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Ghostbusters

Ivan Reitman    DVD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (107 customer reviews)

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  • Directors: Ivan Reitman
  • Region: All Regions
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (107 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B005V8B7WQ

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When Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murrary) and his Columbia University colleagues (Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson) are kicked out of their prestigious academic posts, they start a private practice as professional ghost-catchers. Although the three parascientists are idle for awhile, their television advertisements finally pay off when beautiful Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) contracts them. It seems her apartment has become the entryway for ghastly ghosts and goofy ghouls hellbent on terroriSing New York City. Soon they're going to her rescue, trying to rid the city of the slimy creatures. GHOSTBUSTERS hit US screens in June of 1984 and went on to become one of the most successful comedy films of all time, spawning a sequel and a popular animated series.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Even with Grain 23 Jan 2011
By Keith
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read a lot of reviews of this before buying it and many of them complained about the grain on the transfer. Some more so that others.

I already own the film on DVD but wanted it on Blu Ray as I am in the process of replacing my collection with Blu Ray and it's one of my all time favourite films.

Took a gamble and it paid off.

Yes, there is grain on the movie. More obvious in the library scene at the start or the film and in some of the dark scenes. However, this does not detract from the movie or general quality of the film on Blu Ray. I don't recall this on the DVD so it's obviously a perculiarity of the Blu Ray transfer.

Colours are vivid and detail crisp and in every other way it is what you'd expect from a Blu Ray movie.

4 stars as there is some obvious grain.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Grainy but good transfer of a classic 29 Oct 2009
By Mr. Blu
Format:Blu-ray
Yes, it's true the film has a lot of grain, but nowhere near as much as, say, "Friday the 13th Part III" the world heavyweight champion for unloveable grain. And surprisingly there are plenty of dark and indoor scenes with very minimal grain. The other picture quality caveat is that a lot of mid-long shots are sometimes lacking in sharpness; and this does not always look like a stylistic choice. But there are countless close-ups and plenty of long shots which are very sharp. Especially the close-ups often have unbelievable depth and plasticity for a 25 year old film. When Winston is shown in close-up during the showdown with Zuul, this looks like a film from this or last year!

"Ghostbusters" has also been accused of having washed-out colours on BD, well the fire-engine red of the ecto-containment system in their cellar is superb and colours generally are very good; nothing like "Halloween" which is a little washed-out. Dana's appartment looks a bit faded, but I think that's how her furniture is supposed to look. Some of the FX are outed as a bit poor by HD such as the "streams" and the dogs, but the library ghost, Slimer, and Mr Stay Puft all look great in HD. And there is a shot of sky-scrapers a little before Dana's roof blows that holds its own with the typical HD showcase shots of many films made after the launch of Blu-Ray as a format. The soundtrack is occasionally a bit weak but for the most part more than acceptable, above all in the final showdown scenes and whenever the theme music is pumped out.

The film is a classic and needs no recommendation at this stage. If you are considering upgrading, do it unless you have an absolute allergy to grain. The Sony trailer for it as seen on "The International" is very fair; showing typical better and worse scenes, but the majority of scenes are in the former category. If only "Gladiator" had been released like this. Those who will sacrifice detail to be grain-free could have turned on their BD player's processing (as some might prefer to do here) and everyone could have been happy. This is a BD release full of sharpness, depth and detail, and, yes, occasionally more grain than some may like. At this stage most people will have established their expectations and tastes for Blu-Ray. I hope this review makes it clearer whether this disc is for you or not. Highly recommended.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT MOVIE MAGIC 6 Feb 2006
Format:DVD
some nice packaging if youre bored of the old seperate releases,a nice little book with some background on the films,as for the films themselves i personally enjoyed the sequel more than the original,bill murray is superb in these
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Back To The 80,s
Great film to take you back a few years a good laugh not blowing people up like a lot of films these days.
Published 14 days ago by Granpa John
4.0 out of 5 stars fingers crossed
The current bluray is outright hideous in terms of excessive grain - if the 4K remaster eliminates this visual flaw, I'll be very very happy.
Published 1 month ago by Giles
5.0 out of 5 stars class movie
Arrived when expected, love this movie & would definitely recommend. I've yet to watch my new DVD, but really looking forward to it:-)
Published 1 month ago by 1buyer
5.0 out of 5 stars When theres somthing strange
Brilliant. Just as good as when I was young, only in high definition. Recommend to any movie lovers. Or anyone with kids.
Published 1 month ago by matt
5.0 out of 5 stars cool movie
great steelbook, fantastic price, besides taxes , and non delivery of Robocop and Silence of the Lambs. Manager Anil was "very useful"
Published 1 month ago by David Babaev
5.0 out of 5 stars "..TOP 80'S CLASSIC!! A MUST OWN.."
Ghostbusters is a movie that does not get old, its an all time classic horror comedy and still looks fantastic even now considering it was made in the 80s, the cast is perfect... Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Drury
3.0 out of 5 stars it is what it says
well you'd only buy it if you'd seen the film wouldn't you. just a good fun 80s classic I can remember watching while my brother played on his zx81.
Published 2 months ago by jolly girl
5.0 out of 5 stars Ghostbusters.
How cool !!!! After all these years, the film still entertains (ROCKS) !!!
Watched this as a child and still love it................ Read more
Published 2 months ago by Goth Girl
5.0 out of 5 stars Who you gonna call?
Great film, classic sci-fi comedy/horror. I loved it when it first came out and love it even more now.
It's a one disc edition and comes in a normal blu ray case. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Benn Parsons
4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not as good as I remember...
Bought this for us to watch with the kids. They enjoyed it but I guess that we are used to such fantastic special effects these days that it really is quite dated. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Woods
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