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Film:Beetlejuice

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:38:50 GMT

Title: Beetlejuice
Year: 1988
Director: Tim Burton
Plot: Thanks to the carelessness of a cute little dog, newlyweds Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin are killed in a freak auto accident. Upon arriving in the outer offices of Heaven, the couple finds that, thanks to a century's worth of bureaucratic red tape, they're on a long celestial waiting list. Before they can earn their wings, Davis and Baldwin must occupy their old house as ghosts for the next fifty years. Alas, the house is now owned by insufferable yuppies Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones. Horrified at the prospect of sharing space with these obnoxious interlopers, Davis and Baldwin do their best to scare O'Hara and Jones away, but their house-haunting skills are pathetic at best. In desperation, the ghostly couple engage the services of a veteran scaremeister: a yellow-haired, snaggle-toothed, profane, flatulent "gonzo" spirit named Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton). The problem: Beetlejuice cannot be trusted-especially when he falls in love with O'Hara and Jones' gloomy, black-clad teenaged daughter Winona Ryder. Beetlejuice producer David Geffen, director Tim Burton, and composer Danny Elfman were also involved in an animated TV-series spin-off. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Spout Post: Weekly Theme for August 31: Makeup Metamorphosis

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:14:38 GMT

Post By: mercurial
Post To: Weekly Theme
Post Date: 8/31/2009 10:14:38 PM
Body: Taking inspiration from this recent quiz over at Sporcle (http://www.sporcle.com/games/actorsindisguise.php), this week’s theme is about all those incredible transformations through makeup or CGI that some actors undertake in order to become the absolute visual representation of a character in a film. The recent explosion of films utilizing CGI over labor intensive makeup and body suits has made the once impossible, possible. Casting slightly similar looking actors to portray younger versions of a character is no longer necessary when Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen can be made to look twenty years younger, such as the case in X-Men: The Last Stand, and Brad Pitt can depict the various stages of life from birth to senility in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Nevertheless, CGI hasn’t completely superseded the art of movie makeup as evidenced by Heath Ledger’s metamorphosis in the maniacal Joker and Ron Perlman’s larger than life Hellboy. My favorites tend to be those with just the slightest bit of makeup/prosthesis: Mickey Rourke as Marv in Sin City - Just a little bit of flesh colored latex to alter his brow and some shoulder pads turned Rourke into the spitting image of Marv. Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Hours - Again, a slight alteration to her nose and Kidman WAS Virginia Woolf. . . . or those with so much that it takes looking at the closing credits to identify the actor: Tim Curry as The Lord of Darkness in Legend - I had no idea it was Tim Curry until a few years ago when I bought the special edition DVD. Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice - Growing up, I never put together that Mr. Mom and Batman was also Beetlejuice.

Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for July 6: The Song...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:20:12 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: Weekly Theme
Post Date: 7/10/2009 3:20:12 PM
Body: I love the "music video" montage in The Naked Gun to the song "I'm Into Something Good" by Herman's Hermits. I always picture it when I hear the song. Jim Jarmusch films were my introduction to Tom Waits music. Love the songs from Rain Dogs on Down by Law. The Coen brothers O, Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack was all individual songs, mostly new recordsings of old favorites, but some classic archives too. The thing won a Grammy for Best Album of the Year! Not that I take much stock in Grammys, but I love the songs and the film because the songs are so critical to the film. And their soundtrack for The Big Lebowski is just as great! From the front and center of Kenny Rogers' "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" to the Creedence Clearwater Revival Permiating the film, to the little songs you catch in the background like "I Hate You" by the Monks playing over bowling lanes speakers in one of the bowling scenes. The Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas soundtrack is just perfect too. I would name every song and what's happening in the film when it comes on, but that would take too long. This is maybe my favorite altogether soundtrack feature individual songs. Many of the songs, like a lot of the best ones used in movies like this are diagetic too, making them so important to the actual story. Wait, scratch that last statement about Fear and Loathing being my favorite soundtrack. I think I'm going to have to replace it with Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy. Magnolia has a bittersweet little singalong to an Aimee Mann song. Simple Men has a pretty spontaneous dance sequence to what I think is a Sonic Youth song, but I don't know the name. I think anyone who has seen Beetle Juice would think of the movie at least once any time they hear the song O Day Banana Boat Song by Harry Belafonte. And I think I heard Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" enough for a lifetime after just seeing Groundhog Day once. The same is true for "California Dreaming" by The Mamas and the Papas in Chungking Express. Although I was just sick of that movie altogether. I almost wanted to name the amazing musical moments in Tsai Ming-liang's The Hole, but I think then I am getting a little to close to the Musical genre, which is kind of different from what we are discussing here.

Spout Post: Re:Top 10 Scene Stealers

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:11:11 GMT

Post By: flair
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 1/14/2009 1:11:11 AM
Body: Any reason why this list of Top 10 Scene stealers took a turn toward testosterone? Here's some women who stand out even in strong casts: For redress, here's: 1) Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 2) Sarah Polley in Go (1999) 3) Arsinée Khanjian in The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 4) Kerry Washington in The Dead Girl (2006) 5) Jenny Seagrove in Local Hero (1983) 6) Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice (1988) 7) Cher in Silkwood (1983) 8) Jane Birkin in La Belle Noiseuse (1991) 9) Natasha Richardson in A Month in the Country (1987) 10) Christina Hendricks in anything, including Firefly: Serenity, Part 1 (2002)

Spout Post: Re:The Best Fantasy

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:31:00 GMT

Post By: pippin06
Post To: The Imagination of Fantasy
Post Date: 12/26/2008 9:31:00 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] I had to check your list to see how broadly you classified a movie as being fantasy. I see you put Groundhog Day on there which really doesn't have a lot of fantastical elements other than one basic anomaly that causes him to keep reliving the same day over and over. Other than that, each day is actually pretty normal without any magic or strange creatures or fantastical geography. So it's kind of hard for me to determine in my mind which movies that have some fantastical element are fantastic enough to be considered "fantasy" Here are a few good ones though: Ugetsu Monogatari - although ghosts aren't that uncommon in East Asian storytelling. I think more people have historically considered them a part of reality more than in the west. The Devil and Daniel Webster - again, how real this is may depend on your belief in the spritual world, but mostly it's an alegory. Groundhog Day / It's a Wonderful Life - Groundhog Day is a great movie, and if we are going to include that, I think we should inclued It's a Wonderful Life too. The Seventh Seal - I guess it looks like most of my absolute favorites feature spiritual or ghostly elements. Here we have Death personified. Star Wars - the whole first trilogy of course! No Such Thing - kind of an exploration of fantasy and monsters and why the human race needs or no longer needs these characters Who Framed Roger Rabbit All of Miyazaki's movies Stalker - Stunning! Sleepy Hollow / Beetlejuice - some of my favorite Tim Burton fantasy Shoot, I'm going over 10. Let me list a couple more: Alice in Wonderland, The Sword in the Stone, Pete's Dragon, The Green Mile, Time Bandits, Hellboy, The Thief of Bagdad [/quote] Ah, but see in our Fantasy group, it's not all about dragons and magic and elves and unicorns and things. If you'll notice, the other lists include topics like "What If?" movies because, basically, if you're imagining an answer to a "what if?" that could take on many shapes and sizes, you're engaging in fantasy. Case in point: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, just released, imagines a what if scenario asking the question "what if a person is born old and grows young?" Maybe that's too obvious, though. Groundhog Day imagines, "What if you were stuck in the same day over and over again, what would happen or what would you do." Similarly, It's a Wonderful Life imagines, "What if you were never born?" Those are all questions that involve flights of imagination, and fantasy. Note dictionary.com's uber-available definition (noun form only): fan⋅ta⋅sy /ˈfæntəsi, -zi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fan-tuh-see, -zee] Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural -sies, verb, -sied, -sy⋅ing. –noun 1. imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained. 2. the forming of mental images, esp. wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. 3. a mental image, esp. when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy. 4. Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream. 5. a hallucination. 6. a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion: dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies. 7. caprice; whim. 8. an ingenious or fanciful thought, design, or invention. 9. Also, fantasia. Literature. an imaginative or fanciful work, esp. one dealing with supernatural or unnatural events or characters: The stories of Poe are fantasies of horror. Besides, the AFI validates Groundhog Day and It's a Wonderful Life on these fronts, if you have any truck with them: http://www.afi.com/10top10/fantasy.html So, yes, this is a long-winded way of saying let's include them, we like it all here, but you did go over 10. Can you limit your list and pick the absolute 10 best fantasy films from your nominations? I know it'll be a challenge, but I'm going to hold myself to that too! If you can't, that's ok, but there's a method to the madness...:-)

Spout Post: Re:The Best Fantasy

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:01:46 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: The Imagination of Fantasy
Post Date: 12/24/2008 1:01:46 PM
Body: [quote user="pippin06"] Hi fantasy lovers! You may have noticed if you joined the group that there is a list, currently locked, called "The Best Fantasy." I created that list when I created the group, mostly because it was an excuse for a list I could create, but most of the entries are what I think are the best. I locked it because I realized - I think we need a compiled list from the membership. Something a la some of these other groups I belong to...something like a poll, or a Top 5, or a list of collaborative recommendations (and credit to all from whom I am, uh, tweaking the idea). Therefore, it's time for you to weigh in! Pick your favorite fantasy movies. No fewer than one, no more than ten. Tell us why you think they are the best! With enough responses, we can compile our very own Best Fantasy list, and then, perhaps, we can Spout it for all of Spout to hear! Mwa ha! After all, who better to make this list than us? I'll let you get the ball rolling, since I already made that list...give us a start. I'll contribute my faves asap! [/quote] I had to check your list to see how broadly you classified a movie as being fantasy. I see you put Groundhog Day on there which really doesn't have a lot of fantastical elements other than one basic anomaly that causes him to keep reliving the same day over and over. Other than that, each day is actually pretty normal without any magic or strange creatures or fantastical geography. So it's kind of hard for me to determine in my mind which movies that have some fantastical element are fantastic enough to be considered "fantasy" Here are a few good ones though: Ugetsu Monogatari - although ghosts aren't that uncommon in East Asian storytelling. I think more people have historically considered them a part of reality more than in the west. The Devil and Daniel Webster - again, how real this is may depend on your belief in the spritual world, but mostly it's an alegory. Groundhog Day / It's a Wonderful Life - Groundhog Day is a great movie, and if we are going to include that, I think we should inclued It's a Wonderful Life too. The Seventh Seal - I guess it looks like most of my absolute favorites feature spiritual or ghostly elements. Here we have Death personified. Star Wars - the whole first trilogy of course! No Such Thing - kind of an exploration of fantasy and monsters and why the human race needs or no longer needs these characters Who Framed Roger Rabbit All of Miyazaki's movies Stalker - Stunning! Sleepy Hollow / Beetlejuice - some of my favorite Tim Burton fantasy Shoot, I'm going over 10. Let me list a couple more: Alice in Wonderland, The Sword in the Stone, Pete's Dragon, The Green Mile, Time Bandits, Hellboy, The Thief of Bagdad

Spout Post: Re:Top 5 films from your childhood

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:28:59 GMT

Post By: leeroy711
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 12/24/2008 12:28:59 PM
Body: Tmoney mention The Peanut Butter Solution.... Good call, that's my #1 2. The Never-Ending Story 3. Something Wicked This Way Comes 4. Ernest Goes To Camp 5. Beetlejuice

Spout Post: Re:Hate to say it, but..

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:39:12 GMT

Post By: csprague
Post To: Tim Burton
Post Date: 11/20/2008 2:39:12 PM
Body: [quote user="seely"] ...I haven't really liked Burton's last few films. I thoroughly enjoyed 'Big Fish', and thought perhaps it was a bit of a maturing in his filmmaking, away from the cartoon-ish qualities of a lot of his earlier film and more towards a magic-realism approach (though he always had elements of that). However, everything since then has to me almost felt like a regression of sorts--Corpse Bride seemed a bit of a rehashing of Beetlejuice/Nightmare Before Christmas, and Sweeney Todd? Well, I just plain didn't really care for it, though I thought the cast carried it through fairly well. Maybe I'm just being over-critical? Thoughts? [/quote] Big Fish is possibly one of my favorite movies of all time. i think it's beautifully made and the story is so imaginative, plus I can see a little bit of the tension Burton must have felt in his own life with the reality and fantasy. I can say that I wasn't a huge fan of Planet of the Apes, I just didn't really enjoy it much, and I really loved the old ones. We used to watch marathons of them when i was a little kid. But, I absolutely love the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I think Johnny Depp was hilarious and I enjoyed the world he made so much. I think Tim Burton and Roald Dahl were a match made in heaven.

Spout Post: Re:Depressing holidays, dysfunctional families, foreign films you gotta love

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:13:51 GMT

Post By: mercurial
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 11/10/2008 10:13:51 PM
Body: 10 Best Dysfunctional Families in Movies (in no particular order): 1.) Gosford Park 2.) Beetlejuice 3.) Happiness 4.) Little Miss Sunshine 5.) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 6.) Mommie Dearest 7.) Parenthood 8.) Slums of Beverly Hills 9.) The Virgin Suicides 10.) Welcome to the Dollhouse

Spout Post: Re:Mercurial Yet Not Entirely Unrefined

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:37:35 GMT

Post By: mercurial
Post To: Community Recommendations
Post Date: 10/3/2008 9:37:35 PM
Body: [quote user="Dr_Gor"] I must say, Mercurial, that I like your list of "dark romantic comedies" ... I have seen about half of the movies you listed including Harold and Maude , Arsenic and Old Lace , The House Of Yes and Natural Born Killers . Good ones all and each is rather disturbing in it's own unique way. I would add to this list Heathers and Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands . And, no, I am not a total Wynona Ryder freak but she WAS in a few very good "dark and disturbing romantic comedies" . [/quote] Three great films that I also own and love immensely. I would say that for a good while growing up I was a Winona Ryder fanatic - there's just something about her in those pre-millennia films that's just so . . . yummy. [quote user="Dr_Gor"] Also, unlike you Mercurial, I AM entirely unrefined. I quit school when I was 15 (with my Mom's permission) and began working full time in a warehouse driving a forklift. I have been working ever since and I now work 10 hours a day in a machine shop to earn a living. But I CAN read and write, as you can see, and I did get my GED. I received most of my education from reading and writing (I am an unpublished author with several short stories and about half a novel that I am still working on under my belt) ... I have been called 'caveman' , 'barbarian' and even 'bigfoot' ... These names do not hurt me at all. I am proud of what I am and what I have become. < GOR > [/quote] Well, I'd say that all of that has made you pretty refined. I've more or less done nothing with my life and the only thing worthwhile I've done since college is substitute teach (which made me hate children) and write for a local magazine that doesn't pay. I'm a hermit that only leaves his mundane dwelling to get smashed at my nearby Irish pub. Count me as green with envy of your life.

Spout Post: Re:Mercurial Yet Not Entirely Unrefined

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:45:09 GMT

Post By: Dr_Gor
Post To: Community Recommendations
Post Date: 10/3/2008 6:45:09 PM
Body: I must say, Mercurial, that I like your list of "dark romantic comedies" ... I have seen about half of the movies you listed including Harold and Maude , Arsenic and Old Lace , The House Of Yes and Natural Born Killers . Good ones all and each is rather disturbing in it's own unique way. I would add to this list Heathers and Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands . And, no, I am not a total Wynona Ryder freak but she WAS in a few very good "dark and disturbing romantic comedies" . Also, unlike you Mercurial, I AM entirely unrefined. I quit school when I was 15 (with my Mom's permission) and began working full time in a warehouse driving a forklift. I have been working ever since and I now work 10 hours a day in a machine shop to earn a living. But I CAN read and write, as you can see, and I did get my GED. I received most of my education from reading and writing (I am an unpublished author with several short stories and about half a novel that I am still working on under my belt) ... I have been called 'caveman' , 'barbarian' and even 'bigfoot' ... These names do not hurt me at all. I am proud of what I am and what I have become. < GOR >

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