What better time to revisit Beetlejuice than on it's 30th Anniversary. The film has recently been given the 4K remaster treatment and been playing in cinemas around the country, making this the perfect opportunity to dig it up, blow off the cobwebs, and reevaluate its place in cinema.
This is pure Tim Burton: all of his trademark styles are apparent, and it's good to see him working on one of his original ideas again. I won't go as far to say as I'm a 'fan' of his now, but Frankenweenie has resurrected my interest in his material.
The opening weekend of Alice made an incredible $210million, becoming the biggest opening for a non sequel/prequel/spin off, and also the biggest opening for a 3D movie EVER, surpassing even the movie that spent 10 years developing the technology to perfection. Ahh the irony.