Analysis
Symbols and Tropes
Hero's Journey
Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...
Setting
New York City in 1984Big Bad AppleWINSTON: I love this town! Winston says this in one of movie's last lines—this even though he's just spent a New York evening battling a demonic marshmallow man...
Point of View
Third Person Sequential Ghostbusters is a mainstream blockbuster, and like most of its block-busting brethren the movie isn't exactly experimental when it comes to its narrative technique. Our A pl...
Genre
Comedy; Horror; Adventure ComedyGhostbusters isn't just a comedy; it's the comedy of the 1980's. Reitman, Aykroyd, Ramis, and the great Bill Murray were at the height of their comic powers when the...
What's Up With the Title?
GhostbustersThe movie is about some guys that bust ghosts. What more do you want from us?Spook BustersOkay, okay... if you insist on knowing more, we can dig up a little deeper for you. Like for ex...
What's Up With the Ending?
The hero kills the monster and gets the girl. Heard that ending before? Yeah, us too. The myth of Perseus, Dracula, Iron Man—there are a billion ancient legends, books, comic books, and movies t...
Shock Rating
PGWe've got ghosts and demon gods, but none of them are too scary. We've got some sexual situations, but nothing even approaching softcore. We've got a few wordy durds, but "mother puss-sucker" is...