Bill and Ted Face the Music

[AniX]

I think you are jumping the gun WAY too fast. Shaft.ed has the right concept, if imo the wrong application: Trailers these days are meant to be the most generic paint-by-numbers stuff and rarely actually ever reflect the quality of the movie within, for good or ill.

[AniX]

We'll see. I guess I don't see what Keanu has to gain from making this movie if it is just a retread. He by all accounts fought pretty hard to have it made even when the studio wasn't really interested and it isn't like he needs the money or needs the popularity: In fact, he has rebranded himself so far from this sort of goofy 80's stoner persona (He is what, the star of the biggest current action movie franchise?) that I would have expected him to be RELUCTANT to do the movie.

Now, obviously his geunine passion doesn't mean the movie will be actually GOOD, but I am suspicious of the notion the reason it will be bad is because it was all phoned-in.

[AniX]

The movie was actually pretty racially diverse, Hollywood speaking. More diverse than the originals, that's for sure.There were 9 major white characters and 5 major PoC characters, one robot, and one grim reaper. I wouldn't say it had a message but it was a fun movie and it did its job of wrapping up the series.

[AniX]

Yeah, it is definitely the sort of the situation where they intended the second movie to wrap up the series and be the "Music saved the world" conclusion, but then like all sequels that follow up on a "resolved" plot, they need a twist where it is "Ok actually that thing that seemed like the conclusion wasn't actually the conclusion"

[AniX]

I definitely agree the first one is the best one, but especially with things like this you really can't treat it as a movie in its own right. It is a companion piece to satisfy curiosity.