I just realized another thing. Because of the culture war bullshit that has now affected even escapist entertainment, this is going to be the movie you have to like to prove that you aren't other woke sheeple. In a worst case scenario, you are going to be expected to pick one or the other of the ghostbusters remakes to prove that you are on the "right side." This will be the "real" ghostbusters sequel that "true fans" of the original will have to like, the one that wasn't corrupted by wokeness. I could see something dumb like that happening if this had come out in 2017. I'm not quite as sure that this would be the case now.
The reality is that both movies are probably not that good (didn't bother with the 2016 one, either), but I could accept the argument that some critics might have graded the movie on a curve because the most important thing when evaluating the quality of the movie is sending "the right message" (which I think is a terrible way to review movies). Relax folks, your job reviewing movies isn't as important as you want it to be; nobody expects you to save the world. This doesn't mean that this thing is ultimately something worth watching, nor do I have any patience for people obsessing about how the 2016 destroyed their childhoods (there was a guy like that here who got banned, big surprise). Somebody can't destroy your childhood, it's such a stupid concept. What people can do and what they really seem to be bothered by is that things are no longer the same as when they were a childhood, and they want a protective shield to prevent them from coming to grips with that fact. So dumb.... OMIGOD Hollywood made a shitty cash grab, but this shitty cash grab has women in it so I'm traumatized. Grow the fuck up.