Ghostbusters

"Dog and Cats, living together .... mass hysteria!"

Ghostbusters, 1984, Ivan Reitman; Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis

Caught Ghostbusters tonight at the Bytowne with my brother Paddy, and ran into Jovana and some people. Had a diet Pepsi and some popcorn, and some of Jovana's leftover vegetable pad thai, which was nice and spicy.

Ghostbusters was one of my favorite movies in the 80's, and it was awesome to see it on the big screen. The print was in great condition for what was supposedly an original print from 1984, and the only technical problem was that the projectionist missed a reel change. Bill Murray somehow seems even cooler than he usually does in what I think is one of his best roles, comedic or otherwise. He pretty much has 95% of the best lines, but half of his genius is in his facial expression. But the coolest image on the big screen: the Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man.

Really awesome film, really fun time, plus it was all for a good charity, Operation Go Home ... and, as an added bonus, Chez 106 was handing out free DVDs, and I picked up a copy of In Bruges.

5 stars out of 5.

Lame audience comment of the night: "This film is in HD ... Horrible Definition!"

Fun fact of the day: At the beginning, the librarian tells the ghostbusters that she had an uncle who thought he was St. Jerome. And St. Jerome is the patron saint of ... that's right ... librarians.

Upcoming movies in the next week

Thursday: Ghostbusters in playing at the Bytowne; definitely going to check that one out. I beleive it may be a charity showing too, plus, since unlike last year, the Bytowne isn't playing any Halloween movies, I guess this is as close as it gets.



Friday: Opening in Ottawa - The Changling (dir. Clint Eastwood, star. Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Guy Pearce) [probably going to see]



- Happy-Go-Lucky (dir. Mike Leigh, star. Sally Hawkins) [will maybe see]



- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (dir. Kevin Smith, star. Seth Rogan, Elizabeth Banks) [will defnitely see]



Monday: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is playing at the Bytowne. Probably going to skip that one.