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    Dolly Parton dies within the first 3 minutes of the movie, then must save a family before Christmas or be damned to hell for all eternity by Roddy McDowall.  

    This movie is both bonkers bananas and a super charming Christmas tale of a family moving on after loss.  A tight 90 minutes, some truly good scenes and acting by multiple characters, and free on Prime.  What more could you want?  Oh, also a musical number by Dolly OF COURSE.  I was happier having seen this movie.  
    IMDB info here

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    I'm only a few minutes into the podcast but calling this a feminist movie as they do makes me legit angry. Just passing the Bechdel test doesn't make a movie pro women. Just having the women be badasses doesn't make it pro women.

     

    The scene that bothered me the most, beyond the "you practically raped me" line, is the scene where the woman held hostage is strung up and tortured with a whip. It immediately cuts to a man having an orgasm so their screams blend together.

     

    On one hand, I'm glad June didn't have to watch this but I wish she had to take everyone to task.

     

    I think it was a pretty obvious joke that they were referring to this movie as "feminist" based solely on the Bechdel test.

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    First time listening to this entire show! I don't know if I will ever agree with Amy based on her defense of Neverending Story and (barf) Revenge of the Nerds lol But I really loved hearing them debate. Also, Amy is OUT OF HER MIND if she thinks that Ghostbusters is not in the top 5 of "movies people think about when they hear the name Bill Murray".

     

    I liked this movie as a kid, HATED the cartoon show, but absolutely love this movie as an adult and find the set up, pacing, comedy writing, and tone to be wonderful. Despite so much of it being shot on a LA set, Reitman really captured the tone and feel of a "classic" New York movie in the vein of Woody Allen which I found so effective against a standard buddy horror-comedy set up.

     

    That said, I definitely get why people would not consider this canon. I think there are many great lines, unforgettable and influential scenes, and it did expand the role of comedy in horror, but 'American Werewolf in London' did all of this 3 years earlier with even stronger horror themes.

    To me, 'Ghostbusters' is canon as the pinnacle of Reitman's work with Nat'l Lampoon/Second City alums, building from 'Cannibal Girls' through 'Animal House' and 'Stripes' to what would be the most successful of those collaborations.

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