Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

I admit that the main thing that drew me to this movie was how I've been searching for the Most Triumphant Examples for many things and I wanted to know where the term came from. There's something that really impressed me about this movie. When it showed them going back in time, I thought they'd just have the foreign characters speak English. It wouldn't make sense, but that's what everyone really does. Instead, they did all speak their languages, so the movie's creators really did work hard on this! Dang, Keanu Reeves looks young.This might be the movie I've seen that had the most screen time of George Carlin. And yes, it probably is the best movie he was in. I really did find myself rooting for Bill and Ted in this movie, especially in the end when they did the oral exam. I mean, it really is a sincere series of scenes. It was great how everything fit together so well. Some of the jokes could be better, but it's still quite fun. ***

Thanks to modern streaming services, today I was able to fulfill a long desired wish... watch again my all time favorite movies. I decided to start with "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" mainly because the first time I saw it, I was about the same age as my boy is now, so what better "Father - Son" activity than seen a movie I hope he will come to love as much as I did back in the day. Something that I have always loved about this movie was its simplicity yet imaginative story, even if for most, the story might be dumb I can guarantee you that you will end up having a good time. For those who are wondering, my 12 year old son end up kind of linking the movie, of course he made jokes about the especial effects and about the impossibility of the story itself... but ultimately he end up having a good time, which meant we spent some quality afar her-son time together.

Reviewed August 2011Whoa!! Dudes!! The current number system may not be sufficient if you count how many times Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) utter this through the movie. My rating has nothing to do with the film making prowess or narration or acting. Just the entertainment value. Bill and Ted are teenagers on the verge of failing their history class if they don't come up with a presentation. They are also budding musicians yet to learn how to play an instrument. They come across a Time Machine to gather 'Historical Figures' of the past for their presentation.This was my first introduction to the concept of time travel and the fun that can be had fantasizing it. One of those movies that is so silly with really bad dialog and ridiculous acting, you'll start enjoying it. The concept of time travel is utilized to the full extent without a bother about neither the logic nor consequences which is good. Both leads play ball as morons with goofy mannerisms. A movie such as this has a thin line between working alright and being a disaster. This one just crosses the line.Silly good fun.

This movie is the epitome of "enjoy the ride". it's light, funny and it still manages to be quite interesting. The way they handled time travel is very interesting and i actually quite like it. As much as you'd might think this sounds stupid but the acting is actually quite good, I can't even imagine myself being able to 1. do those voices and 2. say some of those line with a straight face. ALSO, the concept for this movie I find to be amazingly interesting, I can not imagine something like this being green lit today. + George Carlin just makes anything better.