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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
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A fun time with a little education
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"Two bonehead California high school students (Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves) are going to flunk out of school. Because of their grades, which rides on their grade on an oral report for History class, they might never live their dream of a hit band called Wyld Stalyns. What they don't know is that if they flunk, it will change the history of the entire planet in a most heinous way. With help from a time traveler from the future named "Rufus" (stand-up comic George Carlin), the two go throughout the past in a time machine designed to look like a public telephone booth. However, "Rufus" leaves the two to take their most excellent adventure on their own. The two go to various points in time and abduct some famous figures from history. And they do it in a fun way for not only their lunkhead selves, but the fun of the audience as well. Most of the fictional cast is not as defined as the two title characters. The historical cast requires some knowledge of history -- so, I suggest that you ... "
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10 Craziest Shopping Scenes
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"Black Friday is a scary time for shoppers in any given year. The crowds, the lines, the difficulty finding parking — all these and more are common annoyances on the day after Thanksgiving, as millions upon millions of Americans begin the Christmas season by making a run for the shopping malls and department stores in hopes of finding the best bargains. This year, of course, the economic downturn will make the day even worse than usual. The stores may be desperately holding the biggest sales we’ll ever witness, but lowest prices aren’t quite low enough for those who are broke or bankrupt. So, you may stay home this Friday. Perhaps you’ll at least make some minor online purchases, because you’re a patriotic, consuming American and it’s kind of like an unofficial holiday in our capitalist democracy. But don’t not go out to the mall simply because of the craziness potentially happening on its many floors of fashion and furnishings. You mustn’t be frightened of the crowds. Just recall a ... "
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"From what I hear, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is really bad. Bad enough for the king of the fanboys, Harry Knowles, to reportedly write, “I hated the film. HATED IT. REALLY HATED IT.” Bad enough that Warner Bros. had the review removed from Aint it Cool News due to a review embargo — though probably it had more to do with it being so damaging to the studio’s marketing of the film (apparently Warners had no issue with Variety publishing its so-so review on the same day). I’m not in the least bit surprised. Most people I know who used to be big Star Wars fans won’t be bothering to see the film. But if it bombs at the box office this weekend, what will t "
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Brilliant.
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"Amazing. That’s all. No more, no less. Amazingly retardedAmazingly unintelligentAmazingly over-the-topAmazingly entertaining. Brilliant. "
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Most Excellent
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"So this was on HBO last night and I decided to watch it. It was so funny how much things have changed since 1989. Not the most influential film of the late 80's but definitely entertaining :) "
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"Though it may be more appropriate to watch videos of his comedy routines, particularly of his classic “Seven Dirty Words” bit or his routine on death, this is a film blog, so I’m sharing a clip from … an animated television series. But it’s a cartoon spun-off from a movie, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, which is probably Carlin’s most memorable film, so I find it worthy. Especially because Carlin reprised his role as Rufus. The first season of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventures actually featured the voices of Carlin, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, as Rufus, Ted and Bill, respectively. It wasn’t completely rare for cartoon spin-offs to retain the lead actors of the original movies/TV shows, and it’s not like any of the principals were too big for Saturday morning (Reeves didn’t really become a big star until a few years later), but in retrospect it at least seems surprising. < "
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"Although I enjoyed watching it, I can't help but see Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as a missed oppurtunity. It could have been a really great satire on history and slacker culture, and is instead just a servicable comedy. Since virtually everyone knows the premise of the movie, I am not going to waste a lot of time and plot descriptions. Suffice it to say Bill (Some guy) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) must travel through time so they can get an A on their history report. If they don't they will never become world leaders and transform society in to one of peace, love, and partying. They meet a lot of historical figures along the way, including Napolean, Billy the Kid, Socrates, Joan of Arc, Beethoven (My favorite), Gengis Khan, and Sigmund Freud. Where the movie really misses its chance is that there is no social satire when the movie screams out for one. How would Freud re-act to finidng out his theries are discredited? What would Socrates think of nihilism? The only only on ... "
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River's Edge
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"River's EdgeYes websites like Spout where people can make their own lists are great. I first heard about this movie while looking at someone's internet list of favorite movies that happened to also contain many of my personal quirky favorites.But what really made me push this movie to the top of my viewing list was when I heard that Crispin Glover was coming to town with his super weirdo movie What Is It? I read that River's Edge was one of his most memorable performances, so I wanted to check it out before seeing him live and with his new movie. And I tell you what, it's definitely a memorable performance. Not that it's necessarily subtle or believable in certain ways, but it's certainly memorable. You feel as though Glover is a character himself, so instead of watching an actor play a character you kind of see a character play an actor.It's no incongruous with the acting style of the rest of the movie either. There is something about the dialogue ... "
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