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New Ghostbusters is good. Read that sentence back a few times, accept it, get on with your life. Or, even better, actually go see it. I’ll go out on a phantom limb here and say you’ll almost certainly enjoy it. Imagine that. Because, to recap: new Ghostbusters is good.

Alas, there are some who’ll read that sentence and think I’ve been paid to write it. Just as there are devoted critics out there whose response to every review so far has been to proclaim that Sony is buying journalists and publications off. Read on to see what I mean…

Yup, it's definitely this. Couldn't be that the film is, y'know, half-decent.

Either these critics are playing the feminism card or are getting paid by Sony because #Ghostbusters is not worthy of 80% on Rotten TomatoesJuly 10, 2016

We all know the truth. All of us. How can you not know? How?

All the paid reviews stating that Ghostbusters is a great movie, truly shows how pathetic Sony is. It's fine though. We all know the truth.July 10, 2016

Penny for this lady's thoughts on Finding Dory as well (but no more).

could do with some cash so if anyone fancies paying me to say nice things about the ghostbusters film? disney still haven't paid my invoice.July 11, 2016

Another one who just *knows*. 

Whatever Sony Pictures paid to promote Ghostbusters to the top of the Twitter trending charts it wasn't enoughJuly 10, 2016

Hashtag and everything. Cool story bro.

I truly believe that the media was paid off to give good reviews to this new so called ghostbusters movie. .. #theyonlywantyourmoneyJuly 11, 2016

"Calling it!"

I'm surprised the new Ghostbusters film actually has some decent reviews. Calling it that Sony has paid people to make the reviews good.July 11, 2016

Thankfully, not everyone out there is so misguided.

Obviously Sony paid the critics to give Ghostbusters good reviews. God forbid it to be a good film!July 11, 2016

Finally, someone spots the real problem here. Depressing, isn't it?

Lmao the gamergate subreddit has a ghostbusters review mega thread and they're still pretending they don't just hate womenJuly 11, 2016

Head. Nail. On.

The best thing about writing on the new Ghostbusters is hearing the anthropological theories from men about why women aren't funny 🙄🔫July 10, 2016

Aren't they just?

People hating the fact that Ghostbusters got good reviews are a humorous bunch.July 11, 2016

Yup.

Ghostbusters at over 75% on Rotten Tomatoes tonight.Lotta trolls confused and hurting out there :)July 10, 2016

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