Ghostbusters - Trailer Reaction!

So this trailer has been out since yesterday morning and I have watched it a couple of times just to make sure I was getting it right. Also, I looked at some of my favorite reviewers too to see what they had to say and I have to agree with them: that trailer is not promising.

Of course, most people are just against the concept altogether and are going to hate on it no matter what is shown. I am not one of those people. I actually do not even remember the original Ghostbusters, I was way too young. The only thing I vaguely recall is a baby flying in a green aura of some sort? Is that even from Ghostbusters? I also love the cast with a passion. Kate McKinnon is my favorite comic/actress since Kristen Wiig and they are both in this movie so I was very excited. I suppose I am also missing the nostalgic element that some people will ultimately tag on to that movie. For my part, this just seemed like a cool comedy with ghosts and my favorite actresses.

After watching the trailer though, I am less than convinced that this movie will be any good. For some reason, it made me think about Pixels. Or at least Pixels' trailer. The jokes were flat and cringe worthy, the comedy loud, the characters hollow and the plot seemingly under-baked. The trailer actually starts out great with a good pace and interesting "sequel" vibe. However, as the trailer progresses, you notice that the exposition is over the top and scarily obvious. The characters are unfortunately cliche and the actresses seem restricted to their usual bits. The standout here was obviously Kate McKinnon, because, DUH. She's beautiful, she's funny, she can do pretty much anything and her character seemed to be interesting enough. Obviously, this is just a trailer and the movie might turn out to be more fleshed out and original than what the trailer showcased. Unfortunately for them though, trailers are playing a major role in today's moving goers choice to purchase tickets for a movie or not. With the quality of some of the trailers out there and coming out of the marketing feat that was Deadpool, I feel like they have already lost half of their potential audience just by releasing this. I feel like people want to be intrigued by a trailer, they want to see quality, not quantity. I didn't feel like Ghostbusters achieved that and I hope they have something else in their back pocket to get people interested enough to pay money for this.

What did you guys think? Did you like it? Are you going to see in theater?