I watched it today. Rented it for $18.99 because I'm gonna buy it later on physical media. No idea when, but I will, because I have the first two on DVD. So I couldve spent another six bucks and "owned" it, but that's still just a downloadable. Actually, I'm not even sure how that works; I've never bought something 100% virtual before. But because I'm gonna buy it later, I saved a few bucks this time.
I figure you'd spend that much at a theater for two people, and that's not possible right now for most people. Sure, $20 sucks for one person, but most rentals will be for 2 or 3 or more people, so it works out. It's not the same as a theatrical experience, but it's what we have.
Anyway, I liked it. Not a cinematic masterpiece any more than the first two were, but a fun time, and I laughed out loud a few times, just sitting there by myself.
I liked the second movie as much as I liked the first, and I can say that this one is comparable. Not quite as strong, but up there. Just as the second movie had to come up with a few new crazy things in the spirit of the crazy things in the first movie, we went another step beyond that here, and it worked. It wasn't flawless, but again, they weren't trying for an Oscar here.
Missy did not disappoint. I don't think people realize it, but Amy Stoch was 30 in the first movie, 32 in the second. Do the math. We wondered who'd she be married to this time, and the "twist" here made sense, and also did not disappoint.
As expected, it took about ten seconds of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves on screen together, and all I saw was Bill and Ted. Older, been through a lot of life, some good times and some bad times, but most definitely still Bill and Ted.
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I like how "Little Bill" and "Little Ted" turned out to be girls, but they're clones of their dads anyway. The father-daughter theme had a natural extension with Rufus' daughter, and her ongoing feud with her mom was fun. I can see how some would see it as "pushing the feminist agenda" or whatever shit they want to make up, but it didn't bother me.
I saw the twist with Preston/Logan coming from a mile away, but that's okay. What I wasn't quite as satisfied with was how they actually executed it. It seemed like the band that the girls put together could've been a little more interesting. But I liked that they combined the idea of getting people from different points in time with getting various musicians and got musicians from various points in time. And it was the girls doing it, not Bill and Ted, who had they own adventure to deal with.
The reunion with Death was surprisingly touching. The constant "reunions" between Bill and Ted and their older selves was weird, silly, and still somehow touching as well. That's one of the things I meant about them going a bit further with the weird/silly stuff, in the spirit of the first two movies and yet different.
So jamming in C major at 113 bps is the universal tune. If everyone just jammed together in C major at 113 bps, the world could come together. Cool.
Topic: Bill and Ted Face the Music (Read 12788 times)
