Looks like I'd expect from what we've seen so far and it has a nice slick sheen. My whole problem with the "all-female cast" was that seemed to be the sole selling point so I don't know why people are disappointed that what was delivered: Ghostbusters...with an all-female cast.
It was never the sole selling point -- it was just the part that the media and the idiot fanboys online obsessed over to the point that it drowned out everything else in the conversation. Never mistake the media's kneejerk fixations for reality. Always look beyond the hype and the headlines for what's being buried under the noise.
I mean, I'm not too familiar with any of these actresses, but I gather they're four of the top comedy talents in the industry today. That should absolutely be a selling point in its own right. And I've heard a lot of praise for Paul Feig as a director, though I'm unfamiliar with his work.
As far as the whole Winston thing goes the trailer does show the Leslie Jones character proactively joining the group and Ecto-1 and saving the day so there's some signs she's more than hired help.
It's not about that. It's just that, as great as it is to see female scientist-heroes in a major motion picture, it'd be even better if the scientists weren't all white. The more non-white-male scientist role models there are in the media, the more it promotes greater inclusion in STEM fields in the long term.
And being over-the-top is her bread-and-butter, one wouldn't expect Bill Murray not to be deadpan or Gilbert Gottfried not to be annoying and so on.
That reminds me -- there was a time when Comedy Central (or was it still called The Comedy Channel then?) was showing reruns of
Saturday Night Live episodes (I think), and they showed the occasional sketch that featured Gilbert Gottfried before he settled into his loud, abrasive persona, and I was surprised to discover how soft-spoken he could be. I hadn't realized that his famous grating voice is an act, a character he plays.
No, it makes sense. Which I guess goes with the "tone" it's aiming for. Something closer to "MIB" or even Ghostbusters 2 as opposed to the original movie. The original movie had its moments of comedy, but it didn't border on goofball broadness like what is seen in this trailer. These guys were clowns but you also bought them as professional men with doctorates able to pull all of this together.
Remember how the
teaser trailer last month made it look like an intense action thriller and didn't contain a single bit of humor? Trailers do not accurately represent the tone of the films they promote. Usually a film has several trailers that each emphasize a different facet of the film -- one may play up the action while another plays up the humor, and so forth.
