| MOVIE |
| I have to admit that I am a huge Tim Burton fan, his movie have always had a
sharp wit and were constructed with great dialog and moments, Beetle juice is no exception.
Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis are a young married couple who live in a small New-England
town in a large old style house. One day while out on a drive they get into an accident
and there car falls off a bridge. Unknown to them, they return home not knowing they have
died, time passes and yuppies move into there house, real bad yuppies too.
Being dead they
can't do anything about stopping them so they try to haunt the house to scare them off.
After several pathetic attempts they decide to enlist the help of Beetle juice
(Michael Keaton) to get them out of the house. After a few scares one major hiccup occurs, the new
owners aren't scared off, so now they have got annoying yuppies and a crazy dead loony to
deal with.
This movie was made just before the original Batman movie, Tim Burton said it
was this performance that gave Michael Keaton the role of the winged avenger and you can
see why, if you haven't seen this movie get ready for a laugh, the musical score by Danny
Elfman really adds to the strangeness of this movie, thank god there is a separate music
score also. Outstanding. |
| VIDEO |
|
For a movie 11 years old this movie stand up quite well. There is
the occasional showing of film grain but this is definitely a problem to do with the
original master. Colors are natural although flesh tones are off somewhat and the images
are quite sharp. No problems there.
Side A of Beetle juice is framed at 1:85:1 and is 16:9
enhanced, Side B of Beetle juice is the full-frame 4:3 version
This is a double-sided, single layer disc.
|
| AUDIO |
|
It good to see this movie has been re-mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. Although
it does seem a little lacking with surround use and the use of the .1 channel for some
scenes but it is a damn sound better than the old Dolby Stereo mix that I also have.
The dialog is a little hard to listen to at times, shame
there.
|
| EXTRAS |
| There are some good extras on this disc. Firstly, the theatrical trailer and
also there is the Music Only Score in DD5.1 which sounds great and shows the real talent
of Danny Elfman. The rest are just standard Production/Cast Notes etc.
Subtitles are, English, French,
Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Closed Captioned. |
| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| This is a
great one to add to your collection, very funny. |
|
REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
|
Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508 Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 24 May 2000 15:26:04 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
| Running
Time: |
103
minutes |
| Case
Type: |
Snapper |
| Release
Date: |
17/5/1999 |
| Catalog
Number: |
16643 |
| List
Price: |
34.95 |
| Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
No
Label |
| Disc
Format: |
DS-SL |
| Chapters: |
32 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
Aspect
Ratio:
|
4:3 Side A
1:85:1 Side B |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
|
5.1
Surround
2.0 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
5.1
Music Score |
Languages:
|
English
French
Italian |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
None |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
Yes |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
Yes |
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