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Originally Posted by djchameleon
I went to the theaters to see that three times. It was great and not as much of a **** show like every nincompoop was complaining about. Also ended up buying the soundtrack after the first viewing.
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I also thought people were a little hard on it. I think it's an ok movie...I was entertained for 90 minutes. The biggest problem I had with it was the tone. The originals were definitely comedies, but it was handled as if it was serious. The genius came from Bill Murray grounding it realism...as if he was the "everyman" commenting on how ridiculous all of it seemed, which really helped suspend disbelief. The new one is your typical post-Anchorman irreverent "we're going to film them improvising for every scene and keep the funniest takes" bull**** that every contemporary comedy seems to go for these days. Wayyy too many sight-gags for my taste.
Again, I was still entertained. I do like Melissa McCarthy. As its own movie, it was fine. Will people remember it in 30 years like the original? No way.