Originally Posted by
Swykk
I saw it last night and found it to largely be fun but forgettable which is a disservice to the original ultimately.
Bellucci’s character is pretty much useless. I didn’t care about it and neither did the movie.
I liked Theroux’s scummy Rory and found him to fit into the Beetlejuice world perfectly. O’Hara is always a treat too. Those two knew what movie they were in. Keaton is great but I didn’t feel the menace in him that the character had in the original. This Beetlejuice is like Freddy Krueger in the post Dream Warriors movies. Ryder is okay but I wouldn’t say she nailed it like in the original. I was annoyed by Ortega mostly…see my post about her needing to fade a bit like that other dude with a stupid name that’s in everything. She’s overexposed.
Spoiler: I found that Astrid’s ability to see ghosts was done so well too. That Jeremy subplot was my favorite in the movie. What was up with why Lydia couldn’t see her husband? I thought for sure we were going to discover he wasn’t actually dead. The Soul Train got a pop from me. Also, were the cops the cast of Supertroopers?