Watched the original Friday the 13th for the first time, outside of any f-bombs or nudity AMC may have cut out I don't see what the big deal was keeping me from seeing it as a kid, it was incredibly tame. Compared to E.T. running through the forest screaming and lying half dead on the bathroom floor looking like a giant dried dog turd which scarred me for several years after being dragged to the theater to see it when I was two, this was practically a comedy.
I went from having seen none of the Jason movies a year ago to now owning the first eight on bluray.
I've rewatched both Ghostbusters movies this weekend and I'm going to make a controversial statement: In my humble opinion, Ghostbusters 2 is better than 1. Why do I think this? Because it has more jokes, more ghosts and more shenanigans happening. Everything the first movie has, the second one doubles down on it. Sure the pink goo thing is stupid and the statue of liberty scene is not good, but I love the new things so much: Venkman's show in the beginning, the side-villain Janosz Poha, Egon's sense of humor (Do, Ray, Egoooon), the variety of ghosts, the judge,... don't get me wrong. I still think the first movie is great. But I think the second one endure the test of time a little bit better.
I can't agree 100%, but one point where Ghostbusters 2 tops Ghostbusters for me is that Ernie Hudson is in the whole movie (except the courtroom scene which is a bummer).
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