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Occasionally horny, often trippy, usually probably racist, but boy is it amazing to look at. The parts overlaying animation over live action are particularly great.
The Three Caballeros song (and reprises) are the only bits that completely worked for me, and that’s likely at least partially due to my great affection for the ride in the World Showcase at EPCOT.
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Kids and I love the Beetlejuice The Musical cast recording so much that I finally caught up with this I maybe for the first time so I could see if kids would be ok watching.
I think I might have tried to watch this when I was younger but thought it was too creepy. I certainly recognize bits and pieces. I was surprised how little Beetlejuice is actually in Beetlejuice.
Definitely still to creepy/gross/scary to show my kids.
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Tonally all over the place. Apparently Bryan Adams thought Edward should sing songs that sound like awkward cheesy Bryan Adams songs in the middle of a Broadway musical. It was okay when it was being fun or silly, but really missed anytime it was trying to be romantic or sincere. Performances were fine but music and lyrics were rough.
Hearing Alec Baldwin’s voice from Ben Affleck’s face and Steve Buscemi’s voice coming out of a Jason Priestly lookalike is very confusing.
Movie is actually moderately better and better looking than I expected though. How do they shoot ghosts with bullets though?
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Truly remarkable work and that’s despite just how ugly I find all of Selick’s work. Wendell & Wild’s story and characters were great and definitely connected with me the most of any of his films.
Such a great performance by Mara Wilson and great job by all the actual 6 year olds playing 6 year olds. Too much time early with the family and focusing on the adults.
Watched this with the kids because they (and I) loved the new Matilda the Musical adaptation on Netflix. They liked this version ok but definitely still prefer the new musical and not just because its newer and “old things are boring and not funny.”
In a mostly fun movie where Sandra Bullock is supposed to be a hacker but constantly has no clue how the Internet works, the most unbelievable thing is that she could really spend more than 30 seconds talking to Dennis Miller without punching him in the face.
He’s supposed to be her ex? But maybe her therapist too?
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Doing a Black Panther MCU binge before Wakanda Forever. First time I’ve rewatched this in ages, easily the MCU movie I least enjoy watching.
I truly hate storylines that revolve around miscommunication or simple misunderstandings. Even more so in this case because it robbed us of a true Captain America movie. The Spider-Man and Ant-Man bits are great though.
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It was fine. Produced by Nolan’s sons and himself so not exactly deep or revelatory, but was interesting to hear from Nolan and his family and hear old stories from teammates.
It was most maybe most successful at humanizing him as a grandpa. Biggest disappointment was relative lack of old game or behind the scenes footage.
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