And, with an opposing view, LOL, I found the pacing of the original Ghostbusters film to be way off. It seemed a half hour of the movie could have been snipped out of it, and the pacing would have sped up and made a fine movie. There is a good movie there, it's just diluted and a little tightening up, well, OK, quite a bit of tightening, and it would have been much more even in hilarity, tone and action.
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