Review of Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) by Mjcarrillo96 — 29 Oct 2020

Enjoyed this for the movie that it is: A cute, wholesome, and joyous homecoming for Bill and Ted! Keep in mind, I don't have any nostalgia for this franchise since I watched them for the first time during quarantine. And for that, I feel inclined to say this one is my favorite. It incorporates the best of both original movies.

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter fill these roles like they never left them. It gets more hilarious with every scene and becomes very clear how passionated they were and how they wanted to make a modern story for Bill and Ted while still keeping the spirit of the originals intact. There’s no more homophobia (we should be excellent to each other after all) and the women now get to play a more significant part in the story; the daughters being an unexpected highlight. Samara Weaving is so adorable! And I love that they visit a lot more people of color this time around, too. It also blows my mind that this one is really the first entry to center the plot around MUSIC.

My main issue is that the movie looks too clean. I wish they shot this on film instead of digitally, because it looks pretty visually divorced from the previous films. But I eventually settled into it and it wasn’t a constant bother. The film also ends very abruptly and I would’ve liked just a little more breathing room after the finale, especially since I’m assuming this is the last time we’ll see these characters.

We could waste a lot of time debating whether these films are too dumb for their own good, but I’m not gonna bother. It brought me joy, so I’ll call it a good movie. Party on, dude!

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