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Friday Fun Thread for September 6, 2024

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I saw the new Beetlejuice film today on a whim (an air-conditioned movie theater sounded more appealing than the 96-degree weather we’re suffering through in San Diego this week) and I thought it was solid! I haven’t seen the original film since I was a teenager, so I likely missed most of the nostalgia triggers, but as a standalone film it’s still enjoyable. Macabre and wryly funny, with the right level of restrained camp. For a woman in her fifties, Winona Ryder has aged fairly gracefully (although maybe I’m just biased because I believe that in her prime she’s arguably the most beautiful woman to have ever lived), and even Jenna Ortega, whose appeal has always more or less eluded me, is used well. I share the general opinion here that the era of recycled IP we’ve lived in for the last decade - endless sequels, prequels, reboots, and spinoffs - has made TV and film pretty unenjoyable, but as sequels go I think this one is a fun time, even for someone with little or no investment in the original film.

I believe that in her prime she’s arguably the most beautiful woman to have ever lived

Apparently a demon in the sack as well.

I haven't seen the original film in years. I watched quite a bit of the cartoon show as a kid. I'll have to check it out.

Oh man, I was so shocked when I first saw the movie and Beetlejuice was the bad guy. Not at all what the cartoon led kid me to expect.

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