{"id":34315,"date":"2020-12-31T06:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T11:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=34315"},"modified":"2020-12-31T06:24:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T11:24:28","slug":"bill-and-ted-face-the-music-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/31\/bill-and-ted-face-the-music-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Yet another year, yet another legacy sequel from a movie franchise that we all thought was dead for so many years. It\u2019s a cynical approach but so many of these decades later sequels have stunk\u2014which is probably why it\u2019s shocking to see that \u201cBill and Ted Face the Music\u201d doesn\u2019t actually suck. In all fairness while it\u2019s not a laugh riot, I appreciated its genuine message about love, the power of music, and appreciating what we have while we have it.<\/p>\n

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Bill and Ted are still very best buddies that spent a short time in the lime light as the Wild Stallyns and inevitably crashed and burned. Now playing relatives\u2019 weddings, they\u2019re anxiously trying to create the song that will unite the universe, but have yet to find out how. Meanwhile they\u2019re forced to go in to couples therapy with their wives, all the while being confronted with the daughter of their friend Rufus, who gives them only a few hours to create their song. As they look for a way to finish the song, their daughters Theadora and Wilhemina travel through time assembling their own band of legendary musicians in hopes of helping their dads.<\/p>\n

\u201cBill and Ted Face the Music\u201d is surprisingly a somber affair that, while occasionally funny, is mostly a movie about Bill and Ted trying to find a way to fulfill their purpose. They had this idea of what they wanted to accomplish as kids and now have to face that they just couldn\u2019t live up to their goals. This troubles their personal life as their wives are anxious to maintain their relationships and perhaps help them find perspective that they aren\u2019t complete failures. \u201cFace the Music\u201d surprisingly a joyous celebration of the feminine spirit. It\u2019s a subtle exploration on how resilient women can be through almost anything. Rufus\u2019 daughter (the always excellent Kristen Schaal) is a consistent force of good helping Bill, Ted, and their family, while their daughters basically steal the movie.<\/p>\n

Although similar to their dads, Wilhemina and Theadora are unique and fascinating heroines that manage carry so much of their fathers enthusiasm. Thankfully, the characters aren\u2019t parodies of their dads, and what keeps them so empathetic is their unconditional love for their dads, and how much they\u2019re willing to risk to help them fulfill their destinies. \u201cFace the Music\u201d wonderfully subverts the \u201cembarrassed child\u201d trope featuring children of our protagonists that are refreshingly supportive, not to mention heroines in their own right who are motivated by the love. Kudos to Samara Weaving and Brigitte Lundy-Paine who make their performances look effortless.<\/p>\n

\u201cBill and Ted Face the Music\u201d isn\u2019t perfect as a lot of the comedic asides are kind of flat. I also thought Holland Taylor\u2019s antagonist was kind of lazy. That said, it\u2019s a humble, insightful, and refreshing sequel that gives the \u201cBill and Ted\u201d mythos a great resolution.<\/p>\n