Hey folks! Beggin’ your pardon! ‘Scuse me, sorry to barge in. Now let’s skip the tears and start on the whole, ya know, new movie thing. Everywhere, the new movie “BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE” is in theaters. If you are a lover of the original film “Beetlejuice” and/or the Broadway musical, this new movie will be a bit of a let down. Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” promised certain things in the trailer that were nothing like it in the actual film, and the Astrid/Lydia relationship showed nothing new due to mirroring the Lydia/Delia relationship.

The film got 77 out of 100 on Rotten Tomatoes. Although the movie had a good rating, it didn’t meet the standard set in the trailer. The trailer made it seem like Astrid was another bride of Beetlejuice, like her mother was in the original 1988 film. As it turns out Astrid was just wearing a costume on Halloween. Knowing in advance that her mother, Lydia Deetz, can see ghosts and Astrid’s father is dead, it would make sense she can still see him. But Lydia is unable to see him. This leads to a strained relationship between the mother-daughter duo. Additionally, the presumption that her father would appear alive later in the movie, yet he instead appears dead. This lets down another expectation the movie sets for itself.

Now let’s talk about the mother-daughter duo’s actions and similarities for a minute. I thought that this made for a bad sequel due to the feel of the relationship between Astrid and Lydia. This looks like the writers ran out of mother-daughter relationship ideas and remade the original in an equally severe way, almost costing Astrid her life much like Lydia in the Broadway show. At one point in the movie, Delia even tells Astrid she is doing what Lydia did as a teenager. Although she said she enjoyed the payback, Delia did tell Astrid to be nicer to Lydia while they mourn the loss of Charles Deetz(Delia’s husband, Lydia’s father, and Astrid’s grandfather.). But Astrid doesn’t listen to her step grandmother; instead she meets a boy that she thinks is trustworthy but ends up regretting it. This causes Beetlejuice and Lydia to pair up again. Except this time, Beetlejuice wants to marry Lydia to get rid of his soul-sucking ex wife, Dellores, who is now free in the afterlife and on a soul-sucking spree. Lydia agrees even though she is engaged to an awful man named Rory who uses her.

Overall, the movie had a lot of murky relationships and plot points. I would however still recommend seeing this movie even with all the murkiness for one reason, the nostalgia. It was nice to see the original cast back together and up to their old devilish tricks. This movie will make you want to watch the original again but with more respect for the art that it is since you know what comes after, not what all people would call art. So head to the theaters for a strange and unusual film for the next SHOWTIME.