possibly the drive-in made it seem better than it was, but I enjoyed this very much
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
Had the spirit of the originals but I wish it had been funnier
― Vinnie, Thursday, 3 September 2020 08:00 (three years ago) link
you know I'm kind of stunned that Andrew W.K. was not asked to be involved with this in any capacity
― frogbs, Thursday, 3 September 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
Also saw at the drive-in, also enjoyed enormously. Obviously rushed and trimmed due to a small budget being cut just before production, but the commitment of the cast keeps everything running. As well as retaining the spirit of the originals, it deepens them not only by the doubts and weaknesses of the middle-aged Bill & Ted, but the way those are resolved. Manages to not only be a B&T updated for middle-aged viewers, but to still be goofy silly fun for kids.
It's not jammed with jokes, but I was grinning most of the time, and my group (in lawn chairs in front of our respective cars) all LOL-ed periodically.
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Thursday, 3 September 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
As good as it needed to be. And the actor who plays the daughter played an extremely good young Ted -- almost too good as I felt it showed up the one who did not even seem to be trying to play young Bill.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 3 September 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
Weaving does the 'turning at the shoulders' thing that Bill does, and plenty of reacting with her jaw, it's just that Lundy-Paine is uncannily great at the upper-body rubberiness of Ted
(also used by Reeves in Parenthood iirc)
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Thursday, 3 September 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
OK I can see you've thought this through more fully than I have
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 3 September 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
I started looking for what Billie was doing after being amazed at Theodora's wavy posture :)
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Thursday, 3 September 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
i think billie tied her voice more directly to her whole body movement rather than head/facial movement but she also went pretty big i think samara has everything put together in the right way but it comes off as slightly too subtle somehow & doesnt quite read as big on camera esp in close-up but bless them forever, they truly help make the movie the joy it is in a major way
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 September 2020 05:00 (three years ago) link
this was pretty shitty. keanu looked weird, the plot made no sense, the new characters were boring (exception for the kill-bot, who i got a couple of laughs out of), kid cudi had a major role for some reason, but mostly it just wasn't funny
i was annoyed by the keanu impression that the actress playing ted's daughter was doing
― na (NA), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
i wasn't looking for much out of it but i got even less
and oh my god trying to pull this off is a thankless task but that final song that unites the world was so awful
― na (NA), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
A song that unites the world would be awful, to be fair
― cryptkeepers are different (Matt #2), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
I was expecting the song to be the Diarrhea Song
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 July 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
I mean *every country* knows it.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 July 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
― na (NA), Monday, July 19, 2021 12:36 PM bookmarkflaglink
no way, she was badass
most countries don’t even spell diarrhoea “diarrhea”
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 19 July 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
Letterboxd claims I gave this 3/5 several months ago, but I have almost no memory of it now.
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Monday, 19 July 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link