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Nation we just got out of IMAX watching Beetle Juice Beetle Juice the juice is loose the juice is
loose while you're here leave a like on this video that be very much appreciated so the trailers
surprisingly like even though the trailers seem to show a lot they really don't show a lot of what
actually goes on in this film including one very specific plot line that's really key and important
to the adventure that takes place so as you see in the trailer Catalyst for everyone going back
into the town and the houses there's a death in the family that causes to go back to the original
House Nostalgia ensues there's this adventure with Beetle Juice that's very important but the plot
doesn't reveal it that involves JGA let's see if this movie is at all worthy of existing here in
the movie sphere taking up the Beetlejuice mantle and continuing it I'd say that you know there's
plenty of good things in the movie one thing that I feel is refreshing is kind of the most obvious
thing that people can say Tim buron backward with a lot more of the Practical effects that we know
him for movie is way more violent than I expected to be it's like actually violent at times yeah
and there's certainly like actual gor gags amid the more Whimsical you know like PG friendly gor
gags and that was like fun to behold even though the movie's kind of messy and I'll go into some
reasons of why I thought so in a bit I cannot deny the fact that I did have genuine fun just to
coming to the world yet again and exploring more of the afterlife it is just such a fun world
to be a part of of and I feel like Tim Burton genuinely had fun putting that together you could
tell the whole cast had fun being a part of this as well and Michael Keon of course as Beetlejuice
doesn't skip a beat playing this role not one bit being back into the world of it that is the
best highlight of the film to me the ziness the mob humor the darkness and the Practical
effects and the music I was like yeah I love being thrusted into here and there was a couple of
surprising plot lines that I feel like some might call predictable call me a dumbass I didn't find
it predictable yeah sure I mean hindsight I was like that's obvious I should have predicted that
plenty of great things I mean do you think so yeah no I mean I think the cast is really all having
fun and all really up to the challenge everybody understands the assignment and yeah the mixture of
stop motion animation effects of interesting props and makeups and just the you know expressionist
wildness of you know the the neither world so to speak is is yeah is a joy to behold and to get
wrapped up into and it's a movie that surpris Tak place at Halloween time so it's you know that's
something that always plays well to me as a just kid who always has loved that time of year it's
not necessarily a perfect return it's not like Tim Burton doesn't have any form left to return to
I think certainly he's got a little bit more to go before he really reclaims that classic status
that we all know and love of his yeah it's not like Tim Burton man didn't miss a beat he's back
baby like no because a big part of Tim Burton is the heart and The Wonder of the of the older Tim
Burton that's not really in this movie even the first Beetlejuice had that yeah and this is that's
not really like aesthetically it's all there but the heart and the Wonder it's weird it's like you
you'd think you would be there but it it it's not quite there it's reaching for it but it doesn't
quite sore there's one thing the first movie does that this movie does not so much do that I think
might have benefited it because you do I think for this needs some kind of like mostly benevolent and
enjoyable eyeline through all this rather than you know a bunch of characters who are all antisocial
misanthropic and or insincere or something like that like in the first chunk of the movie it's
not quite as endearing the way like the original one is when you're getting to know Alec Baldwin
and Gina Davis but once it unfolds and you get into the meat of it there certainly enough to
enjoy and certain characters do give you more Dimension than is on display at the outset which
is good while it does feel kind of episodic a bit or like kind of a bunch of Beats and pieces kind
of all jumbled together there's a Frankenstein is nature about this whole thing that makes that feel
more appropriate than not appropriate I would say I would say in the first maybe like 30 minutes of
this movie I did have that question in my head pop off because there's a lot of plot lines happening
where exactly is this movie going I don't know what we keep cheing into this plot I don't know
what this plot really is going to factor into ultimately there's a good chunk of like most of
act two and the beginning of act three that is the best part of the film it's going to be aspects
of the movie that Beetlejuice fans showed up for what Tim Burton fans showed up for that being said
when it comes time for the convergence of all the plot lines for the resolve to happen on some of
the plot lines a couple of them felt very rushed a couple of them just kind of feel like they just
drop it when it seemed like such a major setup of the movie like such an important part of it movie
definitely has a weird handling of its internal Stakes it's not like there are no Stakes but there
are choices that get made throughout that do at least make the stakes feel a little less pertinent
I guess and a little less uh you know urgent don't get me wrong it's all confusing just takes a while
before you realize oh this is what the plot of the movie is yeah absolutely it takes a little time
to lay its Vision out for you I think Jenna Ortega great as always and she is definitely at least
second main character if not the main character of the film when owna Ryder comes back to be a
little bit like quirky and skittish this time you know yes she's sometimes she's kind of overdoing
it a little bit yeah maybe a little bit I mean like that's and that's one of those things that
two is in the language of the film making where there'll be moments here or there where it's
like oh they held on that a little long and it does feel a little broad or it does feel a little
bit I don't know uh like the illusion isn't fully tied together or something like that I it's still
very much enjoyable to watch her perform and I think Katherine hero probably got the biggest
laugh side of the whole theater oh yeah she's a treasure she of everybody kind of slipped most
effortlessly back into a prior role not that there are a million returning characters but she felt
like she had not skipped a beat whatsoever and there's not as much updating you have to do with
so many years later who is this character now and Justin thorough gets a lot of screen time did not
expect that sometimes you're like is this kind of overstaying it's welcome here but there are plenty
of times where it was like reasonably funny to me he's here to serve the purpose the contrasting
purpose in this movie of the yepy you know modrin person you know sort of encroaching upon their
life as such that it is I get that they're trying to hearken back to that threat of the original
movie because their yuppies moving into the house that uh Gina Davis and Alec Baldwin have so
lovingly set up and they're kind of wrecking it with their taste and here I could feel them going
for that with him but it didn't feel quite as knowing uh as it did in the previous movie it felt
a little bit more broad a little bit more like oh we're going to make this character to Lampoon
him and he's going to be a joke rather than a character who is a bit pretentious and silly yeah
and when Notre writer's blindness to him was a little concerning concerning yeah I feel like how
could how could you not yeah the movie doesn't not try to explain it but just given yeah what we know
about her it does feel a little unlike and William Defoe he shows he's game William def fo is game in
this movie he's having so much fun in this movie Man absolutely it's fun to watch I can't deny that
he's fun to watch I maybe wish that his plot line was a little bit more of consequ quence but he's
a very fun like you know comic strip happening throughout the movie there's literally one plot
line here that feels of consequence and it's one that involves J Orga absolutely and the the rest
is kind of like a hodge podge of like watching I don't know the Beetlejuice animated show or
something feel yeah it feels like episodes of a cartoon or a bunch of sketches honestly saying
that I can see people who haven't seen it being like well that sounds like a great time and
honestly like I said the flaws are so apparent but it is the the returning to the world that you
get the most from it was one of those experiences where I'm like this movie is definitely flawed
in storytelling it's such a unique feeling like the Beetlejuice world there's nothing like it
you can't you can't compare it to anything else you can't reference any other films other than
the last Beetlejuice movie yeah and there's some fun expansions on that though it's not the most
expansive it is like the most fun and enjoyable and Whimsical when they are just expounding on
the strange protocols and officers of the neither world yeah and I will say for one of those nostal
sequels I think this is one of the better ones sometimes the Nostalgia sequels they're nothing
but but that but I at least appreciate that they took a lot of time to really expand upon something
like a lot of the Nostalgia can be just yep that is the first Beetle Juice uhhuh but there's plenty
of other things where they I feel they've earned their their um passage onto the Silver Screen
for this movie yeah it's like any anything that we've seen Beetle Juice do in the past that he
may or may not do again here feels motivated by the character and there are only a handful of
scenes where it is like oh we're going to recreate a classic type of moment or something but there is
yeah a whole lot else that just feels like you're back in the madap world here and that's enough
to kind of necessitate all this so yeah like it could be way more member berish even though
I'm sure you know your mileage will vary reviews will vary in terms of how member barish you think
it is your mileage will vary on that aspect but there's certainly a lot there for you if you love
that first th% I guess if I were to slap a random rating on this movie 7 out of 10 I guess yeah 6
and 1/2 seven not not too bad well guys that's it for us go watch Beetle Juice Beetle juu and leave
us don't say it one more time g go watch it's not real and I am sick of everyone at this theater
making that godamn J Ching it I'm not chancing it you guys are ruining Beetlejuice for me not
chancing all you said it and nothing's happening all you dumb asses at the theater just don't shut
up with you're dumb say don't say it three times yeah you know what I stood in front of the mirror
I said Bloody Mary a billion times Bloody Mary never showed up and neither will Beetle Juice
y'all can suck it candy man suck it Candyman