Oh no, youve done it now: You said that name three times, so hes out!
Theres only 6,000 years between them, after all.
(Ortega, as the star of theWednesdayseries, is the youngest ofTim Burtons regulars).
Michael Keaton in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’Warner Bros./Everett Collection
As a man, he comes across as a rather creepy desk calendar.
It must have been so much fun collecting those self-help platitudes.
A lot of the appeal of a Burton fantasy is that you just want to play in their yard.
Catherine O’Hara in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’Warner Bros./Everett Collection
But its also a blast just to watch.
Yes, there are plenty of animation joins that havent been smoothed over by CGI.
Some of the props look like tat Burton bought in a flea market.
A ghost-driven dance to Harry Belafontes Day-O in the firstBeetlejuicewas hilarious because it was just so ludicrous.
This, however, is a proper showpiece.
ButBeetlejuice Beetlejuicealso is funny, all the time.
People who die are dispatched quickly and apparently painlessly.
Its what comes afterward that can be bewildering.
