, for example director Ivan Reitman who gave us Ghostbusters 1 and 2 as well as other classics also produced the film Ghostbusters: Afterlife in which his son Jason Reitman directed the film, though recently passed away at the age of 75, although helped bring the late Harold Ramis to life on screen during the final climax of the movie. Dan Aykroyd who also wrote the script found inspiration for the film via looking through his family history, and as it turns out his great-grandfather was a 19th century psychic investigator, even Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis stated that the films was set in a futuristic New York City where the Ghostbusters was already founded moreover were established all around the world. And sure, the film itself is very New York, but there were some of the scenes that were shot in different locations as well. Speaking of casting aside from Bill Murray not being the first choice, the character of Winston Zeddemore was first offered to Eddie Murphy instead of Ernie Hudson, for which now when you take the time to think about that fact I would of much preferred Ernie Hudson as Winston more than Eddie Murphy, even the lovable ghost we all come to know as Slimer started off as Onion Head during production crew of the two Ghostbusters films, though didn't get his full name by the creation of the cartoon series. Now with all its facts on how the film was made and most importantly its originality, it's one of the many great films that still stands the test of time furthermore inspired a generation of filmmakers like Ivan Reitman's son Jason Reitman who also made some great films of his own like Thank You for Smoking and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. So, if you ever get the time this month, I will highly recommend watching this amazing film with your dad or your kid, to inspire another generation of movie lovers.