Beetle-J & two more,=Three's company!

Rating: 6/10 (12 October 2005)

When this first came out, I couldn't believe how different it was from other horror or comedy movies, or the combo of the two, which obviously is what it is, however, I have been amazed at it's simplicity of special effects in regard to the movies now. Yet it has a real artsy-goth appeal. I have thought about the movie on and off for years, then wrote what my version would be as a sequel installment on the original and expanded on the characters with a few new ones.
The only real problem with this is, I am not contracted to write for Warner Bros., or Mr.Burton. But would it not be great to see a whole other chapter in the BeEtLeJuicE library, the original writers (Both late) would have probably wanted another as well.
I would love to see, Keaton reprise his role as the royal, ghostly pain in the afterlife. He was the voice, the posturing, the whole attitude that made this one such a winner. He is young and strong character builder, besides who else is gonna be 'BeEtLeJuIcE' anyway?
To me this is a quirky-comedic horror-romping treat, with a spanking-good cast, that would be excellent in this world of 'Re-makes' to produce a second-time around original.
I say, the scenery and sets were great, I really did get enthralled with the visual and audio set up. But, due to the occult 'references' (sayonce etc) and semi-poor scripting, the lack of music in spots causing some audio dry spots, that needed more scoring from 'Elfman' than what was originally dubbed-in. My rating for this dropped down.
the sequel that I copywrote into the writter's Guild I also handed a copy to the youngest Baldwin, Stephen. I had hoped that if anyone could push it that I knew that it would be him. He just looked at me and said "This is gonna be hard to do."
Keaton stole this show, he is the ghost with the most babes. You know what one of the funniest unknown facts about this movie was? Not many know this but this was written for one of the original Rat-Pack members from the 60's fame. I wonder how many people would guess, that the first written script pick to play Beetlejuice was ......Sammy Davis Jr. No kidding. (I'm still crackin' up over here!!)
I gave it an 6, because Michael Keaton is only in it for a total time of about 19 or 20 minutes. (**)