Beetlejuice II

It’s slated to hit cinemas on 6 September 2024, Warner Bros. has confirmed with Jenna Ortega cast as Lydia Deetz’s daughter

Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are on board to return

From Variety

Is he still going to Hawaii - we need to know!

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The last Burton movie I really enjoyed was Big Fish 20 years ago.

I don't have high hopes for this being honest.

Trailer

https://x.com/wbpictures/status/1793673242646839616

https://x.com/wbpictures/status/1793673242646839616

Funnily enough I went from meh to enthused after watching that.

First trailer for this I thought "ok, it might be alright".

This trailer looks like a rushed Netflix production. It really has a TV quality look to it. Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara and Jenna Ortega might be the best things about this when it comes time to seeing it, but Winona Ryder has lost any acting chops she had a long time ago and like her Stranger Things performance, looks cringe in this.

I see this is now 'in the wild' . Anyone watch it yet

my mistake, was only a trailer when I did go to have a look.

A pity none of the stations are showing Beetlejuice anywhere this week.

Would really love to see it again before going to see this in the Cinema.

Seems like a missed opertunity by the TV broadcasters.

I believe it is on netflix

I saw this today.

I found it quite good. Sure not every joke lands, but the story is good enough to keep it going for the 100 or so minutes that lasts. Tim Burton directs with a similar flair to the first one, there is some great set design and I also liked the music- both original and the songs.

Performances a bit uneven. Michael Keaton is great again in the title role. Catherine O'Hara delightful, picking up from where she left at Schitt's Creek. Jenny Ortega playing a similar palette to her role as Wednesday Adams. And I also liked Monica Belucci in her small, femme fatale (literally 🙃 ) role. The rest were just OK. If I'm honest, I didn't get Willem Dafoe's role, wasn't particularly necessary in moving the story forward.

Overall positive balance and anyone that liked the first film will probably enjoy this one too!!

Pretty much agree with this Keaton has great fun, O Hara is very Moira Rose but loved every second she was on screen. It's enjoyable enough and moves at a decent clip I wasn't bored but the story is pretty basic.

I was fully expecting to not like this but I laughed more than I expected and it did enough for me to enjoy it. There is too much going on, and not all of it interesting or going anywhere (you could cut out Dafoe and Bellucci and it would have damn all impact). They should have stuck to them main plot threads for Lydia being haunted by Beetlejuice, and Astrid's plot and flesh them out more and give them a better, less rushed ending.

I can't understand how they killed off Jeffrey Jones' character only to keep him around and constantly referencing him, and showing Jeffrey's picture on the gravestone, when they go to great lengths to not show him (stop motion animation, and half eaten dead body). It's such a bizarre choice. Just have him dead and move on.

You'd expect Michael Keaton to steal the show, but for me Catherine O'Hara was the MVP. I enjoyed both their performances, even if Beetlejuice isn't as sinister or as madcap as in the first movie.

I didn't like the amount of needle drops in the movie, Tragedy by the Bee Gees during Monica Bellucci's arrival scene was just bizarre and the wrong tone. Danny Elfman's name is on the credits yet it looks like he's done sweet F.A. here and left it for a soundtrack to fill. Too busy dealing with his lawsuits maybe.

I liked Jenna Ortega in it. I'm sure she's very within range of Wednesday, but I didn't watch it beyond the first episode, but her character and vibe works here. I appreciate the running time not being excessive but it definitely could do with a trim of the fat to make it a leaner and better effort for it.

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