Comments on: Beetlejuice http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/ movie review and news blog Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: david http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/comment-page-1/#comment-54211 david Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:56:07 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/#comment-54211 A very positive review...but it still got a 'B' grade? Why don't you give Beetlejuice a little more love and bump it up to an 'A'? :) Seriously though, Beetlejuice is a fine example of Tim Burton's visual sense, mixed with great writing and excellent character acting. Next to Michael Keaton's performance, I think the lovely Winona Rider should also be mentioned for her outstanding work. As Lydia, she gives a lot more depth to a character who could have easily been another shallow 'goth girl'. Overall, Beetlejuice is one of my favorite movies! A very positive review…but it still got a ‘B’ grade? Why don’t you give Beetlejuice a little more love and bump it up to an ‘A’? :)

Seriously though, Beetlejuice is a fine example of Tim Burton’s visual sense, mixed with great writing and excellent character acting. Next to Michael Keaton’s performance, I think the lovely Winona Rider should also be mentioned for her outstanding work. As Lydia, she gives a lot more depth to a character who could have easily been another shallow ‘goth girl’.

Overall, Beetlejuice is one of my favorite movies!

]]> By: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Review - Movie Reviews Blog http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Review - Movie Reviews Blog Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:52:46 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/#comment-828 [...] The movie delivers what you would expect from an end-of-summer release tooted as a summer movie: the visuals and cinematography are impressive, breathing a Disney-esque sense of wonder into Wonka’s chocolate factory. The music as well is Danny Elfman as his best, harking back to the goofy rhythms of Beetlejuice while setting foot into other genres during the Oompah Loompah scores. Oh, those Oompah Loompahs. If I were to pick one reason to justify the price of admission to see this movie, the Oompah Loompahs are most definitely it. Played individually by Deep Roy (yes, that is his name), the Oompah Loompahs are an ingenius use of digital and camera trickery and act as musical moralists during each of the children’s exit cues. Speaking of children, don’t let the presence of tykes dissuade you from seeing this movie: they’re not the annoying brats that one would expect to see in a movie such as this. The 5 children (with the exception of Charlie) act as dimunitive versions of every jerk, slob, and cynic that you may have known, whether in childhood or in your current state of growth. The casting of the movie is perfect. [...] [...] The movie delivers what you would expect from an end-of-summer release tooted as a summer movie: the visuals and cinematography are impressive, breathing a Disney-esque sense of wonder into Wonka’s chocolate factory. The music as well is Danny Elfman as his best, harking back to the goofy rhythms of Beetlejuice while setting foot into other genres during the Oompah Loompah scores. Oh, those Oompah Loompahs. If I were to pick one reason to justify the price of admission to see this movie, the Oompah Loompahs are most definitely it. Played individually by Deep Roy (yes, that is his name), the Oompah Loompahs are an ingenius use of digital and camera trickery and act as musical moralists during each of the children’s exit cues. Speaking of children, don’t let the presence of tykes dissuade you from seeing this movie: they’re not the annoying brats that one would expect to see in a movie such as this. The 5 children (with the exception of Charlie) act as dimunitive versions of every jerk, slob, and cynic that you may have known, whether in childhood or in your current state of growth. The casting of the movie is perfect. [...]

]]> By: Tales from the Darkside: the Movie - Movie Reviews Blog http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Tales from the Darkside: the Movie - Movie Reviews Blog Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:49:24 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/#comment-826 [...] The dark humor in this story is where Michal McDowell’s (Beetlejuice) presence is really felt. It’s a quirky change of pace from the usual gruesome story-tellers of anthology horror films. [...] [...] The dark humor in this story is where Michal McDowell’s (Beetlejuice) presence is really felt. It’s a quirky change of pace from the usual gruesome story-tellers of anthology horror films. [...]

]]> By: The Nightmare Before Christmas - Movie Reviews Blog http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/comment-page-1/#comment-823 The Nightmare Before Christmas - Movie Reviews Blog Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:45:26 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/beetlejuice/#comment-823 [...] The Nightmare Before Christmas is a work of art. It takes the classic Rankin-Bass stop-motion holiday films from the 70’s and warps them in a way only Tim Burton knows how. The imagery is dark and ghoulish, like it stepped right out of Beetlejuice, yet beneath all the monsters and grim settings is an innocent sense of humor which keeps things from getting too scary. It’s a great family film, with a sense of wonder and imagination that will appeal to children and animation and direction that’ll suck in adults as well. [...] [...] The Nightmare Before Christmas is a work of art. It takes the classic Rankin-Bass stop-motion holiday films from the 70’s and warps them in a way only Tim Burton knows how. The imagery is dark and ghoulish, like it stepped right out of Beetlejuice, yet beneath all the monsters and grim settings is an innocent sense of humor which keeps things from getting too scary. It’s a great family film, with a sense of wonder and imagination that will appeal to children and animation and direction that’ll suck in adults as well. [...]

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