tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post5573813878045967108..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: 31 Days of Horror: BeetlejuiceDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-7736414209404914182017-10-29T16:44:27.332-04:002017-10-29T16:44:27.332-04:00Thanks so much. Keaton really is at his best here....Thanks so much. Keaton really is at his best here. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-24739300624678005162017-10-22T02:11:57.456-04:002017-10-22T02:11:57.456-04:00Hahaha do not say that name three times, you'r...Hahaha do not say that name three times, you're messing with powers beyond your comprehension. I first watched this when I was a child. It's a movie I've seen two or three times more after that and I think - while harmless - it still encroaches enough on my superstitions for me not to mess with it. I think that's a note on how timeless and memorable a piece of work it is. This is probably one of my favourite Keaton performances, it reminds me of Robin Williams in Mrs Doubtfire, he's allowed to run amuck and let his talent run the show. I really enjoyed your analysis of the film. I haven't seen the film in a while but when I do revisit it, I will with your words in mine. Kgothatjo Magolegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17851686296089750322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-40184456694561288952017-10-14T11:21:08.422-04:002017-10-14T11:21:08.422-04:00Thanks! The movie gave me a whole lot to work with...Thanks! The movie gave me a whole lot to work with. Didn't know that about Sylvia Sidney. That IS sad.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-89924341798875323072017-10-13T13:43:44.180-04:002017-10-13T13:43:44.180-04:00I love this movie and you captured so much in your...I love this movie and you captured so much in your review. Michael Keaton is great and so is Winona. I love Catherine O'Hara who plays her role so over the top. The dinner scene with Belafonte's song playing is my favourite but another fav is seeing Sylvia Sidney as the old lady helping out the new ghosts. She died of the same thing her character died of in this movie...sad actually.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-7918233274949855902017-10-11T23:55:54.088-04:002017-10-11T23:55:54.088-04:00Yes! The entire thing is original and imaginative....Yes! The entire thing is original and imaginative.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-27660173577961294632017-10-11T23:54:15.432-04:002017-10-11T23:54:15.432-04:00He has been on quite the roll over the last few ye...He has been on quite the roll over the last few years.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-10558964683966532122017-10-11T23:53:30.131-04:002017-10-11T23:53:30.131-04:00Keaton definitely owns the screen.Keaton definitely owns the screen.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-78074023947431820172017-10-11T23:51:24.054-04:002017-10-11T23:51:24.054-04:00Thanks. All of those characters are very apt compa...Thanks. All of those characters are very apt comparisons. Another good one is Robert DeNiro as Al Capone in <i>The Untouchables.</i>Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-65755174254853672432017-10-11T23:45:20.071-04:002017-10-11T23:45:20.071-04:00That, he was.That, he was.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-12352323644782379292017-10-11T16:53:37.902-04:002017-10-11T16:53:37.902-04:00"morbid, but ultimately harmless, sense of hu... "morbid, but ultimately harmless, sense of humor" ha, well-put! It's oddball and over the top, and that's part of its charm. The sets and sfx are imaginative, and I like the original idea of ghosts learning the ropes.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-35380774322198076812017-10-11T13:48:40.267-04:002017-10-11T13:48:40.267-04:00Love Keaton in this. Nice to see him back. Love Keaton in this. Nice to see him back. Alex Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080214073517411435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-36714873022060105802017-10-10T17:03:55.241-04:002017-10-10T17:03:55.241-04:00This is still my favorite Tim Burton film. I just...This is still my favorite Tim Burton film. I just love everything about it. Mostly Michael Keaton's performance as I just love how he's properly introduced and he just owned the screen from then on. "YOU BUNCH OF LOSERS! YOU'RE WORKING WITH A PROFESSIONAL HERE! NICE FUCKIN' MODEL!!!!!" It was my favorite film when I was 7-8 years old and it's still one of my all-time favorites. Every time I hear Harry Belafonte, I think of <i>Beetlejuice</i>.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-11933459995165731222017-10-10T12:35:53.240-04:002017-10-10T12:35:53.240-04:00Absolutely. Keaton casts a huge shadow over this f...Absolutely. Keaton casts a huge shadow over this film by the force of his personality and the manic glee of his performance, and yet, as you say, he's not in it much. In that respect, it reminds me of the Hammer Horror of Dracula with Christopher Lee in the title role. He's barely in the movie for huge parts of it and doesn't say a word much past the first half hour, and yet he casts a huge shadow over the whole production. A more modern example might be Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs. Everyone remembers Hopkins as being the focus of the film, yet he's onscreen for fewer than 25 minutes. A lot of people forget that the movie is focused on Ted Levine's character. How strange is it that Levine gives such a career performance that seems to be completely forgotten because Hopkins casts such a long shadow over the proceedings? A non-horror version might be Alec Baldwin's eight minutes in Glengarry Glen Ross.<br /><br />Spot on observation--I never made that connection with Beetlejuice, but you're absolutely right.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-48693997451113633022017-10-10T02:46:58.274-04:002017-10-10T02:46:58.274-04:00Great review! I really enjoyed this movie. Michael...Great review! I really enjoyed this movie. Michael Keaton was memorable in this one. Big Screen Small Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047376725272000920noreply@blogger.com