DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I saw it the other day... I enjoyed it! It was a feel good movie!
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Bill and Ted Face the Music Hits VOD on September 2nd
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NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
It felt good seeing a movie that wasn't cynical.
Schrödinger's cat
Banned
Empire's 3 out of 5 review was generous in my opinion.
Having recently re-watched the two originals, the critical ingredient missing throughout FTM is the goofy, mildly-bad-taste, irrepressibly up-beat nature of the duo in the face of ridiculous odds. They were literally too stupid to be scared.
The sombre ultimatums from the first act, followed by a relentlessly down-beat Reeves* leaves Winters to do all of the heavy lifting for the duo. It's an admirable effort on his part - but it's too much. The daughters, presumably by design, embody the B&T spirit far more than their parents.
Bizarrely, it's also music that is absent from much of the film - leading to a loss of both identity and momentum that a constant time-check holographic watch can't make up for.
Death, despite ageing under his pallid make-up, got old.
And, if nothing else, that's symbolic of what this film means to its franchise.
My take-away from watching these three movies is that Alex Winters deserved a far better career.
Having recently re-watched the two originals, the critical ingredient missing throughout FTM is the goofy, mildly-bad-taste, irrepressibly up-beat nature of the duo in the face of ridiculous odds. They were literally too stupid to be scared.
The sombre ultimatums from the first act, followed by a relentlessly down-beat Reeves* leaves Winters to do all of the heavy lifting for the duo. It's an admirable effort on his part - but it's too much. The daughters, presumably by design, embody the B&T spirit far more than their parents.
Bizarrely, it's also music that is absent from much of the film - leading to a loss of both identity and momentum that a constant time-check holographic watch can't make up for.
Death, despite ageing under his pallid make-up, got old.
And, if nothing else, that's symbolic of what this film means to its franchise.
Reeves has always struck me as someone smart enough to play the PR game well, but is among the worst and most wooden actors of his generation.
By contrast, his agent must be worth their weight in gold.
Reeves has repeatedly been grossly miscast (Dracula, Much Ado About Nothing) and put into higher-profile duds (Johnny Mnemonic, Constantine, The Day The Earth Stood Still) but has found himself, more than once, being in the central role of culture-milestone pieces of entertainment and has become indelibly linked to them (Bill and Ted, Matrix, John Wick, Point Break). Becoming a cultural icon by proxy.
By contrast, his agent must be worth their weight in gold.
Reeves has repeatedly been grossly miscast (Dracula, Much Ado About Nothing) and put into higher-profile duds (Johnny Mnemonic, Constantine, The Day The Earth Stood Still) but has found himself, more than once, being in the central role of culture-milestone pieces of entertainment and has become indelibly linked to them (Bill and Ted, Matrix, John Wick, Point Break). Becoming a cultural icon by proxy.
My take-away from watching these three movies is that Alex Winters deserved a far better career.
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