Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! The Deetz have returned home, only to find themselves reliving yet another nightmare. Four corners upper school students review this hit new movie.
In a thrilling sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has arrived in theaters this September to deliver spooky nostalgia. Thirty-five years later, this new movie now grosses a whopping $335 million worldwide, exceeding the movie’s production cost of an estimated $100 million. The movie has made its way to the number one spot on most popular movies on IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base).
On Friday, September 6th, the movie was released to theaters and was instantly crowded with movie goers getting their peak at the long-awaited sequel. Seventh grader Maxwell Nichter comments on the Beetlejuice movies.
“I noticed that in both of the Beetlejuice movies the characters all seem to have grown and matured except for Beetlejuice, who manages to maintain little to no character growth, which I think adds to his iconic villain role,” Nichter said.
Possibly the most recognizable song from Beetlejuice was “Day-O” by Harry Belafonte. The song was used once again in this film and fans seemed to really enjoy the tribute.
“I really liked a lot of the songs. A lot of times Beetlejuice broke out into song and it would never be with his voice, it was just really funny in my opinion. It made the movie really enjoyable,” Ninth grader, Kailey Brown said.
Aspen Smith believes choosing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s cast was a crucial part in the filmmaking process. The cast of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice welcomes Michael
Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Katherine O’Hara, and more.
“Jenna Ortega played her part really well, and the lady from stranger things [Winona Ryder], she did a really good job too,” Smith said.
Although Smith thinks the cast showed themselves to be a great addition to the movie, she finds that the peculiar aesthetic makes the movie unique in its own way.
“Actually [the movie], it’s kind of all over the place, its wacky, its quirky, its really fun,” Smith said.
For some the movie has been labeled as difficult to understand while others believed it to be very well contextualized. Junior Landyn Rayan touches on his view of the movie.
“They did a good job of explaining details to help the audience understand, especially in the characters dialogue they drop little bits and pieces of background information which makes it easy to follow. The whole movie was well put apart,” Rayan said.
Whether their story has come to an end or not, has not been stated, but for now this sequel has come to a close. Eighth grader, Giovanni Maldonado ties up his opinion on the movie.
“The quality is pretty good; I like how they brought back the stop motion to represent the first movie… I like how the movie kept its uniqueness, like, its thrilling, but also calming like Beetlejuice,” Maldonado said.
