# Should I see Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?, need answer fast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327 "2009-02-17T22:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/1 "2009-02-17T22:43:51Z")
So, my local art deco theater plays old movies from time to time and I sometimes go. Now you may argue why pay 8$ for a movie you can rent for a fraction of that, or own for not much more and you’d have a point. But, some movies are just great on a big screen, with a crowd. Such as, Fiddler on the Roof, Wizard of Oz, Harold and Maude, Bonnie and Clyde, Casablanca, The Searchers. Others not so much. I’ve never seen Bill and Ted, so what say you dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/2 "2009-02-17T22:44:28Z")
Yes. It’s not exactly a classic, but it’s a lot of fun. If you go, there’ll probably be a lot of other people who actually like the movie, and laughing with a group is always better than laughing by yourself. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/3 "2009-02-17T22:45:41Z")
Hell yes! Party on! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/4 "2009-02-17T22:47:17Z")
Well . . . the answer . . . is . . . yes— SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES! ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/5 "2009-02-17T22:51:34Z")
One of my all time favorites. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/6 "2009-02-17T22:53:01Z")
Best time travel movie of all time. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/7 "2009-02-17T22:53:59Z")
Yes, yes you should. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/8 "2009-02-17T22:59:47Z")
You must learn to be excellent to each other. So yeah, see the flick! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/9 "2009-02-17T23:00:40Z")
Yes you should definitely go. Have a most excellent time. Bill and Ted is one of my favorite movies. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ice\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Machine)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/10 "2009-02-17T23:00:48Z")
Definitely worth seeing although I wouldn’t say it’s worth $8 but **Bosstone** makes a good case why it may be. ---
**Author:** ![andiepandie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@andiepandie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andiepandie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/11 "2009-02-17T23:03:41Z")
Absolutely! IMHO no one should go through life without knowing the greatness that is the Wyld Stallyns. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/12 "2009-02-17T23:15:24Z")
Go. And say hi to the princesses for me. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/13 "2009-02-17T23:23:15Z")
If you don’t go, it would be bogus. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/14 "2009-02-17T23:23:39Z")
I just saw part of this on cable this weekend for the first time in about 20 years. My favorite quote: “That conversation made more sense this time!” See it! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/15 "2009-02-17T23:26:10Z")
Yes you must see it. Hurry! Hurry! ---
**Author:** ![JaneSaintClair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JaneSaintClair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneSaintClair)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/16 "2009-02-17T23:28:42Z")
Absolutely! So many great moments… and George Carlin!!! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/17 "2009-02-17T23:31:56Z")
I say no. Don’t see it. But then I come back in later and totally change my mind. But then knowing that I’d do that, I write a note to myself that tells me to ignore what’s on this message board. But knowing I’d write a note, I go back in time and switch my pen’s ink with disappearing ink. So I don’t get my note, so I do change my mind, so I tell you to go see Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Whoa. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/18 "2009-02-17T23:37:49Z")
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/19 "2009-02-17T23:46:47Z")
Of course you should see it — then watch _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban_ immediately afterwards. Why? Because “genius” Hermione is less able to understand time travel than “dumb” Ted! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327/20 "2009-02-17T23:55:06Z")
For a slightly more serious answer, I don’t think it is a film that needs to be seen on a big screen but you should check it out. It’s a fun romp, a send up of history, time travel, and SF hidden in a wrapper of a teen comedy. For a film with a “dumb” reputation I wish more movies could be half as smart as this film. So $8 to see on a big screen is good for nostalgia; for you just rent the movie and check it out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-see-bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure-need-answer-fast/486327.md?page=2)