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The new movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the sequel to Ghostbusters; Afterlife, has made its way to number one in America. Worldwide Frozen Empire has made roughly 204 million dollars.
The first Ghostbusters was made in 1984. The newest addition of Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire lived up to its name. Those in the movie were none short of great, bringing comedy and realism.
The movie takes place in New York where the Spengler family lives. The movie was incredibly thought out, and one of the things that made the movie more iconic was bringing back characters recognized in older Ghostbuster movies. Slimer and the marshmallow ghosts were two that had been from the first Ghostbusters and were placed into the newest sequel. There was also the firehouse where the Spenglers live, which is from the original movies. This creates a connection from the older films and makes it clear to the audience that time has passed in the movies like it has in real life.
The Spenglers have decided to continue to catch ghosts; however, their job hasn’t been the most positive and has led to the destruction of the city. They were called into the mayor’s office, Walter Speck, played by William Atherton. He calls attention to their destruction, though, he brings attention to the fact that Phoebe Spengler is a minor, and cannot do the work because it isn’t exactly legal, especially with her hanging outside a moving vehicle. This is a major plot point, but it isn’t entirely obvious.
During the movie Slimer is introduced, one of the original Ghostbuster characters. However, the way they made the scene was impressive. Phoebe’s brother, Trevor, finds goo leaking from his ceiling and goes to get help, but once he’s reminded that he’s an adult, this ghost remains his burden. He tries tactics to capture Slimer and the most impressive part about this scene is the foreshadowing. Throughout the movie the foreshadowing was impressive. Even with the little replicating marshmallow ghosts. In the movie, the foreshadowing included small details like with Slimer really enjoying food and then that leading up to him helping the Spenglers in the future with a certain food problem.
The movie also did an excellent job of deepening the characters. Phoebe loves catching ghosts, and when told she can’t she leaves and sits in a park at night by herself. She meets a ghost (not like Slimer), Melody, who enjoys scaring people and carries a match. The two bond and Phoebe tells her there’s a way to become a ghost. With one look, Melody, played by Emily Alyn Lind, conveys how much she doesn’t want Phoebe to change into a ghost via machine.
In addition, Garraka wasn’t one to be messed with and did its job of looking incredibly chilling. Garraka is a ghost that has the ability to freeze pretty much anything. He came from an orb-like thing and scared the marshmallow ghost. Additionally, he could control ghosts and even freeze whoever tried to interfere with his plans.
The end, however, was the most exciting part. The foreshadowing came together. Slimer didn’t seem like he’d be brought into the final duel, let alone be helpful to the Ghostbusters. However, what really made the end was that the original Ghostbuster characters had been in the movie and had come together to help the Spenglers.
Overall, the movie was great and would be one I would see again. The characters did a great job, and really made the movie what it is. Even the older characters didn’t take away from the plot, but added to it. The effects as well were intriguing, and Garraka appearing to be undefeatable made the movie even more enjoyable.
