Saw Bill & Ted Face the Music, a sequel to Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey which I unabashedly loved. This film is similarly goofy and shaggy-dog, but I gotta admit I didn't like it quite so much as the Bogus Journey.
It's a very fun kind of film, jumping wildly from gag to gag in a way that never gets cloying or tedious but always seems somehow energetic and fresh in an 80s film kind of way. There's a series of sequences where they visit versions of themselves in the future which are delightfully dumb. Similarly, this film introduces Bill and Ted's daughters who are (of course) winningly doofy clones of their fathers. The film is slightly precious but exudes so much good dude energy that I can't bring myself to be critical.
Here are some small gripes: they assemble a musical super-troupe by going backwards in time and recruiting Jimi Hendrix and Mozart and such. This rang a little false to me because, like, Jimi Hendrix's music was a reaction to and a partial subversion of Mozart's work. I don't think Mozart would have been delighted and impressed by hearing a subversive remix of his music, he would probably have just felt insulted, or distracted by the electric guitar. Another thing: the introduction of the daughters (and their large roles in the film) suggests an open door for more sequels which makes the movie seem a tad artificial, perhaps even corporate. These are all pet peeves of mine however which I trot out just to have something to say. Really this was a fun and sweet film.
So, this was a fun film. I don't know that I'll be recommending it to folks full-throated-ly, but it was a nice capstone on the series.
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