August 11, 2011

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey



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Title: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Year: 1991
Length: 93 minutes
Director: Peter Hewitt
Writers: Chris Matheson & Ed Solomon
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
With: William Sadler, Joss Ackland, Pam Grier, George Carlin, Amy Stock-Poynton, Hal Landon Jr., Annette Azcuy, Sarah Trigger, Chelcie Ross
Music: David Newman (mostly non-original music)
Cinematography: Oliver Wood
Editing: David Finfer
I saw it: on video several times, most recently yesterday (have on DVD)
Synopsis: two idiots travel through the afterlife and fight their evil robot duplicates from the future

My reaction
Concept:1/4 (Bad)
Story:1/4 (Bad)
Characters:2/4 (Indifferent) Bonus points for Death. I mean, how is it that the backbone of one of the stupidest movies ever made is an Ingmar Bergman reference? I love that.
Dialog:2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing:3/4 (Good)
Cinematography:2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design:1/4 (Bad)
Acting:1/4 (Bad)
Music:2/4 (Indifferent) Bad music, but right for the movie.
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4 (Indifferent)). Like I said: one of the stupidest movies ever. But it knows it, and it knows you know it, and it's goofy enough to be fun.
Objective Rating (Average):1.7/4 (Eh)

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