Blazehgehg The original "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" movie was a cute concept; a lighthearted late 80's movie about time traveling metal heads who were destined to bring about world peace... assuming they could pass their history exam. It's a pretty enjoyable movie, though mired in a lot of stereotypical time travel tropes."Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey," however, is a better movie in just about every single possible way. While the original movie was rife full of "fish out of water" scenes where Bill and Ted were confused by the various eras of history, "Bogus Journey" elevates things to a whole new level, seeing the duo transcend mere time travel and move on to higher planes of existence, truly fitting the outrageous idea that these two are the heralds of world peace."Bogus Journey" has cooler locations, crazier characters, and funnier dialog than the last movie did. It's a movie that's not afraid to poke fun at its own absurdity, and there's a carefree energy to everything that you can't help but get swept up in. But it never loses control of itself; this is a movie that's silly with a purpose, and even though they're dumb as a sack of hammers, you can't help but root for Bill and Ted. "Bogus Journey" thankfully does not let itself become a movie ABOUT how dumb Bill and Ted are, and it treats their motivations as legitimate, giving it just enough weight to carry itself forward, no matter how absurd it gets.The only complaint is some of the language used in the film. There are a couple of points where homosexual slurs are casually used -- once by the villains (which I can accept as them being in character as villains), but then later, it's used again in a slightly less innocent scenario. 1991 was a long time ago, and that kind of language isn't acceptable anymore, but what's done is done, I suppose. A minor blemish on what is otherwise an incredible and hilarious movie.Even if you've never seen "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," consider watching "Bogus Journey". You'll be glad you did.

willhaskew In the idyllic future created by the influence of the Wyld Stallyns, Chuck De Nomolos (Joss Ackland), has become angry with the society and system, so he decides to change things in such a way that his ideas would form the basis for a new future. De Nomolos and his followers seize control of Rufus' (George Carlin) classroom and the phone booth time machine. De Nomolos reveals that he's constructed android duplicates, Evil Bill and Ted, which will go back to the 1990's, kill the real Good Bill and Ted, wreck their lives and reshape history in De Nomolos' image. In 1991 San Dimas, Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and "Ted" Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves), aka Good Bill and Ted, seemingly have everything going for them after they miraculously secure a place in the local Battle of the Bands Contest. The Princess of the first-Joanna and Elizabeth-also become engaged to the righteous duo. Not long after though, Evil Bill and Ted show up, proceeding to ruin Good Bill and Ted's arrive to ruin the lives and history of the Wyld Stallyns. Good Bill and Ted are murdered by the robots and must find a way back to world to the world living accompanied on their journey through the afterlife (the Bogus Journey of the title) by Death (William Sadler). The Grim Reaper is a parody of Death from the 1957 film The Seventh Seal.Fact: The working title for this film was Bill and Ted go to Hell and thrash metal band Megadeth have a song on the soundtrack called "Go to Hell." The soundtrack also features music from Slaughter, Faith No More and KISS, who perform the credit track "God Gave Rock and Roll to You." It's a pretty entertaining film and a rare case of a sequel bettering the original. Some the jokes are childish along with the slang, California dude accents and musical anecdotes can be tiresome, especially when Bill and Ted quote "Every Rose has it's Thorn" by Poison at the Gates of Heaven. Some parts it haven't aged well either since the future glimpsed at the beginning looks like an encapsulated picture of over-the-top late 1980's/early 1990's fashion inspired music videos. It would cool though to have a class that could allow a person to learn musical theory and history from great composers and rock stars in person through the use of a time machine. The afterlife in particular, though,looks pretty strange in a good way, the bluish gray haze of the spirit plane, and Hell did look scary, at least it did to a 10-year-old when I first saw this movie.

gavin6942 A tyrant from the future (Joss Acklund) creates evil android doubles of Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) and sends them back to eliminate the originals.Somehow, when this film came out, it had better reviews than the original. In retrospect, that baffles the mind. While not a bad film (William Sadler is especially good), there is no way this holds up to the original. It is a little too dark, the music a little too dated, the script a little too scatter-brained.Talks of a third third continue... will it ever happen? I am starting to think not, though Keanu Reeves is now (2015) not the star he was from 1995-2005 and could probably make himself available... would Bill and Ted be the same, or would they have become mature adults?

HelenMary Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a sweet, naïve (in a good way), funny and original. It's feelgood comedy. Bogus Journey takes the premise of the unlikely heroes to a whole WHOLE new level. Reeves and Preston are playing both themselves and their evil robot selves. It's more adult, not so family friendly as Excellent Adventure was, and whilst some of the SFX hold up, it hasn't stood the test of time quite as well. Preston and Reeves are funny though and again look like they're having a great deal of fun with the film, and play around a lot with the characters. Again, the princesses aren't particularly convincing, but Ted's father played by Hal Landon Jr and Death (William Sadler) are both great especially Captain Logan's impression of Ted. There's some great one-liners and memorable bits but generally I don't like this one as well and it's not as clever and the repeated lines mean that the script isn't so witty either. It's really a vehicle for Reeves as he's by far the highlight; him and Death! The music is good but on many levels, it's offensive in the guise of easy laughs.Watch the credits for the newspaper articles.