bill and ted face the music

heya

some of the more regular readers of this blog (and that there are such people suggests there is not all that much of interest on the internet as you would think) will have noted that i am very much advocate and acolyte of all things Bill and Ted. they are, well, excellent, look you see. bearing this in mind, i am uncertain there is any value at all in me offering any sort of review of anything pertaining to their most excellent excellence, for it is quite clear i shall be in favour of it. 

but, since i watched it, and grabbed a couple of images (two), well, i feel compelled to write of something or other here on a frequent basis, so my thoughts on Bill & Ted Face The Music are so presented for the consideration of anyone reading. no, i did not ever expect that when i hit the age what i am that i would write such comments, or think them, or make them public. 

the plot? once again (and this is the third documented instance of such) the future existence of the human race, if not planet earth entire, is at risk unless Wyld Stallyns compose a most boudacious and totally awesome rock and roll song. and so a messenger is sent from the future to try and assist, if not directly enable, William 'Bill' S Preston Esq and Ted 'Theodore' Logan achieve this so as to avoid the bogus. 

are they successful? is the plan a success? well, actually, you would presently know more of this than me. there is every chance (as in you will be) reading this in the very future with Bill and Ted are frequently (or at least three times that is know of) called upon to secure and save. one imagines that if they fail and the future is bogus then the internet shall not be, but if it is excellent then it will run as it presently does. 

leaving that aside, is Bill & Ted Face The Music any good as a film? yes it is. quite likely, with the way things have turned out, the best film of 2020, and certainly also in contention for the title of being the best, greatest and most important film of this rather unsettled century. 

mostly, this is achieved by the film not being a disgrace. there are many dangers in revisiting a much loved concept years later, and several examples of complete disasters coming from the efforts. it is so that the film manages reasonably well to balance being true to the original films whilst appreciating matters such as the passing of time and needing to be of some relevance to so-called modern audiences.  

quite a singular act of genius on behalf of the makers of the film was the introduction of the character Death at the point where they did. this was somewhere north of 50 minutes into the motion picture, when it all started to feel like it was lagging somewhat and getting a touch jaded. he immediately revitalises it all, and ensures entertainment for the entire duration of the motion picture is secured. well, that and the hope that Station turn up, but alas they do not. get a mention, though. 

if i were to nitpick, the only real foot placed wrong was the inevitable Dave Grohl cameo. this i took as being bowing to the convention of the time we are in, where he is regarded as the nicest man in rock, if not the world. yes, he is a man who has made some great, wonderful gestures and that, but also he is someone what David Bowie once told to "f*** off". i have every confidence that David Bowie would not do such a thing without good reason, so let's just reign in those praise pushes. 

well, anyway, time spent reading this is time spent not watching Bill & Ted documentaries. i would encourage you to watch any of them instead of reading further here, with particular emphasis on the first two films but this one is not so bad. 

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!