Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - Untitled Review Show

[@jacobhays8678]

Tim Burton recently got a star on the Walk of Fame. Took long enough.

[@Wolfcreed117]

I know right, about time I say. The man deserves it. ❤ Tim Burton.

[@petewadesays12]

Man should have got one before 2003 when he stopped giving a shit about making movies

[@kdusel1991]

​@@Wolfcreed117 he should've gotten one in the 90s tbh

[@ScaredStraightProductions]

They pay for it themselves and the up keep.

[@haydencooper_]

@@ScaredStraightProductions I was about to say the same thing.

[@mandyb2245]

"The mother is seeing ghosts"....well she has seen stranger things....

[@Amarianee]

She, herself, is strange (and unusual) 😏

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@Amarianee And she's Kevins mom from Home🏠Alone.

[@mychaeljones7526]

Ha!

[@Amarianee]

@@SuperMarioBrosIII That's the grandmother (Delia). We're talking about Lydia.

[@jamsinentertainment7127]

🤣🤣🤣

[@paradisecity0406able]

It's Michael Keaton's birthday today!

[@chasehedges6775]

Happy birthday to him

[@hansyoyo7541]

BIRTH ANNIVERSARY, your birthday is the day you are born every thing else is the anniversary of that day.

[@cornholio2055]

@@hansyoyo7541I bet you’re so fun to talk to at parties…

[@HisVirusness]

It's also Agent 47's birthday. It's the 32nd anniversary of the first airing of Batman: The Animated Series. And it's my birthday. 😁

[@ethanstoeckel3901]

Woah, you mean September 5th. I was born on September 5th, too. I'm 21 right now, and life is good.

[@JTISREBORN]

I think Tim Burton really needed this movie. It looked like he had more fun and passion for this movie than anything he’s had in years. Felt like old school Tim Burton again. Also, Michael Keaton once again brings that amazing comedic energy to Beetlejuice. I kind of hope we get a 3rd one.

[@motherplayer]

Indeed. He said as much when he mentioned working on this movie reinvigorated his sense of creativity. I definitely think getting a better sense of practicality again is what has helped. Something weird that is also feasible.

[@kdusel1991]

Me too!

[@andy86i]

I think it’s kind of hinted in the title that we will get a third one..

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

@JTISREBORN Tim Burton didn't do shit but Direct, dumbass.

[@jfdrac]

@@andy86i I mean but wont a third film means BG will get released everywhere

[@draigon]

My problem with the movie was it felt like there were several scripts and none of them were fully realized so they just mushed them all together. One of the antagonists could have been completely written out of the script and would have had no choice impact on the story.

[@boomstickcritique902]

It could have been streamlined that is true at the same time everything in the film itself was there to prop up the fun and zany antics. The first film had the milk toast couple to ground the flick. With part 2 by focusing more directly on Beetlejuice and Lydia it becomes more comedic and over the top inherently so all the sub plots were pretty much there just to enhance the fun quailty of the movie. When it comes to comedies for me plot is secondary it's more about entertainment value for comedies with me. I was having a good to great time with the comedy and Beetlejuice antics in the flick so I didn't care much about some of the plots not going that far. The only one I would say cut would be the Beetlejuice x wife thing it wasn't needed that I agree with. But overall I was having a blast nearly most of the film. I don't think either Beetlejuice has or had a great developed plot most of the stuff in the first comes out of nowhere and isn't even explained.

[@juuchanIRL]

both antagonists, actually.

[@boomstickcritique902]

@@juuchanIRL The evil ghost boy was really there just to kick the 2nd half of the plot off. Everything in the film was there to prop up the main story of bringing a family back together and dealing with Beetlejuice. I believe everything else besides these main elements was treated as secondary.

[@TheOriginalGoddamnpc]

Completely agree. While I love the returning cast, the movie is overstuffed with unnecessary characters & directionless subplots. It's a well-named flick because-outside of Keaton's amazing performance- something is definitely missing from this one.

[@narfellus]

The ghost boy and even Dolores were horribly written.

[@haydencooper_]

They poke fun at themselves with the the Adam and Barbara loophole reasoning when Astrid says "how convenient"(in the plot, Astrid says "how convenient" that Lydia can't prove that they existed as ghosts).

[@trinaq]

Michael Keaton still has an insane amount of energy to reprise a role he played 36 years previously, and he's in his 70s now. He only had about 17.5 minutes of screentime in the original 92 minute film.

[@chasehedges6775]

He’s a legend and Jenna Ortega is awesome

[@somerandofromoregon]

@@chasehedges6775 As someone who was born in 2002, seeing someone literally my age become a famous celebrity feels pretty good.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 love Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega!!

[@chasehedges6775]

@@somerandofromoregon 2001 and same

[@somerandofromoregon]

@@chasehedges6775 🤝

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Can't wait for the third sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. To complete the Beetlejuice series.

[@chasehedges6775]

Sooooo true

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 agreed!!

[@lescobar195]

I also thought that should be the title of the potential third movie.

[@gryphonofmight]

When keaton is in his 90s

[@SlyerFox666]

Threequel, strangely enough

[@buckwild9168]

Beetlejuice's delivery of his backstory was the funniest scene in the movie to me. I didnt expect the joke they made out of it, and i loved it. I also think Beetlejuice was lying his ass off, which isnt out of character. So the lore obsessed people need to chill.

[@wstine79]

I will say the way they handled the Jeffery Jones situation by having his character's death kick start the movie was clever.

[@kdusel1991]

That's a good way to write off his character since the guy was so eewey!

[@miragedown]

And the way the "kept" him in 😂 it was so great. I loved it

[@gryphonofmight]

yea that was always gonna be a tough situation

[@Double-R-Nothing]

He also starred in a defunct Disney World attraction where he gets massacred by a carnivorous alien, if that helps

[@FatFiber8096]

@@Double-R-NothingI wish alien encounter would come back

[@ajspice]

Do you know steals this one for me? Catherine O'Hara. She absolutely kills it in every scene she is in.

[@SweenyTodd98]

She and Winona Ryder felt like they were having so much fun getting to play these characters again!

[@Zimmy_1981]

My fave scene was when she had a meltdown when trying to break the news to Astrid 😂

[@chasehedges6775]

KEVIN! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Zimmy_1981]

@@chasehedges6775 *faints & hits the floor like a plank

[@j.x.x.r3645]

7:11 actually I thought that was done quite well, Lydia said they found a loophole and moved on and Astrid said 'isn't that convenient' which is exactly what the audience must have been thinking too

[@GFX667]

I like to think that the finger he threw away in the first movie that was stuck in the wedding ring, that the finger belonged to Dolores. :D

[@elrincondeemily2]

@@GFX667 I think it is

[@Amarianee]

This right here is why I disliked Doug's jab of, "I don't know about the diehard fans." My dude, diehard fans _know_ he had a wife, knowing what happened to her is a fun surprise, not something that's going to make us angry. Only casual fans are going to be the ones that think this storyline is out of left field.

[@Cosplaygirl03]

@@Amarianee I caught that right away when he told the story about what happened in his past life, and how they met and what happened to them both.... the walking ring finger in the beginning was definitely a clever nod to the lore and to the first movie.

[@Amarianee]

@@Cosplaygirl03 I quizzed my husband yesterday and asked him, "where does BJ get Lydia's wedding ring?" Without missing a beat he said, "he pulls his ex-wife's severed finger out of his pocket and pulls the ring off of it." 😂 Proud geek wife at that moment.

[@rckblzr]

@@AmarianeeI think the diehard fans are going to have more trouble with the occupations of those in the afterlife. In the original, Otho says that people who commit suicide work as civil servants in the afterlife. Yet we see people in this one who clearly didn’t kill themselves working jobs.

[@riftshredder5438]

I still wish he went to Hawaii, only true fans will get that reference

[@mackfarlainethebarenakedau5113]

Too bad that sequel didn't come out 3 decades ago.

[@GabrielRuizBallard]

I just learned that reference.

[@petewadesays12]

I loved when Tim Burton kept purposively writing terrible scripts to get studios to stop asking for a sequel. Awesome dude ........ now here we are. Not surprising because Tim hasn't given a shit about making movies since 2003

[@patrickcharles6983]

The fans demand Juicifer!

[@vithepiltoverenforcer8778]

Would have been interesting, especially since it was supposed to be a tie-in to the cartoon series.

[@hailey813]

I feel like establishing the mom didn't die is purely there as a signal for the musical fans to think of this as it's own iteration

[@jessicathejedi35]

Yeah that was weird that Burton put that in there. We all assumed her mom was dead even before the musical. Especially if he’s going to have her say it and then do nothing with it.

[@Zimmy_1981]

There's a musical?😮

[@madestmadhatter]

​@jessicathejedi35 Yeah, but I didn't like how that made her Gothic tendencies seem like a response to trauma, rather than a core aspect of who she is.

[@NashTalksTheatre]

@@Zimmy_1981 Its VERY different from the 1998 movie (and that's a good thing)

[@Zimmy_1981]

@@NashTalksTheatre then I gotta have a look see 😁😁

[@Foxy02016]

It pulls from the original, musical, and cartoon. But instead of a flanderized misunderstanding of the character, it just takes the best aspects of each and figures out how to fit it in. This film works great as a sequel to all 3

[@roxycauldwell544]

The Jackson detective character reminded me HEAVILY of a character from the cartoon! I loved him!

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

All I can think of with Monica Belucci is: THAT IS MORTICIA ADDAMS!!

[@ReelTakesMovieBreaks]

Ha! Maybe the film would have been better if she was featured more

[@epicgamerXxX4evr]

They gave him a beetlejuice credit card

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

That's allowed this time.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@strawberrysoulforever8336 it's allowed because his version of batman wouldn't have a bat credit card! Don't tell Doug I said the thing 😂😂

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

@@kdusel1991 I thought it was just allowed because the rules in Beetlejuice are different.

[@dragon1130]

​@@strawberrysoulforever8336that too.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@strawberrysoulforever8336true.

[@ryansalter2325]

I was surprised to see Danny DeVito's small appearance. I think I was the only one in the audience that noticed.

[@kaiju-dax6674]

it was so funny i had to double check the credits though to be sure it was him because of the blue body paint

[@thefirstbourne149]

This is probably the most exaggerated I’ve seen Danny DeVito since Batman Returns.

[@MrLawyer711]

As soon as I saw the silhouette I was like “omg! Is that Danny DeVito?!?” lol

[@AshParth560]

I was surprised to notice when he revealed himself. 😅

[@Praetorium]

I noticed. And I absolutely loved the small cameo

[@susanaalmeida593]

The complaint that some people have about the characters in this movie being very one note and “two dimensional” baffles me because don’t people realize that’s the case for almost ALL of Tim Burton’s films? Almost every film that Tim Burton had his hand in, whether it be Nightmare Before Christmas or Alice in Wonderland has intentionally flat characters or characters with only one or two defining traits because his type of storytelling is based around the environment in which the characters live in rather than the characters themselves sort’ve like a fairy tale (which is why films like Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare work so well), the characters in Burton’s films are suppose to be relatively simple so that the set designs can catch your eye more and tell the story rather than the characters telling the story. It’s why Batman was a perfect fit for Burton because while Batman and Joker are technically complex characters, their motives are very simple when you get down to it and it’s how they interact with their environment and each other that makes them interesting rather than the characters themselves. Of course, this style of storytelling doesn’t work in all of Timothy’s films but I’m still surprised people are using simple characters as a point of criticism when it’s been a factor in the majority of Burton’s career as a director, even Doug is guilty of this in his Mars Attacks review even though the entire point of that movie is that the most interesting aspect is the aliens, not the humans XD

[@davisjustin1313]

@@susanaalmeida593 Nailed it.

[@Amarianee]

I'd even argue that he's objectively wrong - from a sequel standpoint. Grief coupled with Lydia's career choice has really taken a beating on her, and Delia has actually grown as a person. She's still a yuppie artist, but she's more jaded and even a little pragmatic, and genuinely cares about Lydia - which is not something you could say about her 36yrs ago. There's quite a lot of character development - _if_ you've seen the first film. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@mattchalucha894]

Regarding the Maitland's absence, I like how Ortega's response is, "Well, isn't that convenient."

[@trinaq]

Happy 73rd birthday, Michael Keaton! Also, Jenna Ortega is sublime casting as Winona Ryder's daughter.

[@chasehedges6775]

Same

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 well she was casted cause season 2 of Wednesday is coming out soon. Season 1 was a lot of fun though.

[@FatFiber8096]

WHY AM I SEEING YOU ON EVERY SINGLE VIDEO

[@dereknight861]

Where the first movie is about the Dead having to deal with the living This one is about the Living having to face Death

[@TrueBlueMajikDewd]

Lydia is in tune with the paranormal. So she was being haunted by him, which the ending shows how from her perspective. Beetlejuice needed to get away from his ex and Lydia just happened to be there. I liked the movie. It feels like this is the Tim Burton I want. I liked Jenna's role in this. She just wanted to see her dad, that was the main reason why she was divided from her mom. That and her mom's boyfriend was a scumbag that everybody but Lydia realized it. And that's very real. Women trap themselves in relationships with crappy guys that refuse to acknowledge the truth.

[@Amarianee]

Wait...how did you not see the suprise coming? "He got it at a yard sale" 🤨 Also, I felt like the "my mom's not dead" was a joke for the fans of the musical. The fate of her mother had never been addressed in canon, only the musical says she's dead.

[@nintendo-relatedchannel5810]

I figured the fat dude from the first one lost the book and it got sold at a yard sale. I didn’t remember enough.

[@Amarianee]

@@nintendo-relatedchannel5810 😂 Otho. Solid thought though. That hadn't even occurred to me as a possibility, but totally fair assumption.

[@JessAnderson1988]

@@Amarianee That was my thought too; I thought the copy that the dead boy had was the Maitland's old book. The boy being dead was total surprise to me as well.

[@BladeBlur]

Back from watching it, and yeah Tim Burton got his groove back. His best movie in YEARS!

[@brenyatta]

SPOILER (kinda, but still) Lydia's show being called 'Ghost House' is a nice reference to the original title of the first movie. Also, it was neat to see a Danny Devito cameo. If Michelle Pfeiffer had a cameo, the Burton Batman Villain Trio would've been complete

[@AdamasutojrAJR]

Villain trio? Is Jack nicholson in the movie?

[@AdamasutojrAJR]

Villain trio? Is Jack nicholson in the movie?

[@christhornycroft3686]

They got 2 things right right off the bat - Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder.

[@therealCrazyJake]

As someone who is obsessed with Beetlejuice, I LOVED THIS!! I thought it was a pretty flawless follow up, personally, and the decisions made in the movie made a whole lot of sense to me. P.S. fun fact: Charles’ death was actually based on a recurring nightmare Tim Burton used to have about his own death. I didn’t know that when I watched the movie, but having learned that, it does seem less like just “we hate Jeffrey Jones” and adds a bit of an extra layer to it.

[@LewisYamanoteAintReal]

I can only sum this up in 3 words: Nice fucking model.

[@smittyjjensin558]

Honk honk

[@supernovatv9514]

**honk honk**

[@kdusel1991]

*Honk Honk* 😂😂😂

[@kdusel1991]

*honk honk* 😂😂😂

[@KatVA1109]

I can give you 2 extra words to describe it: *honk honk!*

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

Some of the scenese especially the ones involving Rory, Lydia's manager/boyfriend made me physically cringe. Also I rolled my eyes when Astrid said she'd rather go to a climate change protest than her own grandfather's funeral. Also the animated scene showing how Charles Deetz died looked weird. I did however really like the movie over all; and it made some of the gags from the first movie even funnier. Particularly the wedding scene from the first movie where Beetlejuice is frantically looking for the wedding ring, pulls out an amputated finger with the ring on it, pulls it off and throws the finger away saying "She meant nothing to me honey! I swear!

[@piercelindenberg6842]

I’m pretty sure that was Dolores’s finger. She does need to reattach one.

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

I didn't find the scenes between Rory and Lydia nearly as cringe as you did Peter Besides the PAYOFF WAS MORE THAN WORTH IT when Lydia punches Rory with the same inflatable roll up arms that Betelguese had in the first movie and than he and Delores get eaten by a Giant SandWorm. Also I barely noticed Astrids comment about rather attending a Climate Protest than going to her GrandFathers Funeral until you cringed at it For all you know she was saying in jest considering that her actor Jenna Ortega has come out against Wokeism. It's a fair assumption.

[@SwitchRecords45]

I think the intention of the Rory character was to make all of us cringe, I mean he does admit to it all being an act when given the truth serum. He sucks, we're supposed to hate him.

[@triplehfan95]

His backstory makes a few jokes in the first one make sense like the fact he had a good time during the black plague and that him being italian and asking the maitlands if they like italian makes more sense now. Also alien romulus not having the creepiest baby in cinema this year but this film was not on my bingo card

[@claytonrios1]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice would be a perfect name if Burton wants to make a third one.

[@chasehedges6775]

Sooooo true

[@NeoConnor1]

I mean, if he waits another 36 years to do it, he will be 102. So, he might still have it in him.

[@ivy.growing]

@@claytonrios1 honestly I think Beetlejuice Beetlejuice being called that to begin with is actually a way to be clever. calling it Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is like a little "so close" moment, and making a third one would kinda ruin the charm of THIS one's title

[@claytonrios1]

​@@ivy.growingHopefully the executives feel the same way you do. This title does fit this sequel at least.

[@cadendicky1855]

Well yeah, that is pretty much how the movie works.

[@wastedaga1n]

Beatlejuice is 73 years old. Impressive.

[@kdusel1991]

He's seen the exorcist 167 times and it keeps gettin' funnier every single time he's sees it! 😂😂

[@seabookfarno8656]

@@kdusel1991 **NOT TO MENTIONED YOU TALKIN TO A DEAD GUY! NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK?!!! (breathes deeply).... you think he's qualified..??** 🤡😱

[@PhoeniksStorm]

I swear to God if they don't make a third movie. They have the perfect title for it

[@calebcold3]

Doug’s roller coaster metaphor was the perfect way to describe this movie. A fun ride that might have problems if you look deep into it but, damn it, it was a fun time.

[@chasehedges6775]

EXACTLY. I had a lot of fun

[@tidecovill6718]

Kind of sad that Michael McDowell never got to see the broadway adaptation or sequel to his idea

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

*CO- Idea, dumbass. Way to leave out Larry Wilson and the guy that replaced Michael.

[@kstephenson5857]

I can't believe Doug managed to sneak in a review of The Acolyte in the middle of this review

[@justinjacobs1501]

My only complaint is that there were so many B and C plots, and they left the A plot feeling rushed at the end. I mean, does Dolores even actually do anything besides sucking three souls, walking around, and then getting removed from the plot conveniently alongside Lydia's fiancé?

[@SwitchRecords45]

That was my only real complaint. The Delores subplot just didn't seem necessary, but it did give us a scene with Danny Devito, and the backstory in Italian was fun. Plus I love that it shows her ring finger was missing, completes the gag from the first wedding.

[@DigitalGamerPixel]

I'm a diehard Beetlejuice fan and I honestly loved it. It's very obvious that Tim Burton was not only inspired by his first film, but also the animated series and the musical which enhanced the movie even more if you made the connections to those spinoffs. My ONLY complaint is Beetlejuice's wife has really no real driving force in the film. I thought from the trailers she'd have played a bigger part, but it's a Tim Burton film so he obviously has to put his girlfriend in it somewhere.

[@SwitchRecords45]

The fact that her ring finger is missing does complete the gag from the original wedding very nicely though.

[@kandihustty5610]

Honestly, loved it. I almost wish the movie was an extra 15-20 minutes to flesh out a few things a bit more, to make up for a few things that felt tacked on. If that makes sense. I wish it didn't take so long, but better late than never, because this was honestly the best thing I've seen all year.

[@FranticAntics69]

Usually these sequels to movies that came out yonks ago aren't that great, but this wasn't that bad!! some cool imagery and Keaton's performance help keep things funny and weird! ❤

[@penobile]

5:16 In this rollercoaster, the bar is beetleloose

[@bridgettelair370]

The only thing that I can complain about is that the Dolores character and Betelguese didn't really interact much near the end so she was kind of superfluous to the movie's plot. It was a really fun time though.

[@hexgirl88]

Exactly! She had so much build up and then..... Nothing. That was my largest complaint of the whole thing. When it did something well, it did it really well. But I felt several things built up and then led no where. A-

[@CoolGobyFish]

I have a feeling she was shoved into the movie at a later stage cause Burton is sleeping with her. Personally, I found her character completely pointless. She should have been cut out completely

[@chasehedges6775]

@@CoolGobyFishAGREED.

[@joeyphillips5495]

Based on how strange and anti-climactic the ending was, I feel like this was a test movie to see if a Beetlejuice movie could do well and setting up for a more original 3rd film. In the same way that The Force Awakens was just a refresh of A New Hope in order to get people interested in the Star Wars sequels, this might be that for Tim Burton. I just hope it ends up better than Star Wars did.

[@controlledchaosstudios5364]

on Dougs joke about saying Beetlejuices name three times rule. The beetlejuice musical has a clever rule workaround by having a line from Beetlejuice himself saying "You have to say it Spoken Unbroken" Basically meaning you cant stop short on saying it. In the musical Lydia does a cleaver job fucking with Beetlejuice in this way with lines like "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beeeeee-Cause!" ANd cause its broken, it doesnt free him then. So I like that.

[@BlueGriffin20]

Watched it last night. I thought it was good. Not great, but not “bad enough the sequel it shouldn't have been made.”. I could see a few spots where they might have cut scenes and it had one or two things that didn’t pay off, but overall it was enjoyable.

[@princessdisney7594]

Ghosts don't age: so having Baldwin and Davis in it would've been impossible without going full CGI on their faces and messing with the aesthetic of the movie(s).

[@invadergrim6198]

So why not just recast then? I don't know if there is a script with their characters in it, but if there is I hope to see it someday.

[@rachelmckitterick]

Ohh that's such a good point.

[@rachelmckitterick]

​@@invadergrim6198it wouldn't be the same with different actors. Baldwin and Davis were too iconic in that role. It could have made the whole movie bad for those of us who love the original. That's just my opinion tho.

[@thewolfofwallstreet627]

@@invadergrim6198 Well to be fair, it's good thing they weren't in the movie because there were already too many characters this film focused on as it is to the point that it would've just made it feel more cluttered imo. Yes, the first one had a lot of characters too, but it was more focused. No matter what subplots happened in the first movie, both Davis and Baldwin's characters were the focus of the story, so it never felt cluttered. Here? There really isn't a centralized character per say. The closest you have is probably both Lydia and her daughter, but even their stories sometimes take a backseat to the subplots that happened in this new sequel.

[@thewolfofwallstreet627]

@@rachelmckitterick I disagree. Recasting parts doesn't always necessarily equate to "bad." It just depends on who they would've cast to replace the actors. Having said all of that, it was probably best those characters weren't in this one considering all the subplots and characters they had going on in the sequel already that it would be hard to imagine a place for them in this story.

[@infinitesheldon5710]

My wife and I found this movie absolutely hilarious. Probably our favorite movie of the year so far. It's just a really, really fun ride. I loved a lot of the practical effects, especially for all the dead extras in the afterlife. Also thought it was hilarious that this movie seemed to go out of its way to contradict the Broadway show by making a point that Lydia's mom isn't dead (which makes the Broadway show's joke of, "Such a bold departure from the original source material" all that much funnier)

[@crashtefano]

I find it funny that there's that one scene when Beetlejuice meets his undead ex-wife and he's about to swear but they went out of their way to bleep out what he says like this movie was for kids and they couldn't have any swear words in it, because throughout the movie there are a few occasions in which characters (including BJ himself) use bad language without any kind of censorship. It's like that scene was made for the movie trailer to let us think: "Will they actually let him swear?". By the way, the movie is fun

[@thefreelancequeen]

It’s PG-13, he did drop an uncensored F-bomb earlier. I assume the joke is that you get only one f bomb with certain exceptions of context.

[@naapalm82]

This movie made me laugh and chuckle. I’m the kind of guy who strongly doesn’t like modern comedies; I don’t find them funny, just boring. I’m also a funeral director. Am I warped?

[@blissfulbabybatter]

Personally I loved it , it did what a sequel should do and thats adding without contradicting the previous film to much. The other thing is, I like the fact that they didn't go full Hollywood and turn lydia and the other characters into complete idiots .

[@Mr_G_Daddy]

RIP Bob.

[@jesseburgener442]

I don't know if this ad placement was intentional or not, but Beetlejuice asking "Is this part of your imagination?" before cutting to a Busch Light commercial got a chuckle out of me

[@lockjaw7437]

I just got out of the movie theater after seeing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

[@alibrennan5977]

Beetlejuice

[@DeezNuts-rc3sv]

How was it?

[@jasperthetooncat27]

It's showtime.

[@LunaDarklore]

As a huge fan of the Beetlejuice and its cartoon, I enjoyed it. It did feel like there was a lot going on and it made some parts fall flat, even with all of the hype up until that point. Delores was a good example for that and her "defeat" was..........yeah......Whelp, that was depressing defeat for the murder hoboing, soul sucking succubus. It was super fun but also frustrating at the same time. If anything, Dafoe stole the movie for me. xD

[@SwitchRecords45]

The part where he rolls on the ground and pops up behind the tombstone was one of my favorite shots in the movie.

[@austinforgie1069]

I feel the film is fighting between two plots and the latter plot is somewhat forgotten

[@somejerk5662]

Seriously, Delores' effect on the plot could have been replaced with Otho wandering in at the climax and wondering why he didn't get an invite. All she actually does is distract BJ and then get beaten instantly.

[@karolwithaz]

Thank you for not spoiling the entire movie for us since most of us haven't seen it yet but want to see if it is worth watching

[@forevercomescrashing]

Bleeping the second F word to maintain PG-13 was a choice.

[@kylemendoza8860]

When Lydia referred to Betelgeuse as "Trickster Demon". I was a little worried that Beetlejuice was going to be retcon.

[@LammasuRex]

I had to explain to mom why Jeffrey Jones wasn't in the sequel. It was awkward.

[@kdusel1991]

It's better that he wasn't anyway, dudes gross.

[@mychaeljones7526]

I don't know what he is other than my last name. (Unrelated) Did he do a "Weinsten-Cosby" thing?

[@LammasuRex]

@@mychaeljones7526 He paid a 14 year old boy for naked pictures.

[@thefreelancequeen]

@@mychaeljones7526nope, more epstein-y. Had a large collection of explicit images of minors.

[@therealCrazyJake]

@@thefreelancequeen not really Epstein levels either… from what I understand, he took inappropriate photos of minors, which is still pretty deplorable, but not running a child trafficking ring levels of bad. Then again, I wasn’t there, I cannot say what he did or didn’t do, just what I’ve read about why he’s on the registry.

[@broEye1]

I really loved the creative characters waiting in line in the afterlife. Don't know what I liked more, the old lady petting her cats while they continue to eat her, or the incinerated Santa Claus. Next Christmas in that world is ruined.

[@Lorddraigo]

While I enjoyed the original movie, I LOVED the musical. I'd even say it was better than the movie. We'll see how this sequel ranks among them both

[@Zimmy_1981]

I guess u love musicals a lot? Not a dig at u, just asking

[@Lorddraigo]

@@Zimmy_1981 I do enjoy musicals, but no more than movies. I thought the story structure and characters of the musical were more interesting than the movie's is the main thing.

[@kenabi]

one thing i've noticed to date; ortega doesn't seem to sign on for nonsense projects. so there may be elements that are.. ehhh, but overall, they tend to be fairly good. i definitely will keep using her as a litmus test, as so far, i haven't been let down. here's hoping the streak continues.

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

Was anyone else sweating bullets when Astrid was almost stuck on The Soul Train headed to The Great Beyond? BECAUSE I WAS

[@marktapia8327]

It’s really cool that we have a lot of the returning cast comes back after 36 years.

[@chasehedges6775]

MOST of them.

[@chasehedges6775]

Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis didn’t come back

[@marktapia8327]

@@chasehedges6775that’s why I said A LOT of them

[@thecunninlynguist]

Was it JJ's voice used for that...segment?

[@sebsignat8286]

Didn't 1 of them do stuff to women?

[@cornholio2055]

Happy birthday Batman!!!!

[@athfcoz]

I think it's fair to say, we all have MacArthur park stuck in our heads

[@drjohnwooberg]

@@athfcoz I had to put on Weird Al’s Jurassic Park. Probably the only case where the original song is weirder than his parody.

[@simonboyce2235]

My Only complaint is Johnny Deep didn't play Astrid's Father and Michelle Pfeiffer didn't play Beetlejuice's Wife

[@BrieezySoul]

I ADORED this! Burton made this just so we could revel in the world of the recently deceased, and I REVELED. I feel like a lot more with Dolores was supposed to happen that got cut, so I’d be interested to see if they release something when you can buy the movie.

[@Coolcoolcooldude]

This is the third year in a row where Michael Keaton returns to a character he previously played. Morbius, The Flash, and now Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

[@DavidW.WardJR]

"What if they're eating in an airplane and they cross a time zone? It's always midnight somewhere."

[@iplaywhatiwant3738]

Okay, a demon from hell forces a young girl to be his concubine. So obviously for the TV show their friends.

[@gamesincharacter5106]

Honestly i saw this with my 2 best friends and we all really enjoyed it and ngl we all just had a darn good time. So we’re probably gonna talk about this movie for a while

[@chasehedges6775]

AWESOME!

[@AllofTimeandSpace]

I agree with most of this review but Doug missed the very obvious reason why Beetlejuice is still after Lydia: he’s in love with her. Almost everything he does in the movie is because he has a massive all consuming crush on her! Beetlejuice is still creepy in this but he’s a lot more heroic and kind of a romantic in this (yes the baby scene was weird but I don’t think he actually impregnated her it was more like a weird silly practical joke/illusion that beetlejuice just did to because he thought it was funny.)

[@gryphonofmight]

Im not so sure I liked that aspect

[@ArmiGirl90]

In the original, he only wanted to marry Lydia just so he could be free to roam about the living world to cause chaos, but he did seem genuinely surprised when he heard Lydia wanted to be dead and even said they’d talk about it which showed he cared. I always thought in the sequel he’d want revenge on her for foiling the wedding, but instead, he still holds a torch for her and the sequel he wanted to marry her again not just cuz he still loves her, but to escape from his ex-wife (and for good reason). I think he likes that he’s found his match to outsmart him in his chaos and unfortunately the feeling isn’t mutual with Lydia and we’re gonna have to see if there is a third movie to wrap up the whole thing

[@CoolGobyFish]

@@ArmiGirl90 I was upset they didn't get married. It seemed like a logic progression. I also wish they would NOT given Lydia a daughter. Wynona is still a very young looking girl for her age. There is not need to "pass the torch"

[@VegaNorth]

A very young me watching the 1988 film for the first time ABSOLUTELY clocked when Betelgeuse asked Lydia why she wanted in. At first, I was under the impression he was going to leverage that vulnerability as his way out. Now? I wonder if hearing her say that weighed on him. Who’s to say? Burton is playing out Betel’s affection in more than one way.

[@gryphonofmight]

@@VegaNorth Betelgeuse knows whats fate awaits those who take their own lives in the afterlife. He likely would not wish that on anyone

[@bovineapples3012]

The fact that the world got explored is what I loved. My mom passed away a couple years ago and Beetlejuice was always our family get together film. I didn't like the call back with the face, I saw it as just that, but over all I loved it. We had fun watching it and the twist gave me goosebumps. So over all, it's a movie I'm definitely adding to my collection. .

[@joshsauer4725]

I loved it, but I also felt like they didn't need to shove 4 villains (if you count BJ) into a movie that's not even 2hrs long. I wanted more from Delores, but honestly I get what you're saying. It feels like the cartoon a bit, with the slapstick and comedic acting. Same thing the musical did. Cartoons have a lot of one dimensional characters, and we still love them. Def gonna give it another watch with this new mindset.

[@leprechaunfarmer4081]

Part of what made this great is that Michael Keaton worked with the writers to make sure that Beetlejuice wouldn’t be politically correct

[@davidjames579]

The loophole line about Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin is followed by Jenna Ortega rolling her eyes and saying "How convenient". So they draw attention to that. Also Davis and Baldwin are 36 years older, which wouldn't make sense as ghosts they shouldn't age past their death. And don't you want them to be happy in Heaven after all this time?

[@rinfal3337]

My complaint about the movie is that there were so many interesting stories going on and not enough time to flesh them all out. It’s a confusing way to feel about it - too much good stuff and also too little good stuff. I really wish it coulda been a Netflix series.

[@jopat87]

Remember, two NC reviews from the old days were of Beetlejuice knockoffs - Drop Dead Fred and Little Monsters. Both ended up among his most hated films, only after GPK.

[@chasehedges6775]

Just goes to show that Beetlejuice can’t be replicated

[@kdusel1991]

​@@chasehedges6775 I remember those reviews! I recently watched the little monsters one! Now I gotta rewatch the drop dead Fred one! Hopefully he does a reupload of the original edit of that one!

[@ThreadBomb]

I never thought of Drop Dead Fred as a Beetlejuice ripoff. And I never even heard of Little Monsters (1989), guess I'll have to check it out.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@ThreadBomb I recommend watching the review at least. It's hilarious!!

[@thewolfofwallstreet627]

My dad loved "Drop Dead Fred" because he thought that Gremlins girl that was in it was hot, so he used to make me rewatch it with him all the time when I was a kid. ugh. To be fair, I don't think "Drop Dead Fred" is that bad of a film, as I can definitely see what they were trying to do with that movie. The problem is that it doesn't work. For the subject matter that it's trying to tackle about abuse and toxic relationships, it doesn't work because the obnoxious childish humor of the movie itself seems to undermine it a lot. I think that film would've worked better had the moral been more or less about how it's okay to still have fun, even if you're an adult; similar to the moral that "Hook" had back in the day. But nope, they don't. Maybe, I could only be saying this because I was forced to watch "Drop Dead Fred" so many times as a kid that I had to find ANY excuse to like it enough to get through it without being bored out of my mind, but I don't think it was that bad. It's passable, but it's forgettable.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

My wife and I had a lot of fun with this movie but we kept saying this movie was good not great. I have issues with the pacing and chaos of the story, but not enough to make me dislike the movie. That being said, the hate people have for this movie baffles me. It’s weird how a movie so fun and comedic is a movie people have so much hate for!

[@sombramemer1230]

Don't worry the sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be great.

[@erynsimons855]

100% agree. It doesn’t have to be lore filled or super deep, I just want to watch people have fun sometimes. And this whole movie was FUN!

[@NightRanger-lz6tp]

I just saw the movie and I thought it was a lot of fun. I will say Jenna Ortega won me over with this one.

[@jeffherr8371]

I really enjoyed Beetlejuice's origin story. I have watched the original About 1000 times, and I can say with confidence this was a fantastic sequel, and It added to the lore for me.

[@nicksrandomreviews]

We need to find some way to get Elvira, Wynona Ryder and Jenna Ortega on screen at the same time.

[@therealCrazyJake]

@@nicksrandomreviews throw in Jennifer Tilly and you got yourself a sale.

[@snakehands]

I liked it, but I think they should have completely left Delores out.

[@matthewrowlett1564]

So... what you're saying is, essentially... that the Beetlejuice Sequel is a BEETLEJUICE SEQUEL? Thats WONDERFUL, ITS AMAZING, ITS INCREDIBLE EVEN!(Please read as Snagglepuss. I couldnt resist.) Beetlejuice was madcap fun... I Expect the same from the Sequel... As long as they Get Beetlejuice Right, the rest just doesn't matter.

[@Amarianee]

Go. See. It. 😂 If that's what you're looking for, you'll have a blast. If you love the original, you'll also likely disagree with his take on the characters too, because one-dimensional characters don't change or develop over time - which Lydia and Delia very much have.

[@ThatUnluckyGamer]

I really liked this movie, but the last scene that happened before the credits will haunt me forever. If ya know, ya know.

[@Krokodilius]

i wonder if this whole film got green lit cuz they were like "oh hey, jenna ortega, another emo girl!"

[@therealCrazyJake]

@@Krokodilius it got greenlit because Burton enjoyed working with Jenna Ortega on Wednesday and that rekindled his passion for doing a sequel to Beetlejuice.

[@Krokodilius]

god it's great always being right.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Krokodilius IKR!

[@phakamilemyeza7362]

Catherine O'Hara is a treasure. She was the highlight for me.

[@doubledamn2599]

I can't decide if it would be cringy or not if Keaton had a quick throwaway line of "Thanks Bob, you're my number 1 guy" and then leave.

[@CoffeeStain-Music]

What will help people enjoy the sequel will be not taking the original so serious. The original has been put on a nostalgic pedestal but even that is just a fun movie. Some movies are just fun. The original was just fun. It wasn't a sophisticated smart film that changed the world or anything. Its not sacred. Its just fun.

[@blackmagician7645]

The musical is such an underrated telling of this story.

[@lepapercastle]

I realize the story went nothing like the cartoon, but I actually felt like I was watching a live action adaption of it. The 'Neither World' as it's called on the show, really was this ridiculous and over the top and "Burton-y." And I genuinely appreciated that.

[@andrealopriore9062]

I loved it. A totally unexpected but zany and fun sequel.

[@chasehedges6775]

A zany and fun sequel sounds bout right

[@ozvlog]

To me this felt way more in the spirit of the animated series and I'm so here for it!

[@sapphire7288]

I enjoyed it enough but I think the first one was much simpler and ended more satisfyingly. The sequel has similar energy but it was bogged down by multiple plots that were added in to tie in every character's motive and it felt underdeveloped. Beetlejuice's ex-wife was built up to be horrifying (loved her intro) but she was mostly terrorizing things somewhere and when she finally met the main cast, she was 'killed off' in such a 'oh I guess she wasn't that terrifying after all' way. In fact she doesn't need to be in the story since Beetlejuice still wanna marry Lydia out of his own selfish reason anyway. The ghost boy felt more like an actual villain. I understand not all movies need to be intricately written to be enjoyable but this is exactly why I felt they should have remove some of the characters in this sequel to have a better focus. I mean, they had 4 villains in it, (Delores, Jeremy, Rory and Beetlejuice himself) that's a bit too many.

[@masonhenderson0221]

I now want to create a skit where someone says Beetlejuice twice. Then, 30 years later, they say it a third time. I feel like there could be some funny reactions from him having to wait so long for the third time.