One of my favourite directors has remade my favourite film – and I wish I were more whelmed. But slick effects and sparky lines can’t quite paper over the plotholes,nor that sinking feeling concerning the racial politics American film director Paul Feig recently reflected in an interview on his anxieties before his all-female comedy Bridesmaids was released in 2011:I thought, my God, or this has be a hit because whether it isn’t they’ll never earn a comedy starring women again. It’s terrible for one movie to have so much riding on it! But that’s how it was. Related: Who ya gonna call? Why Ghostbusters is main the charge for female buddy movies Related: Melissa McCarthy: ‘I adore a woman who doesn't play by the rules’ Related: Ghostbusters review: call off the trolls – Paul Feig's female reboot is a blast Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com