Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review: A Strange and Unusual Sequel Starring Michael Keaton & Winona Ryder

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@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

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@Dparish24 2 ай бұрын

While I didn’t like Lydia being easily influenced by Rory I do think it’s believable. Even a smart person when they’re at a vulnerable point can be manipulated, even Rory admits he used her grief to his advantage. I don’t think it undoes her character in the original, I think there’s a lot of subtext how Lydia got from where she did since the original to be analysed. I liked her relationship with Astrid, she’s definitely a better mother than Delia but not perfect either. I love that she was willing to marry Beetlejuice to save Astrid. In the end it’s satisfying she takes back her power and sending Beetlejuice back.

@crow_g1639 2 ай бұрын

@@Dparish24 I disagree in the first film Lydia is against trying to make profit from the house but in this movie they switch her personality and give it to her daughter. The Lydia I know would have never stand for making profit out of her ability to see ghosts and they also numb her down like we are expected to believe that she can see ghosts but not thru his jerk bf ???

@DrDeadsy42 Ай бұрын

@@crow_g1639 But that is the whole point. Lydia has lost her ways and needs to find herself after a tragic loss. She even says that she sold herself out at some point in the movie. This was deliberate.

@drewsaga101 2 ай бұрын

After thinking about it, I think maybe they were steering it towards the animated version a little bit. There's probably a healthy amount of people who spent more time w/ that version. So instead of being the main opposition, Beetlejuice actually saves the day and punishes the antagonist as well as exposes a leeching predator... granted- it was all self serving but still, it felt closer to the cartoon version to me.

@BrettK-e3k 2 ай бұрын

This didn’t work for me on many levels. Love the original. Key takeaways. No memorable lines, the original had many. Too many convoluted plot lines. Jenna’s character’s story didn’t work the resolution was awful. The only positive for me was they nailed the look of the original, but this needed more than just that.

@hartthorn 2 ай бұрын

I agree with pretty much all of this. After leaving, one of my first comments was "well, it seems like EVERYONE was having the best time MAKING this movie." We also happened to get the new SNL biopic trailer right before, and made the joke that it was fitting since how much this movie felt like a sketch comedy show. Like it wasn't a cohesive narrative, but a series of vignettes with shoe string connective tissue. The strongest thread was the Deetz women, and Astrid's burgeoning romance, and everything else just felt like non-sequiturs and interruptions to that story. [Spoilers] . . . . . It does feel like Rory's plot wasn't as fully baked but also had become structurally required in a certain capacity. He sets up the finale location, which would probably be the hardest element to change. But he's ostensibly a useful device for where we find Lydia and Astrid in the beginning. He's an active force that could PLAUSIBLY be getting Lydia into a space where she's as frazzled and distant as she starts off the movie. But if anything, we needed less of him sleazing around the Deetz family and more of his capacity as a tv producer. Using his faux-woke (said w/ irony) gaslighting shtick to keep Lydia going as his cash cow. Given how they used it more than once already, I would have honestly preferred Rory's presence be reduced entirely to just phone interactions after the opening and then in the finale. Have the engagement pre-established at the studio. Have the reveal of Charles's death become almost a relief, as it means postponing the wedding Lydia is clearly having reservations about. The reveal that Rory has, without Lydia's input at all, just arranged to do the wedding at the town anyways. This would free up a considerable amount of screen time to expand more fully on other elements while he remains as the negative but fully mortal force a la Otto from the first movie. And I gotta say, I would have preferred a slightly different ending with Monica Bellucci's character as well, but still keep it in this sort of anti-climax (because I really love anti-climax joke endings. Old fan of 8 bit theater). Make her entire quest not be to KILL Beetlejuice, but to serve him divorce papers. Clearly their vows would not have included "until death do us part". And then to wrap up the dangling thread she just TAKES Rory as her new husband and leaves. Astrid can still have her worm moment, but have it take out Willem Dafoe's character instead. Except, SURPRISE! He also had a major starring role as a cowboy! (with ludicrous costume quick change) and he rides the worm off into the sunset.

@gabrielleduplessis7388 2 ай бұрын

I love these ideas.

@ReelTakesMovieBreaks Ай бұрын

@@hartthorn interesting insights!

@David_Axelord 2 ай бұрын

Something interesting about the death of Astrid's father (minor spoilers): We know from the original film that people who commit suicide become civil servants in the afterlife. Despite being consumed by piranhas, Astrid's dad is working as a clerk for afterlife immigration. Was his death not an accident? Did someone tell him, "you can't take that boat down the river in this weather, it's SUICIDE!" Is any sufficiently foolhardy death deemed suicide by the authorities of the afterlife?

@kylemendoza8860 Ай бұрын

Yeah I had that thought. I guess it's being retcon. Because Beetlejuice was murdered. He is a silver servant. Unless He was being punished for being a grave robber in life. Maybe he jumped off the boat on purpose. Who the hell knows lol.

@hpman152 2 ай бұрын

It was a Bee Gee’s song playing when Monica Bellucci was reassembling herself. The song is titled “Tragedy”, and that scene was great.

@suoerfucker2000 Ай бұрын

That's the best scene of the movie and one of the very few good ones

@joshharding7598 2 ай бұрын

You always approach your criticism in such an informed and honest way. Really appreciate your insight on things! Wish more film critics approached watching and reviewing movies like you do. Great job!

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@nessarz86 2 ай бұрын

I feel like your outfit is so incredible for this review! Also, when you gushed on how this was your fav Tim Burton, I was like "More reasons why Jenevia gets me". I haven't seen so I only watched the first part. I will come back for the second half as soon as I'm able to watch the movie. Thanks! I liked hearing you give criticismand praise and it made me more excited for the film!

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

I normally debut the new shirts from the motherland in Bridgerton videos but I HAD to pull this one out for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice for obvious reasons! 🤭 I hope you enjoy the film, definitely circle back once you've seen it! 🍿👻

@AMoniqueOcampo 2 ай бұрын

Commenting just to compliment you on your peak spooky season look!

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

It's Beetlejuice, it requires looking more like a costumed creature than a person! 😂

@SuperMarioBrosIII 2 ай бұрын

@@LadyJenevia They did the same thing with Ghostbusters Frozen Empire overstuffed subplots and characters with member berries. The whole Phoebe's friendly ghost twist and this movie doing the same thing with this sequel with Jenny Otaga's character and friend who's also happens to be a ghost LOL!🧟‍♀👻🪦🌹

@imaddelic6816 2 ай бұрын

This is normal and usual sequal!

@gabrielleduplessis7388 2 ай бұрын

I was surprised about how much I enjoyed this film. Did it have a cohesive plot? No, but I loved that it was just fun and how it paid homage to the original? I do agree that there were more characters than we needed, but I loved the heart of the film which was the family. It was nice seeing Lydia and Delia getting along and I am glad that Lydia and Astrid was able to patch things up again when they finally understood each other. While it was a quick scene, Astrid and Lydia seeing (what’s his name) Richard (the dad) was heartwarming and cute. God, the two musical moments cracked me up. I have no words. Lastly, when watching in theaters, many jokes hit. There were so many laughs in the theater and that is all I wanted.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

It was a film that seemed to deeply understand that the audience needs to be treated to a dose of whimsy and served exactly that! 🎉

@danicee 2 ай бұрын

I was hoping to like this and I ended up liking lol I actually thought that some characters were used well and not enough. I wanted to learn about Delores but we only hear the exposition about how her and Beetlejuice met. Her motivation to kill him didn’t make much sense because she could do whatever she wanted to anyone else so why fixate on him besides their relationship? I wanted to hear more dialogue from everyone except Lydia and Delia (the only one who spoke too much was Rory but I didn’t like his character but that was the point, I think). Comparing to the original, this was more absurd, at times gross but fun. The first one felt a bit scarier but the story focused on Adam and Barbara mostly, I feel like they wanted this to be about Lydia and Astrid with their mother-daughter dynamic.

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Delores would have been a MUCH better character to give screen time to than Rory! 😆💅🏻

@crow_g1639 2 ай бұрын

Felt like the Adam and barba story was better done in the first movie tho

@garydevlin8178 2 ай бұрын

It’s funny the case worker Juno who gives us the jist on BJ and who he was in the first place, being the forgotten element lost in the cracks, probably with all the distraction of the bigger and more obvious absences of the OG cast 🤔

@thorstwistedbeard6314 Ай бұрын

My short review: It blew. It absolutely blew. Unforgivably. I'm actually mad at everyone who contributed to making this thing because I paid to see it when I normally just steal movies online.

@cmmosher8035 2 ай бұрын

My big issue was the Jenna Ortega and Monica Belluci's stories feel like two totally separate movies and both feel really rushed. Now I think you may be onto something with dropping Theroux. This might free up more time to explore the other plots and honestly more Monica Bellucci is always a good thing, at least in my book.

@mikewhite8663 2 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your review completely and agree about the boyfriend

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!! I like Justin Theroux in other projects but that wasn’t the case this time. 😆🤷🏻‍♀️

@treystephens6166 2 ай бұрын

I’m having some troubles getting to the theater 🎭 to see it. I don’t know anyone with a car who wants to see it.

@ReelTakesMovieBreaks Ай бұрын

We agree this was a strange and unusual film. Great review!

@LegacyFable Ай бұрын

Bob deserved better

@kateliness2 2 ай бұрын

I'll be coming back to finish watching the spoiler section tomorrow! 🔥

@LadyJenevia 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated for both being here now and circling back after you've seen it! Have fun at the cinema!

@DanielGarcia-us7tf 2 ай бұрын

Some good movies for Halloween: The Monster Squad, Beetlejuice, Lore (2023), Abigail, Fear Street: Part One - 1994 from Netflix, Fear Street: Part Two - 1978, Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 from Netflix, Ghost Stories on Shudder, Sleepy Hollow, Trick R' Treat, Casper, Hocus Pocus, Under Wraps, Ghostbusters, Monster House, Night of the Demons, The Midnight Hour, The Forgotten One, ParaNorman, Waxwork part 1, Tales from the Hood, The Frighteners, Goosebumps, Creepshow, The Gate, Lady in White, Killer Party, Fright Night part 1, The Night Flier, The Lost Boys, Demons part 1, The Changeling, Poltergeist, The Mortuary Collection, Corpse Bride, Stake Land, Hellboy from Guillermo del Toro, Blade part 1, The Woman in Black, Crimson Peak, The Devil's Backbone, The Conjuring part 1, Evil Dead, Cabin in the Woods, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, House part 1, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Dog Soldiers, My Demon Lover and Pumpkinhead!!!

@shawnjackson3764 2 ай бұрын

i loved the movie

@kylemendoza8860 Ай бұрын

I've seen life tear down a lot of strong people. They didn't even see ghosts. I will have to say Lydia being worn down is pretty. But yeah you could cut out Rory and beetlejuice's wife and it's basically the same movie.

@DrDeadsy42 Ай бұрын

Everyone has issues with this movie,but everyone has different ones. I absolutely loved Rory and would not wanted to miss him. He is the actual villain here. He is the reason Lydia lost herself even further after she had lost her husband. I find it funny how you even quote Burton on losing his touch for a while and don‘t see that he reflects exactly that in how he portrays Lydia. He always said in interviews that he identifies a lot with Lydia, so it is more than obvious that he tells his own story through her.

@EPShockley 16 күн бұрын

As someone who has played Beetlejuice at a major theme park (Which is why I won’t do 2 shows a night, anymore!) I left the theatre in disbelief, rating it a generous D+. RORY (& Theroux) SUCKED! So hard to look at, & give any legitimate attention to! Keaton’s age really came through, as Beetlejuice wasn’t the looney tune, he was, 36 years ago. (It’s as if they gave him a major chill pill!) So much wrong with this overdue sequel! My friends were laughing the whole time, & I was thinking, “What the F-BLEEP-K?!” (& WTF IS with bleeping Beetlejuice?! DeFoe’s character was lame, just as the whole MacArthur Park sequence. (At least it should have been the more upbeat Donna Summer version!) How am I supposed to believe that Astrid not only crashed through a wooden fence, but she also smashed into a “Sleepy Hollow treehouse”, without so much as a scratch/bruise/concussion?! (TBH… I think the crash should have put her into a coma, & then the flick could have been about getting her back, & considering the poorly fleshed out dead boyfriend/trickster killer guy was about to swap her life for his own, maybe Delia could’ve done that?) BTW… Am I the only one who thinks that we should have Re-met Beetlejuice, still sitting on the afterlife waiting room couch, still with shrunken head, & still holding the service ticket with the enormously long number?! The whole Delores thing wasn’t a terrible idea, but it was terribly played out, & the end of it was…🤦‍♂️ What about, “the Maitlands found a loophole”? 🤦‍♂️ Don’t get me wrong. There were some good things about it, but… I just can’t think of any of them, at the moment. BTW… I’m genuinely glad that it has done so well, though I’m not entirely sure as to how, I wouldn’t mind a third & final visit to the Neitherworld. Perhaps calling it, “Beetlejuice 3: Third Time’s the Charm”? 💀🪲🧃🤦‍♂️

@davecross4493 Ай бұрын

I personally thought the subplots made the film subpar. Bit of a convoluted mess. Not Burtons best work

@dethincarnate1149 Ай бұрын

Too many pointless plot points that you just forget about, but my biggest issue is how much time they did spend on the Jeffrey Jones character when they could have done just one scene...maybe, if one...and move on from it and that pretty much ruined my entire experience. Plus this movie has no business making as much money as it did...

@cliftonmoore8316 Ай бұрын

i liked it but i think that soul Train part was corny though.

@mikem4432 Ай бұрын

Hollywood is incapable of doing anything original anymore.. pass.

@randez626 2 ай бұрын

It was boring. Dumb. Plot less. Pointless. Ah the 30 yr gap for a sequel 👌

@Rawnervzz 2 ай бұрын

I was about to propose to you until I saw the grease2 poster behind you

@StevenClipper 2 ай бұрын

I love it amazing movie

@B.1991.P Ай бұрын

The movie was a cash grab.

@Heothbremel 2 ай бұрын

🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤

@jakedizzle 2 ай бұрын

The movie was legit boring. Too many sub-plots that weren’t fleshed out. The main villain is barely in the movie.

@crow_g1639 2 ай бұрын

I don't like how they introduce the ex wife to be this important character in the intro but then forget about her in the movie and rush her ending 😭😭😭

@BrettK-e3k 2 ай бұрын

Agree this was pretty terrible

@Superstarseven 2 ай бұрын

@@BrettK-e3k No , it wasn't