There is nothing wrong with Ghostbusters: Afterlife that a page one rewrite wouldn’t solve. There are so many things that can go wrong with a movie. It’s fairly rare when the actual conceit that drives the picture is the problem. The other recent movies that I would put in this category are
The sheer fact that you found anything in the 2016 movie funny, negates anything negative you have to say about this movie. Your hipster is showing. In case you forgotten, Ghostbusters was never just about busting ghosts, in the original film we see them capture one ghost 30 minutes in, and not another one until the end of the movie. I’m sorry you didn’t have a good time, but I long for the days when reviewers could I take a piece of film for what it was, not for what they wish it was.
The sheer fact that you found anything in the 2016 movie funny, negates anything negative you have to say about this movie. Your hipster is showing. In case you forgotten, Ghostbusters was never just about busting ghosts, in the original film we see them capture one ghost 30 minutes in, and not another one until the end of the movie. I’m sorry you didn’t have a good time, but I long for the days when reviewers could I take a piece of film for what it was, not for what they wish it was.