Fantasmadas and petardadas

In volume remakes Hollywood on classics that prevailed in his day -some completely dispensable, as they are preparing Ben-Hur–, He has reached the chapter on one of the most beloved eighties phenomena: los Ghostbusters.

For this new version of the XXI century was to give a twist to the original story, and the inertia granted by feminist airs of a society which increasingly aspires to seek equity between men and women, it has been decided that this time the protagonists were them.

It was not a bad starting point, At first. Posts to rescue a classic film that was perfect as is, the interesting thing was to try to bring something new to justify retelling this story. Sin embargo, despite the endless possibilities of argument raised by this new approach, beyond sex change, the bet and risk have been zero.

The main cast has a good casting -Melissa McCarthy Y Kirsten Wiig They are two comedians well known to the general public., but the script is not up. A colorful and impressive sparkling spectra that are the pride of the art contrast with some splattered topicazos dialogues in which the mood rubs little more than nonsense: psicofonías with ventosidades, gags based on broken phones – like when Chris Hemsworth, reduced to small object and pet gang, confounds "Computer center" with "Centro de caraculos " (really, Is that word is still used?)–, and when there are no more ideas, McCarthy's trump card will always be fighting hand-to-hand against “something” while his wind-blown wind becomes his greatest comic resource.. En definitiva, one petardada.

Let no one misunderstand me. How long have firecracker has to be "bad"? I love the petardez, in fact I adore. But whenever there is an intention behind. The petardez of "Planet Terror" from Robert Rodriguez near-perfect and in my opinion it's another way of doing comedy, if I may say. But if we face the return of Ghostbusters, I fear that we expect something more.

In fact, I dare say that this feeling of prefabricated and immediate product, ready to eat, It is because their language is more likely to occur TV: the linear form in which the players are known, as they are gradually joining the group; Presenting the villain from the beginning and unveil their plans step by step, or even the condescension with which they treat their secretary (Hemsworth) with every gaffe, as the binomial Carl Winslow-Steve Urkel at the end of each chapter in “Family Matters”, They suggest that we are more before a TV series before a “blockbuster”.

Even with all, the final set sound -Band, scenery and special effects – manages to preserve part of the spirit of the first films. It's more, quizá algún viejo conocido de la franquicia se deje caer para asegurarse de que así sea. Pero está claro que un aprobado justito no cumple con las expectativas de un público fan que, leaving aside the macho unfair criticism McCarthy and his girls, denounces the lack of originality of a wealthy Hollywood that, as the great Homer Simpson, he tried to sell "Something that already existed adding a little clock". Good luck, Ben-Hur.