Beetlejuice 2

I was surprised, I thought reviews were positive but I haven't seen shit for advertising. Thought this wasnt coming out until Halloween time

Homsar said:

I was surprised, I thought reviews were positive but I haven't seen shit for advertising. Thought this wasnt coming out until Halloween time

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Apparently they said: Fuck marketing! It's Beetlejuice BITCHES!!!!!!!!!

Also it made 13 million in previews and the trades estimate 100-110 Domestic this weekend.

Pretty great reviews for a legacy sequel. Ill prob see it, not much else to do this weekend.

Yeah, at only $100 million dollar budget it looks like it's going to be a huge success so I won't be surprised if there's a Beetlejuice 3.

Saw it yesterday. It's decent enough but a bit all over the place. It's like they had a brainstorming session for potential plots of a sequel and decided 'you know what? Let's just do them all!'

Qhue said:

Saw it yesterday. It's decent enough but a bit all over the place. It's like they had a brainstorming session for potential plots of a sequel and decided 'you know what? Let's just do them all!'

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Honestly, this has been kind of a theme, not just for movies but for a lot of shows too. Lots of projects these days now feel disjointed and cobbled together, kind of like a movie (or show) version of Frankenstein's monster. It sucks.

In the old days, you had these very experienced, very powerful auteur types who would take the reins and dictate just about every aspect of the project: writing, casting, production, direction, etc. They didn't necessarily DO everything on the project (though some did), but they did exert their influence and control over just about everything. This meant that the final product was a pretty good representation of one person's VISION.

Projects today suck so much because they have no VISION. It's ok to have a writer's room of 20 people, but someone has to pull all those ideas together, take charge, and make the movie coherent. People these days are largely afraid to do that because, in some ways, it requires you to be a dick- or at least be willing to tell someone, "Sorry, your idea just isn't going to work for this project." People, including some directors, are terrified of blackballed by the studio for being "mean" or for not being inclusive enough.

I don't think Burton has an excuse but I know Raimi made comments about not having control of shit in safe terms.

I know his vision on Dr strange was butchered. No idea if it would have been better. He did make spiderman 3

rewatched the original saturday evening with family who had never seen it (kids) and they all enjoyed it, probably will see the new one during the week and if i like it may take them out next weekend

its one of the biggest box office openings of the year which just kinda shows what a weird places movies are in

It’s a bit garbled but I had a lot of fun during it. The musical scene was pretty incredible.

Fun, but not great, movie

Monica Beluccis character was more or less pointless

Dr.Retarded said:

Just agree, and cry pardon, because you have forgotten the face of your father.

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This was fine. Unsure how to describe it but, despite being Burton, it seemed uninspired on his usual flair. Had some solid moments and callbacks. The finale was stellar.

TheNozz said:

Fun, but not great, movie

Monica Beluccis character was more or less pointless

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Tim Burton likes to cast his girlfriends. Helena Bonham Carter while a great actress was in all of his movies because of this. Monica Bellucci is his current GF so now you see why she is there even though she had nothing to do.

Juvarisx said:

Tim Burton likes to cast his girlfriends. Helena Bonham Carter while a great actress was in all of his movies because of this. Monica Bellucci is his current GF so now you see why she is there even though she had nothing to do.

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I believe Burton and Belucci started dating while filming, so maybe he cast her as an ice breaker?

Bandwagon said:

Someone do Wes Anderson...

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He includes a loud scene every so often to wake you up from his boring ass movies.

Burns said:

He includes a loud scene every so often to wake you up from his boring ass movies.

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Hey Isle of Dogs was great