Beetlejuice 2

Beetlejuice 2 is #1 at the box office again. WB must be on the phone with Burton asking him to finish his "BJ trilogy".

Solidus said:

I see there's The future of AI thread in Other Topics. I'll move the posts over there if you guys want to continue the discussion.

Edit: Posts move, you can continue AI discussions here: https://www.collectorfreaks.com/threads/the-future-of-ai.185301/

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Thank you!

Ok after just rewatching the first movie, my opinion of the sequel has gone down even further now. The story was SO much more original and inventive, and Keaton's performance was about a thousand times more unhinged and coked up.

I know Burton says he didn't bother rewatching the original before filming, but I think maybe he should have.

Otomofan said:

I liked it. I thought it was cute and fun.

The original was an incredibly weird movie. It never took itself seriously, and neither does this one. I think the first one feels more timeless; this one seems more concerned with the real world and being contemporary.

I liked seeing Danny DeVito in a Burton film again. And again, with nasty crap oozing out of his mouth!

I actually laughed out loud when he punted the baby. I don't know why I liked that so much.

Also liked The Juice performing Richard Marx!

In the kid's attic, the song "Svefn-g-englar" by Sigur Ros is playing. One of my all time favorites. I also liked the musical sequence in the climax.

It was predictable, but in this case, who cares? This is just a light-hearted romp. It did what it was supposed to, as far as I'm concerned.

My biggest gripe: why the hell not have Jeffrey Jones in the movie? His likeness was all over it. If you say "oh we can't have him in the movie cause he's a registered sex offender" then why feature his likeness in so much of the movie?

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Saw it this weekend and pretty much agree with everything you said. I quite enjoyed it.

Felinx said:

Maybe Candyman crossover?

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Honestly I would watch that if they had fun with it
But it might be hard having a real horror icon crossover with Beetlejuice, I think only supernatural horror icons with a humourous edge could work like Freddy Kruger and Chucky, Re-Animator or an Evil Dead crossover.
Beetlejuice would work well with most horror-comedies.

Hell I would watch Beetlejuice doing other plots as a horror comedy
- Blair Witch found footage Beetlejuice movie
- What we Do in the Shadows mockumentary style movie
- The Office with Beetlejuice characters/verse in the Afterlife civil service
etc....

The Beetlejuice character is kind of wasted in the BJ movies - you want to see him riffing off someone better than Winona or the girl from Wednesday. He's bigger and more fun than what can be provided by the world of the BJ movies.

Felinx said:

The Beetlejuice character is kind of wasted in the BJ movies - you want to see him riffing off someone better than Winona or the girl from Wednesday. He's bigger and more fun than what can be provided by the world of the BJ movies.

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He's also very powerful. It would be nice to see him go all out.

The Clown Prince of Crime said:

He's also very powerful.

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Strong and powerful.

The Clown Prince of Crime said:

Beetlejuice 2 is #1 at the box office again. WB must be on the phone with Burton asking him to finish his "BJ trilogy".

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lol the bj trilogy

Thought this movie was super short. Just me maybe.

ironwez20 said:

Thought this movie was super short. Just me maybe.

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Not enough bj for you I guess.

I went for a rewatch tonight and found I enjoyed it a lot more the second time around. I partly attribute this to being aware of the various subplots, which made them much easier to keep track of. I could just sit back and enjoy the movie without constantly having to remember what everyone is up to.

I also discovered that on my first watch, I completely missed an f-bomb. I thought BJ says "Later, sucker" when he stamps Jeremy's passport but nope, he does not say sucker I'm guessing the later f-bomb was bleeped to keep the the PG-13 rating, as well as provide some comedic relief.

In addition to wishing Delores's and Wolf's subplots didn't fall so flat and abruptly end, I also thought they should've given Bob a moment to shine. I like it when those meek characters get an unexpected chance to be a hero. I would've had the church scene be more of a substantial final battle, and thrown Bob into the mix. I know that sounds vague, but I'm not a writer. I'm just thinking out loud

But yeah, much better the second time IMO. If you're thinking about going for a rewatch, I'd say it's worth it.

Saw it last night. Filtering out the nostalgia-bait, it's not a bad film, just not something I'm likely to watch again. Full disclosure, I was never a big fan of the first film.

I agree that the first felt timeless and this one felt tied to the contemporary, but I also wonder if that phenomenon isn't very common these days due to the firehose of 'culture' from Internet / Social Media that we never collectively switch off. It's references all the way down, for lack of a better descriptor.

Beetlejuice 2 is number 1 again.

Recently went to see it. I think the general consesus of "it's fun but not as good as the original" sums it up quite well. I like that the storyline was not a rehash. Michael Keaton is still funny. There's some good gags, some nice stop-motion, the sets are awesome......Beetlebaby......
I didn't feel insulted by it. It was nice to see a "weird" film. I just wish Monica Belucci's character was given more to do. Maybe if she had been the one to take Astrid to the underworld.