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Warning: Spoilers ahead forBeetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burtons sequel to his 1988 movieBeetlejuice, is weird.
Andof course it is.
The first movie is what introduced Burtons joyously macabre freakishness to mainstream audiences.
Thankfully, this was not necessary.
At first, I was befuddled.
I could not explain what I had just seen.
What if this is a dream?
Can you guys do any tricks to prove Im not dreaming?
Adam and Barbara, played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, shake their heads no.
If we take this scene literally, it is thoroughly confusing.
Are we supposed to believe that Beetlejuice got Astrid pregnant, because:gross.
If Astrid conceived this child with Hot Vampire Husband, then why would he look like Beetlejuice?
The only language in which this scene makes sense is Dream Speak; its nonsensical because dreams are nonsensical.
Indeed, what happens next seems to confirm that this ending was a dream.
This time shes all by herself.
And thats the end of the movie.
It elicits an: Oh.
And then a: What?
and turning it into a thought experiment.
But what if we take it a step further?
It was just a silly little blip that you dont even need to have a go at remember.
How liberating that would be.
Because that, too, is a plausible explanation for the final few minutes of this film.
I dont like that one as much.
