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Post by blamerobots on Aug 28, 2024 13:48:00 GMT
I've booked tickets for it on the day it comes out. But I have little to no hope of anything quality considering it's one of those "sequels 40 years late" things and Tim Burton hasn't made a good film in 20 years (though I liked Sweeney Todd.)
I've been surprised by the amount of advertising though. It's literally everywhere.
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Post by danb on Aug 28, 2024 17:09:37 GMT
It does seem to have a confidence in itself
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Post by Marwood on Aug 28, 2024 19:56:45 GMT
I’ll wait and see the reviews before thinking about going, I think Sleepy Hollow was the last film Burton has made that I actually enjoyed.
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Post by amyja89 on Aug 29, 2024 23:21:54 GMT
I'm all in for Winona Ryder alone. Was in Leicester Square when they were setting up the premiere staging earlier, looked like fun.
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 30, 2024 10:11:07 GMT
I'm all in for Winona Ryder alone. Was in Leicester Square when they were setting up the premiere staging earlier, looked like fun. Agreed, absolutely love her. Also I saw some of that; it made me think of how big film premieres were about 20 years ago and how much they really don't matter nowadays as the movie release becomes less of a big deal. |
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Post by Jon on Aug 30, 2024 11:41:43 GMT
It's interesting that no one really cares about Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin not being in the new film.
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 30, 2024 12:11:43 GMT
Tim Burton was on ITV yesterday with some random interviewer asking dumb questions, like "Will you make another Beetlejuice film?" And he said blankly "no.", and other questions like "Do you like the UK?", not knowing he's lived here for years.
I wasn't paying much attention and was in the other room, though one question that made me pay attention was "What do you think of the Beetlejuice musical?" And he quite honestly said "I think it's rubbish."
Ouch. Considering I think the musical is better than the original..!
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Post by kathryn on Sept 3, 2024 12:20:27 GMT
I was just slightly too young for the original Beetlejuice and have never watched it; seeing all the hysteria around the sequel is very strange!
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Post by amyja89 on Sept 3, 2024 12:49:48 GMT
Just did an obligatory rewatch of the original. Hadn't seen it for a while, and it always surprises me how late Michael Keaton really turns up, and how little he is actually in it! I hope the sequel follows suit, because I can see *too much* of the character being a detriment to be honest.
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 3, 2024 23:29:52 GMT
seeing all the hysteria around the sequel is very strange! It's had a big renewal with the musical and other Burton projects. Lots of new younger fans who were exposed to it through their parents and such. Much like every generation of the Star Wars films. |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 4, 2024 8:18:41 GMT
I get that; it’s just a strange experience (and a sign of my age!) to be looking at other people’s fan hysteria with literally no idea why they are making a fuss.
I guess I have officially reached that out-of-touch point with pop culture. It must be how my parents feel when we I geek out over Star Wars (which they say they have never seen).
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Post by amyja89 on Sept 6, 2024 14:27:42 GMT
Hmm, three stars at best for me, I'm afraid. Without spoiling anything...
I'll be honest, I'd borderline ruin my movie to fit my girlfriend in it too, if my girlfriend happened to be Monica Bellucci...
Truly though, one of the most redundant and disruptive side plots I've seen in a long time. The film would have been so much stronger if just kept to the Astrid/Lydia/Delia trio, with the Jeremy character the only thing that was needed to spark the journey to the afterlife narrative.
P.S. I would swap my soul to give Bob another chance in a HEARTBEAT.
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 6, 2024 16:47:52 GMT
I'm seeing it tonight so I'll be posting soon.
I like the fact all my "favs" are in it. I last saw Justin Theroux in Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire back to back very tired one night and Monica Bellucci in Twin Peaks. It's a Lynchian coincidence.
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Post by Marwood on Sept 6, 2024 19:08:54 GMT
I read today that Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci are a couple: how did he manage that, it was Eva Green apparently/allegedly previously and from the pictures I’ve seen of him recently, he doesn’t appear to be maturing like a fine wine 🤣
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Post by Jon on Sept 6, 2024 19:19:51 GMT
I read today that Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci are a couple: how did he manage that, it was Eva Green apparently/allegedly previously and from the pictures I’ve seen of him recently, he doesn’t appear to be maturing like a fine wine 🤣 Being very wealthy probably helps... |
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 6, 2024 20:46:58 GMT
The impossible has happened. Tim Burton has made a decent film post-2000!  |
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Post by mkb on Sept 7, 2024 12:01:58 GMT
The impossible has happened. Tim Burton has made a decent film post-2000! Is this worth seeing then, even if you weren't a fan of the original? |
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 7, 2024 12:39:02 GMT
The impossible has happened. Tim Burton has made a decent film post-2000! Is this worth seeing then, even if you weren't a fan of the original? I think so. I don't know if you're not a fan of the original but I think this film is a lot faster paced and turned up than the original. |
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Post by Marwood on Sept 7, 2024 20:07:31 GMT
Saw it today and while it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting, I didn’t think it was great either: had a few nice moments - the Soul Train, the song and dance number in the church and some of Michael Keatons swearing for starters (which is my way of not wanting to spoiler anything) but at the end of it I just thought : it took them 35 years to come up with THAT? 🤣 I also thought Winona Ryder put on a diabolical performance, she was shamelessly mugging away like it was an am-dram version of Ab Fab, don’t think this will relaunch her career
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Sept 8, 2024 9:42:17 GMT
Just saw this yesterday, and it was fun. Not a patch on the original, but a solid romp with some laugh out loud moments (especially from Catherine O'Hara as Delia). It falls into the same trap as so many modern movies though: too many plot threads and no clear focus. The original is so simple: a couple of ghosts need help getting rid of a new family who have moved into their home. That's it. That's the plot. This sequel has around 4 different plot strands, all playing out individually and then completely coincidentally coming together at the (admittedly fantastic) musical number climax. As other posters have mentioned, they should have honed in on the Lydia, Astrid, Delia trio and made this Astrid's story. It's almost like Burton squeezed two possible sequels into one, since everything with Dolores and the actor-turned-cop ghost from the afterlife is completely irrelevant to the "main" plot, even though some of it is amusing. Just did an obligatory rewatch of the original. Hadn't seen it for a while, and it always surprises me how late Michael Keaton really turns up, and how little he is actually in it! I hope the sequel follows suit, because I can see *too much* of the character being a detriment to be honest. They should have takes stock of this. {Spoiler - click to view}
It would have been so much more effective if we didn't see Betelgeuse properly until Lydia is forced to call him to help save Astrid, and his entrance was the brilliant "The juice is loose" scene. As it stands, he has a completely irrelevant soapy subplot going on in his new afterlife office well before Lydia even comes home, and has already come face to face with Lydia herself in the underwhelming therapy scene, which means the big reunion doesn't hit like it should. |
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Post by ladidah on Sept 19, 2024 14:18:24 GMT
I liked it, a fun film
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