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Naysayer

Naysayer

Hurrah a ghosts thread! Who knew! I Adore this show. Saw the film on Thursday. So so good! I can't imagine watching it blind so to speak. I'm glad there's been folk watching is a standalone and still enjoyed it.

I wish Mary hadn't been sucked off 🤭 back in series 4, she was my favourite 🔥

I tried watching the American one not long after I'd finished our one but didn't like it. Does anyone recommend it? I really want to like it because there's so many seasons of it! There's an Australian one too, wondering if I'd enjoy that 🤔

Anyway the film was fab and they could easily make more of these..or at least some feature length specials seeing as it ended waaay in the future. Lots of years to play about with while still keeping true to the final episode 🙏🏻
 
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Don'tlookEthel

Don'tlookEthel

Naysayer said:
Hurrah a ghosts thread! Who knew! I Adore this show. Saw the film on Thursday. So so good! I can't imagine watching it blind so to speak. I'm glad there's been folk watching is a standalone and still enjoyed it.

I wish Mary hadn't been sucked off 🤭 back in series 4, she was my favourite 🔥

I tried watching the American one not long after I'd finished our one but didn't like it. Does anyone recommend it? I really want to like it because there's so many seasons of it! There's an Australian one too, wondering if I'd enjoy that 🤔

Anyway the film was fab and they could easily make more of these..or at least some feature length specials seeing as it ended waaay in the future. Lots of years to play about with while still keeping true to the final episode 🙏🏻
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I didn't enjoy the American one, the Australian one is better but still not a patch on the original
 
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ElectricDreams

ElectricDreams

I don't like the US version but the Australian one was ok though can't imagine watching more than one series of it.
 
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Glaschelle

I've never seen an episode of ghosts. It passed me by.

Would I be able to follow the film if I went to see it???

There's been a fair few marvel films I've been totally bewildered by cos I didn't watch the TV show.
 
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dulapeep

Glaschelle said:
I've never seen an episode of ghosts. It passed me by.

Would I be able to follow the film if I went to see it???

There's been a fair few marvel films I've been totally bewildered by cos I didn't watch the TV show.
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It’s definitely beneficial to have watched the full series beforehand, but I’m sure the film would still be enjoyable without the background knowledge. I’d definitely recommend watching at least season 1 episode 1&2 before the film though as it will help explain how/why Alison can see the ghosts and give you a flavour of each character.
 
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kev1974

kev1974

Glaschelle said:
I've never seen an episode of ghosts. It passed me by.

Would I be able to follow the film if I went to see it???

There's been a fair few marvel films I've been totally bewildered by cos I didn't watch the TV show.
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Not critical, so long as you understand who's a ghost and who's not, that the ghosts cannot leave the grounds of Button House, and that Alison can see them but her husband Mike can't, and that those two used to live in Button House. Why she can see them doesn't matter, just knowing that she can is important. Anyway I thought they explained most of that quite well as the film opened, along with covering the fact that the ghosts can sit down (lol).

However I felt you would need to have seen Series 1 to know who each of the ghosts are and their stories, such as Julian being a disgraced Tory MP and Thomas being in love with Alison, to get the absolute most out of the film, and to understand about the ones in the basement etc.
 
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Sea

Think you need to watch the series to know the ghosts and connect with them
 
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ElectricDreams

ElectricDreams

I had a free morning so I've just been to the cinema to watch Ghosts again. I can confirm it was just as funny the second time around!
 
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Miss.Chanandler.Bong

Miss.Chanandler.Bong

Glaschelle said:
I've never seen an episode of ghosts. It passed me by.

Would I be able to follow the film if I went to see it???

There's been a fair few marvel films I've been totally bewildered by cos I didn't watch the TV show.
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I saw an interview where they said they wanted to make a film that people could watch even if they weren’t fans before
 
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bowtiesarecool

Miss.Chanandler.Bong said:
I saw an interview where they said they wanted to make a film that people could watch even if they weren’t fans before
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Yeah they did, but I think if I'd gone in blind, some of it would have baffled me. None of the deaths are explained in the film and there's so many references to the show episodes that would be missed, not knowing about them.

For example
The appearance of Havers would be lost on someone who hadn't seen the episode with the Captain's death.
 
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FourSeasonSoupObsessive

FourSeasonSoupObsessive

Just back from seeing it this afternoon and absolutely loved it!

Many spoilers :


I thought the way they got the ghosts out of the house was really neat- and it needed to happen to make the narrative big enough for the big screen and to differentiate it from the tv series.
Kitty was terrific in this, as was fan.
“The whole place is crawling with filth”, the mooning, the car chase, the going round the roundabout twice 😂
Dead train conductor, learning to ride a bike, Julian off the leash, all fantastic

got a bit choked up by Pat thinking about his family, as I always do 🥺


I am a huge fan, I don’t think there’s anything being made currently that can beat it for cracking you up and making you cry. Bravo!
 
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Web30

Web30

Loved the film!! So glad I found the show and watched it all first. Husband and daughter had seen odd bits but they both really enjoyed it as well.
 
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