Ugh! Really? I don't like this..... Beetlejuice sequel 2024

[Tosk]

I know that's the cool thing to say these days, but let's take a look...

You know what's not cool though? Framing it as though someone might be saying they don't like some Burton movies because other people said it first. We all have different tastes and as you said, mileage may vary. I personally dislike several more on that list than you do, and you'll just have to take my word for it that what other people rate them has nothing to do with it.

 

[the G-man]

Has he though? I know that's the cool thing to say these days, but let's take a look...

Since 1998, he has directed:

Sleepy Hollow
Planet of the Apes
Big Fish
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Alice in Wonderland
Dark Shadows
Frankenweenie
Big Eyes
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Dumbo
Six webshorts of Stainboy
Four episodes of Wednesday

Of those, I love Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie, Big Eyes, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children*, and all of Wednesday.

(*I've since read (and loved!) the books the film was based on and I'm a bit disappointed with some of the adaptation choices, but I still think the film is pretty good in its own right.)

I'm not a fan of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland, and I can certainly understand why people would outright hate them. I'm indifferent to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street but it was well-received, including by Stephen Sondheim.

Planet of the Apes is, of course, a major source of contention. As a big fan of the franchise, I appreciate what Burton tried to do but I don't think it worked well. Plus, Andy Serkis trilogy blew away his film in terms of creating the apes, one of its big selling points at the time.

I haven't bothered with Dark Shadows (never watched the original series) or Dumbo (mildly interested in seeing it someday). I've never seen Stainboy but I've always been curious about it.

All in all, I loved six out of twelve films, plus four episodes. And to be clear, of the films that I've seen, the only ones that I think are outright bad are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland. That's a pretty good success rate in my book.

Your mileage may vary, of course.

Yeah, my mileage definitely varies and I probably should have said "for me."

Loved "Sleepy Hollow," (one of my favorite horror films) liked "Big Fish" and "Miss Peregrine" (and the score's probably a bit higher on the latter than it would otherwise be due to Eva) and thought "Corpse Bride" and "Wednesday" were okay (and IMO Jenna's performance made "Wednesday"). Didn't care at all for anything else on the "late Burton" list and thought "Dark Shadows" was outright terrible and amateurish even with Eva.

 

[JD]

I haven't watched Alice In Wonderland since it first came out so why did you feel bad about the Burton version?
I felt off put because it just felll too much into the zaniness if that makes sense.

I honestly don't remember, I just saw it the one time in the theater, I just remembered that I didn't like it.

I’m pretty sure I remember reading at the time that he was offered the chance to direct the first movie (perhaps unsurprisingly) but declined. So I guess things came full circle when he directed Wednesday.

My first thought when I heard Burton was working on Wednesday was finally. The Addams Family is just such a perfect fit for his style.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos told The Wrap that the sequel is about keeping family together:

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

“At its heart ‘Beetlejuice [2]’ is a story about a family,” Zambarloukos said. “And now it’s 30 years later and what are the intricacies and the human condition in keeping a family together all that time set in the craziest world possible? That’s why I choose projects. That human connection for me is always at the forefront.”
​

It's not much to go on but it does sound promising.

 

[JD]

Yeah, that's a nice place to start.