Now, nearly four years later, the director is reflecting on why hisfailed to impress, pointing the finger at the cultural and political upheaval surrounding the contentious 2016 presidential election.
“I think some really brilliant author … needs to write a book about 2016 and how intertwined we were with Hillary [Clinton] and the anti-Hillary movement,” Feig said onshow Friday in reference to the film's release. “Everyone was at a boiling point. I don’t know if it was having an African American president for eight years that teed them up, they were just ready to explode.”
That's absurd. The Ghostbusters reboot sucked, and that is what fueled a backlash!
Omg. It was aweful!!!!!
You mean the movie didn’t really suck?
So this is Trump’s fault too?!!
I wouldn't say that, i think it's that you got the formula wrong, the original was more horror first, comedy second.
How about! It just really sucked, that’s all. LOVE! the actresses HATE THE SCRIPT. JS 🤷🏽♀️
Get over it!
I don’t like the guy either but not everything is his fault.
Maybe it is due to trying to remake a popular classic, and that people might just prefer new content?
Wow LOL.
Not to mention it was a terribly written reboot
The movie should have never been written to begin with. It was horrible AF.
Maybe the movie just sucked 🤷♂️
Apparently he didn’t watch the movie himself cuz it’s a load of shit
No, it sucked. If it was funny people would have watched it.
Hillary wasn't even in the movie.
The best performance in it was the awful performance by Chris Hemsworth. 🤷♀️
Nope, it was just a really really bad movie.
The movie sucked. Deal with it.
No. It just wasn’t a good movie.
Or it was just a remake nobody wanted because the original is one of the greatest movies of all time
Nah. That movie was just awful.
No you were just looking forward to the backlash. How could you not have know what was going to happen. It’s like you were riding the train trying to be relevant.
Or maybe... and just hear me out now... the movie was a huge flop because it was terrible, and relied on 'jokes' like: *character gets whacked in the head* 'Owwwww! That's gonna leave a MARK!'
maybe it just wasn't very good ,cant blame the president for a poorly made movie
I’ve said it before I’ll say it again. It was bad it wasn’t a good movie and I also didn’t vote for trump I voted for harambe. Let’s move on now and stop giving this terrible film more attention than it deserves.
Just take the L, paul
No I’m a Hillary supporter st the time and I just didn’t like the idea that it was a reboot not tied into the continuation of the original cast. Why wasn’t one of them the daughter of one of the men? It was a stupid idea but at least now the original series is actually doing that
No, keep politics out of it. The movie was horrible. Sorry. I'm sure some people enjoyed it for whatever reason but it was on the level of the previous fantastic four movie of just bad decision making all around.
It was a bad movie accept it
This is like when Elizabeth Banks blamed men because no one wanted to watch her shit remake of Charlies Angels.
A movie that would’ve bombed even more if not for the controversy is now blaming that controversy for its failure lol
People can spin it anyway they want but we all know he’s absolutely right. Butthurt men went fucking ballistic about this film before it was even made just because it starred women which ~RUINED THEIR CHILDHOOD~.
Bad movie-
Sony paid for negative pr from fake trolls so real articles could be written about the misogyny around the movie, because they knew it was a pile of shit whose only redeeming quality could be the feminist slant. It doesn't 'wear a chip on its shoulder,' it's this pic as a movie.
Did Trump write the script? Because, if so, you might have a point.
No Paul it was just a bad movie.
The movie was good! Take a look at the original Ghostbusters, it's not a masterpiece either.
True story worst movie in the world!!!
I love everyone in it and while I didn’t think it was as bad as a lot of people were saying it wasn’t a great film.
eldiariodedross jajajaja Ahora falta que salga algún director's cut con otro presidente xd
It's getting to the level of John Travolta denying Battlefield Earth flopped.
That's not the reason why it sucked. The reason why the 2016 Ghostbusters remake sucked is because it was poorly made and just plain boring.
No, you deviated from the franchise film so much we didn’t recognize it anymore and moved on. You can’t just bolt in a political agenda and completely deny the story.
The movie wasn’t good🤷🏻♂️ imma right
Or it was just a horrible idea and movie 🤷🏻♂️
It had nothing to do with Hilary and everything do to do with you made a shitty movie. The originals are classics and this didn’t have the same feel. These women are incredibly funny, but blaming Trump is stupid. Take responsibility for the fact no one liked it and move on
I hated the original so you can imagine what I thought of this reboot dreck
No, it was just terrible.
Whatever. It plain sucked.
The online discourse of a movie is often irrelevant. The movie was bad and the trailers reflected that so the general audience who is ultimately all that matters box office wise was just like, “Nope.” If Josh Trank can admit he fucked up why can’t this guy?
It was a bad movie , what he/her saying is that the negative reviews from the world wide audience are because of trump and the hate for Hilary !!!! We dont care about american politics 💁🏻♂️
Jfc LET IT DIE
Why cant it be that people liked the original better?
paulfeig no your movie just sucked.
Didn’t help that the movie sucked
Yup, he’s right! But the movie was still trash.
I grew up w original ghostbuster and I loved this version too. It was a lot of fun
I liked it. And Ghostbusters is on my top three favs
nahh that wasn’t it..
Right. Wasn’t the lousy script and bad acting. It was President Trump. 🙄
Dude... take the L!
I liked the movie. Why are there so many haters here?
The movie did better in burgeristan than in the rest of the world, pretending it had anything to do with American elections is retarded.
Before I saw the movie I wondered if something other than the movie itself was fueling all the criticism for it then I saw it, the criticism was justified.
Blaming realDonaldTrump for a movie failure? Way to reach. Some is trying to get more pr for this awful movie.
It's been four years, just let it go
This group of people can’t understand what went wrong with their trash script
Nice try, but it’s mostly because that Ghostbusters reboot sucked ass. Terrible casting didn’t help it’s cause.
The movie was bad. Terrible writing. Terrible acting. Laughable effects. Combine it with the fact that it pisses on its source material and you have a recipe for a dumpster fire. The original was smart and funny. This one uses bathroom jokes that aren’t funny. Let it die.
It had everything to do with The script and casting was garbage....and zero to do with politics.
I was pro this movie and hated the backlash that was all over the internet (in my opinion unfair), but the reality is the movie wasn't good at all. The script was bad, a huge waste opportunity.
Not the fact that it was just a shit movie?
Another problem was they all wanted to be funny with no straight man, the original had 2 funny guys and 2 straight men.
I didn't like the fact they had some of the original cast but I'm different roles, I watched it it wasn't bad but it wasn't a movie I would watch again.
You don’t need to know American politics to tell if a movie sucks, Mr. Feig.
It had nothing to do with the fact that story was bad and that he created an alternative universe that no one was interested with
Nope. Movie was just straight trash.
Nah the movie just sucked, it was just “look at us women we are smart we use big words oh and we’re way better then the original ghostbusters cuz we’re women”
People in these replies forget that it was actually Ghostbusters 2 that was the flop with bad reviews. It lost half the audience the first film had, just 5 years later. Ghostbusters 2016 is certified fresh. Move along.
shoe0nhead thought you’d be interested
Yeah but your film got green lit because of the culture war that was being waged, right? Or did the world just happen to need this film right when all of this nonsense started breaking wide open? NO EXCUSES, amigo. Can’t have it both ways.
YIKES. it's just not a good movie dude. move on with your career. all of us need to move on from it.
uh, ok🙄
Yes, it’s Trump’s fault you made a crappy movie.
Ugh
We are talking Ghostbusters. It was better than Ghostbusters 2.
I enjoyed this film. Have nothing bad to say about it. Although it probably lost some money due to high budgets, but I found it funny and entertaining.
It deserves a sequel!!!!
Still with Ghostbusters
This was a shit movie.....end of story
Yep, Ghostbusters 2016 was awful because Orange Man Bad. It had nothing whatsoever to do with the complete lack of quality and inability to understand what made the first two so great.
No the movie just sucked bad.
No. For a start, it shouldn't have been a reboot. The film should have been a sequel and respected what was done before. I respect all the actors and crew involved, but it just wasn't a very good film. It was too evident of reboot & remake culture.
Near half a decade later and this fool still keeps inventing excuses. Just accept the movie was bad and not what audiences wanted and move on already.
This movie flopped forever ago. Move on and make something new.
No, it was because the movie sucked.
your movie sucked and it's no one's fault but your own. accept it and move on. it's not because of trump. it's not because of gamergate. it's not because of the 'alt-right'. it's not because of 'sexists and misogynists' it's because of YOU.
I thought it looked horrible, I never did watch it.
I enjoyed the movie
Okay. Maybe that's true. It couldn't be though that, despite a talented cast who've been good in other things, his movie just wasn't very funny, right? There's no way it's that.
Honestly, I really liked this movie. It was its own thing, and I love Holtzmann and Patty... I just do
It was a fun movie!
His movie was trash and is still trash
no, the movie was dick. not trump
I didn't want to see the film because it did look inferior to the original. I'm not anti-Hillary and I hate Donald Trump with a passion. I think people who like Trump should be in a mental institution. No, Ghostbusters reboot had a tall order already.
Nah, the movie just sucked.
I'm a bleeding heart, pro Hilary liberal...and that movie sucked. Nothing political about it. And the horribly sad irony: in a roomful of popular female comedians, the only funny person was Chris Hemsworth.
It's been 4 years. Why are we still talking about this? Why can't Feig just admit that Bridesmaids was his only good movie?
No, the movie was shit
Here’s a reboot thought.
Can't wait until Trump is done with his second term..who are they gonna blame when their shitty female led movies fail. The movie failed because it sucked and no one asked for it. It was unfunny,the females were annoying and it was agenda driven
That and perhaps it was also a shitty film.
I liked it!
NO ONE CARES
So now we’re going to blame Trump for movies that suck too
It’s been 4 years. The movie sucked. Deal with it.
Blame urself feig
All because women were cast in the men's roles , double standard ! By the way , I liked the movie !
No. It just sucked ass.
Ummmmmm couldn’t have been the movie wasn’t all that good now could it. Lawd, every freakin thing is Trumps fault. Talk about delusional....
Idk. I was in the same team and I just didn’t think it was awesome. Decent movie tho.
Let it go, Feig.
Imagine being THIS desperate to defend a shit show. Just accept it was a bad movie and move on, no one cares this much lmao
They catch one ghost and immediately let it go. That's how big of a fuck up this movie id
There never should have been a “Ghostbusters” Reboot, in the first place!! Absolutely, nothing wrong with The Original Team! Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson!
nah i love these women but that script sucked
Ah yeah, cause god forbid it wasn’t the movie itself lol
Yeah, it had nothing to do with the crappy script.
Other than Melissa McCarthy, none of the other women was that good. And one was particularly bad. A reboot that didn't have to happen.
Um, sorry, but it wasn’t politics that made this movie suck, it sucked because it wasn’t a good movie 🤷🏾♀️ I hope the new one coming out is awesome! I’m a Gen X girl and the new one looks like it’s gonna be goooood🙌🏾
No, it was just a bad movie.
Maybe the film sucks my god zero accountability
This chick version is so unfunny I could not even finish it.
Yet Wonder Woman came out a year later and did phenomenal...so it wasn’t a woman thing, it’s that the movie absolutely sucked
Maybe, but more than likely it was bc the script was horrible.
He destroyed the movie himself. The opening scene is actually riveting, but as the film progresses everything falls apart, both character and story-wise. You have to be a fucking moron in order to waste Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon AND Chris Hemsworth like that.
Also it sucked. So there's that
You can't just put famous people in costumes, have them improv everything and slap cgi everywhere. That's not how you make a good movie...
I just didn't enjoy it. Write a better script. 🤷♂️
Nah the movie was just dookie
I was actually really excited for this movie, loved the cast, but the script and direction let them all down.
That and a bad plot & script. What a waste of so much talent.
Or, you know, the movie sucked.
Why are we still talking about this movie, four years later? Nobody cares, Feig. Nobody.
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