Part 3 and final installment
I keep bringing up "Forgotton movies. movies you absolutely loved but Forget about
Well part 3 of my Movie weekend covers yet another one of these films
BeetleJuice
Quite possibly my favorite Michael Keaton movie of all time.
An all star Cast.
Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. Winona Ryder. And dont forget the alleged (Im not sure if he was convicted) Pornographer. Principal ed Rooney himself, Jeffrey Jones.
What was great about this movie was Keatoins performance as the Worlds leading Bio Excorcist. The movie runs about 90 minutes and Keaton is in it for a total of about 15 minutes. Mostly brief little one and two liners.
What are your qualifications?
Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?
Why Cant you tell me your name?
Because if I tell you, you tell your friends... your friends are callin' me on the horn all the time... and I gotta show up at shopping centers for openings and sign autographs and shit like that and it makes my life a HELL. OK? A living HELL.
I'll eat anything you want me to eat I'll swaller anything you want me to swaller...come on down. I'll chew on a dog!!! Bring the little ones we got plenty of snakes and lizards for them to play with.
WHOA! I'm feelin a little ahh, anxious, if you know what I mean. I wonder where an average joe, an everyday guy like my self, can get a little action?
Good solid comedy. Thought I'd share.
posted by Goose at 2:36 PM
4 Comments:
I've always had a great fondness for this flick. I've always hoped that Burton would do another really dark comedy again, because he's really got a flair for it.
Agreed... When will Keaton do another comedy. He is a brilliant comedic actor. I mean come on who didn't love Johnny Dangerously? Seriously though Keaton is great.
You are right, Train. His comedic timing is spot on. My favorite Keaton role is his FBI Agent character of Ray Nicolette in Jackie Brown -- and later reprising the same role as Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend in Out Of Sight. Brilliant.
I was going to comment on when Keaton was planning on acting again period...talk about the Gayle Sayers of acting in our lifetime...
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