The "Ghostbusters" remake with an all-female cast has had me nervous for months now. I was so worried people would hate it and it would be the end of giving traditionally male roles to females. I’ve heard people who were very excited for the movie and others who were pegging it as awful before it even came out. After seeing the movie, I am delighted to say that I see it as a huge success.

First, the comedy was exactly what the movie called for. Three of the four leads were plucked from SNL’s funniest women, and the other has developed a whirlwind of success in a long string of comedy movies. Melissa McCarthy did have a string of movies in which she was always just the gross lady, so I was happy to find no signs of that in "Ghostbusters." McCarthy has so much talent and range, I love to see filmmakers give her the chance to use it. I was also worried about Kate McKinnon because the trailers made it seem like her jokes were too over the top. When it came to actually seeing the movie, though, I thought she was hilarious and I was pleasantly surprised.

The thing I was really excited about was how this film would play into the feminist film movement. It made me so incredibly happy to watch a movie in which the women were never objectified or over-sexualized. Each woman had her own distinct personality and they worked well together as a team. The strength of female friendships is an important part of making a movie feminist. Many films tell stories of women competing and having cat-fights. This one told the story of women coming together for one cause and using each of their strengths to fight for the common good. The icing on the cake was watching these very funny women also get to take on some badass fight sequences.

Another great aspect of the film was the references to the original. With every remake, you expect a good balance of old and new and I really appreciated the way they did that with this one. A couple fun cameos gave us a reminder of the original classic. New characters and technology showed us what the remake was all about. Also, to meet in the middle, the old theme song got revamped to match the new story we got to see.

I don’t know yet where this franchise is heading, but I’m now very excited to see more. Part of me feels like they made this plotline in a way that they were anticipating a chance of failure because people don’t like change. Typically, an “apocalypse” storyline is saved for a sequel but they started this one out with it. I’m hoping they have more ideas so that the films can build instead of falling with each sequel. I think they’ve started something amazing here and I want to see it hold onto its success. One last request: can we get a female director in there?