huh maybe it’s called Beetlejuice Beetlejuice because it’s twice as long as the original

for the love of god why does every movie have to be 2½ hours

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    6 months ago

    Why couldn’t we have better character development in Beetlejuice?

    • AlicePraxis [any]@hexbear.netOP
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      6 months ago

      I don’t really think all movies need character development to be good, I mean it’s definitely important in say, a character-driven drama film, but in a zany screwball comedy horror movie for kids? not so much.

      Beetlejuice has a very silly premise which benefits from brevity, I think diving too deep into the characters would make the whole thing less fun and bog the movie down in terms of pacing. it’s really important for a movie like that to maintain a sense of momentum, and that’s very hard to do with a long runtime