Product: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey [VHS] (1991)
Rating: 5.0
Like Hamlet or Bros K, Bogus Journey is an enduring classic
Bill and Ted may both seem like idiots, and they are, but this film is a most lucid and hilarious exploration of Life, Death, Meaning, Evil Robots, and what it means to be a hero. Joseph Cambell would embrace these two boneheads with all his heart. On the surface, there are plenty of one liners and throw away jokes which, hilarious as they may be, can lead the casual virgin viewer to dismissing the movie as very funny, but at the same time stupid. However, once you penetrate the subtlties of this movie, into the abyss you tumble, like Alice down the rabbit hole or like Augustus Gloop up the chocolate pipe. You know what I mean. "Oh Wait, that's freshwater," "Maybe if we do them girlie style," "full on robot chubby"- all Bogus Journey quotations that have penetrated American slang and our collective unconscious. If you buy one DVD this year, make it this one.