Time Traveling without a Clue

Rating: 10/10 (26 October 2012)

I always love time travel stories because there are just so many things you can do let alone ways to have fun with. It's true that the only weakness these stories have is in the inconsistencies but personally I never cared and nor does this movie because it's doesn't care about being logical but simply having a wild ride.
This film is one of my personal favorite comedies, I've seen this when I was a child and I still love it now. I was drawn in because this film had two of the many things I love in life, Rock n, Roll and Time Travel, both mixed together and made a tasty combo. On one hand you could say the film has a lesson on how people are always capable of becoming something great and making history. But on the other hand this film is just plain stupid fun but done right. The effects and production value is good and so is the music.
I love their time machine, yeah I know a phone booth seems kinda stupid (let alone dated) but trust me the way it works will make you a believer. It cool because it's a non cliché time travel device which is something I rarely see only other time travel that uses a phone booth is "Doctor Who". The film sort of have a bit of that wish fulfillment quality, just simply wanting to meet and take with you any historical figure you want, for them to be your friends and have a good time with you; one I'd love to bring would be Bruce Lee. The historical figures don't disappoint there all really just exaggerations of the persona's which make them funny, my favorite is Gengus Khan he's sort of reminds of cartoon characters "Tazmanian Devil" or "Captain Caveman" since both characters don't really talk much or at all and justly simply let loose when they feel like it.
There is also this concept which is both fascinating and ridiculous at the same time, this of course is the infamous Time Game where if you say you'll go back in time and get or do this then it will appear or become possible in the present, it's pretty much the concept of being one step ahead. If I say I want to go back in time and I bring Keira Knightly to come at a certain spot and a certain time to help me out of a jam, then that would happen. Yeah, I know ridiculous but that the point which makes it all the more hilarious.
But of course what really drives the film are Bill and Ted themselves (played excellently by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves) I love the buddy buddy chemistry between them there's good back and forth. Both are practically one character since both have the same persona, they're both actually smart if not geniuses (then again how many really can be), talk in sort of surfer tone. But what makes them all the more fun is that their naivety, both are fans of heavy metal and rock n' roll but most of all how both of them have an ambition of being a great rock band and are trying to make it a reality. That I can emphasize with because the thought of being a rock star one time crossed my mind when I was a child and I'm a fan of rock n' roll and heavy metal music. Both just have dialog that is fraking hilarious, the things they say are deliciously fun and bad that you'll both groan and laugh at the same time. And most importantly it's just plain fun seeing two unlikely and slightly clueless travelers just have fun with both the historical figures and the decades they come from, likewise for the figures that come to our present. One favorite scene of mine is when both are in knight armor and are playing "Star Wars", just like that movie itself those reference jokes never get old.
So just turn your brains of and dial in for an excellent ride.
Rating: 4 stars