38/13
Keaton said in March of 2014 that this is the only sequel he’s interested in doing
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After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.. Jenna Ortega, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Justin Theroux, and Monica Bellucci share why filming Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was an experience they’ll never forget.. Tim Burton has said that this film would only be made if Michael Keaton would return to reprise his role.
Beetlejuice: I think it was Dostoevsky who said
Lydia informs Astrid that Rory wants to get married at midnight on Halloween night. That would make it November 1st, as midnight is the start of a new day, and thus it would no longer be Halloween.. Later, fucker.. SPOILER: There is a dedication in the closing credits to Bob the Skinner, who died in the film..
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MacArthur ParkWritten by Jimmy WebbPerformed by Donna SummerCourtesy of Island Def Jam Music GroupUnder license from Universal Music Operations Ltd.. All I can really do here is speak my truth and not worry about whether people agree with it or not. As a man who has a nine out of ten review for "Beetlejuice" logged on this website, I can only report that I found this sequel to be bit of (though not totally) a mess.Following the death of her father, Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) returns to her childhood home, with her stepmother Delia ( Catherine O’Hara), boyfriend Rory (Justin Theroux) and daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega). Lydia, still able to see ghosts, has been having visions of Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton), which only intensifies as she returns to the house.
It feels like they’re there only so there’s an excuse for particular actors to be in the film
But Betelgeuse has his own problems, related to the return of his vengeful ex-wife Delores (Monica Bellucci) who has the ability to extract the remaining souls of the dead – and make them 'dead dead.'What I found really interesting was that for years, Burton and Keaton steadfastly refused to engage in a sequel unless the story was right. Then for this to be the one they progressed with, which feels more like a bundle of ideas gaffer taped together than an actual story. There are four main plots, two of which could have been exorcised (pun intended) partially, or even completely without making much of a difference. It’s also a bit too enamored with recreating moments from the original, so there are two gags that are slight variations on previous ones and another song and dance possession scene, which is a strong moment, but again, just a remix of the first film.
Almost single handedly Keaton drags the film to being acceptable
They smartly keep his character out of the majority of the film so that when he does appear he’s a breath of life, but it’s a shake up the film needs all too often and I don’t think I found anything else did to be funny .As you can see from the score, despite how negative this review feels, I wouldn’t say I disliked the film overall – but it feels all too close to being the ' cash grab' sequel we could have had at any point in the last 30 years.