Warner Bros. tried to push "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" to streaming on Max, but Tim Burton refused and agreed to make the film for cheaper.
  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    2 months ago

    Takeaway message — if you want your work shown in theaters, don’t sell your production to Warner-Discovery.

    • TheImpressiveXOPEnglish
      48·
      2 months ago

      I’ll do you one better - if you want your work to see the light of day at all, don’t sell your production to Warner-Discovery, as it might get cancelled for a tax writeoff.

  • BruceTwarzen@lemm.eeEnglish
    251·
    2 months ago

    The fact that 100million dollars is a low budget movie now somehow is mind blowing to me.

      • cabbage@piefed.social
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        2 months ago

        I guess it might be relatively low for the sequel to a cult classic made by a famous director and with a star spangled cast. A lot of directors probably wouldn’t limit themselves when they know they don’t have to.

  • gradyp@awful.systemsEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    good, I’m glad. I saw it in the theater and the biggest thing I took away from it was an appreciation for not having overdone it. just a fun, nostolgic take on an old halloween classic with ultimately low stakes. hit just the right note as far as I’m concerned.

    still 100 million is a lowered budget. sheesh.

    • cabbage@piefed.social
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      2 months ago

      Exactly. Nothing about the original screams blockbuster, and nothing about the new one (except maybe some of the casting) does either. It’s just a really fun and, in my opinion, overall great movie. There’s nothing $50 million could have done to improve upon it. And it is absolutely worth seeing in a cinema.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    It seems like the money laundering that has infested classical art has inevitably spread to movie and TV seasons, over 100 million budgets what the fuck

    • TheImpressiveXOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Sure, movie budgets can get ridiculous these days, but making a movie is expensive.

      • whotookkarl@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I guess so and inflation threw off my intuition since the rate keeps accelerating. Cleopatra in '63 for 31 million would be over 301 million today in inflation adjusted dollars, and avengers in 2012 at 220 million would be over 318 million today. It’s staggering how much less a dollar is worth today than just 12 years ago.

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Hey anyone who has seen it, was it good? One of my favorite ongoing comic series is being produced by the guys who wrote Beetlejuice² and produced Wednesday (also haven’t seen, hate remakes/reboots by default, stopped after Total Recall.) I’m nervous lol.

    • OozingPositron@feddit.clEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      I didn’t like it, too many conflicts or villains and not enough screen time to really work with them, there’s one with an awesome introduction only to appear for approximately 10 minutes in total and get brushed off easily in the end.

      • pH3raEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        there’s one with an awesome introduction only to appear for approximately 10 minutes in total and get brushed off easily in the end.

        It’s funny because there are multiple ones that fit under that description

      • cabbage@piefed.social
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        2 months ago

        This is something I really loved actually. I never knew where the plot was going to go because there were so many different dynamics going on. At the end everything was tied together, but having so many things in motion made it unpredictable and fun to watch. To me, at least.

    • RagingRobot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I really liked it. I like the first way better but this one is good. The art style was a nice continuation of the original and it had some great practical effects. I love that it had most of the same people. The sound design was good and reminded me of the original. I liked that they explored more of the dead characters from the first one too.

      • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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        2 months ago

        The score was amazing!

        I’d rank it up there with the first one - less quirky, but more of a wild ride. My partner preferred the sequel, though she loves both.

        I really struggle to understand how anyone could like the original and not like the sequel, unless they only like the old one out of a sense of nostalgia but they’ve actually grown to have their taste change since.

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I was very entertained. If you like the first one I say there’s a really good chance you’re going to like this one.