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Acclaimed critic Richard Roeper was absolutely savage in his Ghostbusters review for Chicago Sun-Times. “How could so many talented, well-meaning artists, who clearly loved and respected the original, produce such a raggedy-looking, thuddingly unfunny, utterly unnecessary reboot?” Roeper said in his review.
But unfortunately with a movie as politicized as Ghostbusters, no one is allowed to love or hate the movie in a vacuum. The lovers are paid Sony shills or partisan hacks, while the haters are simply misogynists. Roeper with his gleeful evisceration of the film, falls into the latter category.
And unsurprisingly the lady-Ghostbusters cheerleaders of the internet were not happy with Roeper’s review — most of the angry cheerleaders being men.
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@richardroeper You were unfairly harsh towards @Ghostbusters – Do you even care about equality? Clearly you don't. Write another review.
— Eyes Wide Shart (@EyesWideShart) July 11, 2016
Roeper even responded to one of the more harping trolls.
@mattmauro12news @12News @richardroeper when a professional movie critic says a movie bad it's usually the opposite.
— Pluvio Phile (@az_garden2007) July 12, 2016
For sure. That makes so much sense I can't even wrap my mind around the pulsating brilliance. https://t.co/yqm0rnFHEp
— Richard Roeper (@richardroeper) July 12, 2016
At the end of two long days of getting hounded by femidorks, Roeper proved his baseness.
I can't overestimate the fucks I don't give about a troll who's never been paid a dime for his opinion telling me how to review movies.
— Richard Roeper (@richardroeper) July 13, 2016
And at least he can see the humor in it all. When asked by a fan what he will do with his recent poker winnings, he responded:
Enough to see "Ghostbusters" hundreds of times! ???????????? https://t.co/K4XzMpvF6U
— Richard Roeper (@richardroeper) July 14, 2016
