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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice G
I remember when Beetlejuice
came out. I didn’t see it in the theater
(I was almost 6!), but it was really popular when it came out on video. I remember the animated TV show that came out
a year later too; I watched it religiously (I even remember happy meal toys
they had at, I believe, Burger King). [I
bought the entire television series on DVD about ten years ago, recently
re-watching it a couple months ago in “preparation” for this sequel; I got up
to the beginning of season four, season four containing way more episodes than
the first three seasons combined.
Beetlejuice is actually more irritating in the cartoon, but I do still
love that late 80s/early 90s drawing style.
You can watch the animated series on Tubi now, by the way, meaning free,
with ads]. Is this sequel, released 36
years later (!), worth it? Considering
the huge gap, I’d say it was pretty decent; it contains plenty of Burton’s
signature touch and actually feels like a direct sequel as opposed to a remake. It probably helped that at least three of the
original cast returned (including the eponymous “ghost with the most”), and,
more importantly, Tim Burton directed again, as well as (frequent collaborator)
Danny Elfman scoring once again. It
wasn’t a perfect film (i.e. the animated sequence showing what befell patriarch
Charles Deetz---I just wasn’t a fan of the style and expected something better
and/or different from the director, and the musical scene at the end may have
been a bit odd; only a bit), but there were more pros than cons for me. [Hell, as much of a cult following the first
one has, it’s not perfect, nor even the best Burton flick, but it’s fun and I’m
a fan; not just for nostalgic reasons either].
Tim certainly needed a comeback after the flop that was Dumbo, my least favorite film of his
(you can read my review for it in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2019/04/dumbo.html),
and I’d say this and Wednesday (my review
for that is in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2022/11/wednesday-season-1chucky-season-2.html)
adequately solidified his welcome return.
9/10/2024
Bonus review:
The Deliverance EH
New Netflix movie directed by Lee Daniels (Precious) involving a family of five (a
woman, her three kids, her mother) that just moved into a home in Pittsburgh,
said house being haunted. Starting off
as what could’ve been a cozy horror flick eventually drowns in a bog of clichés
(i.e. the youngest child talks to an “imaginary friend”), cribbing from The Amityville Horror, The Exorcist, and fill in the blank here
__________ with basically any possession/exorcism movie. There’s a happy ending to top it all off and it’s “based on a true story.” Eye-roll.
9/3/2024
Other movies and TV show(s) I’ve seen and their ratings (see above):
Behave (2024) >>>EH/OK
The Demon Disorder >>>OK
(Shudder)
The Garfield Movie >>>EH/OK
Imaginary >>>EH
Rebel Ridge >>>EH
(Netflix)
Terror Tuesday: Extreme (Season One) >>>EH/OK
(Netflix; 8
episodes; In Thai with subtitles)
---Sean O.
9/11/2024
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