A Soul Destroying Sequel
After waiting 36 years for the sequel to the brilliant 1980s film *Beetlejuice*, you'd think it would be worth the wait. Unfortunately, *Beetlejuice 2* is an absolute nightmare.
Everything about this film feels different-the pace, the look, the jokes (or lack thereof). The story itself is muddled and nonsensical, with one noisy, busy scene after another. It feels like a load of writers brainstormed ideas but didn't bother to whittle them down into a coherent story.
A subplot involving one of Beetlejuice's ex-girlfriends hunting for him seemed irrelevant and pointless. Another storyline about a killer didn't appear to reach a conclusion.
The teen character Astrid, tried to replicate the original Lydia but came off as shallow and clichéd.
This sequel felt more like a bad episode of *American Horror Story* than a follow-up to one of the great comedies of the 1980s. It's puzzling why the same director and actors couldn't recapture the magic of the original. Perhaps creativity and imagination are as dead as Beetlejuice himself.
Everything about this film feels different-the pace, the look, the jokes (or lack thereof). The story itself is muddled and nonsensical, with one noisy, busy scene after another. It feels like a load of writers brainstormed ideas but didn't bother to whittle them down into a coherent story.
A subplot involving one of Beetlejuice's ex-girlfriends hunting for him seemed irrelevant and pointless. Another storyline about a killer didn't appear to reach a conclusion.
The teen character Astrid, tried to replicate the original Lydia but came off as shallow and clichéd.
This sequel felt more like a bad episode of *American Horror Story* than a follow-up to one of the great comedies of the 1980s. It's puzzling why the same director and actors couldn't recapture the magic of the original. Perhaps creativity and imagination are as dead as Beetlejuice himself.
- RaveReviewerzzz
- Oct 9, 2024