Where do I begin.....I'm just going to say this: Don't answer the call and let the answering machine take it.

Obviously this is a remake of the original Ghostbusters. Ostensibly it is the same story as the original but with gender roles reversed. There is really nothing wrong with the acting but it lacks the originals sharp wit. It does benefit from modern CGI. It is more importantly another message to Hollywood that you don't touch or remake classics. An often repeated lesson from which Hollywood never seems to learn.

The only funny thing I saw in the first half was the look on Jones's face when she first saw a ghost although i thought that type of racial stereotyping was deemed politically incorrect 50 years ago. I also thought showing women as completely incompetent of any scientific or logical thought was frowned upon now days, although I know showing all men as complete irrational, one dimensional idiots as they did in this movie is now considered not only OK but mandatory. I couldn't believe they included a whole discussion of the movie "Ghost" which no one under 45 remembers. Half of the actresses can only know this film from their studies of ancient classics but had to pretend they have regular wet dreams about a geriatric actor. I think maybe they hope you will turn off the volume, play loud music, take acid and only watch the light show parts of this movie.

You know in the original Ghostbusters when Bill Murray mentions cats and dogs living together...I feel it's happened with this. Just a brief intro before I'm accused of being a misogynistic old man; I'm a chick. A chick who happens to love the originals. This movie has just brutally murdered the source material. The subtle, dry and dark humour of Ramis and Ackroyd and the ad-libbing from Murray was what made those movies. This movie is just mind-numbingly terrible. Not one 'gag' managed to raise so much as a smile. The plot is dumb, the actors are dumb and don't get me started on the casual racism of using a black chick as the unintelligent, but street smart sidekick. I hated everything about this film with the exception of two things; Chris Hemsworth and the fact that it's a bunch of ladies who save the day. Other than that, it was terrible. Avoid.