The Reel Rejects - BEETLEJUICE (1988) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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Starting point is 00:01:45 That was so much fun. And then the next year, as on our screen, Batman. Yep. Man. Vastly different films. Both very Tim Burtony. Oh, yeah. And like, what a...

Starting point is 00:01:57 How did he do them so fast? I don't even know, man. That's a run right there. That's a huge turnaround. So we just watched, if you're listening to this on Spotify or iTunes or wherever you listen to the podcast, if you do, we just watched Beetlejuice. And I think it exceeded my lofty expectations. How about you? I think it did too.

Starting point is 00:02:16 I had no idea what to expect, just the cultural zeitgeist of vague knowledge. But yeah, it was totally unexpected and even crazier than I could have imagined. I absolutely loved it. Yeah, I agree. I think it was definitely bigger and more creative. and I've really always liked Tim Burton's stuff but I've always been kind of casual like if I hear Tim Burton's making a movie I'll see it

Starting point is 00:02:34 but I've never been like this explains his impact this explains his like devout following this was such a creative interesting journey and it was really fun with having like images in the cultural zeit guys without knowing that they were from like I love when a movie is like super memed or you know the modern equivalent is seeing things in like gifts

Starting point is 00:02:54 but I'd seen some of this just in pop culture references And I did not expect now that, like, this year, I really fell in love with Dune 2. I didn't expect all the Dune stuff. So that was really fun. I don't know if there's ever been a franchise. Now that there's a second one coming up this year, that is as involved in another franchise. Like, it was really interesting to see those things merge and clearly Tim Burton's a fan. And the how, the way he was able to do that.

Starting point is 00:03:16 And like, I don't know the legal ramifications of being able to do that, but he works. Huh? They're both WB. They're both WB. So it works. So whatever happens. The thing I loved most about this movie as I was watching is the fact that this is a very simple premise. Yeah. But the fact that

Starting point is 00:03:29 Tim Burton is able to infuse so much character. The visuals really. And the music as well. And the Danielpon, yeah. It really elevated it because you're like, you're like, okay, ghosts want their house back. That's like in a sentence what this movie's about. Goes haunted by the living. Ghost haunted by the living. Yeah. Hit their own way. Like the normal, the normal side is what's

Starting point is 00:03:47 ruining their afterlife. Exactly. And I think the fact that this movie was able to be so entertaining. And also something I was probably the most shocked about was that how little Beatles is actually in the movie. It's in like 15 minutes. Maybe even, yeah, possibly less. It was crazy.

Starting point is 00:04:01 If you actually clock screen time, yeah, probably less. Yeah. It didn't appear for the first time until like halfway. No, like, I want to say like 40 minutes in the movie. We've got like no Beetlejuice. Yeah, which I liked because like the world building was so good. I didn't miss the lead character. And I was thinking when he appeared, I'm like, man, I miss when there was such an

Starting point is 00:04:18 interesting world building and it was so entertaining that you could have things like that. Like, I know people hate what we always reference comic things, but I always think about how limited the screen time of, like, like The Joker is. Like Dark Night, he's barely in it. Or like the impact of Alec Baldwin to go with the Baldwin, like Glenn Garry, Glenn Ross. Like, he's in it for five minutes.

Starting point is 00:04:34 He's got a best supporting actor not. Those roles that are so impactful, this felt like that, where Beetlejuice is a cultural icon, and he's got 50 minutes of screen time to date. Yeah. And that's about to change. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:04:46 Hey, I'm excited. I mean, granted, I got to wait until it comes out on a VOD, but I'm excited. This definitely got me hype for it. But I think the fact that movie is, it doesn't only hold off on having, having him in it, but the movie builds the hype for us to see him. And when he does finally

Starting point is 00:04:59 appear, he's just this powerful force of just pure insanity and manic energy. And I think it was very worth the weight that movie had us go through because we just get to see him in these small birds. But when he is there, he just encapsulates everything that's happening on screen. He's just this intense energy. And I think Michael Keaton, I understand why this is one of his most famous roles. And I'm happy that I'm able to finally see it with you and see it with you guys. The energy, man, like the bursts of energy. Like, I was such a joy to see him play and go, like, full manic and just have a good time. And it's so much fun.

Starting point is 00:05:33 Like Catherine O'Hara from, I believe she's in Home Alone, right? I don't know. I haven't seen him alone. Oh, wow. Yeah. Wait, have I seen? Yeah, probably not since I was, like, little, but I don't remember anything about it. I think that's what I know we're from, but I haven't seen it since, like, you know, 15 years.

Starting point is 00:05:46 But, like, to see her in this, I've seen her in Schitt's Creek more recently for years. Like, she's so good in that show. And see, like, Baldwin's so young. you see what movie stars in the 80s and 90, like why they were. Like Gina Davis is an icon. Alec Baldwin's an icon. Like Winona Ryder had that crazy 10-year run that was part of. It was really cool just to see when you look at movies now,

Starting point is 00:06:08 there's certain people like Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds and, you know, Glenn Powell's just starting his run. It's really cool to go back and see people when they're in the middle of their like picking the fun roles because they're already famous. Like picking the things that they want to make like the big summer tent pole. And this was cool because you could tell they, Warner Brothers trusted it because they threw so much of the physical budget and they put these

Starting point is 00:06:27 big actors in it but it was really cool to see something with this much creativity that they trusted. Like this was such a bold swing and then you've got people like Gina Davis and Alec Baldwin at the height of their powers going like we'd like to put our names on this and build this crazy world with timber and that was really special. Yeah yeah

Starting point is 00:06:43 this movie I imagine it was a huge risk for the studio to put their money behind and even to this day granted some of the effects your little dated let's be honest but the fact that it's still able to hold up and have so much creativity is just to this day it's like it's not something that's like i've been there seeing that like no it's authentically purely tim burton and i wonder what because it's so weird like what was the audience reception at the time it came out it's been

Starting point is 00:07:07 mind-blowing those visuals like they definitely are dated but like 36 years ago yeah those visuals must have been absolutely insane because even now they're cool we know a little bit how the sausage is made but even now they're impactful so i can't imagine like trying to explain that to a studio exact then like we're gonna shrink his head we're gonna have him digging in the like the storyboards must have been nuts the pits much been incredible yeah i cannot wait for the next one i cannot wait to see like more timburton madness yeah there's had to be really scary for kids i wonder if like this was just like an adult movie that wanted to go see or like everybody went to go soon huh these kids saw too soon and we're like terrified i guarantee this one of the movie you're like

Starting point is 00:07:41 i shouldn't have seen this traumatized kids yeah yeah generationally oh yeah but it was funny it was lively it was energetic i love the creativity some of the more creative movies i've seen in a really long time. I smiled throughout. My cheeks actually hurt. That was a blast. Yeah, I was laughing throughout. And the fact that, listen, comedy is very subjective experience, but the fact that this is such a, it's like 36 years old, right? Yeah. And it's still able to be hilarious. I think it's just in a testament to the writing and the physical comedy on display, because not all movies that are made 20, 30 years later still hold up, you know? And it's just one of those things that is able to hold the test of time, not only with its storytelling,

Starting point is 00:08:19 not only with this music but with the way it's able to make us laugh, which is just a testament to how how much quality is on display on this film overall. I also, before we grab out of it, I really appreciate the details and everything because I want to see it again, maybe like around Halloween. We're watching this the first

Starting point is 00:08:37 week of September because the sequel's coming out, but I'm really excited to watch this, maybe this or next Halloween again, because there were so many moments, it's like when you see a really good comedy and you laugh over a joke, there were so many visuals, I'm sure there were visuals I didn't catch in certain cues, because there were so many like just beautiful frames of so much going on and like I really loved it was funny because the first thing I think I said was I miss when movies had that sweeping over the head town

Starting point is 00:08:58 shot before I realized it was a miniature and then it wasn't a miniature as if trying to trick you it was literally a miniature like in canon as a miniature so now I want to watch and see what parts of the town that we saw that were mentioned later and like there's stuff that is going to be very rewatchable and I love that it used miniatures in and out of its own canon like there were things that were shot for miniature than things shot to be his miniature so i really want to rewatch it with the eye on like what's practical and how they built everything because that was so special like i i get the hype that was incredible no totally i totally agree yeah the miniature thing was was awesome i love that the usage of it both within the narrative and just seeing this added

Starting point is 00:09:36 to the creative uh display that tim burton had also i want to know more about the world like just the underworld and all the stuff because we had to get little tidbits of the information and i know we're about to see the new movie but prior to that i'm i'm sure sure for like 30 years people were like what's going on with this underworld place like this middle ground where people have to wait so much creativity yeah so much creativity and like you just get little little bits and it just I wonder if like how much of those storyboards and like that background that Tim Burton wrote is going to be implemented into this new one and if he is going to be using some of those um like miniatures or if he is going to be using some of those um stop motion effects

Starting point is 00:10:12 like he did back in the 80s or if it's all going to be CGI how it is kind of nowadays but I hope it's a blend I also like that they didn't spoon feed us too much. I like that the world is like, I like that we're both curious for more or not. We know everything. I like that it like tempts you with more information instead of like, here's the rules. Like it wasn't like reading the, you know,

Starting point is 00:10:30 like some movies today would be like, the rules of the dead. And then it would just read the book. This was really delightfully, charmingly vague in a lot of ways. And that means you can get a sequel. And I think there was a cartoon. And you can get that cartoon. So this was fantastic.

Starting point is 00:10:44 Let us know what you think in the comments below. I'm so glad at this exact. at this exact juncture in my life I've just started looking for houses and I think in my youth like in my teens I'd have been like yeah modernize that house make it New York and it's really funny

Starting point is 00:10:56 now I'm like what a classic Connecticut home like I really it's funny how you change over time and like I am a city boy but I definitely appreciate the calm so I can identify with everyone in this film and that was a really fun time even though they were like caricatures of things so yeah had a really good time

Starting point is 00:11:10 glad I got to watch it with you man I'm glad we both hadn't seen it what a journey let us know in the comments below what you think that was so much fun definitely going to show it to my future kids that don't exist far too early and see how they hit. Let us know and leave a like and if you want him to watch some other Michael Keaton stuff, I have

Starting point is 00:11:24 seen Birdman and I have seen what else do we talk about? There was another one that There was Birdman and then there was You've seen Spider Man with him as a vulture? Yeah, I've seen Spider-Man with him as a vulture. You haven't seen multiplicity. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I haven't seen since I was a kid, but it's like one of the big like this is Michael Keaton. But yeah, if there's any Michael Keaton

Starting point is 00:11:40 movies you think I haven't seen or we haven't seen, let us know in the comments below. Share this video at Spooky Season. Let's get those spooky numbers up. If you want us to watch more things in this vein, let us know in the comments below. Much love, Reject Nation. We'll see you soon. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice.

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The Reel Rejects - BEETLEJUICE (1988) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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