This was more fun and chaotic than I thought it'd be. Guess low expectations helped but it's an easy watch.

I never loved the original and felt the same about this one. Great aesthetic from Burton, some funny jokes, a few strong performances ... well you would think that would add up to a great movie, but it just doesn't for some reason. I was mostly done with it by the musical sequence at the end and just didn't even care enough to be bothered by the countless subplots resolving with a resounding nothing. Ortega's characer is probably the biggest disappointment since her whole storyline was basically the same as it was in Wednesday.

Despite all that, I still didn't dislike it though, its amusing enough. 6/10ish. Again, basically the same way I felt about the first. I've never rewatched that film and I doubt I will ever rewatch this one either. So it really just comes down to whether you like Burton or not, which I do. Any fan of his will be fine with this film.

The first one just had a lot of charm and was really his first in his run of hits. I think at the time his style was so new that it garnered a favorable reaction for how fresh it was. Then over time it just kept playing during Halloween to get a holiday favorability buffer and it just sorta stuck around as a cult classic

My Burton rankings:

4.5/5:

Mars Attacks
Sweeney Todd

4

Batman Returns
Batman
Ed Wood
Big Fish
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

3.5

Miss Peregrine
Edward Scissorhands
Sleepy Hollow

3

Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

...oops

Planet of the Apes
Alice In Wonderland

2.5

Frankenweenie



No all time favorites, some disappointments, but overall a very solid filmography. I should probably check out the remaining four.

Big Fish is his best movie imo

This was fine albeit foregettable. It's certainly enjoyable and the cast is game - Catherine O'Hara in particular is a hoot - but it's also very conventional and so many setups and story threads end up going nowhere. B-

It’s visually impressive I’m sure it’s a lot of green screen but it looks very believable. It’s fun however there’s a bunch of predictable plot beats, even if a few caught me by surprise.

Ortegas plot line could be cut from the movie and packaged into an episode of Wednesday and it would fit almost perfectly

This is 2 movies that was completely saved on the cutting room floor and more likely the strikes. The first half of the film is basically dumb and dumber 2 Coming to America 2, Burton doing a shell reboot of himself, which isn't bad but filled with possibly the most cliche plots that go nowhere.

However the second half is such a pivot into a nice romantic plot twist with the daughter that forces lydia to team up with Beettlejuice that the film becomes a 45 minute music montage filled with one liners and just mayhem which I just digged. Keaton once he truly shows up the film ramps up to 11 and never stops. Because of that it's a recommend, I think the second half of this movie will be on replay, the first never again. B+. PS, major props to MacArthur park, Dumbledoore singing mixed with Burton is genius. B+

Finally caught this and it's a fun 2 hours. It doesn't take itself too seriously and it's good escapism. Its clear how this resonated to a nearly $300M gross. People wanted escapism and this is so ridiculous that it works.