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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 1328
Released: September 16, 2008 |
| Our Price: $6.50 |
| Used Price: $4.82 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Movie DVD
Description of Beetlejuice (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition):
Before making Batman, director Tim Burton and star Michael Keaton teamed up for this popular black comedy about a young couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) whose premature death leads them to a series of wildly bizarre afterlife exploits. As ghosts in their own New England home, they're faced with the challenge of scaring off the pretentious new owners (Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones), whose daughter (Winona Ryder) has an affinity for all things morbid. Keaton plays the mischievous Beetlejuice, a freelance "bio-exorcist" who's got an evil agenda behind his plot to help the young undead newlyweds. The film is a perfect vehicle for Burton's visual style and twisted imagination, with clever ideas and gags packed into every scene. Beetlejuice is also a showcase for Keaton, who tackles his title role with maniacal relish and a dark edge of menace. --Jeff Shannon
Beetlejuice (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Reviews:
Beetlejuice DVD 
2009-11-08 - Let me start by saying that the DVD arrived in the condition indicated and at a good price. However, the shipping seemed to take a lot longer than I would've expected. Although it arrived within the "receive by" window, the time span they indicated was a two-week period--hardly precise info. I'm not sure why it took so long.
The ghost with the most 
2009-10-27 - After 20 years, this oddball dark comedy hasn't lost its irreverent impact. Up-and-coming director Tim Burton's playfully twisted visual style runs rampant through this movie, saturating nearly every frame. It even turns actor Michael Keaton into sort of a vile living cartoon, the one & only Beetlejuice, a manic bio-exorcist with sinister agendas. The film also boosted the resumes of terrific talents like Jeffrey Jones & Catherine O'Hara (here as an annoying trendy couple transplanted from New York to a small Connecticut town). The film helped maked stars of Geena Davis & Alec Baldwin (as the kind, hapless ghostly couple) and Winona Ryder (as the ex-New Yorker's death-obsessed daughter, Lydia). But this is really Keaton's movie all the way, in spite of a good cast.
The art direction, make-up & special effects have Burton's distinctive stamp all over them.
I was slightly disappointed that this 20th Anniversary Edition didn't have at least interviews or a making-of featurette (although it includes a handful of the delightful "Beetlejuice" animated episodes).
However, it's a little offbeat comedy that's achieved cult status over the years (all you have to do is view it to figure out why). Just don't say the title three times!
Blueray: Great movie. Blue-Ray-Okay 
2009-10-19 - I have the DVD, and added the Blue-Ray. A very good movie. It is very re-watchable. It's also a good opportunity to view some famous actors in much younger days. A much younger Alec Baldwin is hardly recognizable. Michael Keaton really isn't recognizable due to the makeup used, even though he played a great part. Wynona Ryder plays a great part as always. Gina Davis and Catherine O'Hara played their parts well. Although the PQ was very good, I really didn't see any appreciable improvement in the PQ or Audio, over the earlier DVD. I have a 5.1 system, with Polk Speakers.
There is only one disc. There was no paper insert. The separate audio soundtrack (on the same Blue-Ray disc), failed to play on my Panasonic BD60 (with all firmware updates). Everything else played. If you have the DVD, I don't see any benefit in getting the Blue-Ray. I guess that's why the price dropped to close to single digits. I'm really starting to question the benefits of Blue-Ray over DVDs. In most Blue-Ray movies, I've watched, extras, present on earlier releases, have been removed. I thought that was a major selling point in the Blue-Ray movement.
1988 Tim Burton film, dvd.
2009-10-07 - Tim Burton's unique vision, which is almost cartoonish at times, really comes across, in this film. A dark comedy, that accents the humor, rather than the horror. Also noteworthy is, Michael Keaton's character, which is not only annoying to the living, but the dead as well. Winona Ryder's character is also interesting to watch.
Always a pleasure
2009-10-04 - Never a disappointment, always a laugh and since its in blu-ray its a joy too!!!
