Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | REVIEW 

21:22 I thought the freezing of New York would take place way earlier in the movie. It doesn't last long once it happens.

Saw it last night. Completely agree about the pacing and 3rd acting needing a little more meat to it. But all of my complaints were also just things I wanted to see more of.

Just want to comment that I was one of the prop makers on this and the whole team is pretty disappointed that Sony chose to cut us entirely from the credits, apparently they wanted to keep them short but we don't accept that, there is a mid credits gag clip that ads nothing to the story nor sets up another film, we were all for the most part fans of the franchise and loved working on this and were extremely disappointed they couldn't find the space for us in the credits especially with that nothing mid credits scene, many of us have not had any film or TV work since due to the strikes and it's a real morale drain after all we've been through and all the extra hours we put in to be dismissed by Sony, whenever we had guests on set they were shown the props, this film was promoted on props and this film relied heavily on it's action props, yet Sony saw fit to dismiss our contribution to the film

Did you miss the return of the Library Administrator when Phoebe, Podcast and Ray visit…its same actor

I love the Trevor versus Slimer thread throughout. It really did feel like a B or C plot from a Real Ghostbusters episode.

I'm more encouraged hearing this review. The other reviews so far have not been kind, but some of that could be sour grapes over 2016 and also from people who aren't particularly Ghostbuster fans but just movie reviewers. Where Ghostbusters is concerned, I'd rather hear from fans of the franchise. Chances are if they enjoyed it I probably will too.

Seeing Paul Rudd in a ghostbusters suit is kind of surreal to see. At least for me.

You’re so lucky dude! Cruising around NYC in an Ecto? That’s amazing!

Yeah the final "battle" was kind of quick for all that build up. Also it basically copied and pasted the final battle from afterlife as far as scenes go. Maybe they should have let all the ghosts out and had fights with GB2 ghosts again before the end, something to make the end a bit more epic.

Those first two yeses were all I needed to hear.

Jason you don't seem too excited about this movie!? That is the vibe I am getting from you!? You seemed more excited about Ghostbusters Afterlife?👻🚫🎥🎬

Well you have made me feel a little better. Other reviews have been tough but the fans are seeming to like it so I am excited to see it tomorrow night.

Saw it twice today back to back. Wasn't a huge fan of the Phoebe/ghost friend thing but it wasn't terrible. Just felt a little flat but it made sense since Phoebe was feeling left out and the ghost had their own reasons for being there. Also wow, all of the cut and alternate scenes from the trailers. Was pretty surprising, but I'm sure there will be an extended cut on Bluray and of course I'll preorder it asap. Overall none of my criticisms are big and I walked out really enjoying it both times and I can't wait to see it again! Side note: I feel like there was a Real Ghostbusters nod with Peck's comment "Maybe she can be a Junior Ghostbuster and hand out stickers". Maybe, maybe not, but it did immediately remind me of the Junior Ghostbusters from RGB.

“Proud of you then, proud of you now.” 😂

Was fortunate enough to see an early screening and agree with your assessment. As a life-long fan from the 80s, this hits the right spots and feels good. I loved it. Ignore the critic reviews and go in with an open mind!

I love that Janine suits up, I'm already so happy before even seeing it!

My only gripe was that the promo shots aren't scenes in the movie, no Paul Rudd and the red jacket ,there are alot of storylines all going on and some details are left out ,it would of been better with an army of the dead decending on the firehouse,with battles outside in a frozen over New York, it was over too quickly at the end ,Bill Murray and Ernie should of had more lines,and Slimer should of had more presents But it was still a fun movie.

I watched the movie, while I enjoyed the most parts and I love all the nods to the OG films but I feel that the final basket is not long enough and the scale of it is too small, like huge thunder but only droplets of rain.with so many Ghostbusters they could’ve make them into small groups to fight “army of ghosts” as mentioned in the trailer, not stand in a firing squad position with fancy new packs (of no real functional change). It could’ve been better but it’s certainly a worthy sequel, and I just hope we get to see more of the new generation! I give it 7/10. And really great review. ❤ I enjoyed it a lot.

I honestly love this film. My fandom started with the real Ghostbusters when I was a kid. Then I saw the movie, still as a kid, but I did see real Ghostbusters first. This is definitely a real Ghostbusters feeling. And I love every bit of it.

I'm torn on the movie. The effects were done really well and the movie looks overall really good. I had a few issues with certian points. Especially they way Phoebe and her new friend come off, although i may have read too far into it. Then theres the fact we get this newly upgraded equipment and its pretty much there for esthetic purposes only. My final gripe was it felt so slow until the third act then it feels like it went into warp drive. Now i really did like that the addition of the Paranormal Research Center and the fact that the containment unit in the firehouse has a limit to how much it can hold. Thats a neat idea along with the flyimg drone trap. Also i was a huge fan of having Janine do more than answer phones. If i had to be honest though, I'd have to give it a 5.5 out of 10. Its not the worst, but i personally didn't think it was as strong as 3 of the 4 movies that preceeded it.

I just came back from watching the movie premier in Ottawa, Ontario as a member of the Capital Ghostbusters. It was a great movie.

I saw it last night and I loved it as well

I so ready for this movie. I and my son are playing hooky (me from work, he from school), and we are going with proton packs on our backs.

I agree that more of the third act would have been great! There’s a good amount of little things they could have cut from the first half.

Went and saw frozen Empire yesterday. I do agree on the fact that the third act was a bit rushed. To me it definitely had a vibe of the Real Ghostbusters and a bit of a vibe of Ghostbusters: The Video Game.Overall pretty good. My one gripe is I wish there had been more scenes involving ghost busting. Also stay for the post credits scene.

This movie was made for fans, not generic everyday critics. So glad you enjoyed it. Seeing it tomorrow!

Terrific to see actual Ghostbusters II archive footage. They chose the great shot of the four of them running in their prime from the Run DMC montage. I also dug the fact Gil Kenan has made both the Ray Parker Jr music video and Kenner toy commercials canon to the movie universe. Someone now needs to try and track down the three former kids who acted in that Kenner Ghost Trap ad. If their actual fans bet their pretty happy to have made the actual film series now after participating in a mere commercial made over three decades ago lol

If Rick Moranis what’s in this, it would have been really funny

1:47 Hey you can't park that here!

I’ve seen it 2 days ago in France at a premiere with the cast and I’m agree with you. That’s a good film and I want, I hope to see more ! There are really good ideas in it but things feels a little bit rushed in the final cut of the movie, a good 20-30 minutes extra should have been nice. I don’t think we’ll have a director’s cut but a lot of scenes are missing and that’s kinda sad.

The pacing, oh, the pacing. You can argue it was a mess or it was a fine clockwork job in order to give us the rhythm of a RGB episode, because I felt it was that: A long and funny RGB episode.

I'm not sure when you upgraded your camera but the footage looks great! It's almost absurdly good quality! It felt like you were almost popping out of my screen!

Does the Ecto 1 survive this movie?

It feels to me like they cut out the idea that Garraka makes you see your fears come to life.

Watching Possessor get fucking devoured by Slimer had to be the best scene in the movie.

The trailers were edited better than the movie. The scenes cut from the movie were a mistake, and what we got should've been trimmed to KEEP the scenes from the trailers. The pacing was all over the place and the Director and Editor should be fired.

It’s missing something. I have been a ghostbusters fan my entire life. And Ghostbusters 1 and 2 and Afterlife felt special but this lacked a spark. They spend to much time focused on a single characters development and their coming of age story when neither were needed. It’s a movie that leaves you wondering what could have been. The main villain is cool pun intended but they are given no time to shine despite being built up as a ghost to end all ghosts. The movie begins slow and ends to fast. A lot of the film felt like a throw away just to fill a few minutes. Oh how i wanted to love it but im disappointed and left asking oh what could have been.

Just a question I have wanted answered for many years. Not counting the fan font, which font is the Ghostbusters name font? I know ITC Korrina is the movie credit font, and the poster credit font is recreated as Winsel Variable, which was made in 2019, but the R in that is clearly different from the R in the logo. So... what might it be, please? Thanks!

Absolutely love the franchise as it was the first film I saw in the cinema as a kid but having just left the theatre after seeing Frozen Empire I can’t help but feel slightly underwhelmed. The first 2 acts were really slow paced but to be fair the third act saved the whole thing in my opinion. Ultimately I loved taking my kids to see it and we all had a blast and that’s the name of the game so to end on a positive already looking forward to the next one. Quality content as always Jason. 👻

I also completely agree with the final act. I looked at my watch and said oh wow it's ending soon and we haven't even seen Garraka yet.

Has a mix of the other 3 films tone wise imo. And had elements of each. I was in the camp you referred to with Nadeem. Whilst I did enjoy his character I'm not sure about his amount of involvement especially at the end. Also I kind of feel Emily's character could have been come at from a different direction. It wasn't bad but kinda had scooby doo vibes a tad. Same result could of been done but just by doing it a little differently visually and character wise. Oh yeah and I agree with the 3rd act. Wish Garraka caused more devastation before the final showdown. But overall I still really enjoyed it. It's hard to take everything in when your so excited so I look forward to seeing it again. 😊

Saw it last night, and I agree that a little bit of breathing room before the finale would have been helpful. Then again, if they showed the ghosts that escape causing havoc around the city it would've been criticized for being too much like the original film when that happens.

I saw it in IMAX, tonight. Very enjoyable. If I saw this when I was 5 or 6, parts of it would scare me. I love that. I agree that James Acaster (whom I love), should had had more scenes. Dan Aykroyd is great in this. The scene with Podcast is brilliant.

Jason, I've been subscribed for a long time and enjoyed every video you have made. You absolutely deserve to be invited to the premiere after all of the service that you provide to us fans. It's people like you who keep fandoms going, get the news spread and make the fandom a nice place to hang out ❤

I'm kinda sad we didn't get to see Rick Moranis back . I haven't seen him mentioned . So I assume he's not in this.

I see the critics trying to bring the film down they tried that with Ghostbusters 2 and Afterlife both are great films, this film I have waited years to see this with all the old crew back.

My only 2 questions which I think should have been covered in the semi spoiler section, is there a vintage Ghostbusters opening with a scare and then music with GB logo cross fade? And is there a montage sequence? I feel like those 2 items are necessary for a Ghostbusters film and were severely missed in Afterlife.

The dude from the 84 film in the library "whats that got to do with it?" Was in the film too when ray pulls up to the library.

Great review!

I just saw the first English screening on opening day in France and it was great. I loved everything about it. Definitely felt like one of many “episodes” that I hope we will be getting ala RGB. I love how it felt like a mix of old school GB action and comedy as well as the more emotional dynamic that we saw in afterlife. It really worked for me and I look forward to a rewatch this weekend.

Agreed that the final act needed a bit more consequence. Another 5 minutes before they wrap everything up. Also working out the solution ahead of time cut down on the suspension a bit.

Pausing before the more spoilery stuff. Going to see the movie on Friday afternoon, the first showing at my local cinema, and I'll pick it back up after that. Then I can digest the movie and your review before going to see it again later in the weekend at a different cinema!

Happy for you Jason! What an amazing experience! Glad they asked you to attend! Thanks for the review, can't wait to see it tomorrow!

Loved it! Great movie for Ghostbusters fans.

I'm glad you were invited to the premier. It was well deserved!

I loved it, looking forward to more

great video excellent review and coverage. thanks for all you do Ghostbusters News

Awesome review! I saw this last night and made my own review about it. The 2 scenes I had a problem with was the Ray and Podcast scene with the streaming. I thought that could of been edited out and the Casper reference scene. Otherwise I enjoyed it. It was a fun film.

DOES ECTO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS MOVIE

Seeing it Friday. Soooooo excited.

Completely agree with you. I would love to see an extended cut!

Liked it but.. Too many characters and childish in some points. I think that instead of a Ghost, the person who helped Garraka should’ve been a human like Janosz Poha in Gb2. Hope there’ll be a next one! 👏🏻

Watched it in D-Box seats yesterday despite reserving seats tonight because T-Mobile gave out a $5 voucher for it as part of their T-Mobile Tuesdays deals (which was a GREAT deal because D-Box seats are $19 at my theater, so only paying $5 was a STEAL) - the experience was AMAZING, like something out of a theme park! The seats moved along with the ecto-mobile, jolted with every strike of lightning, and shook and vibrated with the proton streams!! It definitely added to the movie, but it also made me leave the theater wishing that there was a Ghostbusters ride, lol Also! My Cinemark had the Slimer Icee!! Alongside the reusable plastic cup with the suited up mascot, Slimer, and the Mini Pufts! Happy to get it, as my family loves to collect memorabilia cups :) Overall, I thought the movie was good, even if it felt like they left a chunk on the cutting room floor - hopefully the Blu-Ray has the deleted scenes! Could've been better, but it's not Terrible, so that's nice. I think I like Afterlife more as it is, as it seemed like they just had too many characters to juggle in this one. Wished we saw more of New York frozen! All that being said, my favorite scene was Venkman messing with the Fire Master - Peter's just Really Good at getting people to get mad at him, lol

I can't wait to see this movie, ghostbusters is one of my favorite franchises so I'm looking forward to this movie

i was invited to the australian premiere and saw an early screening last night, i’ve got to say.. (spoilers) there are a bunch of clips from the trailers that seem to be made purely for the trailers.. they don’t show up in the film at all, such as janine’s “ghostbusters, whaddya want?!” line and lucky’s tear ducts freezing up, along with many others too. just thought that was interesting..

There have been a lot of videos on RU-vid discussing Frozen Empire. This is probably the only review of the movie I will take into consideration before I see it this weekend.

Continue to love the use of the original score and sound effects we love

Your review is the one I've waited for. It's the only one I take with weight to it. Also excited to go for the first time in my full gear, and even better my lovely wife who isn't a GB fan like me is dressing up with me and I put a suit together just for her with my spare pack!

Is it true that a lot of the music is reused from the first film’s score?

The green copper proton beam was awesome

I would have loved to have seen Peter slimed by slimer again

I just saw it today and I loved every single moment of it. Ten out of ten for it. Also, I hope Garraka gets to be a Halloween inflatable or stand up this year, because I want to put him in my front yard when the trick or treaters come.

Just seen the film tonight in the UK I absolutely loved it. So well put together. Captures the Golden Years.

Having just returned home from my first screening, I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it. I agree it could have been longer. I feel like some parts were rushed? I'm honestly not sure where or why I have a lack of an opinion. Still better than GB:ATC IMO. I'm just not sure.

PLEASE I need to know if on our own song from the 2 movie is in this one

With all the characters, I feel like Paul Rudd didn't get to shine. Paul Rudd as a GB is absolute gold! Also, we could have cut out the 1904 stuff and provided more buildup and payoff of Garaka would have helped. Draw out the peril of the whole "our proton packs don't work!" way more. I think that would help!

The ghost/human plot line was ackward at best, and not really well thought out it felt like the writters were like ok we wrote ourselves into a corner with our own rules how do we get out of this. If you stop and think about all those scenes they all feel like the were shot after the fact during reshoots as the dialog is minimal the sets are minimal and your just kinda left to fill in the blanks on why the character feels they way they do to do what they do. Its feels very disjointed from the rest of the movie. Over all it wasnt terriable Pauls dialog was kinda boring and didnt really do much for the story almost like he was talking to an empty room "nudge nudge" but his acting was good and id say he didnt really add much but he didnt take anything away either. I did love seeing all the toys and cartoon elements in real life like the motorcycle the arm-band proton cannon the pizza ghost etc... that was definitely a treat, and the use of practical effect especially in the 1st act was terrific and looled great. I'd rank it slighty worse then Afterlife but 100% better then 2016 solid 7/10

Can someone please list what songs are in the movie? Not the score mind?

I hop to see ghost 👻busters UK 🇬🇧😎 one day.

We went to the first showing locally, at 2 PM today. There were about a dozen people in the theatre ... I'd give it a 9.5 out of 10. Fans of the GB universe will love it. I knocked off a half-point for a major continuity glitch involving Phoebe and . I suspect they may have decided after primary filming to add a scene where Phoebe , but the consequence of that is that is seen time and again later in the film. It may have been that the scene in question was filmed late, and there just wasn't time to fix the rest of the scenes. I suspect we'll find out about it when the Blu-Ray comes out. Take the PG-13 rating seriously. If you have very young children who are easily frightened, you may wish to leave them at home and watch it with them later in home release, where they'll be somewhere familiar. There is one mid-credits scene, but no post-credits scene. Once you've seen the mid-credits scene, you can answer your bladder's call.

saw the movie on friday night i think it turned out great don;t listen to critics go see it for yourself !!

Got my tickets booked, can't wait !!!! ❤

i LOVED the movie. I only wish we got more winston and more Ecto-1 in action. Also wish we had a straight answer on if trevor and lucky are dating.

Calling it quits on the vid at 9:40. I'll get back to you on my thoughts on the movie tomorrow lol! I got a ticket for a pre-show at the local AMC theater the day before actual street drop date...also one of the like...4 drive-in movie theaters in my state opens up this weekend from the winter season and this movie is one of their weekend opening movies! I haven't been to a movie theater to watch a movie in 15 years or so and I wanna go in as blind as possible. The last movie I saw in theaters was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...up until Dial of Destiny it was considered the worst movie of the franchise so I'm having high hopes that this will wash the bad taste outta my mouth on that and give me a reason to start going to theaters again...only on special occasions though...theater tickets and snacks are NOT cheap.

Just got home from watching it. I thought it was great. I will be watching it again in theaters. One thing I just realized from watching this review, there's a couple of scenes from the trailers that aren't in the movie. No big, but didn't realize that until now.

Can we really say that Slimer "lives'' in the attic, since he's a Class 5 Full-Roaming Vapor Ghost ? Kidding ! Great review !!!

Just finished watching it. 8/10. It was fun!

I wish I was there

It was great. Touched every nostalgic funny bone in my body. Also very surprised by the original library guy trying to stop Ray from coming inside. 😅😂

Saw the movie over the weekend. Have 1 or 2 small issues. Pacing in the 3rd act I totally agree. And the ghost girl. Feel like that could have been fleshed out better. Felt. Tacked on. But over all I loved the film. Noticed the Real Ghostbusters vibes and glad to see others noticing it. Ray was brilliant. Always loved Ray. Had his action figure as a kid. Still have the same one :). That scene when he’s in the shop and sees the Ghostbusters car drive by. And he just looks happy to see they are still around. Oh boy. I loved that scene. Here I am now an adult still watching brand new ghostbusters films. And I had my 2 little ones with me. And they absolutely loved the film. When Pheobe hurts the ice god. They got so excited. So over all. Hell of a great time.

You could have removed Finn Wolfhard from this movie entirely and it wouldn’t have affected the plot at all.

The only thing i didn't understand was why Ray grabs the wand like a left handed? 🤔

Your review could have been my review. I enjoyed the hell out of it and it was more darker in places than I imagined it would be which was a great revelation. The new big bad is fantastic and the standout funniest character is definitely Kumail Nanjiani. He just tickled me every time he was on screen. I loved Dan Ackroyd too and his exposition which was funny in itself. I did wonder if there was a longer cut of the film as it did seem truncated towards the end ...but maybe that was just me wanting more of it. A stellar movie and a great addition to the franchise. I hope it continues and you know it doesn't need the original characters to be in it anymore. I'm quite happy to see a Ghostbusters movie without them now...maybe them just popping up now and again for old times sake. 8.5 seems a fair score....I'm off to watch it again. There's so much to take in! 😁👍

I love the mini puf grabing their hat!!

Saw it today. Loved it! Great to be back in NYC and explore the firehouse side of things… however I was wondering what was bugging me all through the film, then I realised… In the original 2 movies, the street scenes were FULL of people. Hundreds and hundreds of crowd members. This film just doesn’t have that. It had such an impact in the first movies when you saw the devastation the stay puft had on all those people… it just feels like they’re cutting costs in that respects now… or they feel like it’s not that important..: What do others think??

I noticed the slime blower in the background in one of the scenee.

I saw Frozen Empire last night. Poor reviews aside, being a Ghostbusters fan it’s hard to tamp down expectations. After watching the film I felt I was pleasantly entertained and figured it was a solid 6.5 out of 10. However, for me it’s one of those movies that sneaks up on you… I keep thinking about it today and on reflection like it more and more. It does have a lot of characters and a lot of stuff in it, but I feel that makes it engineered for repeat viewings. Interestingly enough, I don’t know if you mentioned there was a number of scenes in the previews NOT in the movie- including FX shots. Don’t know if we’ll ever see those in an extended version or if they’ll just remain on the cutting room floor (?) I agree Kumail Nanjiani stole the film, and I could use more of Patton Oswald! Be great to see those two in future installments. I’m already bumping this film up to a 7.5! *SPOILER ALERT* I was not bothered at all by the Ghostbusters receiving help to vanquish the ghost in the end, and didn’t give it a second thought until you mentioned it here. Still does not bother me.

Hey, I enjoyed it… took my son outa school to go see it today… I do feel it needed a montage.. of some kind.. . Them catching ghosts.. they did it in the original.. then part 2 … felt it was missing in afterlife… but understood it really wouldn’t have worked.. but this movie could have totally used it.. and it would have fit well.. show the new and the old Busters doing there thing with some great ghostbusting music.. maybe next time. Looking forward to to the next!

How long until someone builds an ECTO-C

My take: Villain deserved more dwell time on-screen. Same as Evo in Afterlife. Some shots could have been better-chosen. Solid story. Good/great acting. Dialog hit or miss. Great gags. Not really scary for adults but that's expected. Pacing issues in latter part. 7.5/10 Hoping a Director's Cut or Special Edition will give us the 20-30 minutes or so it needed to land solidly as a horror-drama in addition to comedy (which it pulls off.)