Video Essay Explains How The GHOSTBUSTERS Film is Much Better Than The Screenplay

Often we'll see a movie that sounds good on paper but completely tanks at the box office. It's not too often we see the reverse. If I were a film producer, I would not imagine a film about a group of guys fighting ghosts in New York would have a widespread audience appeal. Yet Ghostbusters became a huge success. In the opinion of Lessons From The Screenplay, this was not due to the screenplay, but how direction and acting brought a mediocre concept to great heights.

There are some good interviews in this video that you should definitely check out if you're a Ghostbusters fan. Let's see if we can make it through the comments without mentioning the reboot!

The screenplay for Ghostbusters is actually pretty underwhelming if you only focus on the details. But if you zoom out and look at the macro-scale of writing - coming up with a premise and figuring out how to execute it - Ghostbusters stands as a great example of the importance of execution.